Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-11-02
Oh pTER LII.

CHAPTER l3i.
~(ird;ft offnntls To .sssiour sCsty and a,
IL 81. TAI Rala1odd conipoay." Eli y
AN NCr'to accept of'the Grant and
carry into execution the Trust con-
ferred upon the State Of Iowa, by an
Act Of Congress entitlel 'IA4Nn Act for
a grant Of iansfs 10 fhe State OF Iowa
in alternate sections, to aid in the
construction of q railroad in said
State.n
SECTION /. BE IL enacted ty the Gen
egHl Assembly Of tho State Of IoWa, That
tirc lands; rights, lsowefs and privileges
conferred upon the state OF iowa Ivy the
Act of Congress entitled = An Act for
grant of land to the State of Iowa in
alternate sections, to aid in the con-
structon Of a railroad in the State OF
Iowa, approved May II, 1864, be, aud
the same are hereby accepted upon the
terms, conditions, ind restrictions con
tanned in said Act of Congress. "
SEC. 3. That so much of the lands,
interests, rights, powers, and privileges,
as are or may be granted and conferred
in pursuance, of the Act of Congress
aforesaid for the purpose Of aiding in
tho construction OLA railroad from
Sioux City, in the state of Iowa, to the
south line of the State of Minnesota, at
such pointa the said State Of Iowa may
select between the Big Sioux and the
west fork of the Des Moincs River be,
and are hereby disposed of, granted and
conferred upon the Sioux City and st.
Paul Railroad Company, body corpo-
rate existing under and by virtue of the
laws of.tlfc State 81 iowa. 7Te
SEC. 3. That the said company shall
locate and definitely fix the line and
route of said road as soon as practicable
after the passage of this Act, and shall
file aenlap showing such line or route in
the Office of the Governor of the State
of Iowa, and also in the Office of the Sec
rctary of Stateof Iowa., and it I'll Ill be
the duty of the said Governor after af
fixing his official signature thereto, to
file, or cause to be fled such map in the
office of the Secretary of the Interior
But the location of such line or route.
however, shall be considered final only
go far rs to fix the limit and boundary
within which lands may be selected
UNDER and by virtue of said Act of Con-
grcss.
SEC. 4. The said road shall be con-
structed upon the usual gague (gauge)
of other first class roads in this State,
and the iron used in the track shall be
of approved quality and pattern and
the sal road shall be constructed and
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to the average of other first class west
'ern roads; and when the said shall be
intersected by any other railroad here
after constructed, it shall be the duty
of the company receiving the benefit
of this Act to furnish all proper and
reasonable facilities, and to join such
other company in making all necessary
crossings, t,Irnouts, sidelings. and
switches, and other conveniences for
the transportation of all freight and
passengers oyer their road, and the
rates for transportation shall not in
any case exceed the regular tariff of
charges on said road. @@
SEC. ). The said company shall as
sent to and accept the grant by this,act
conferred, by written instrument un-
der the seal Of such corporation, and
signed by its President and Secretary,
and shall file the same in the Office of
the Secretary of State of the State Of
Iowa within six months after the pas
sage of this kct1 salANf II. K = > !
SEC. 6. The said company is hereby
authorized and cmpo" cred to select and
designate the point upon the south line
OF the State of Minnesota, to which the
said shall be built, between the Big
Sioux and the l"wcst fork of the
Des Moincs Rivers, as designated in
SAID ACT OF congress. ..., -...-
SEC. Z. The Company accepting the
pro, isions of this Act, shall at all times
be subject tosuch rules, regulations and
restriction Of rates for the transporta-
ton of passengers and freight as may
be enacted and imposed by the General
assembly OF the State OF Iowa, not in
consistent with the proNi 5ions of this
Act and the act Of Congress making the
grant aforesaid.
SEC. 8. The. said Company accept
ing th,. grant Of land under the provis-
ions of this Act, shall take the same
with the conditions imposed and the
terms provided by this Act, and in no
event shall said Company have any
claim or recourse upon the State of
Iowa by reason OF the conditions inn
posed by this Act.
SEC. 8. 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 1900,
Chapter 80, of the Revision of 1860.
r SEC. 10. This Act being deemed of
Immediate Importance, shall take effect
and he in force from and after its publ.
cation in the Daily State Register, a
newspaper published in Des Moines,
and the Sioux City Journal, newspa
per published in Sioux City, said publ
cation to be without expense. to the
State. s> RE- #"@#
Approved April Sd, 1866.
l hereby certify that the fores DING
Act was published in the Daily State
Register April 22d, 1866, and in the
SinIx fitv HANNAH A mil -tb 1SiR