Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-16
tPuBLIc-No. AL

. iAuUau Snu Telegraph nne nom Port
land TO Astoria and McMinville, in the State
Of Oregon.
Be IL enacted by tie Senate aad House of Rcpr
sentatiees of TIE Uaited States Of America IN Con
In the construction Of q railroad and teleerap6
line from Portland to Astoria, and from 4 suit
able point of junction near Forest Grove to tie
as 6snkni river, near MeMinviile, In the State of
oregon, there is hereby granted 10 the Oregon
Central Railroad Company, now engaged in
constructing the said road, and to their Success
sors and assigns, the right Of way through the
each side of said road, and the right to take
from the adjacent public lands materials for
constructing said road, and also tne necessary
needfnl uses in operating the road, not exceed
ing forty acres at any ono place; and, also, each
sral, excepting coal or Iron lands, desigaated
amount Of ten such alternate sections per mile.
on each side thereof, not otherwise Opposed of or
reserved or held by valid pre-emption or homo
Ana IN az sne 1me OF 11e passage of this act
mile cannot be found ON each side of said read.
within the said limits OF twenty miles, othe
lands designated as aforesaid shall be selected
under the direction OF the Secretary of the
Interior on either side of any part of said rSad
nearest to and not more than TWENTY-FIVE miles
nom the track OF said road to make up such desi-
cheney. N0---
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted, That the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office shall
cause the lands along the line Of the said rail-
road 70 De surveyed with all convenient speed.
pany shall file with the Secretary of the In
terror maps of the survey and location of twenty
or more miles Of said road, the said Secretary
shall cause the said granted lands adjacent to
and coterminous with such located Sections of
road TO be segregated from the public lands:
ana ana thereafteI the remaining public lands, sub:
Ject 70 sale within the limits Of the said grant,
shall be disposed of only to actual settlers at
double the minimum price for such lands: And
Prorided also, That settlers under the pro-
,n VISIONS OF the homestead act who comply with
the terms and requirements of said act shall be
entitled, within the said limits OF twenty miles,
TO Petents for An araoune mot exceeding eIgmIy
acres each Of the said ungranted lands, ANYTHING
In this act to the contrary Notwithstanding
SEC. 3. And be Il further enacted That when
ever and as often as the said company shall COM
miles Of the said railroad and teleSranh the
Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same
70 be examined, at the expense of the company,
if they shall report that such Completed section
Is hrst-class railroad and telegraph properly
equipped and ready for use, he shall canse na
tents TO be issued to the company for so much of
the SAID granted lands as shall be adjacent to
and coterminous with the said completed com
pletedl sections.
SEC. 4. And be itfurtacr enacted, That the said
alternate sections Of land granted by this act,
excepting only such as are necessary for the
company to reserve for depots, stations. side
tracks, wood yards, standing ground, and ether
neeului uses IN operating the road, shall be sold
by the company only to actual settlers, in auan-
titles not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres
or quarter section to any one settler and at
per acre.
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That the
said company shall, by mortgage or deed of
trust to two or more trustees, appropriate and
set apart all the net proceeds Of the sales of the
said granted lands, as q sinking fund, to be kent
invested in the bonds OF the United States. or
other safe and more productive securities. for
the purchase from time to time, and the redemn-
tion at maturity, Of the first mortgage construc-
uon bonds OF the company, on the road depots.
stations, side tracks and wood yards, not exceed
ing thlrty Thousand dollars per mile of road.
payable in gold coin not longer than thirty wears
from date, with interest payable semi-annually
In coin not exceeding the [ratel of seven per
or interest of the said fund shall be aDpIied tn
aay other use until all the said bonds shall have
purchased or redeemed and canceIled: and
each OF the said first mortgage bonds shaIl hear
the certificate Of the trustees setting forth fhe
manner In which the same Is secured and its
payment provided for. And the district c0urt
OF the United States, c0ncurrenfly with the STATE
courts shall have original Jurisdiction, subject to
appeal and writ Of error, to enforce the proyi-
si0ns Of this section.
SIC. 6. AID be e farther enacted, That the said
company shall file with the Secretary of the In
terror its assent to this act within one wear from
the time ofits passage; and the foregoing grant
is upon condition that said company shall com
plete section OF twenty or more miles of said
railroad and telegraph within two years and
the entire railroad and telegraph within six
years, from the same date. = = -
Approved, May 4, 1870. ryF f.,