The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-27
oFFIcIAL.1
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First Session of the TBirfy- Ninth
Congress

Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific
Railroad, in California Ia Portland in
Oregon. 40
BE it enacted by the Senate and HouSe ot
| representatives of the United States Of America
III congress assembled That the ssCalif0ruia
and Oregon Railroad Company" Organized
uhueF am act OF the State Of California to pro-
/ eecI certain parties in an to a railroad survey
/ 10 connect Portland. in OREGON. with NIarvs-
NHie, IN California; approved April sixth.
eighteen hundred and sixtv-three and such
company organized under the laws Of Oregon
a. inc legislature Of said state shall hereafter
designate be, and they are hereby. authorized
ana empowered 10 lay out, locate, construct,
nhlNh, and maintain a railroad and telegraph
line between the city Of Portland, in Oregon,
anu The Central Pacific Railroad. in California,
/ IN the manner following, tO-wit: The said
/ california and Oregon Railroad Company to
! construct that part Of said railroad and tele-
/ graph within the state Of California, begin
I nin2 at some point Ito be selected by said COM
/ panyJ on the Central Pacific Railroad in the
/ sacramento valley i'm the state Of California,
/ and running thence nOTthcrly, through the
] sacramento and shasta valleys in the northern
/ boundary Of the state Of California; and the
I said Oregon company 10 construct that part of
/ the said railroad and telegraph line within the
/ state Of Oregon, beginning at the city OF Port
. land, in Oregon, and running thence s0utHerly
through the Willamette, Umpqua. and Rogue
/ River valleys to the southern boundary Of
I Oregon. where the same shall connect with the
part aforesaid to be made bv the fir>t-named
plotting its respective part Of the said railroad
/ and telegraph from either of the tcrmini herein
/ named TO the line between California and
! OREGON before the other company shall have
I likewise arrived at the same line, shall have
/ the right, and the said company is hereby aJl-
I thOriZrd. to continue in constructing the same
/ beyond the line aforesaid, with the consent Of
I the state in which the unfinished part may lie.
1 upon the terms mentioned in this act, until the
I said part shall meet and connect. and the hole
/ line of said railroad and telegraph shall be
/ completed.
/ See. 2. And be it further enacted, That there
I be. and hereby Is, granted to the said compa-
mics. their successors and assigns, Tor the pur-
/ pose of aiding in the construction Of said rail-
! road and telegraph line, and TO secure the safe
and speedy tTanSp OrtatiOn Of the mails, troops
/ munitions of war, and public stores over the
line of said railroad, every alternate section OF
/ public land, not mineral, designated by Qua
numbers to the amount of twenty alternate
/ sections per mile ten ON each sldel OF s3ld
( railroad line: and when any OF SAID alternate
sections or parts of sections eh5A ne l5!'nI a., -
I have been granted. sold, reserved, occupied bE
I homestead settlers, pTe-cmpted, or otherwise
I DISPOSED Of other lands, designated as dIoIe-
/ mid shall be selected by said companies IN Hell
/ thereof under the direction OF the secretary OF
the Interior. i'm alternate sections de>lghateH by
. odd numbers as aforesaid, nearest 70 anu llVI
more than ten miles beyond Jhe lllll'H OF N'i'
Hr-t-nemrl alternate sections: ana As soon u
tine said companies or either Of them, shall hle
. i'm the office Of the secretary OF the interior i
man of the survey of said railroad, OF any pol-
miles from either terminus the secretary Oh tie
/ interior shall Withdraw from sale pubic IaldS
herein granted ON each side q sall rdi.IIi,i, 80
far a- located and within the Ilhll> pGioIt
. -racff4I The lands herein granted snail he
/ .I,rIfeI to fine building of said road within the
. -f.itr-. respectively, wherein they are situated
Ana the section. and parts OF sec
ffau- of Land which shall remain IN
th@ United states within the limits OF the atore
said Grant shall not be sold for less thal double
the minimum price Of public lands when SOLD;
Provided, That bona hde and actual settlers
under the prC-cmptIon laws OF the OnlJtu
STATES may. after due proof OF settlement, I'M
provcmcnt. and occupation, as now provided
bv law, purchase the same at the price hNed
Tor said lands ut the date OF Sugh settlement,
Improvement, and occupation: Ana provided,
also That. settlers under the provisions OF the
homestead act, who comply with the terms and
requirements of said act, shall ne entitled,
within the limits Of said grant, to patents Tor
an amount not exceeding eighty acers OF the
land so reserved by the United states, any thing
in this act to the contrary notwith-ta dinS.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the
right of way through the public lands be; and
/ the same is hereby, granted 10 NaIu companies
/ for the construction OF SAID FaHto"3 ana tcie-
. graph line: and the right, power, ana autho1-
/ Nv are hereby given 70 ~aid compaHlgN 20 take
from the public lands adjacent to the line of
. .gfJ road earth, stone, timber, water, and
.+T.,,. materials for the construction thereof
-lid right of way Is granted to said railroad to
tbe extent Of one hundred feet in width on
zach side Of said railroad where it may pass
over the public lands, including all necessary
grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, /
dcpOt-. machine shops, switches, >Ide-tracks,
turntables. water stations, or any other struc-
lures required in the construction and oper-
utiug of said road.
see. 4. And belt further enacted. That when
ever the said companies, or either of them,
shall have twenty or more consecutive miles of
any portion Of said railroad and telegraph line
ready for the service contemplated by this act,
the President of the United states shall appoint
three commissioners, whose compensation
shall be paid by said company, to examine the
same, and il IL shall appear that twenty con-
Secutve miles of railroad and telegraph shall
have been completed and equipped in all re-
I SpcctS required by this act, the said COM
missioner, shall so report under oath to the
President of the United States and thereupon
patents shall issue TO said companies, or either
of them, at the Ease may be, Tor the lands
hereinbef0re granted, to the extent of and
coterminou- with the completed section of said
railroad and telegraph line rs aforesaid: and
from time to time, whenever twenty or more
consecutive miles ofthe said road and telegraph
shall be completed and equipped a aforesaid,
patcatS shall in like manner issue upon the
report of the said commissioners, and so on
until the entire railroad and telegraph authOTi-
ed by this act shall have been constructed,
and the patents of the lands herein granted
shall have been issued.
See .. And be il further enacted. That the
grant, aforesaid are made upon the condition
that the said companies shall keep said railroad
and telegraph in repair and use, and shall at
all times transport the mails upon said rail- /
road. and transmit dispatches by said telegraph
tlne Tor the gov Crnmcnt of the United States. /
when required so to do by any department
thereof and that the government shall at All
tunes have the preference in the use Of said
railroad and telegraph therefor at fair and rea-
sonablc rates OF conDpnsation NOT to evcecI
the rate, paid by private parties for the same
kind Of service. And sa1d railroad shall no
M M remain public highway for the use of
t S,v ernmeut of the United States. free of ali
rg, ", u.hyy sharges upon the transportation of
ana M - "r troops Of the United states: /
road nj tL. 80 SH'l We transported over said /
corporltions ar IoT,, ,S, and expense of the /
iug the same when ~ rIi Vr 4qn% or operat-
mcnt of the United states - Tue govern
Sec 6. And be If further e,,,.t4 IN
. said comp3uips shall Mo ~. - Ll'I tne /
act in the Denarfnrr Of tI' t>Stnt 70 thIs
one wear aftor thp ,,ass,l,e - 'oi W iIHlE
complete the rrSt section Of f,,-, ',u ,Ll,It
said railroad and telegraph within i've 49,
and ut least twenty miles i'm each var 49,
after, and the whole ON or before tie first aa, /
Of July, one thousand eight hundred ami /