Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-03-27
VICE. Of said commissioner under this &C.

vices of said commissioners under this act
shall b paid BY said company.
railroad shall be eonstru c.ed in . SUBSTANTIAL
And worhmanlike manner, with all the neees.
sary draws, culverts, bridges, viaducts, cross
,ng 1 5nrrorts, ssarons ana wssering places
ture snd rolling stock, eQaal in all respects 70
railroads of the first class when prepared for
business, with rails OF The best quality; and
uniform guage with the Pacific railroad shall
be established the entire length OF the road
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted, That the
President OF the United States shall cause the
lands 10 be surveyed for twenty miles in width
on both sides OF the entire line of the said road,
after the general route shall be liked, and as
last 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
entry. or pre-empnoD, before or after they are
surveyed, except by said company, as pro-
ylded IN this act; but the provisions of the act
of September, eighteen hundred and forty one,
granting pre-emption rights, and the acts
amendatory thereof, and OF the act entitled
IAN act TO secure homestea ads TO actual settlers
on the public domain" approved May twenty,
eng hteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be, and
the same are hereby, extended 10 all other
lands on The line OF said road when surveyed,
excepting those hereby granted to said COM
pany; and the sections and parts of sections
which shall remain in the United States with
in ten miles of said railroad on each side there
OF snail not be sold for less than two dollars
and fifty cents per acre.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted. That each
and every grant, right, and privilege are so
made and given to and accepted by said Stock
ton and Copperopolis Railroad Company upon
and subject to the following conditions, name
Iy That the said company shall commence
the work on said road within two years from
the approval Of this act by the President and
shall complete not less than ten miles per wear
after The second year, and shall construct,
furnish, equip, and complete the whole road
by the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two: and upon a failure of said
company TO comply with either of said cond,.
tons, the lands then unpatented to said COM
pany shall revert 10 the United States
SEC. z. And be IL further enacted. That the
United States make the several conditioned
grants herein, and that the said Stockton and
Copperopolis Railroad Company accept the
same, upon the further condition that If the
said company make any breach OF the condi-
items thereof, and allow the same to con tinue
for upwards of one year. then, in snch case,
at any time hereafter, Congress NAV do any
and all acts and things which may be needfuI
of said road.
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted, That said
Stockton and Copperopolis>railroad, or any
part thereof, shall be a post route and mi itary
railroad. subject TO the use OF the United States
ior postal, military, naval, and all other Gov
eminent service. and also subject to such reg
ulatlons as Congress may impose restricting
the charges for such Government transporta.
non. and all troops ana munitions of war of
the United States shall se transp orted over the
said railroad free of all expense or charge TO
the Government therefor, whenever the same
snail be required by the Government of the
United States.
SEC. O. and be IL further enacted, That the
acceptance Of the terms, conditions, and i'm
positions OF this act by the said Stockton and
Copperopolis Railroad Company, shall be sig
mined In writing, under the corporate zeal of
the said company, duly executed pursuant to
the direction OF It's board OF directors first had
ana oolalned, which acceptance shall be made
within two years after the passage OF this act
and not afterward. and shall be served on the
President of the United States, and filed in the
office OF the Secretary of the Interior
SIC. 10. Ind belt further enacted That unless
the said Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad
Company shall obtain bona fide subscription
to the tock of said company TO tue amount of
TIVE IA lndrsd thousand dollars, with five per
centum paid within TWO years after the pas
sage and approval OF this act, il shall be null
and void.
SIC. II. And be IL further enacted, That Cor.
gress may, AT any time, having due regard for
the rights OF SAID railroad company, add to-
alter. amend, or repeal this act.
SEC. l2 and Be az further enacted, That lots IN
towns and Villages shall be exempt from the
provisions of this act.
Approved, March ?, 1867.