Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-31

ifoOlded also, That the phrase " but where thl
same ehall contain timber, the timber thereon Il
hereby granted to said company" in the provs'
tn said section three, shall not apply to the tim
Der growing or being on any land farther thar
ten miles from the center line of any one Of said
roads or branches mentioned in said act or in
| this act. And all lands shall be excluded from
the operation Of this not aud OF the act to which
this is an amendment which were located or
selected to be located under the provisions Of an
I hct entitled "An act donating lands to the seve.
raj States and Territories which may provide
colleges for the benefit OF agriculture and the
mechanic arts, approved July second, eighteen
hundred aud sixty two, aud notice thereof given
at the proper land office.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That the
time for designating tho general route Of said
railro1d, and OF filing the map Of the same, and
| the time for the completion Of that part Of the
railroads required by the terms Of said act OF
each company, be and the same is hereby ex-
tended one year from the time in said act deaig-
mated and that the Central Pacific Railroad
Company Of California shall be required to com.
! pletc twenty FIVE miles Of their said road in each
year thereafter, aud the whole to the State line
within four years, aud that only one half Of the
compensation for services rendered for the Gov
eInment by said companies shall be required to
be applied to the payment Of the bonds issued
By the Government in aid Of the construction Of
said roads. ''n-s a-i,..s
Sec G. And be it further enacted, that the
prOyso to section four Of said act is hereby mo-
liied as follows, viz And the President Of the
United States 10 hereby authorizel at any time
sfter the passage Of this act, 20 appointfor each
aud every Of said roads three commissioners, as
provided for in the act TO which this act is
amendatory; aud the verified statement Of the
president of the California company, required
by said section four, shall be fled in the Office
Of the United States surveyor general, for the
State OF California, instead of being presented
to the President Of the United States and the
said surveyor general shall thereupon notify the
aad commissioners OF the filing Of such State
ment, and the said commissioners shall there
upon proceed to examine the portion of said
railroad and telegraph line 80 completed, and
make their report thereon to the President of
the United States, as provided by the act Of
which this is amendatory, And such statement
may be filed and such railroad and telegraph line
be examined and reported on by tho said com.
missioner1 and the requisite amount Of bonds
may be issued, and the lands appertaining there
to may be set apart, located, entered and pa
tented, as provided in this act and the act to
which this is amendatory, upon the construction
by said railroad company Of California Of any
portion Of not less than twelve consecutive miles
Of their said railroad and telegraph line, upon
tho certificate Of said commissioners that such
portion is completed as required by the act to
which this is amendatOry. And section ten of
tho act to which this amendatory 10 hereby
amended by inserting after the words "UHited
States, in the last clause, tho words 'and States
Intervening h 5-,a.
Sec. I. And be it further enacted, That SO
mach Of section seventeen Of snid act as provides
for reservation by the Government of a portion
Of tho bonds to he issued to aid in the construc-
ton Of the said railroads is hereby repealed
And the failure Of any one company to comply
fully with the conditions and requirements Of
this act, or the act to which 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. 1la
Sec. g. And be il further enacted That for
tnu puFpvsu OF fAcllitatng tne Work on said rail-
road, and Of enabling the said company as early
rs practicable to commence the grading Of said
railroad in the region Of the mountains, between
the eastern base Of the Rocky mountains and
the Western base Of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains, so thatthe same may be finally completed
within the time required by law, it is hereby
provided that whenever the chief engineer Of
tho said company, and said commissioners shall
certify that pertain proportion Of the work re-
Quired required to prepare the road for the SUI
perstructure IN any such section of twenty
miles is done, (which said certificate shall be
duly veTifed,) the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized and required upon tue de-
livery Of such certificate, to Issue to said COM
pany q proportion of said bonds not exceeding
two thirds of the amount OF bonds authorized to
be Issued under the provisions Of the act, TO aid
in the construction of such section of twenty
miles nor ia any case exceeding two thirds Of
the value Of tue work dono, the remaining one
third to remain until tho said seotionls fully
completed aud certified by the Commissioners
appointed by the President, according to the
terms and provisions Of the said act and no
such bonds shall issue to the Union Pacific Rail
raid company for work done west of Salt Lake
City under this section, mere than three hundred
miles in advance Of tho completed continuous
line Of said railroad from the point Of begin
ming on the one hundredth meridian Of longi-
! tude -1af
Sec o. Aud be il further enacted, That to
enable any one Of said corporations to make COL
venient and necessary connexions with other
roads, it is hereby authorized to establish and
maintain all necessary ferries upon aud across
the Missouri river and other rivers which its road
may pass in its course /; and authority is hereby
given said corporation to construct bridges over
said Missouri river and oil other rivers for the
convenience Of said road Provided, That any
bridge or bridges it may construct over the Mis-
souri, river or any other navgable river on the
line OF said road shall be constructed with suit
able aud proper draws for the passage Of steam.
boats, and shall be built, kept and maintained at
the expense oil said company, in such manner as
not to impair the usefulness Of anid rivers for
navigation to any greater extent than such
structures Of the most approved character me-
cessarily do; And Propideii further, That my
company authorized by this act to construct its
road aud telegraph line from the Missouri river
to the initial point aforesaid, may construct its
road and telegraph line so as to connect with
the Union Pacific railroad at any point west
warlly OF such initial point in case such COM
papy shall deem such westward oonnexion more
practicable or desirable and in aid of the con.
stIuoton Of 80 much Of its road and telegraph
lne MS shlll be a departure from the route here
inbetore provided for its road, such company
shall be entitled to oil the benfts aud be subject
to al the conditions aud restrictions Of this act
Prouidoi, arihsr, hoigspsr, That the bonds Of the
United States shall not be issued to such COM
pany for q greater amount than is hereinbefore
provided, il the same had united with the Union
Pacific railroad on the Tooth degree of lcngi-
tude nor shall such company be entitled to re-
oeiye any greater amount Of alternate sections
Of public lands than'are also herein provided.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That SEQ,
ton Eve Of said act be so modified and amended
that tho Union Pacific Railroad Company, the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, and any 9TH
or company authorized to participate in the con-
sruction Of said road, may, on the completion
Of each section Of said road, as provided in this
act aud the act to which this act is on amend
ment, issue their first mortgage bonds on their
respective railroad and telegraph lines to an
amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds
Of The United States, and of even tenor and date,
time Of maturity, rate and character Of interest,
with the bonds authorized to be issued to said
railroad companies respectively. And the lien
of the United States bonds shall be subordinate
to that of the bonds Of any or either of said cos
papios hereby authorized to be Issued on their
respective roads, property and equipments, ex-