New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-07
NEW ToRIEANs REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY sEPTEMBER 1871

that may be hereafter constructed, to inter-
sect said Texas Pacific railroad, shall have
| right TO connect with that line; that no
Discrimination as regards charges foffreight
or passengers, or in any other matter, Shall
be made by said Texas Pacific railroad
\ Company against any OF the SAID
connecting roads; but that the same
| charges per mile as to passengers, and per
ton per mile as to freight, passing from the
said Texas Pacific railroad over any OF said
| connecting roads, or passing from any or
said connecting reads over any EasIt o. sad
Texas PACIFIC railroad, shall be made by
| said company as they make Tor freight and
| passengers over their own road; PROVIDED,
| also, That said connecting roads shall reel
| prOcate said right of connection ana equal
ity of charges with said Texas PACING rall-
road; And provided further, That the rates
| charged for carrying passengers and freight,
per mile, shall not exceed the prices which
may be fixed bv Congress for carrying pas
| sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads:
SEC. 16 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. H. That the said Texas Pacific Rail
read Company shall commence the construc-
| ton of its road simultaneously at San Diego,
in the State of California, and from point
at or near Marshall, Texas, as hereinbefore
! 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 wear
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
| it, Congress may adopt such measures as II
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 mixes, 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 if, from such report,
! he be satisfied that said company has fully
completed each section OF its 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 military
and post road; and for the purpose of
insuring the carrying the mails, troops, mu-
nitions 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 TAR 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-
vidual 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 ali money or
! PROPERTY received under such contracts CT
agreements may be recovered back for the
benefit of the company by any stakeholder
SEC. p. That any railroad company whose
| route lies 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
granted by this act, which shall be needed
for a 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, Baron
Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company.
| chartered by the State of Louisiana, shall
| have the right to connect by the most eiigi-
BILE route to be selected by said company
with the said Texas Pacific railroad at its
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
| construction 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
| terminus, there is hereby granted TO said
| company, its successors and assigns, the
same number of alternate sections of public
lands per mile, in the State of Louisiana. as
are by this act granted in the State OF Cali
fornia. to said Texas Pacific Railroad
| Company; and said lands shall be with
| drawn from market, selected, and patents
issued therefor, and opened for settlement
and presumption, upon the same terms and
in the same manner and time as is provided
for and required from said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, within said State OF
California; Provided, That said company
shall complete the whole of said road within
five years from the passage Of this act
SEC. %. That for the purpose of connect
| ing the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
| of San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company of California is Hereby au-
thorized Subject to the laws of California;
| to construct line of railroad from point
at or near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los
| Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or
near the Colorado river, with the same
rights, grants and privileges, and subject
| to the same limitations, restrictions ANA
conditions as were granted to said Southern
| Pacific Railroad Company of California, by
the act of July twenty-seven, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-six: Provided. however,
| That this section shall in no way affect or
| impair the rights, present or prospective OF
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
or any other railroad company.
Approved March 3, 1871.
| GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
| AN ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
! America in Congress assembled, That the
| title to the land certified TO the State OF
Iowa by the Commissioner of the General