Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-01-26

y
several States and Territories which may pro
vide colleges for the benefit Of agriculture an,
the mechanic arts approved July second
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and motto
thereof given ut the proper land office.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted, That TIN
time for designating the general route of sal,
railroad, and of filing the map of the same
and the time for the completion Of that par
tof the railroads required by the terms of sait
act of each company, be, and the same is here
by, extended one year from the time in sale
act designated; and that the Central Paciti,
( Railroad Company Of California shall be re
4 quired 10 complete twenty-five miles of thei
said road in each year thereafter, and th'
whole to the State line within four years, ane
that only one half Of the compensation fol
services rendered for the Government by saio
companies shall be required to be applied tt
the payment of the bonds issued by the Gov
eminent in aid of the construction of saij
roads +. " . -
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted, That the
! proyiso to section four of said act is hereby
modified as follows, viz j: And the President
| OF the United States Is hereby authorized, a.
any time after the passage of this act, to APP
point for each and every of said roads three
commissioners, as provided for in the act to
which this is amendatory and the verified
statement Of tine president of the California
company, required by said section four, shall
be filed in the office Of the United States s.r
veyor general for the State of California, in
stead of being presented TO the President OF
the United States; and the said surveyor gen
eral shall thereupon notify the said commits
sioncrs of the filing of such statement, and
the sail commissioners shall thereupon pro.
cecd to examine the portion of said railroad
and telegraph line so completed, and m AXE
their report thereon to the President of the
United States, as provided by the act Of which
this is amendatory. And such statement may
ne filed, and such railroad and telegraph line
be examined and reported on, by the said COM
missioners, and the requisite amount Of bonds
may be issued and the lands appertaining
thereto may be set apart, located, entered,
and patented. as provided in this act and the
act to which this is amendatory, upon the con.
strncton by said railroad company Of Califor-
mia of any portion Of not less than twenty
consecutive miles of their said railroad and
telegraph line, upon the certificate of said COM
missioners that such portion is completed as
required by the act to which this Is amendato-
ry. And section ten of the act of which this
is amendatory 10 he-...y a,rauded Ivy ;.se~ties
alter the words United States" in the last
clause, the words and States Intervening
Sec. Z. And he IL further enacted That %
much Of section seventeen Of said act as pro-
vides for reservation hy the Government OF
~ portion of the bonds To he issued to aid in
the construction of the said railroads is here
by repealed. nd the failure of any one com :
pstny to comply fully with the conditions and
requirements of this act. and the act to which
this is amendatory. shall not work forfeiture
Of the rights. privileges, or franchise of any
other company or COMPANIES that shall have
complied with the same a.r .. F..
See. 8. ARd be Il further enacted, That Cor
lt,..,N g. l.t.s AZ,
railroad, and of enabling the said company a.
early as practicable to commence the grading
of said railroad in the region of the mountains.
between the eastern btse of the Rocky noun
talns and the westeiHs hase Of the Sierra Ne
vada mountains. SO that the same may be fl
ns,liy completed within the time reqnired by
law. it is hereby provided that whenever the
chief engineer of the slii company, and said
commissioners. shall certify that certain pro-
portion OF the work required required To pre-
rtre the rhad for the supcrStruCiurc on any
such SECTION of twenty miles is ,h.ne, (Which
said Ccrtif,ate shall he duly verified. J the Sec
Fcttry "f the Treasury is hereby authorized
AMI requircd, up N the delivery Of such cert.
titatr, 1" issue to sail company proportion of
said bon,iS, not exceeding two thirds of the
amount ot bombs authorized To lac issued un-
der the provisions of the act, to aid in the
construction of such section uf twenty miles.
nor ia any case excetsling two thirds OF the
value of the work doue, the remaining one
third TO remain until the said section is fully
"ompleted and certified by the commissioners
appointed hy the President. according to the
terms and provisions Of the said act and no
such bonds shalt Issue to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for work done west Of Salt
Lake City under this section, more than three
hundred miles in advance of the completed
continuous line of said railroad from the point
of beginning on the one hundredth meridian
of longitude. e.---.T w
Sec. 9. Aad be Il further enacted, That TO
enable any one of said corporations to make
convenient aud necessary connections with
other roads, il is hereby authorized to est.tb-
lish and maintain all necessary ferries upon
and across the Missouri river and other rivers
which its road may pass in its course !; and au-
thority is hereby given said corporation to con-
struct bridges over said Missouri river, and all
other rivers for the convenience of said road
| Prouided, That any bridge or bridges it may
construct over the Missouri river, or any other
navigabe river on the line of said road, shall
/ be constructed with suitable and proper draws
/ for the passage of steamboats,, and shall be
! built. kept, and maintained, at the expense
| of said company in such manner as not to im.
pair the usefulness of said rivers for navigation
10 any greater extent than such structures oi
the most approved character necessarily do
And pror,dsd further, That any company au-
thorized by this act to construct its road and
telegraph line from the Missouri river to the
initial p int aforesaid. may construct its road
aud telegraph line so ~ to connect with the
Union Pacific railroad at any point westwardIy
of such initial point, in case such company
shall deem such westward connection more
practicable or desirable and in aid of the
construction of So much of its road and tele.
graph line as shall I've departure from the
route hereinbefore provided for its road, such
company shall be entitled to all the benefits
and be subject to all the conditions and restric
tions of this act : Provided .ssrther. hoUeesr
That the bonds of the United States shall mol
he issued to such company for greater amount
than is iIereinbeforc provided. il the same hl
Tooth degree of longitude; nor shall sucl
company be entitled to receive any CREATE
amount of alternate sections of public land,
than are also herein provided.
Ssc. 10 .And be ii further enacted. That sec
ton five Of said act he modified and amen
,led that the Union Pecitc Railroad Company
the Central Pacific r ,ilroad Company, and an,
other company authorized to participate in tn,
construction of said road, may on the com
pletion of each section of said road, as provi
lied in this act and the act to which this act il
an alnehuNneut, issue tnciT HIST ulottSaSs
bonds on their respective railroad and tele
graph lines to an amount not exceeding th
amount of the bonds Of the United States
and Of even tenor and date, time of maturity
rate and character Of interest with the bond
authorized tn be Issued to said railroad cnmpa
ni,s respectively. And the lien of the Unite,
States bonds shall be subordinate to that Il
the hond> nf any or either of said companie
hereby authorized to be Issued On their rcspec
tive roads, property, and equipments, excep
As to the provisions of the sixth section OF tin
act To- which this act is an amendment rel;,
ting ;athe transmission of dispatches and tn
tran>port,ttinp of mails, troops munitions @
war, supplies and public stores for the Govern
, ment af the United States And said sectioi
il iurther amended by striking ont the wor
, forty" and inserting in lieu thereof tn
words'' on each and every section Of not les
ia u twent'.
Sc IL ind he Il further enocted. That
any IF the rail,oad companies entitled tn bond
o the United States or to issue their fins
NOR gagc honlis herein provided for, has. a
the lime Of the approval of this at issued
or shall thereafter issue, any of its own bond
or securities in such form or manner as in las
OF equity TO entite the same TO priority or pre-
, ference of paymeut TO- the said guarantee