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| or passengers, or in any Otber matter, sha
be made by said Texas Pacific Railroa
Company against any of the sal
| connecting roads; but that the sam
charges per mile as to passengers, and pc
! ton per mile as to freight, passing from tn
said Texas Pacific railroad over any of sal
connecting roads, or passing from any O
said connecting roads over any part of sai,
Texas Pacific railroad, shall be made b.
said company as they make for freight AM
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 rate
charged for carrying passengers and freight
per mile, shall not exceed the prices whicl
may be fixed by Congress for carrying pas
sengers and freight on the Union Paciti,
and Central Pacific railroads.
SEC. l6. 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
consolidated with by the company hereby
incorporated, as provided by this act.
SEC. H. That the said Texas Pacific Rail
road Company shall commence the construc
tion of its road simultaneously at San Diego
in the State OF California, and from a point
at or near Marshall. Texas, as hereinbefOre
described, and so prosecute the same as to
have at least fifty consecutive miles o!
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 a 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. Is. That the Presiden: Of the United
States, upon the completion of the first sec
tion 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 full Y
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. l?. That the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company snail 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
/ nIf.aH Sfafaa for .t., military and all
other governmental services at fair and rea-
sonab!e 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
equipment or running OF its
road or to have any interest therein: and
all such contracts OF agreements are hereby
declared null and void. aud all money or
property received under such contracts or
a yreenents may be recovered back for the
benefit of the company by any stockholder.
SEC. 81. That any railroad company whose
route lies across the route OF the Texas
L dCIiic ND tkO>7 lit >aluIf-, anu
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 drpots stations.
and other need.ul purposes, not
exceeding for such purposes forty acres at
any one station
SEC. -. That the New Orleans. Ba-on
Rouge and Nicksburg Railroad Company.
by the State of Louisiana. shall
have the right to connect by the most eiigi-
Die 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
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
lands per mile. in the State oi Louisiana, as
ire by this act granted in the State of Cali
Iornia. 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
n the same manner and time aS is provided
or and required from said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company. within said State OF
California; Provided. That said company
hall complete the whole of said road within
i've wears from the passage of this act.
SEC. % That for the purpose of connect
NJ the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
If San Francisco. the Southern Pacific Rail
'oai Company of California is hereby au
horized Subject to the laws Of California;
o construct line of railroad from point
It or near Tehachapa Pass. by way of Los
An geles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or
lear the Colorado river. with the same
lights, grants and privileges. and subject
. the same limitations. restrictions, and
conditions as were granted to said Southern
Pacific Railroad Company Of California. by
he act of July twenty-seyen. eighteen
hundred and sixty-siX: Provided. however
That this section shall i'll no way affect or
IMPAIR the rights, present or prospective OF
he Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
" any other railroad company.
Approved March B. 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. OIL
An ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
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
land Office of the United States. under an
,ct of Congress entitled IAN act confirming
! land claim in the State of Iowa, and for
,ther purposes" approved July twelve.
eighteen hundred and sixty-tw0, in ac
,ordance with the adjustment made by the
agent Of the State of Iowa and
he Commissioner of the General Land Of
ice. on the twenty first day of May, ammo
0omini eighteen hundred and sixty-slx,
md approved by the Secretary of the In
erior on the twenty-second day of May,