New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-24

sect said Texas Pacific railroad, shall hsSS
! a right to connect with that line; that NJ
discrimination as regards charges for freigh
| or passengers. or in any other matter, shall
be made BY said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company against any OF the sale
connecting roads; but that the sam'
charges per mile az to passengers, and Pc
ton per mile as to freight, passing from thu
connecting roads, or passing from any o.
said connecting roads over any part of sale
| 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 reel
procate said right Of connection and equal
| ity of charges with said Texas Pacific rail
road; And provided further, That the rates
charged for carrying passengers and freight,
may be fixed by Congress for carrying pas
sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads.
SEC. Is. 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. II. That the said Texas Pacific Rail
road Company shall commence the cOnstruc-
ton OF its road simultaneously at San Diego,
i'll 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 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
it. Congress may adopt such measures as it
may deem necessary and proper to secure
its speedy completion.
SEC. lS 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 if, from such report,
he be satisfied that said company has fully
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. I9. 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-
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 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
It all times have the preference in the use
If the same for the purpose aforesaid
SEC. 70. That it shall not be lawful for
my OF the directors, either in their indi-
'idual capacity. or as members of an incor-
,orated or Joint stock company. to make |
my contracts or agreements with the said |
Texas Pacific Railroad Company for the |
construction. equipment or running of its |
Dad. or to have any interest therein: and |
VI such contracts or agreements are hereby !
declared null and void. and all money or
property received under such contracts or
agreements may be recovered back for the !
'enefit OF the company by any stakeholder.
SEC. 81. That any railroad company whose
oute lies across the route of the Texas
'acific railroad may cross the same, and for
he purpose of crossing shall have the right
o acquire at the double minimum price all
ands, whether of the United States or
ranted by this act, which shall be needed
or right of way two hundred feet wide
through said lands. and for depots, stations.
ide-tracks, and other needful purposes, not
for such purposes forty acres at
ny one station.
SEC. ~. That the New Orleans. Baton
.ouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company.
hartered by the State OF Louisiana, shall
ave the right to connect by the most eiigi-
lie route to be selected by said company
18th the said Texas Pacific railroad at its
astern terminus. and shall have the right
way through the public land to the same
xtent granted hereby to the said Texas
acitie Railroad Company: and in aid of its
obstruction from New Orleans to Baton
Ouge, thence by the way Of Alexandria, in
nd State, to connect with the said Texas
acitic Railroad Company at its eastern
rminus, there is hereby granted to said
'mpany. its successors and assigns. the
me number of alternate sections Of public
nds per mile. in the State of Louisiana, as
e by this act granted in the State of Cali I
rnia, to said Texas Pacific Railroad
Dmpany: and said lands shall be with ;
avn from market, selected, and patents
sued therefor, and opened for settlement. !
I'd presumption, upon the same terms and
the same manner and time as is provided
r and required from said Texas Pacific
abroad Company. within said State OF
slitornia: Provided. That said company {
all complete the whole Of said road within j
e Eears from the passage of this act.
SEC. %. That for the purpose of connect I
g the Texas Pacific railroad with the city I
San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail i
ad Company of California is hereby au- {
orized Subject to the laws of California; +
construct a line of railroad from point /
OF near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los t
lgeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or G
ar the Colorado river, with the same c
hits, grants and privileges, and subject /
the same limitations, restrictions. and
nditions as were granted to said Southern z
citic Railroad Company of California, by Q
9 act of July twenty seven, eighteen e
ndred and sixty-six: Provided however. O
at this section shall in no way affect or q
pair the rights, present or prospective OF I
: Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company t
any other railroad company t
Approved March 3, 1871. n
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81 d
ACI confirming the title to certain :
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of s.
representatives. of the United States of IL
lerica in Congress assembled, That the j"
e to the land certified to the State of IL
va by the Commissioner of the General e.
nd Office of the United States, under an
of Congress entitled IAN act confirming q
and claim in the State of Iowa, and for n
Ter purposes" approved July twelve, o
hteen hundred and sixty-two, in &C.
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