Smyrna times., 1865-08-30
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Pssssd at the Fira Session Of the TSirty-sighth
Congress.
1PuRLIc-No. 1861

1PuRLLc-No. 1861
AN ACT granting lands to aid in the construction o!
a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior
10 Puget's Sound, on The Pacific coast, by the
northern route.
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Represen-
9atipes of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That Richard ID. Rice, John A. foore'
Samuel p. Strickland, Samuel c. Fessenden ChafieS
q. KimbLll, Augustine Huines, Edwin X. W. wig
gin, Anson 2. Morrill,, Samuel j. Anderson' OF
Maine; William Sears, l. S. wilmington, 'ST'a h;ai
Perham, James NJ. Beckett, A. W. BdhhG:G' Aoie, |
Abbott John NewelI. Austin L. Rogers N9'nahIei H
Greene, jnr, Oliver Frost John A. pass pass ST"m C
Brssbrey George ShIverick, Edward Tyler, Fllander
Forrstan. Ivory H. Pope, of Massachusetts, George
Opdyke Farley Holiness John Hugglns' fhlander |
Reed. Lieo.ge Briggs, Chauncey VIbbard, John c. |
Fremont OF New York Ephraim Marsh, John Z.
Jackson, r., of New Jersey; S. NJ Felton, John Toy,
o. ]. Dickey, B. +. Archer, G. w. Cass, J. Edgar
Thompson, John A. Green, of Pennsy lvania; +. M.
Ailyn, VI Ises w. Wilson, Horace Whitaker, Ira
Bliss, of Connecticut; Joseph A. Gilmore, Onslow
SleArns f. P. Emerson, Frederick Smyth, William
E. Chandler, of New Hampshire; Cyrus Aldrich, IL.
NJ Rice, John McKusick, H. c. Waite, Stephen Mil
Ter, Of Minnesota; ,. A. Chaplin, John Gregory
S NTH, George Merrill, of Vermont James Y. Smith,
William S. Slater, Isaac FL. Southwlck Earl p Ma
son, Of Rhode IslaHd Seth Fuller, William Kellogg,
L. 5. Grant William b. Ogden, William 6. Greene,
Leonard Sweat, Henry w. BOdgett, Porter Sheldon,
James s. Emery, of Kansas; Richard F. P, rkins,
Richard Chenery, Samuel Brannon, George Row.
land, Henry Plalt, of California William F. Mercer,
James w. Brownley, Of Virginia; John III. B. La
trobc, w. Prescott Smith of Maryland; Greenbury
Slack A. ]. Bcreman, Of West Virginia; Thomas
E. Bramlette, Frank Shorin. of h n'ucky; John
Brough, John A. Bingham, Oran FOett, John Gard
ner, ). 5. L'Hommedleu, Harrison q. Blake, fhlo
Chamberlin, of Ohio; John A. Duncan, Samuel vi.
Harrington, of Delaware; Thomas A. Morris, Jesse
IL l. l'nca l.
Hall, David II. Jerome. Thomas E. Gilbert, Z. A.
Tr0wbridge, of Michigan; Edward III. Broadhead,
Alexander Mitchell, Benjamin Ferguson, Levi Ster-
ling, - Marshal, Of Wisconsin; J. c. Ainsworth,.
Orlando Hlmason, II. W. Cnrbett, Henry Failing,
Of Oregon J. B. s. Todd, NJ. X. Armstrong, J. Shaw
Gregory, ]. LeBerge, of Dakota Territory; John
Mulian, Anson G. Henry, S. ID. Smith, Charles Ter
Ty, Of Washington Territory; III. w. Starr, Platt
Smith, Nixon Denton, William Leighton, B. F. AL
len, Reuben Noble, John l.. Davies, of I.wa; Viii
lard P. Hall, George R. Smith, H. Gayle King, John
e. Sargent, of Missouri; William ii. Wallace, of
Id tho Territory; J. II. Lathrop, Henry ID. Cooke,
IL. f. M=trck, Of the District Of Columbia, and all
suca other persons who shall or may be associated
with them, and their successors, hereby created
and erec,d into body corporate and politlc in deed
atd IN law, by the name, style, and title OF the
"NDrtnecn Pacific Railroad Company, and by that
nAiue shall have perpetual succession, aud shall be
uolc e. sue and to be sued, Plead aud be mpleaded,
defend and be defended, in all courts OF law and
eaHty within the United States, and may make and
nave common seal. And said corporation is here.
by authorized and empowered to lay out locate,
struct, furnish, maintlin, and enjoy continuous
iAIlrosd aud telegraph Ine with the appurtenances
namely, beginning al point ON Lake Superior, 10
to- > IIc of Minnesota or Wisconsin,; thence wester
~ by the most eligible railroad route shall be de-
tesm,n, by SAID company, within the territory Of
tac United States, line north OF the furty NTH
degree OF l'tilde 10 some point on Pugets Sound
via The valley U the lunbIa river, to point at or
near PurtlInd. the State of Oregon, leaving the
IN trun% Ii l:e al the most suitable place. not more
then three hundred miles from its western terminus
and Is he eby vested with all the powers, privileges
ana tnrnuntTes necessary to carry into effect the
purposes OF thas act herein forth The capita
St c = ol sal company shall Consist of one mor
shares ot one hundred dollars eaeh which shall IL
all respects be deemed personal property, and shal
be transferable IN such manner as the bylaws O
said eorpHattOn shall provide. The persous herein
before named are hereby appointed commissioner
and shall be called the board of commissioners of II
Northern Pacific Railroad Company" aud fftee
snail constitute quorum for the transaction OF bu
mess. The frst neetng OF said board of comml
sIoners shall be held at the MelUdeOn Hall, in Il
city OF Boston, at such time as any five co;nmissio
ers herein named from Massachusetts, shall appOin
not more than three months after the passage OF tl
act, notice of which shall be given by them to q
other commissioners by publishing said notice in
least one daily newspaper in the cities Of BOstO
New York, Pniladelphia, Cincinnati, Milwauk
and Chicago. once week at least four weeks pre-
aus to the day Of meeting. Said board shall oIga
i.s by the chOce from itS number OF Presoe
wee president, secretary, and treasurer. and tn
sIa require from said treasurer such bonds as I'M
be deemed proper and may from time to time Increi
the amount thereof as they may deem proper. L
secretary shall be 10 the faithful Periorman
Of his duties, and such oath shall be entered uF
the records CT the company, signed by him, and
oath verified thereon. The president aud secrei
of said board shall in like call all other me
ings, naming the time and place thereof 1t shall
the duty Of said board OF commissioners to Of
bOOks cause books to be opened, at such times .
IN such principal cities other places IN the Unl
Statss as they OF 4 quorum of them shall determl
within six months after the passage OF this act
receive subscriptions to the capital stock OF said
PoratOn, and a cash payment of ten per centum
all subscriptions and TO receipt thefefOr 30 soor
twenty thousand shares shall in good faith be 8
scribed for, and ten dollars per share actually p
into the treasury OF the company, the said presid
and secretary of said board of commissioners 81
appoint time and place for the first meeting of
subscribers to the stock of said COMPANY, and 81
give nolce thereof in at least newspaper IN e
state 10 which subscription books have been oPer
at least hiteen days previous TO the day Of meet
ana suen subscribers as shall attend tine meeting
called, either IN person or by lawful proxy, then
there shall elect by ballot thirteen directors for
cospsration; and ia snsh election each share of 1
capital stock shall enttle the owner thereof TO
yjte. The president and secretary of the board
commissioners, aud, in case of their absence or
bilty, any Two of the officers of said board, shall
az inspectors Of said election, and shall certify III
their hands the names of the directors elected at
meetug and the said commissioners, treasurer,
secretary, shall then deliver over 70 sao arector
the properties, subscription books, and other boob
their possession, and thereuPon the dnues OF
commissioners and the officers previously apPol,
by them shah cease and determine forever, ana
after the stockholders shall constitute saIo oopy
tic and corDoratP Annual meetings. or ufe y
holders of the said corporation for the choice ol
GERS (when they are to be ebosen) aud for the Y
action Of business shall be holden at such tlme
place and upun such notice as may be Preser'p
the bylaws.
Sc. 2. And be IL further enacted. That the
of way through the public lands be and the saf
hereby granted to the said "SortherH Pacihc