Smyrna times., 1865-09-27
OFFICIAL.
(PUBLIc--No. 1851
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Psamd at the First Session of the Ta;,s,.s;o5,,
Congress.

ANAL ahei9 an act entitled IAN act TO aid in IN
construction oil railroad and telegra Oh line from m
Missouri river 10 The Pacific ocean, and 10 secure
ne government The use of the same iOr postal, mil
cen hundred and sixty two.
Concluded from last aueek.)
Sec' 10. And be It further enacted, That any tw
OF more OF the companies authorized to participate
tne DEMENT'S of this act hereby authorized at any
time 70 unite and consolidate their organizations,
the same may or shall be, upon such terms and con
dltions, and in such manner as they may agree upon
and as shall not be incompatible with this act or the
laws of the State States in which the roads OF
sach companies may be, and to assume and ADOPT
such corporate name and style as they may agree
upon, with capital stock not to exceed the actual
cost OF the roads to be Consolidated and shall file
copy of such constellation in the Department OF
the interior, AID therenpOn such organization SO
formed and consolidated shall succeed TO- possess
and be entitled to receive from the Government OF
the United States all and singular the grants bene
hts, mmunities, guarantees, acts and thinys 10 he
done and performed, and be subject to the same
terms' conditions, restrictions and requirements
which SAID companies respectively at the time of
such consolidation are or may be entitled or subject
to under this act in place and substitution of said
companies so consolidated respectively And all
oher provisions Of this act far applicable re-
atlng or IN any manner appertaining to the compa.
hes 90 consolidated or either thereof, shall apply
ano oe oil force as to such consolidated organization
ana IN case, upon the completion by such consoda.
tea organization of the roads either of them of the
companies consolidated any other of the road or
roads of either Of the other companies authorized as
aforesaid land forming, intended or necessary 10
form portion of continuous line from each OF the
several points on the Missouri river herenbefore de.
signated to the Pacific coas0 shall not have con-
srueted the number of miles of its said road within
The time herein required such consolidated organiza
tlon 10 hereby authorized to continue the consruc
ton OF Its road and telegraph in the general direction
aud route upon which such incomplete uncon-
structed road is hereinbefore authorized to be built
until such continuation of the road of such consoi.
dated organization shall reach the constructed road
and telegraph Cf said other company, and at such
point TO connect and unite therewth and for and in
aid thereof the said consolidated organization may
do and perform, in reference to such portion of road
and telegraph, as shall be in continuation of its
constructed road and telegraph and to the construc
lion and equipment thereof all and singular the sew
eral acts and things herenbetore provided author
lxed, or granted to be done by the company herein
before authorized to construct and equip the same
and sha be entitled to similar and like grants ben
ehts, immunties guarantees, acts, and things to be
done and performed by the Government of the Uni
ted States by the President of the United States by
the Secretaries Of the Treasury and Interior and by
commissioners, in reference to such company, and
TO such portion of the road hereinbefore authorized
to be constructed by it, and upon the like and simi-
lar terms and conditions, far the are ap-
Plicable thereto. And said consolidated company
shall pay TO said defaulting company, the value, to
be estimated by competent engineers of all the work
done and material furnished by said defauting CON-
pany, which may be adopted and used by said con-
solidled company in the progress OF the work under
the provisions of this section PrOvided neueTheess
That said defaulting company may at any time, be-
fore receiving pay for its said work and material
hereinbefore provided, its election, pay said
consolidated company the value of the work done
and material furnished by said consolidated eompa-
ny, TO be estimated by competent engineers,
ry for and used in the construction of the road of
said defauiting company, and the control of
its said road; and all the rights benefits and priy
leges which shall be acquired, possessed or exer.
cised pursuant to this section shall be TO that extent
an abatement Of the rights, benefits, and privileges
hereinbefore granted to such other company. And
IN case any company authorized thereto shall not en-
ter into such consolidated organization such eompa-
ny, upon the completion of its road, hereinbefore
provided, shall be entitled TO and is hereby author.
ized to continue and extend the same under the cir
eumstances, and in accordance with the provisions
Of this sectIon and to have all the benefits thereof
fully and completely are herein provided touching
such consolidated organization. And in case more
than such consolidated organization shall be
made pursuant to this aet herenbeore recited as TO
one shall apply in like manner, force, and effect to
the other: PT0oided, however, That rights and in
terests at any time acquired by such consOldat
cd organization shall not be impaired by another
thereof 1t is further provided that should the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company OF California complete
tlcr line 10 the eastern OF
mia before the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company shall have been extended westward so as
10 meet the line Of said first named company, said
first named company may extend their line OF road
eastward one hundred and fifty miles on the estab-
lished route SO as 10 meet and connect with the line
Of the Union Pacific road, complying in all respects
with the provisions and restrictions Of this act as to
said Union Pacific road, and upon doing 50 shall en-
JOY all the rights, privileges and benefits conferred
by this net on said Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Sec. II. And be IL further enacted, That SO much
of section fourteen of said act relates to branch
from Sioux City be- and the same is hereby, amend.
ed TO read follows: That whenever a line Of
railroad shall be completed through the States of
Iowa or Minnesota TO Sioux City, such company,
now organized or may hereafter be organized un-
ths Jaws of Iowa, Minnesota, Dacota, or Nebraska,
the President Of the United States, by its request
may designate or approve for that purpose shall con-
struct and operate a line of railroad and telegraph
from Sioux City, upon the most direct and Practca-
bc route, TO such on, and as to connect with, the
Iowa branch of the Union Pacific railroad from
Omahs, OF the Union Pacific railroad, as such COM
pany may select, and the same terms and condi-
ogs as are provided ia this act and the act to which
this is an amendment, for the construction Of the
said Uniss and facihe RAILROAD and telegraph line
and branches and said comuanv shall osmulete the
same at the rate of fifty miles per wear Pyon;dsd
That said Union Pacific Railroad Company shalI be
and ia hereby released from the construetlor Of .;d
branch. And said company constructing said branch
.hult oot be entitled 70 receive in bonds an amonn,
laroer than the said Union Pacific Railroad
would be entitled TO receive if il had constructed he
branch under this act act and the actto which this
10 amendment; but said company shall be emitted
60 receive alternate sections of land for ten miles in
width each side of the same along the whole
leagth of said bIanch: And prouided, further, THAI
if q railroad should not be completed to Sioux City
acrossIowa or Minnesota. within eighteen month";
from the date Of this act then said company desig
mated by the President, aforesaid. may commence
continne, and complete the construction OF san
Provided hescessr, That If the said company so des
ignstsd by the President aforesaid shall not com
psts the said branch from Sioux City to the racif
rsilro i'd within ten years from the passage OF TIM
act thsn aud in that case, all Of the rarfoad which