The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-08-29
McGREG0R IOWA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 80, 1866.

filed such map in the Office of the Secreta.
ry OF the Interior. But the location OF
such line or route, however, shall be con-
sidered final only so far as to fix the limit
and boundary within which lands may be
selected under, and by virtue of said Act of
Congress.
Sec 4. The said road shall be construct
ed upon the usual gaguc (gaugc) of other
first class roads in this State, and the iron
used in the track shall be Of approved
quality and pattern; and the said road
shall be constructed and finished in a style
and of a quality equal to the average of
other first class western roads and when
said road shall be intersected by any other
railroad hereafter constructed, it shall be
the duty OF the company receiving the ben
eft of this Act to furnish all proper and
reasonable facilities, and to join such 9TH
er company in making all necessary cross
ings, turnouts, sidelings, switches and 9TH
er conveniences for the transportation of
all freight and passengers over their road,
and the rates for transportation shall not
in any case exceed the regular tariff of
charges on said road.
Sec 5. The said company shall assent
to and accept the grant by this act confer
red, by written instrument under the
seal of such corporation, and signed by it's
President and Secretary, and shall file the
same in the Office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Iowa within six months af-
ter the passage of this Act.
Sec 6. The said company is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to select and des-
ignate the point upon the south line of
the State of Minnesota, to which the said
road shall be built between the '.Big Sioux"
and the "west fork" of the Des Moines
Rivers, as desi gnated in said Act of Con-
gress.
Sec Z. The Company accepting the pro-
visions Of this Act, shall at all times be
subject to such rules, regulations and re-
striction of rates for the transportation of
passengers and freight as may be enacted
and imposed by the General Assembly of
the State of Iowa. not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act and the act of
Congress making the grant aforesaid.
Sec 8. The said Company accepting the
grant of land under the provisions of this
Act, shall take the same with the condi-
tons imposed and the terms provided by
this Act, and in no event shall said Com
pany have any claim or recourse upon the
State of Iowa by reason of the conditions
imposed by this Act. a#
Sees. All persons who, at the time
said grant was made, held valid claims by
actual occupation and improvement upon
any of the lands embraced in said grant,
shall be protected in the same and entitled
to purchase and enter the same upon the
terms and conditions provided in Sections
1908 and 1909, Chapter So, of the Revis-
ion of 1860.
Sec. 10. This Act being deemed of I'M
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Daily State Register, a newspaper
published in Des Moines, and the Sioux
City Journal. newspaper published in
Sioux City, said publication to be without
expense to the State.
Approved April Sd, 1866.
l hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published in the Daily State Register,
April 22d, 1866, and in the Sioux City
Journal April -th, 1866.
JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary Of State.