Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
[PuBLiC-No. o20.1

(PuBLIC-No. go I'LL
AN ACT for increased Facilities of Telegraph
ic Communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific States and the Territory of Idaho.
BE 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rtpre.
seatdtires Of Tie United States Of Ansrica u, Con
gress assembled That the United States Tele-
graph Company, and their associates, are here
by authorized To erect line OF lines of mag
ic telegraph between the Missouri aud the city
OF San Francisco, in the State Of California, on
such route a. they may select. toeonnect with
the lines of the United States Telegraph Com
pany, new constructed through the States of
the Union. The said company shall have the
Use of such unoecupied land of the United
States as may he necessary for the right of
way, and materials, and for the establishing
OF stations along said line for repairs, not ex-
ceeding at any station one quarter section Of
land and such stations not to exceed one in
fifteen miles on the average of the whole line,
unless said laads shall be required by the Gov
ernment Of the United States for railroad or
other purposes Ind procided further, That
no right to pre-enmpt any Of said lands under
the laws OF the United States shall inure to
said company or their agents, or any other
person or persons whatsoever.
Sec. 2. Ind be IL further eaocted. That the
said United States Telegraph Company, un,
der the direction of the President Of the Uni
ted States. is hereby authorized to erect |. line
of telegraph from Fort Hall, by WallaW Walla
and the Dalles and San +. ancisco to Portland
in the State of Oregon, aud from Fort Hall to
Bannock and Virginia Cny. ia the Territory
of Idaho, with the same privileges AS to the
right OF way, and 50 forth. as is provided in
the first section Of this act; the United States
To have priority IN the use OF said lines of
telegraph to Oregon and Idaho. 4
Sec. 3. Ind te Il further enacted, That
the aforesaid company IL authorized by this
act to send and receive dispatches on payment
OF the regular charges for transmission of dis
patches over any line that may now or here
after be constructed by the authorityor aid
of Congress, to connect with any Tine or lines
authorized or erected by the Russian or Eng
lish Governments. and that all dispatches re-
ceived by said line or lines, shall be transmit
ted in the order of their reception, and the
answers thereto, shall be delivered to said Uni
ted States Telegraph Company for transmits
sion over their lines to the Office whence the
| original message was sent, whenever SO direc-
| ted by the sender thereof.
Sec. 4. Aad be IL further enacted, That the
several railroad companies authorized by act
of Congress July one, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, are authorized to enter into ar.
rangements with the United States Telegraph
| Company SO that the line Of telegraph be
tween the Missouri river and San Francisco
| may be made upon and along the line Of said
railroad and branches as fast as said roads and
branches are built, and II said arrangements
be entered into and the transfer Of said tele
graph line be made in accordance Herewith u
the line of said railroads and branches, such
transfer shall, for all purposes Of the act re-
fered to, be held and considered fulfillmen
on the part Of said railroad companies of th,
Iproyision of the act in regard to the eonstne
ton of telegraph line; and, in case OF disa
greement, said telegraph company are author