The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-11-01

patents snail issue to said companies, or either
OF them, as the case may be- for the lands here
lhoeiore granted, to the extent of and coter-
Li!lous Win the completed section of said
railroad and telegraph line as aforesaid; and
from tlnle 10 tune, whenever twenty or more
consecutive miles ofthe said road and telegraph
snail be completed and equipped as aforesaid
patents shall in like manner Issue upon the
report OF the said commissioners, and so on
until the entire railroad and TELEGRAPH author
lied by this act shall have been constructed
ana the patents of the lands herein granted
shall have been issued
SEC. D.. A1ad be ii further enacted That the
grants aforesaid are made upon the condition
mat the sad companies shall keep said rail
road and telegraph in repair and use, and shall
at all tunes transport the mails upon said
railroad, andtransmit dispatches by said tele-
graph line for the government of the United
states, When required so to do by any depart
ment thereof, and that the government Shall
at all times have the preference in the use of
said railroad and telegraph therefor at fair
and reasonable rates of compensation, not to
exceed the rates paid by private parties for
the same kind of service. And said railroad
shall be and remain public highway for the
use or the Government of the United States
Tree OF all tool or other charges upon the trans
portatlon OF the property or troops of the Uni
TED states; and the same shall be transported
over SAID road at the cost, charge; and expense
of the corporations or companies owning or
operating the same, when so required by the
government ofthe United States .H
SEC. o. Ind be it further euacted, That the
said companies shall file their assent to this
act in the Department of the Interior within
one year after the passage hereof, and shall
complete the first section of twenty miles of
sad railroad ond telegraph within two years.
ana at least twenty miles in each year thereaf-
ter, and the whole on or before the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
i've; and the said railroad shall be of the same
guage as the Central Pacific railroad" of
California, and be connected Herewith
| SEC T. And be 1t yfasrther enacted, That the
SAID companies named in this act are hereby
required to operate and use the portions or
parts of said railroad and telegraph mentioned
in section one of this act for all PURPOSES of
transportation, travel, and communication so
far as the public and government are concern
ed, as one connected and continuous line; and
Ill such operation and use to afford and secure
to each other equal advantages and facilities
as TO rates, time, and transported ion, without
any discrimination whatever, on pain of for
letting the full amount of damage sustained
on account of such discrimination, to be used
for and recovered in any court of the United
States, or of any State, of compel ent iurisdic-
ton.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in case
the said companies shall fail to comply with
the terms and conditions required namely,
by not ming their assent thereto as provided
III section SIX of this act, or by not completing
the same as provided in said section, this act
shall be null and void and all the lands not
conveyed by patent to said company or com
panies, as the case may be, at the date of any
| such failure, shall revert to the United States
And in case the said road and telegraph line
shall not be kept in repair and fit for use, after
the same shall have been completed, Congress
may pass an act to put the same in repair and
use, and may direct the income of said railroad
and telegraph line to be thereafter devoted to
the United States, to repay all expenditures
caused by the fault and neglect of said com
panles or either of them, as the case may be-
or may fix pecuniary responsibility not ex-
cceedlng the value of the lands granted by
this act.
SEC. 9. A,ed be 1T further enacted, That the
said California and Oregon Railroad Compan-
n.y. and the said Oregon Company" shall be
governed by the provisions of the general rail
road and telegraph laws of their respective
States, as to the construction and manage
men, of the said railroad and telegraph line
hereinbefore authorized, in all matters not
provided for in this act. Wherever the word
company or companies" is used in this act
it shall be construed to embrace the words
their associates, successors, and assigns the
same as II the words had been inserted or there
to annexed.
SEC. 10. Ind be 1t further enacted, That all
mineral lands shall be accepted from the oper-
alton Of this act; but where the same shall
contain timber, so much ofthe timber thereon
as shall be required to construct said road
over such mineral land is hereby granted to
said companies PrOyided, Thatthe term min
eral lands shall not include lands containing
coal and iron.
SEC. Il. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the
SAID companies named in this act shall obtain
the consent ofthe legislatures of their respec-
tive States, and be governed by the statutory
regulations thereof in all matters pertaining
to the right of way, wherever the said road and
telegraph line shall not pass over or through
the public lands of the United States
SEC IL. Ind be 1t further enacted, That Con-
gress may at any time, having due regard for
the rights Of said California and Oregon rail
road companies, add to, alter, amend or repeal
this act.
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