New Orleans Republican., 1867-06-04

road and telegraph from either OF the termn herein
before the other company snail have likewise arrived
at the same line sh all nave the right and the said
company Is hereby authorized to continue in con
struoting the same beyond the line aforesaid with
the consent OF the state in hich the unfinished part
may lie, up the terms mentioned ia this act until
the said plrts shall meet and connect and the whole
line OF said railroad and telegraph shall be com
> SEC ?. And be it farther enacted, That there be,
and hereby granted to the said companies their
essor and asst sns for the purpose of aiding in
the construction of said railroad and telegraph line
and to secure the safe and spe sdy transpo tston OF
the mails, troops munitions of ar and public
stores over the line OF said road alternate
section of public land not mineral. designated by
odd numbers. to the amount oft enty alternate sec
tions per mile ten each side of said railroad line:
and when OF said alternate sections parts of
sections shall be found to have been granted, sod
reserved, occupied by homestead settlers pre-
empted, or otherwise disposed of her ands, desig
mated as aforesaid, shall be selected by said com
panies, in lieu thereof, under the direction of the
Secretary Of the Interior alternate sections desig
ma ed by odd numbers as aforesaid, nearest to and
not more than ten miles be- ond the limits of said
first named alternate section and as soon the
said companies or either OF them, shall file in the
office of the Secretary of the Interior map of the
survey OF said ralIoa or any portion thereof not
less than sixty continuous IN les from either termin
US the Secre of the Interior shall withdraw from
sale pubic lands herein granted each side of said
railroad SO far as located and within the limits be-
re specified he lands herein granted shall be ap.
Piled to the bud ding of said road within the State
esp-ctlvely; wherein they are situated. And the
sections and parts OF sections of land which shall
main in the United States ithin the limits of the
aforesaid grant ha not be sold for less than double
the minimum price public lands when sid: Pro.
vided, That bona fde and actual settler, under the
pre- emption laws of the United States may, af er
due proof of settlement improvement, and ocou pa
ton, as now provided by law, purchase the same at
the price fixed tor said lands at the date If such
tlemeut, Improvement, and occupation: And pro-
vded, also, That settlers under the provisions of the
homestead act who comply with the terms and re-
qulrements of said act. snail be entitled, within the
limits OF said grant, to patents for an amount not
exceeding eighty acre of the land reserved by the
United States, anything in this act to the contrary
SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, That the
right of way through the public lands be, and the
same is hereby granted to said companies Tor the
construction of said railroad and te eRraph line and
the right, power, and auth ry are hereby given to
I'd companies to take from the public lands adjacent
the line of said road, earth, s. one timber water
and other materials for the con trucion thereof.
said right of way granted to said railroad to the
extent Of one hundred feet IN width on each side of
said railroad where it may pass over the public
lands including all necessary grounds for stations,
buildings, workshops, dep9ts' machine shops,
switches side tracks turn tables water stations, or
sny other structures required in the construction
SEQ. 4. Asd be 1t further erao'ed, That whenever
the said companies, or either of them, shall have
twenty or more consecutive 4" lies Of any portion Of
said raj read and line ready for tine service
contemplated BY this act the President OF the
Unite states shall appoint three commissioners,
whose compensation shall be paid by said company,
twenty consecutive miles " railroad and telegraph
shall have been completed and equipped in all re.
shall report under oath to the President of the
UnitedStates, and thereupon patents shall ssue to
be, for the land, herenbefore granted the extent
of and cOtermnous with the comp eted section of
from time to time. whenever twenty or more con.
sscutye miles of the SAID road and telegraph shall
be completed and equipped a, aforesaid. ptteg is
shall in Ike manner issue upon the report of the
said commissioners and on until the entire rail.
road and telegraph auth rized by this act shall have
been constructed, and the patents of the anus here
In granted shall have been issued.
SIC. 3 Aud be it further acted. That the grants
afor said are made upon the condition that the said
companies shall kee said railroad and telegraph in
mails upon sait railroad, and transm dispatches
by said telegraph line for the government of the
United States when required SO to do by dep ,rt
ment thereof and that the government shall at all
times have the preference IN the of said railroad
of compensate n, not to exceed he rates paid By
private parties for the same kind of service. And
for the use OF the government of the United states
free of all toll or otneTc argos upon the transporta
andtthe same hal be transported over said at
the cost charge and expense OF the corporations
required BY the government OF tie tinted States
SEC. 6: And be i Iurther enacted, That the said
Depr of the Interior within year after he
pa sage hereof and shaii complete the first section
two years and at least twenty miles in each year
thereafter and he whole IN or before the first day
five; and the sad railroad snail be Of the same
gauge as the Cen raj Pacific railroad" OF Califor
MIA and be connected Herewith.
SEC. I. And be it further enacted. That the said
comp nes named IN this act are hereby required TO
operate and the portions or Parts of said railroad
and eegraph mentioned in section one OF this act
for all purposes of transportation travel, and com.
concerned as one connected and continuous lne;
and m such operation and use TO afford and secure
rates. time, and trans sporta alton without any dis
elimination whatever, on rain of forieiting the full
amount ut damage sustained on account of such dis
crmi nation. TO De sued for and recovered in any
court "t tee United States, OF any State, OF
! etent lurl dcton.
SEc Z. Aud be 1t further enacted That in case the
said companies shal! fail to comp with the term.
assent thereto provided section six of this act
or by not co npleting the same provided in SAID
lands not conve ed by patent to said company or
compan es, as the case may be, at the date Of any
the said road and telegraph line shall not be
kept in repair aud mt for after the same sha
put the same in repair use. and may direct the
income of said road and tel graph line 10 there
psnditures caused ~ the defauI and neglect OF said
companies, or either of them, as the ay be- or
value of he lands granted BY this act.
. Sec O. And be it further enact d. That the said
the said Oregon Company' shall be governed By
the provisions of the general railroad and telegraph
ton and maa cement OF he said IL railroad and teie
graph line hereinbefore authorized in all mitters
" company" or companies is used in this act. it
shall be construed embrace the words their asso
words had been inser e or thereto annexed.
SEC 10. And be 1t further enacted, That all min.
I is act; but where the same shall contain timber
so much of the timber there on as shal be required
salu ROAD over sucn lana here
by granted to said companies: Provided, That the
term minera lands shall not include Lands contain
ing C al and iron.
said companies named In this act shall obtain the
OF the iegs of their espectye States
aud be governed by the statutory atoms thereof
wherever the said road and telegraph line shall not
pass uver or through the public lands Of the United
States.
SEC L. And be it further enacted, That Congress
may at any time nav due regard for the rights of
SAID Callf Srnia and Oregon railroad panies add
to. after. amend or repeal this act.
ApprovedJu 3, 1855
N ACT 10 change the place holding court in the
northern district OF Georgia.
Be it enscted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
Sentatives Of tue United States OF America in Cou
norihtrn district of Georgia shall hereafter be held
at Atlanta, instead OF Marietta; and the clerk of
sa nor hern disirct rs hereby required to remove
once from Marietta to Atlanta
Sac. And be il further enacted, That all process
shall be taken and considersd returnsbe to the
court at A lanta.
Approved July IS. 1860
AN ACT to revive the grade OF general in the Unit
ed states army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-.
sentAtives Of the United States of America in Con-
zress assembled. That the srads Of general Of the
hereby revived and that the president is hereby
authorized. whenever he shall deem 1t eIpedlent, to
sppoint by and with the advice and consent OF the
20 be selected from among those officers in the mill
or courage. skill, and ability, who bel 3 oommIs-
ection and during the pleasure Of the president TO
the armies Of the United states.
SEC AND be IL further enacted, That the pay
per m nth and his allowance for fuel and Qu