The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-04-17
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company, or in case OF their failure
to accept the same to the Add para
llel company, and to execute the trust
conferred by act of Congress entitled
An act for grant of land to the
state Of Iowa, in alternate sections
to aid in the construction Of a rail.
roa! in said state" approved May
18th 1864, #a-+ H..
SEC /. Be it enacted by the
General assembly of the state of
Iowa, That all the lands, rights,
and privileges that are granted to
the state Of Iowa, by an act of Com
gross, approved May 18th, 1864 for
the purpose ofaiding in the construc-
ton Of railroad from a point at
or near the foot of Main street,
South Nc Gragor, in said state, in
Il westerly direction, by the most
practicable rout, at or near the forty
third parallel of north latitude, until
i. shall interscct the proposed rail
road running from Sioux City to the
Minnesota state line, in the county
of @ Brien, in the state Of Iowa, are
hereby granted and conferred to and
upon the McGregor 4 Sioux City
Hallway company, a corporation
organized under the laws Of the state
of Iowa; Provided, said railroad
company accepting the provisions
Of this act shall at all times be sub
icct 10 such rules, regulations, and
rates Of tariff for the transportation
IF freights and passengers, as may
from time to time be enacted and
provided for by the General Assem-
lily of the state of Iowa, and futhcr
subject to the con iitions, restrictions
and yrovisions contained in this act
and in the act of congress granting
said lands to the state of Iowa.
SEC 2 This grant is made upon
sLc express condition that said rail
way company shall have constructed
and in running order line Of rail
way as required by the provisions Of
the act Of Congress making said
grant to the state, and of this act,
upon the most practicable route, on
or as near as practicable to the forty
third parallel of northl altitude, run
ming within one mile Of New Hamp-
ton. in Chlckasaw county, and run
ming from thence by way of and
within one mile Ct St. Charles City,
Mason City and Algona, until it
shall interscct, in tue county Of q
Brien, in this state, the proposed
railroad running from Sioux City to
the Minnesota State line.
SEC, 3. This grant is conferred on
the McG.csor and Sioux city rail-
way company on the further express
conditions that in case said compa-
nv shall fail to have its railway
built and completed in good running
order as far west as to Chickasaw.
in range ii in Chicka.saw county, by
the first day of September, 1869;
m in case said company should fail
to build and complete in good run.
ming order at least twenty miles in
addition in each and every
year thereafter and the whole Of
said railroad by the first day Of De-
ccmbcr 1873. then, and in ease Of
any such failure, or failure to COM
ply with any Of the conditions OF this
act, the state. of Iowa may at any
time resume all rights conferred BY
this act and resume all rights to
the lands hereby granted and which
may remain undisposed Of to said
company on account Of road actual
ly built in compliance with the
terms of this act: provided that if
IN any one year more road shall be
built than is required by, this act it
shall be regarded aud treated as
road built the next succeeding year
or years.
SEC, 4. This railway shall be con-
structcd upon the usual gauge Of
other first class railroads in this
state, and shall be constructed and
finished in style and Of a quality
equal to the average Of other first
class western railroads.
SEC, S. The said company shall
be entitled to the benefit Of the Sc
lcctions Of land already made under
the grant to the state Of Iowa, of
lands to aid in the construction Of y
railroad from McGregor westward
on or near the forty-third parallel,
approved May 18th. 1864; and the
line located under said grant shall
be binding only sc far as applicable
to said sections.
SEC, 6. 1t is hereby made the du-
" of the Governor when ten conscc-
utivc miles of railroad has been
built in accordance with the pro-
visions Of this act. to certify that
fact 70 the secretary Of the Interior
aud so on for each consecutive ten
miles thereof, as the same shall be
completed, aud whenever said Nc
Grcgor and Sioux city railway COM
pany shall hare completed in good
running order, according to the pro-
Visions Of this act. its railway to a
point within one mile Of St. Charles
City, in Floyd County, it shall be
the duty Of the Governor Of this
State to cause patents to be issued
to said railway company for one
hundred and fifty sections Of said
land, and when said railway compa-
nv shall in like manner have CON-
picted its railway to the east line Of