New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-30

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hereby given to said company to take, fro
the public lands adjacent to the line Of sal
road, earth. stone, timber and other mat
rails for the construction thereof. Sal
right Of way is granted to said company
the extent Of two hundred feet in width O
each side If said railroad where it may pas
over the public lands; and there is ais
hereby granted to said company ground
for stations, buildings, workshops. wharve'
switches, side-tracks, turntables, water
stations, and such other structures as ma
be necessary for said railroad, not exceed
ing forty acres of land at any one point.
SIC. 3. That for the purpose of aiding il
the construction of the railroad and tele
graph line herein provided for, there j
hereby granted to the said Texas Pacifi
Railroad Company, it's successors an,
assigns, every alternate section of publi
| land, not mineral, designated by ode
numbers, to the amount of twenty
alternate sections per mile, on eacl
side Of said railroad line, as such line may
be adopted by said company, through thu
Territories of the United States, and ter
alternate sections of land per mile on eacf
side Of said railroad in California, where
the same shall not have not hare been sold
reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the
United States, and to which presumption
or homestead claim may not have attached
ut the time the line Of said road is definitely
fixed. In case any of said lands shall have
been sold, reserved, occupied, or pre-
empted, or otherwise disposed of, other
lands shall be selected in lieu thereof by
said company, under the direction of the
Secretary Of the Interior, in alternate sec
tions, and designated by odd numbers, not
more than ten miles beyond the limits OF
said alternate sections first above named,
and not including the reserved numbers.
If, in the too near approach Of the said rail
road line to the boundary Of Mexico, the
number of sections OF land to which the
company is entitled can not be selected i'm
mediately on the line of said railroad, or in
lieu Of mineral lands excluded from this
grant, . like quantity OF unoccupied and
unappropriated agricultural lands, in odd
numbered sections nearest the line of said
railroad may be selected as above provided;
and the word mineral" where it occurs in
this act, shall not be held to include iron or
coal: Provided, however, That no public
lands are hereby granted within the State
of California further than twenty miles on
each side of said road. except to make up
deficiencies as aforesaid, and then not to
exceed twenty miles from the lands origin
ally granted. The term ''ship's channel
as used in this hill, shall not be construed
a. conveying any greater right to said
bay than it may acquire by gift, grant, pur-
chase or otherwise. except the right of way,
a. herein granted; and provided further,
that all such lands, so granted by this
section to said company, which shall not be
sold or otherwise disposed of, as provided
in this act, within three years after the
Of the entire road, shall be SUBJ
iect to settlement and presumption like
other lands, At price to be fixed by and
paid to said company, no. exceeding an
average of two dollars and fifty cents per
acre for all the lands herein granted.
Sec 10! That when the route OF said rail-
road and telegraph line shall pass through
The lands of private persons, or where it
may be necessary tor Said railroad company
% take any lands belonging to private per-
IONS for any OF the purposes herein men,
Toned necessary to said road, such right of
way through or title to such lands shall be
occurred in accordance with the laws of the
state or Territory in which they may be
ituated.
SEC. IL. That the Texas Pacific Railroad
company shall have power and authority
0 issue two kinds Of bonds, secured by |
mortgage, namely: first, construction bonds; |
ecOnd, land bonds. Construction bonds |
hall be secured by mortgage, first, on all
r any portion of the franchises, roa,! bed
r track of said railroad, and all the appur-
enances thereto belonging, when con-
tructed or in the course of construction,
rom point at or near Marshall, to ships
in the bay of San Diego in the
tate OF California, ia aforesaid. Land
Onds shall be secured by mortgage, first,
n all or any portion OF the lands hereby
ranted in aid of the construction of said
lllrOad as is provided for in this act;
scond, on lands acquired by any arrange
l0rNfl vNppro
18th any railroad company or companies to
HON grants of lands may have been made
may hereafter be made by any congress
Onal, State or territorial authority. or who
ay have purchased the same previous to
" such arrangement or consolidation:
divided, that all the mortgages made and
by said railroad company shall be
ed and recorded in the Department of the
terror, which shall be eafficient evidence
their legal execution, and shall confer all
e rights and property OF said cool-
ny as therein expressed; and pro-
ded also, that the proceeds of
d land bonds shall be applied only in the {
operation, and equipment of {
9 contemplated railroad line; And pro-
led further, That said mortgage shall in
wise impair or affect any hen existing
the property of said company or com I
MES at or before the time OF such consoIi- d
tiOR.
SEC. I2. That whenever the said COM q
ny shall complete the first and each sue y y
ding section Of twenty consecutive miles I I
said railroad and put it in running order = :
a irst-class road in all its appointments,
hall be the duty of the Secretary of the : :
erior to cause patents to be issued CON
mig to said company the number of Sec :.
n "a pfu To Il |
h said completed road to which it shall O.
entitled for each section SO completed. 7,
d company, within two years after the ~ u
sage of this act, shall designate the gen u
route OF its said road, as near as NAV a
and shall file map of the same in the ~
Dartment OF the Interior; and when the ~
p is SO filed, the Secretary of the In n
or, immediately thereafter, shall cause u
lands within forty miles on each side - -
aid designated route within the Terri =,
es, and twenty miles within the State OF IN
fOrnia, to be withdrawn from pre- Ky
'tiOn, private entry, and sale; Provided, =.
ever, That the provisions of the ~. ~
of September, eighteen hundred IN
forty-one, granting presumption or
is, and the acts amendatory there
and Of the act entitled IAN Act
ecure hOmesteads to actual settlers on
public domain" approved May twenty, A.
teen hundred and sixty and the
ndments thereto, shall be, and the same
hereby, extended to all other lands of the Re
ed States on the line of said road when Al
eyed, except those hereby granted to tit
company. 10
&C. 10: That the president of the com IL IL
7 shall annually, BY the first day Of July, &C.
g report and file it with the Secretary a,
re Interior, which report shall he under ~:
, exhibiting the financial situation of eis
the amount Of money received 90,
and the number of miles of au
constructed each year; and further. snt