The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-12-27
oVFIcIAL
LAWS on TUE UNITED STATES,
Passsd az ne FIrsf Sesslon Of ne Thirty Maid
Coagvess

Town Of Piacerville, IN The stnte Of Call
fornia.
BE II enacted by the senate and House Of
Representatives ofthe United states Of America
through the public lands be, and the same n
hereby granted 10 the Placervile and sacra-
mento Valley Railroad Company, corporation
existing under the laws Of the State Of Califor-
ria, and designated by the Legislature thereof
20 construct the road hereinafter named, and 10
Its successors and asigns, for the construction
~ railroad and telegraph line from the town
Of Folsom 70 the town Of PlaeerviIle, in said
State; and the right II hereby given 70 said
corporation 70 take from the public lands ada
cent 10 the line II said road, material for the
construction thereof; said right Of way Is
granted to said railroad to the extent Of one
hundred feet In width on each side Of said road
where II may pass over the public lands; also,
all necessary ground for station buildings,
workshops, depots, macbIne-shops, switches,
side-tracks, turntables, and water stations.
See. 2. And be II further enacted, That there
be, and II hereby granted 10 the Placeryille
and sacramento Valley Railroad Company, its
successors and assigns, for the purpose Of aid
ing IN the construction Of said railroad and tel
egrnph line, and 10 secure the safe and speedy
transportation Of the mails troops, munitions
Of war and public stores over the route OF said
line Of railway, every alternate section Of pub
lie land, not containing gold or silver, deslg-
mated by odd numbers, TO the amount Of ten
alternate sections per mile, on each side Of said
railroad line as said company may adopt,
whenever, on the line thereof, the United
States have full title, not reserved, sold, grant
ed, or otherwise appropriated, and free from
presumption or other claims or rights at the
time the line Of said road is definitely fixed,
and plat thereof filed In the Office Of the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office Pro-
yided, That the word "mineral," when II oc-
ours In this act, shall not be held to include
iron or coal.
See. .. And be II further enacted, That when
ever said Placerville and Sacramento Valley
Railroad Company shall have ten consecutive
miles Of any portion Of said railroad and tele-
graph line ready for the service contemplated
Che President Of The United States shall APP
point three commissioners TO examine the
same, and If II shall appear that ten miles Of
said railroad and telegraph line have been COM
pleted In good and substantial manner, and
In all respects as required by this act the COM
missioners shall 10 report TO the President Of
the United States, and patents OF lands, as
shall be issued to said company, con
firming to said company the right and tide to
said lands, situated opposite TO and cOtermi-
nous with said completed section of said road,
unless said lands are covered by heeXceptions
Of this act. And from time to time whenever
ten additional miles shall have been construct
ed, completed, and In readiness, as aforesaid.
and verified by the commissioners TO the Presi-
dent of the United States then patents shall be
issued TO said company, conveying the addi-
tional sections Of land, as aforesaid: and so on
as fast AS every ten miles of said road Is COM
pleted, as aforesaid Provided, That said com
missioners named in this section shall be paid,
by the company, ten dollars per day for the
time actually employed, and ten cents per mile
for the distance actually and necessarily tray
elled each way.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That said
Placerville and Sacramento Valley railroad
shall be constructed ina substantial and work
manner, with all the necessary drains,
culyerts, bridges, viaducts, crossings, turnouts,
stations, and watering places, and all other APP
including furniture and rolling
stock, equal in all respects to railroads of the
first class, when prepared for business, with
rails Of the best quality, manufactured from
American iron, and uniform gauge shall be
the entire length of the road, And
there shall be eonstructed telegraph lpe o #
to be operated on the entire route Provided,
That said company shall not charge higher
rates to the government, its officers or agents.
than they do TO individually for Geographic SER
vice, and that the said railroad shall be and re-
main public highway for the use of the Gov
eminent If the United States free of all toll or
other charge upon the transportation of any
property or troops of the United States. and
the same shall be transported over said road at
the cost charge, and expense of the corporation
or company owning or operating the same when
required by the United States to do so.
See 3. And be it further enacted. That the
President of the United States shall cause such
lands to be survey for twenty miles in width
on both sides of the entire line of said road,
after the general route shall be fixed, and as
FAST as may be required by the construction of
said railroad; and the odd sections of land
hereby granted shall not be liable TO sale, or
'ntry, or presumption, before or after they are
hxys at1
N this act; but the provisions of the act of |
eighteen hundred and fory-one, |
granting presumption rights, and the acts |
thereof and of the act entitled "An |
Jet 10 secure homesteads TO actual settlers on |
he public domain" approved May twenty, |
Eighteen hundred and siXty-two, shall be. and |
he same are hereby, extended to all other |
ands on the line Of said road when surveyed, |
those hereby granted to said com
ANY; and the sections and parts of sections of |
and which by the aforesaid grant shall remain
n the United Statos within ten miles on each |
ide OF said road, shall not be sold forles than
ouble the minimum price of public lands
when sold.
sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That each
nd every grant, right, and privilege herein are
0 made and given to and accepted by said
'laceryille and Sacramento Valley Railroad
company. upon and subject to the following
onditons, namely: That the said company
ne year from the approval Of this act by the
resident, and shall complete the whole road
y the fourth day OF July, eighteen hundred
nd siYty-nine.
Sec. I. And be it further enacted. That the
nited~ States make the several conditioned ,
rants herein, and that the said Placerville and
sacramento Valley Railroad Company accept
he same. upon the further condition that If the '
lid company make any breach Of the condi-
ons hereof, and allow The same 10 continue
II upwards Of one year, then i'm such case the
tie to the pablie lands herein reserved for the {
Of said road shall revert to the I
nited States,
See. s. And be II further enacted. That all {
sOple Of the United States shall have the right
subscribe to the stock a nc said Placer5ille
ID Sacramento Valley Railroad Company
ltil the whole capital is taken up, by comply
z with the terms Of subscription. I
Sec, .. And be Il further enacted, That the
ceptance Of the terms, conditions, and impo- !
lions Of this act BY the said Piacerville and !;
cramento Valley Railroad Company shall be
gnifed IN writing, under the corporate seal n
the said company, duly executed, pursuant
the direction Of It's board Of directors first I
a aud obtained. which acceptance shall be
AIDE within one year after the passage Of this
{. and not afterwards. and shall be deposited b
in the Secretary Of the Interior. \
Sec. 10. And be It further enacted, That the :,
Ia company 4 authorized 70 accept 20 its own :
g any grant, donation. or loan. power. fran e
Use. aid OF assistance which may Be granted i
or conferred upon said'company b. the Con- =,
- Of the United States, BY the Legislstureof :.
y state, county, or municipal corporation, u
by any corporation. person or per,ss'ns, and 5,
any such grant. donation, loan, or power. -
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