Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-22
LAWS az TIE uNIrEn srArEs
Passed a. ne First Session Of bs TAirty-eigLA
Congress
CONCLUDED.

| ton ANt oN kall htf De 80 hANdldNu anu amended
that Union Pac hc haiirOai Company, the
Central Pacific RaIlro I'd Company, and any
other company authorized 10 participate in the
cons rucuonof sail road, may, on the compile
ton OF each section OF said road, As provided in
this act and the act 20 which this act is an
amendment, sue their drst mortgage bonds on
their respeetiye raj road and teleg aph lines to
an amount not excee ling the amount of the
bonds OF the United States, and Of even TENOR
and date time OF ma Grity, rate aud character
ofinterest with the bouds authorized 70 beissu d
20 said railroad companies. respectively And
the lien of the United States bonds shall be
subordinate TO that of T. bonds of any or either
| OF said companies hereby authorized 10 be issued
on their respective roads, property, and equip
ments, except as TO the provisions Of the sixth
section of the act 10 which this il an amendment
relating 10 the transmissio Of dispatches and
| the transportation of mails, trOops muniti lns
OF war suppl as ana public stores for the govern.
| ment of the United States. And said sect on il
! further amended by striking out the word forty,
and inserting IN lieu thereof the words on each
and every section of not less than twentvm
SBe. IL ARd be IL Etrttey enacted That If any
| OF the railroad companies entitled to bonds of
! the United States, or 10 issue their first NOR
case bonds herein pr yded for, has, at the time
OF the approval of this act issued or shall there
after issue any Of its bonds or securities in such
! form and manner as in law or equity to entitle
! TIE same TO priority or preference of pavuen to
! tn said guaranteed bonds or SAID first mortgage
bonds, the amount of Sugh eOrpor tte bonds out.
9tanding and unsatisded or unca0C elled shall
| De deduct from the amount of such govern.
| ment and first mortS &c bonds which the company
| may De entitled to receive and issue; and such
( an amount only of such government bonds and
| such first mGS gage bonds shall he Granted OF
permitted as, added to such outstanding unsatis-
! ned or uncaEcelled bonds of the COMPANY, hall
MAKE up che whole amount per mile TO which
| the company would otherwise have been cnti-
| tied' AnG prOr'ded Farther That before any
| bonds shan be so Civ u by the United States
| the company claiming them shall present. to
| the Secretary Of the Treasury AN affdavit the
president and secretary of the co mr. my, to be
| sworn TO before the judge of a court 0frecord,
| setting forth whether said company has issued
any such bonds or securities, and ifso, yarticu-
Lariy describing the SINE, snd such other ev.
uehce as the Secretary may require. so as TO en-
! able nun to make the deduction here n req tired
and such afhdlvit shall thea be filed and de-
! posted in The office of tie Secretary of the
intefl'r And any person swearing falsely to
| any such afhdavit shall be deemed guilty Of
| peJury, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
! P'nlshed as aforesaid Pyorided also That no
land or 'nted by this act shall be couv-ved to
any party or parties aud no bonds sha he Issued
10 any company or companies, party or parties,
on accoun' OF any road or part there f made
PRIOR TO the passage of the pct to which this act
Is an amendment or madte ubseuueu there To
under the provisions of any act or ac.s other
! thsn this act and the act amended nv this act.
DEC, IL anu De IL further enacted, Tht the
LeaV nVOrth, Pewnee, and Western Railroad
Company, now known as the Union Pacific Rail,
rohu Company, cas- ern division, shall build the
/ ran DAD from the mouth Of Kansas river, BY the
way or LeaVenwOrth, or, if that be not deemed
the best route, then the said company shall with
IN TWO years, build railroad from the city OF
LeaVenWorth to unite with the main stem al or
near the city Of Lawrence; but to all in the con
! slruchon OF said branch the said comnany shall
| not b. entltIel to any bonds. And ifthe Union
racine RAILROAD Company shall moi be proceed
ing In good ftitn to build the said railroad
through The Territories when the Leavenworth
Pawn e and Western oo'lroad Compauv now
know as the Union Pac fc Ra lroal company,
eas eru o!Vlslon, stau have completed their road
:" v 'odredth degree of longtuie then the
iaSt-name company may proc ed to make said
r0a westward until 1t mee's and onn4cts with
me cen RAJ Pa idc Raj road COMPANY on the
sane hhe' A"dThe sad raj road from the mouth
o. hfns river to the one hundredth meridi Al
OF ioi 81 ute shall be made by the wav OF Law
reno an peks, or on tia b NIX of TIE Kansas
river op ,nsI said towrs: Provided, That no
ooqds shall be issued land cert'fe by the
/ 5t1'es to any per5O2 comp my, for
the mt u"tisn or any D 'rt Of the mai tiun4
LIMO Of cad mi ru~u vi of the one hupdr dth
IN rld n of Ion itude and ca t of the Rcckv
mounia ne. until said road shall re GomUl. I'D
from or near Omaha, tne II ssouri rive'
u e >sjn one huodr,dth meridian of long tudA
) &c. l3 Ind be ii FURTHER enacted, That at
an" ter the next election OF directors the num-
Der OF d. ect rs r. a. elected by the sto kho ders
shat be- fife err; and the number OF directors be
app in'ed by the president sha | NJ five; and thS
ISL EFT ~ ap point three add ito al d rec ors
To rye until the next re- uiar election and
and thereafter FIVE directors. At least one of
SAID government drpcto's shall be pi aCed on e oh
OF n standing committees # said COMP ny,
an az least one on Very special committee
that may he appointed. The government di-
rr'tor+ shall, from time to time report to the
Se re rAry of he Interior, in answer to any ir-
.,ir'ts he ~ m Ike ofthem, t uching the con
ditlon, management, and progr' IS of the work,
and shall communicate to the Secretary of the
n forF, a4To In
be IN the possession of the dep trtmea'. Tney
shaii, as often as necessary to fu kroaledge
OF the condition and management the line,
visit all portions Of the line OF road whether
oui' Or suIveyed; and while absent from home,
attending tc their duties as directors, shall be
paid th,ir actual travelling eXpe' 3, and be
allowed and paid such reasonable compensation
Tor their time actually employed as the hoard Of
directors may dec de.
SEC IL. And be 1t further enacted, That the
next ell ctiOn for directors of said rai lroad shall
be hell on the first Wednesday of October next
at the Office Of said company in the city of New
York, bsrween the hours of ten o o'clock a. m. and
four O'Clock p. m. Of sad day; and all subse-
quent regular le,tions shall be held annually
thereafter at the same place; and the direetos
shall hold their officers for one year, and until
their successors are qualified.
SEC. Il. and be IL further enacted, That the
several companies authorized TO construct the
aforesaid roads are hereby required to operate
and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes
far as the public and the government are con-
cerned, as one continuous line; and, in such
operation and use, to afford and secure to each
equal advantages and facilities as to rates time,
and TRANSFORMATION, without any discrimination
of any kind in favor of the road or business of
any or either Of said Companies, or adverse to
the rea or business of any either of the OF ers,
aHd j; shall not be lawful for the proprietors of
any ne of telegraph authorized by this act
the act amended by this act t, refuse or fail to
convey for all persons requiring the trans
mi sion of news and messages Of like chara ter,
on pain OF forfeitng to the person injured, for
each offence, the sum of one hundred dollars,
and such other damages as he may have sufierded
on account OF said refusal ia lure, to be sued
for and recovered in any court of the United
Sta'es, or of any State or Territory of compe-
tent jurisdiction.
Sec. 10. And be 1t further enacted That any two
or more of the companies authorized to partici-
pate in the be efts of this ae. are hereby author
ICED at any time 10 unite and consolidate their
org mutations, as the same may or shall be,upoun
such terms and conditions, and in such manner
as they may agree upon, and as shall not be in
compatible with this act, CT the laws of the
state or States in which the roads of such csm-
panies may be, and to asu and adopt such
corporate name and style as they may agree upon
with a capital stock, not to exceed the actual
cost of the roads so TO be consolidated, and shall
file q copy of such consolidation in the Depart
ment of the Interior, and thereupon such or au-
ization so formed and consolidated shall succeed