The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-08-16


is hereby. constituted port of delivery within the
collection district of Champaign and that a dennty
collector, as now authorized by law shall there re-
is now paid to the deputy collector now stationed at
that port. CIV
Approved, July 10, 1866
PUBLIC AcT-No 1OS1
AN Actto extend the benefits osection four ofan net
making appropriations for the support the army
for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and siXtysix, approved March third. eiobteen
hupdred and sixty-fiye
Be it enacted by the Senate ana House of Renre-
sentatlyes of the United States of America in Con
cross assembled That section four of am act entitled
Lii - i!Nng appropriations for the support ofthe
army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
and sixty-six. be so construed
er provided for therein all officers of volunteers be-
low the rank OF br1gadler general who were in the
service the third day of March, eighteen hundred
and sixty-fve and whose designations were presen-
ted and accepted who Were mustered out at their
own request or otherwise honorably discharged from
the service alter the ninth day of April, eighteen
hundred and siXty-five
Approved July 10, 1856.
[PUBLIC-No. 1907
AN ACT granting aid in the construction of a
railroad and telegraph line from the town of
Folsom to the town of Placerville, in the
State of California.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the right of way thro'
the puDllc lands be- and the same is hereby,
gram ed to the Placerville and Sacramento Val
ley Railroad Company, a corporation existing
under the laws of the State of California. and
designated by the Legislature thereof, to con-
struct the road hereinafter named and to its
successors and assigns, for the construction of
a railroad and telegraph line from the town of
Folsom to the town of Placerville in said State:
and the right is hereby given to said corpora
ton ;, TO take from the public lands adjacent to
the line OF said road, material for the construc-
ton thereof; said right of wayis granted to said
railroad to the extent of one hundred feet in
width on each side of said road where it NAV
pass over the public lands; also, all necessary
ground for station buildings, workshops, depots,
machine-shops, switches, side tracks turn-ta-
bleS and water stations
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be
and Is hereby, granted to the PlacervilIe and
Sacramento Valley Railroad Company, its sue
cessors and assigns, for the purpose of aiding in
the construction of said railroad and telegraph
line, and to secure the safe and speedy trans
portatlon OF the mails, troops munitions of war
and public stores over the route of said line OF
railway, every alternate section ofpublic land,
not containing gold or silver, designated by odd
numbers, to the amount of ten alternate sec
lions per mile, on each side of said railroad line
as said company may adopt, whenever on the
line thereof, the United States have full title,
not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appro-
priated, and free from presumption or other
claims or rights at the time the line of said road
is definitely fixed, and plat thereof filed in the
office of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office; Provided, That the word mineral, when
it occurs in this act, shall not be held to include
iron or coal.
Sec. g. And be Il. further enacted, That when
Fever said Placerville and Sacramento Valley
Railroad Company shall have ten consecutive
miles OF any portion of said railroad and tele-
graph line ready for the service contaminated
the President of the Tfnita1 ba1
three commissioners to examine the same, and
If 1t shall appear that ten miles of said railroad
and telegraph line have been completed in a
good and substantial manner, and in all respects
as required by this act, the commissioners shall
so report to the President of the United States
and patents of lands, as aforesaid, shall be is
sued to said company, confirming to said cmpa.
ny the right and title to said lands, situated OBJ
poSlte TO and cOterminous with said completed
section of said road, unless said lands are GOV
cred by the exceptions of this act. And from
time to time, whenever ten additional miles
snail nave been constructed, completed and in
readiness, as aforesaid, and verified by the com
missioners to the President of the United
States, then patents shall be issued to said com
pany, conveying the additional sections of land
as aforesaid; and so on fast as every ten miles
of said road is completed as aforesaid: Py0,i
ded, That said commissioners named in this sec
tlon shall be paid by the company, ten dollars
per day Tor the time actually employed, and ter
cents per mile for the distance actually and
necessarily travelled each way
Sec. q. And be Il. further enacted, That said Pla
cervllle and Sacramento Valley railroad shall
be constructed in substantial and workman
like manner, with all the necessary drains cuI
Yerts, bridges, ylaductS, crossings turnouts sta
lions and watering places, and ali other anpur
tenances, including furniture and rolling stock
equal IN respects to railroads of the first cIas
when prepared for business with rails ofthe best
quality, manufactured from American iron. anC
a uniform gauge shall be established the entire
length ofthe road. And there shall be construc
ted telegraph line of the most substantial anC
approved description, to be operated on the en-
tire route: PrO0tded, That said company shall
not charge higher rates to the government. its
ofncers or agents, than they do to individuals
Tor Geographic service, and that the said rail.
road shall be and remain public
highway for the use of the govern,
ment OF the United States free of all toll or 9th
erty or troops ofthe United States and the same
snail be transported over said road at the cost
charge and expense of the corporation or com.
pany owning or operating the same when re-
CURED by the United States to do so.
sec. 0. AND be 1t FURTHER enacted, That the Pres
ldent OF the United States shall cause such lands
to De survey d for twenty miles in width on both
sldes OF the entire line of said road after the
general route shall be fixed and as fast as ma V
be required by the construction of said railroad
anu al u, IAe Qua SectlonS OF land hereby granted
shall not be liable to SALE or entry. or IRE emn.
ton, before or after they are SURVEYED exceppt
by SAID company, as provided in this act: but
the provisions of the act ofSeptember. eighteen
hundred and forty-one, granting pre-emDtion
rights, ana the acts amendatory thereof and OF
the act ehttied An act to secure homesteads
TO actual settlers on the public domain y an.
proved May twenty, eighteen hundred and six-
ty-tWo, shall be, and the same are hereby ev.
tended to all other lands on the line of said
When surveyed, excepting those hereby granted
10 SAID company: and the sections and parts
OF sections OF lands which by the aforesaid
grant shall remain in the United States within
ten miles on each side of said road. shall NOT
be sold for less than double the minimum nrce
OF public lands when sold.
SEC. d. And be it further enacted. That each
and every grant, right, and privilege herein
are 1, 50 MADE and given to and accepted by said
IlacerVllle and Sacramento Valley Railroad
company, upon and subject to the FOLLOWING
conditions, namely: That the said command
snail commence the work on said road within
ono year from the approval of this act by the
resident, ana shall complete the whole road
by the forth day Of July, eighteen hundred
and sixty nine.
SEC. Z: And bet further enacted. That the
United States make the several conditioned
grants herein, and that the said PlaceryilIe and
sacramento valley Railroad Company accent
the same upon the further condition tbot If II ~
l.
tions hereof, and allow the same to continue
ic upwards OF one year. then in such case, the
title to the public lands herein reserved for the
construction OF said road shall revert to The
United States. W 'ii0
SEC. s.. And be 1t further enacted, That all
people Peep OF the United States shall have the
llSn! 70 subscribe to the stock of the said PIa
cervllle and Sacramento Valley Railroad Com M
pany until the whole capital is taken up 'i by
complying with the terms of subscription y
SEC. Q. Ind be it further enGctedp Tbnt +bo
acceptance OF the terms, conditions. and i'm
positions of this act by the said Placervilie and
be signiied in writing, under the coporate s eea
OF the said company, duly executed, pursuant ant
to the direction of its board of directors first
had and obtained, which acceptance shall he
made within one year after the passage of This
act, ana not afterwards, and shall be deposited
with TN the Secretary of the Interior
SEc. ~. And De 1t further enacted, That the
'ald company is authorized to accent To its
own own; any grant, donation, or loan, power, fra5.
ehlse, aid or assistance which NAV be Gran.