The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-21
OFFICIAL |
JAWS OR THE UNITED STATES,
'assed at the First Session of the TRirt,,- Ninth
Congress-

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in the Construction of a Railroad and TeIe-
y graph Line from the Town of Folsom to the
y Town of Placerville, in the State of Cali
Y fornia.
4 Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
representatives of the United States of Arnerica
fn Congress assembled, That the right of wav
reby granted to tiffg tiffgds be- raVpd the fame
@sento Valley Railroad Company, a corporation
#xisting under the laws Of the State of Califor
en ia and designated by the Legislature thereof
II kDconstruct the road hereinafter named, and to
rs successors and assigns, for the construction
n railroad and telegraph line from the town
4f Folsom to the town of Placerville in said
tdtate: and the right is hereby given to said
9rporatOn TO take from the public lands adia-
4nt to the line of said road, material for tho
r rsmstruction thereof; said right of wav is
lAanted to said railroad to the extent of one
Fmdred feet in width on each side of said road
here it may pass over the public lands: also.
cal necessary ground for station buildings
e Hrkshops depots, machine-Shops. switches
~ Mie-tracks, turntables, and water stations
eNSec. ,. And be 1t further enacted, That there
4 and is hereby, granted to the PlacerviIle
y ID Sacramento Valley Railroad Company, its
Accessors and assigns, for the purpose of aid
OH in the construction Of said railroad and tel
N nAraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy
VI transportation of the mails, troops, munitions
an war, and public stores over the route of said
lie Of railway, every alternate section of pub
4 land, not containing gold or silver, desig-
d Nted by odd numbers, to the amount of ten
Atprnate sections per mile, on each side of said
! lIroad line, said company may adopt
: Aheneyer, on the line thereof, the United
Hates have full title, not reserved sold, grant
4 or otherwise appropriated, and free from
I Ae-emptOn or other claims or rights at the
me the line Of said road is definitely fixed
Oh plat thereof filed in the office of the Com
p ssoner of the General Land Office Pro-
re lied, That the word ''mineral,' when it oc-
u ar~ in this act, shall not be held to include
~ I'm or coal.
/
Ger said PlacerYille and Sacramento Valley
AilrOad Company shall have ten consecutive
nj les of any portion of said railroad and tele-
in4 aph line ready for the service contemplated
ne4e President of !he United States shall ap-
EN- int three commissioners to examine the
a4me and if it shall appear that ten miles of
edA ID railroad and telegraph line have been COM
n u tied in good and substantial manner, and
III all respects as required by this act the COM
aSSiOnerS shall so report to the President of
eg1e United States, and patents of lands as
kresaid, shall be issued to said company, con-
)Whmng to said company the right and tide to
" lid lands. situated opposite to and cOtermi-
'5tius with said completed section of said road,
HESS said lands are covered by heeXceptions
- this act. And from time to time, whenever
Rh additional miles shall have been construct
completed, and in readiness, as aforesaid,
- verified by the commissioners to the PreSi-
Ant of the United States, then patents shall be
kled TO said company, conveying the addi-
zoo Mnal sections of land, as aforesaid. ana on
fast as every ten miles of said road is COM
!. ted as aforesaid Provided, That said COM
Asoners named in this section shall be paid,
the company, ten dollars per day for the
D 6eactualv employed, and ten cents per mile
hthe distance actually and necessarily trav-
PTd each way.
tcerville and Sacramento Valley railroad
Iii be constructed ina substantial and work
kn-like manner, with all the necessary drains,
lyerts, bridges, yiaducts, crossings, turnouts,
ryNIo 1alI Ofh
Eenances including furniture and rolling
TX equal in all respects to railroads of the
erNt class, when prepared for business, with
Is of the best quality, manufactured from
IL oherican iron, and uniform gauge shall be
Ao lbshed the entire length of the road And
rAre shall be constructed a telegraph line OF
AO most substantial and approved description,
he operated on the entire route Provided,
Mt said company shall not charge higher
Len to the government its officers or agents,
n nm they do to individuals for telegraphlc SER
II and that the said railroad shall be and re-
n Mn public highway for the use OF the Gov
knent the United States free OF all Toll OF
A Ne charge upon the transportation OF any
L. ID Hpertv or troops of the United States, ana
/ MN same shall be transported over said road at
.tcost charge, and expense of the corporation
IOmpany owning or operating the same Wheh
'BANlred by the United States to do so.
,r1cEAc. D. And be it further enacted, That the
1,oCTliIent of the United States shall cause such
AS to he survey for twenty miles IN WldCn
both sides of the entire line OF said ROAD,
I'D AIHr the general route shall be liked, ana as
4 CrsN as NAV be required by the construction OF
n railroad: and the odd sections of land
hby granted shall not be liable to sale, or
to saHv or pre-emption, before or after they are
keved except by said company, as PROVIDED
Ihis act. hut the provisions of the act of
nMEN mbcr eighteen hundred and fory-ohe,
biting pre-emption rights, and the acIs
nrHddatory thereof and of the act entitled An
secure hOmesteads to actual settIers oh
r1,l,ls i ".
teen hundred and slXty-two, hall De, anu
WAh1 same are hereby, extended to all other
on the line of said road when surveyed
#Ptng those hereby granted TO salu collc :
rel b and the sections and parts OF sectlohs vi
(which bv the aforesaid grant shall remain
Mss 8e United Statos within ten miles on elch
- aof sgid road. shall not be sold for less than
Ek the minimum price OF puD1c lahuS
u Sold -. oo,,t,
6. And be IL ruruIrr enacted, Inat I eacn
5SlUA lev, rv grant right, and privilege herein are
81 aadp aud given TO and accepted Dy @ saI9 4
DG e y unon pnd snd snSeet to the following
RdonS, namely: That the SAID compan!
Acommence the work on said road Wltnih
.ERs ~ ear from the approval of this act by the
adent, and shall complete the WnoIe Io"J ,,,''i
- fourth day of July, elghteeh huiN
ro~1Xty-nme. nv, .to
T. And be it further enacted, That 9 tne
f. States make the several conuIIlolioJi lDo u
7 herein, and that the SAID flaceTN me ~ gu =
II
me, upon the further condition that II the
,pIEs ompany make any breach of the condl- t.1o
hereof and ALLOW the same to continue cont tbe
wards of one year. then IN such oase, c IN t1,o
D. Il the public lands herein reserved 1or the the
Arqction of said road shall revert TO Tue
States. N
ATio $. And be it further enacted, Ihat aioht Slt
.on 81 Of the United States shall have the TlSno Ii
ng0D oscribe TO the etock of the said Placeryllle
,BuB Whole capital i taken up, by comply
Ia the terms of subscription. M. .bo
r.;endsA J. And be it further enacted, IhaI n .oe
frlsii Il lance of the terms, conditions, and impoI
zen of this act bv the said Placerville ana m
- at asntO Valley Railroad Company shaiI IesI D1
aie q, stoA in writing, under the corporate sea-
lrleu said company. duly executed, pursuant
direction of its board of directors y 1rsa 81
and obtained, which acceptance snalt ma this is
TI0@ Thin year after the passage ol
a,..erM not afterx ards, and shall be deposI'e0
inu ggriuN e Secretary of the interior.
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