Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11

ton OF railroad aud telegraph line from
Portland TO Astoria and McMinVillo, In the
State OF Oregon.
ne u enacted By he Scndic aud HoUs Of
Representatives. The United STATES Of America
Ia Congress assembled, That for the purpose
Of aiding In the construction Of railroad and
telegraph line from Portland TO Astoria, and
from q suitable point Of junction near Forest
Grove TO the Yankill river, near McMinyillc,
In the State Of Oregon, there Is hereby granted
To the Oregon Central Railroad Company
now engaged In constructing the said road
aud to their successors aud assigns ilc right
of way through the public lands Of the width
Df one hundred feet on each side Of said road,
and the right to take from the adjacent public
lands materials for constructing said road,
and also the necessary lands for dcpots, sta
tons side tracks, and other necdiul uses In
operating the road, not exceeding forty acres
at any once place, and, also, each alternate
section OF the public lands, not mineral, OK
copting coal or Iron lands, designated by odd
numbers nearest to said road, to the amount
OF ten such alternate sections per mile, on
each side thereof, not otherwise disposed OF
or reserved or held by valid presumption or
homestead right at the time OF the passage Of
this act And In case the quantity Of ten full
sections per mile cannot be found on each
side Of said road, within the said limits Of
twcnty miles, other lands designated as nfOrc-
said shall be selected under the direction Of
the Secretary Of the Interior on either side Of
any part of said road nearest to and not more
than twenty-five miles from the track OF said
road To make up such deficiency.
Sec. 3. And Dc Il further enacted That the
Commissioner Of the General Land Oflicc shall
cause the lands along the line Of the said rail-
road TO be surveyed with all convenient speed.
And whenever and as often aE the said com
pany shall file with the Secretary Of tho In
terior maps Of the survey aud location of
VyNtlaa pT anti road thu amid
Secretary shall cause the said granted lands
adjacent 10 and cOtcrmlnous with such located
sections of road to be aggregated from tho
public lands; and thereafter the remaining
public lands, subject to sale within the limits
Of the said grant, shall DO disposed OF only
TO actual settlers at double the minimum price
for such lands And proUiti,d also, That set
tiers under the provisions OF the homestead
act who comply with fhc terms and require
mcnts ui said act, shall be entitled, within the
said limits Of twenty mllos, to patents for an
amount not exceeding eighty acres each Of
the said ungranted lands, anything IN this act
10 the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. And Dc Il further enacted That
whenever and as often as the said company
shall complete and equip twenty or more con-
sccutiye miles Of the said railroad and tclo-
graph, the Secretary of the Interior shall
cause the same 10 be cxamlned, ,nt Che expense
OF the company, by three commissioners ap-
pointed by him; and II they shall report that
s,',i' i-.sl -ssliot Is first-class railroad
and telegraph, properly equipped lind ready
for use, he shall cause patcnts 10 be Issued 10
the company for so much OF the said granted
lands Us shall be adjacent TO and cotcrminous
with the said completed completed sections.
Sec. 4. And be u further enacted, That the
said alternate sections Of land granted lJJ this
act, excepting only such as are necessary for
the company 10 reserve for depots, stations,
side tracks, wood-yards, standing ground and
be sold by the company only TO actual settlers,
In quantities not exceeding one hundred and
sixty acres, or quarter section, 10 any one
settler, and at prices not exceeding two dol
lars and fifty cents per acre.
Sec. s. And be u further enacted, That the
said company shall, by mortgage or decd Of
trust to two or more trustees, appropriate and
set apart all the net proceeds Of the sales Of
the said granted lands, Us sinking fund, to
be kept invested Ia the bonds Of the United
States, or other safe and more productive Sc
curlties, for the purchase from time TO time
and the redemption At maturity Of the first
mortgage construction bonds OF the company
on the road dcpots, stations, side tracks and
wood-yaTds, not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars per mile Of road, payable In gold coin
not longer than thirty years from date, with
interest payable semi-annually In coin, not
exceeding the [rAte Of seven per centum per
annum and no part OF the principal or ln-
terest OF the said fund shall be applied TO any
other use until all the said bonds shall have
been purchased or redeemed and cancelled ;
and each Of the said first mortagc bonds shall
bear the certificate OF the trustees, setting
forth the manner In which the same Is secured
and Its payment provided for. And the dis
trlct court Of the United States, cOncurrcntly
with the State codrts, shall have original juris-
diction, subject 10 appeal and writ Of error, to
enforce the provisions OF this section.
Sec. O. And Dc Il further enacted, That the
said company shall file with the Secretary Of
the Interior Its assent TO this act within one
year from the time Of ib passage; and the
foregoing grant Is upon condition that said
company shall complete q section OF twenty
or mole 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.