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LAWS OF 'THE lBNITED STATES.
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An .Acf % encourage teleerapbic cornmuni.
: cation between the United States and the
y Island Of Cuba and other West India islands
and the Bahamas ig ny .....
Whereas james A. Scrymser, Alfred Pell,
Junior, Alexander HAMILTON, Junior, Oliver
X. King, Maturin L. Delafeld, William Il.
Smith, and James M. Digges, their associates,
SUCCESSORS and assigns, persons composing
the international Ocean Telegraph Company,
an incorporated company chartered by the
State Of New York, are DESTROYS OF estab-
fishing line Of submarine telegraphic COM
munication between the United States of
America and the West India islands and the
Bahamas: Now. therefore, in order to facili-
tate the said enterprise D. 1Er #Hg
Be 10 enacted BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives of 1,e limited States Of Amer
ica On Congress assembled, That the said
International Ocean Telegraph Company,
incorporated under the laws Of the State Of
New York, their successors and assigns, shall
have the sole privilege for period OF four
teen years from the approval Of this act, to
lay, construct, land, maintain, and operate
telegraphic or magnetic lines OF cables in
and over the waters, reefs, islands, shores,
and lands, over which the United States have
Jurisdiction, from the shores of the State OF
Florida, in the said United States, TO the
Island Of Cuba and the Bahamas, either or
both, and other West India islands.
SEC. 2. And be az further enacted, That
the said International Ocean Telegraph Com
pany shall, Mt all times give The United
States the free use Of said cable or cables, to
telegraphic operator Of its own selection,
to transmit any messages to and from its
military, naval, and diplomatic or consular
agents; and the said company shall keep all
its lines open to the public for the transmits
sion for daily publication Of market and com
mercial reports and intelligence, and all mes
sages, dispatches and communications shall
be forwarded in the order in which they shall
be received; and the said company shall not
be permitted TO charge and collect for mes
sages transmitted through any Of its subma-
rine cables more than the rate Of three dollars
and fifty cents for messages OF ten words,
subject, however, to the power of Congress
TO alter and determine said rates Provided,
That the said International Ocean Telegraph
Company shall, within the period Of three
years from the passage Of this act, cause the
said submarine Geographic cable OF cables to
be laid down, and that the said cable or
cables shall be in successful operation for the
transmission Of messages within the said pc.
riod Of five years; otherwise, this grant to be
null and void.
SIC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That
Congress shall have power, at any time, to
alter OF repeal the foregoing act. ..asr
Approved, May 5, 1866.
PUBLIC REsoLUTIoS-No. 20.
A RESOLUTION extending the time for the
completion Of the Union Pacific railway
eastern division, r., ..r. ...,.s, d. .... .r
Resolved by The Senate and House o.
Representatives Of the United States o
America an Congress assembled, That the
time for the completion Of the first one hun
bred miles Of railroad and telegraph line by
the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western
Railroad Company (since called the "Unior
Pacific Railway Company, eastern division"
mentioned in the tenth section OF the charter
Of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, O
July first, one thousand eight hundred anC
sixty-two, and in the fifth section Of the
amendment thereof, Of July second, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, be
and the same is hereby, extended until tn,
twenty-seventh day Of June, one thOusan,
eight hundred and sixty-siX; and that tn
time for completing each succeeding section
Of one hundred miles shall be reckoned iron
the said twenty-seventh day Of June in sal
year.
SEC 2. And be IL further resolred, Tha
the time for commencing and completing tn
Northern Pacific Railroad, and all its seyera
sections, is extended for the term Of tw,
years.
Approved, May I, 1866.