New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-24

Company against any Of the sale
connecting roads; but that the same
charges per mile as to passengers, and PEI
ton per mule as TO freight passing from the
said Texas Pacific railroad over any of said
| connecting roads, or passing from envy OF
said connecting roads over any part of said
Texas Pacific railroad, shall be made by
said company as they make for freight and
/ passengers over their own road; Provided,
| also, That said connecting roads shall reci-
/ procate said right of connection and equal
/ ity OF charges with said Texas Pacific rail
road; And provided further, That the rates
charged Tor carrying passengers and freight,
| per mile, shall not exceed the prices which
may be fixed by Congress for carrying pas
sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads.
| SEC. 10. That said road shall be construct
! ed OF IRON or steel rails manufactured from
American ore, except such as may have
heretofore been contracted for by any rail
road company which may be purchased or
consolidated with by the company hereby
| Incorporated, as provided by this act.
SEC. IL. That the said Texas Pacific Rail-
road Company shall commence the construc-
tlon OF its road simultaneously at San Diego,
In the State OF California, and from point
at or near Marshall, Texas, as hereinbetore
described, and so prosecute the same as to
have at least fifty consecutive miles of
railroad from each of said points COM
plete and IN running order within two
years after the passage of this act;
and to SO continue to construct each year
thereafter sufficient number of miles to
secure the completion. of the whole line
from the aforesaid point on the eastern
boundary OF the State of Texas TO the bay
OF San Diego, in the State of California, as
aforesaid, within ten years after the passage
of this act; and upon failure to so complete
1T, Congress may adopt such measures as it
may deem necessary and proper to secure
its speedy completion.
SEC. Is. That the President of the United
States, upon the completion of the first Sec
ton OF twenty miles, shall appoint one COM
missioner, whose duty it shall be to examine
the various sections of twenty miles as they
shall be completed, and report thereon TO
him in writing; and it, from such report,
he be satisfied that said company has fully
completed each section of it's road, as in this
act provided, he shall direct the Secretary
OF the Interior to issue patents to said COM
pany for the lands it is entitled to under
this act, as fast as each section of said road
is completed.
SEC. 10. That the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company shall be, and it
is hereby, declared to be a military
and post road; and for the purpose of
insuring the carrying the mails, troops, mu-
nltlons of war, supplies and stores of the
United States, no act of the, company nor
any law of any State or Territory shall i'm
pede, delay or prevent the said company
from performing its Obligations to the
United States IN that regard; provided, that
said road shall be subject to the use of the
United States for postal, military and all
other governmental services at fair and rea-
sonable rates of compensation, not to exceed
the price paid by private parties for the same
kind OF service, and the government shall
at all times have the preference in the use
of the same for the purpose aforesaid
SEC. 20. That it shall not be lawful for
any of the directors, either in their indi-
vlduai capacity, or as members of an incor-
porated or Joint stock company, to make
any contracts or agreements with the said
Texas Pacific Railroad Company for the
construction, equipment or running of its
road. or TO have any interest therein; and
all such contracts or agreements are hereby |
declared null and void, and all money or |
property received under such contracts or
a yreements may be recovered back for the |
benefit of the company by any stakeholder. |
SEC. u. That any railroad company whose |
route hes across the route of the Texas |
Pacific railroad may cross the same, and for |
the purpose of crossing shall have the right |
to acquire at the double minimum price all |
lands, whether of the United States or |
for right of way two hundred feet wide |
through said lands, and for depots, stations,
side-tracks, and other needful purposes, not |
exceeding for such purposes forty acres at
any one station.
Sec. %. That the New Orleans, Ba-on
Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company.
chartered by the State of Louisiana, shall
have the right TO connect by the most eligi-
bic route to be selected by said company
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eastern terminus. and shall have the right
Of way through the public land to the same
extent granted. hereby to the said Texas
Pacific Railroad Company; and in aid of its
from New Orleans to Baton
Rouge, thence by the way of Alexandria. in
said State, to connect with the said Texas
Pacific Railroad Company at its eastern
there is hereby granted to said
company, its successors and assigns, the
same number of alternate sections of public
ands per mile. in the State of Louisiana. as
are by this act granted in the State of Cali
'ornia, TO said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company; and said lands shall be with
lrawn from market, selected, and patents
ssued therefor, and opened for settlement
md pre-emption, upon the same terms and
II the same manner and time as is provided
or and required from said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, within said State of
1
hall complete the whole of said road within
i've years from the passage of this act.
SEC. 3D. That for the purpose of connect
ng the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
f San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail
Dad Company of California is hereby au,
horized tsuhject to the laws of California;
o construct line of railroad from a point
{ or near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los
angeles. to the Texas Pacific railroad at or
tba nj -, !
lights, grants and privileges, and subject
0 the same limitations, restrictions. and
as were granted to said Southern
'acific Railroad Company of California by
he act of July twenty-seven, eighteen
undred and sixty-six: Provided, however,
hat this section shall in no way affect or
npair the rights, present or prospective of
ne Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
r any other railroad company.
Approved March g. 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81
N ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
of the United States of
merica in Congress assembled, That the
tie to the land certified to the State of !
,wa by the Commissioner of the General !
and Office of the United States. under an
ct of Congress entitled "An act confirming ,,
land claim in the State Of Iowa, and for !
Their purposes" approved July twelve, !,
ghteen hundred and sixty-two, in ac- !
5rdanee with the adjustment made by the :
agent of the State of Iowa and
le Commissioner of the General Land Of !
,e, on the twenty first day of May, ammo !
omini eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
nd approved by the Secretary of the In :
ri0r on the twenty-second day of May, I
mo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty =
K, and which adjustment was ratified and !,
,nfirmed by act of the general assembly 7