Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-01

(PUBLIC-No. l..
An ACT to enlarge the jurisdiction of the pro-
bate courts in Idaho Territory.
Be 1T enacted 6y the Senate and House of Rep
Teseutrtires ofthe United States OF Anaerica IN
= (o,,0ress assembled That the probate courts of
the Territory of Idaho, in their respective coun-
ties, in addition to their probate Jurisdiction, be-
and they are hereby, authorized to hear and de-
ternine all civil causes wherein the damage or
debt claimed does not exceed the sum OF FIVE
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and such
criminal cases arising under thelaws of the Ter
ritory as do not require the intervention of a
grand jury: ProUlded, That they shall nothave
Jurisdiction in any matter in controversy, when
the title, boundary. or right to the peaceable
possession Of land may be in dispute, orin chan
Gerry or divorce cases ANd propided further,
That IN all. cases an appeal may be taken from
any order, judgment, or decree of said probate
courts TO the district court
SEC. 2. A1sG Re IT .flsrtle7s enacted, That all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed. Procided, That this act
shall not affect any suit pending in the district.
courts Of said Territory at the time of Its pass
age. So = .s
3s-i e sss. j. 6. BLAINE,
Speaker IF the House Of REPRESENTATIVES
SCHU YBER C0LFAX,
Fice President OF the United States and Pceai-
= delet OF the Senate.
Approved, December IS. 1870
U. S. GRANT.
ezt tGENEkAle MA rUKE-Nc. 2 sf4.a
AN AeT granting to the Utah Central Railroad
Company right of way through the public
lands for the construction of a railroad and
telegraph.
Be II enacted g tie JSslsate and House Of Rep
reScntatiUss Of tie United States Of AnleeicG Il.
Congress assembled, That the right of way
through the public lands be, and the same IS
hereby, granted to the Utah Central Railroad
Company, a corporation created under the laws
az - of no frrxy of
Utah, It's successors and assigns, for the con-
struction of railroad and telegraph from
point at or near Ogden City, in the Territory of
Utah, to Salt Lake City, in said Territory; and
10 said corporation to take from the publiclands
adjacentto the line of said road material of
earth. stone, timber, and so-forth, for the con-
structsen thereof. Said way is granted 10 said
railroad 70 the extent of two hundred feet in
width ON each side of said railroad where il NAV
pass through the public domain, including all
necessary ground for buildings work
shops, depots, inachine-shops, switches, side
tracks, turn tables, and water-stations: Pg.oUScd
That within three months from the passage of
this act the said Utah Central Railroad Com
paHy shall file with the Secretary ofthe Interior
map TO be approved by him, exhibiting the
line of the railroad of said company as the same
has been located and constructed: Prorided
fltrthe7, That said company shall not charge
the Government higher rates than they do ind- |
viduals for like transportation and Geographic |
service ana IL snall De the duty OF the Utah 4
Central Railroad Company to permit any other |
railroad, which has been or shall be authorized |
20 be built by the United States, or by the legis-
lature of the Territory of tah to form running
connections with its reads on fair and equitable
terms.
SEC , And be it further enacted, That the |
United States make the grants herein, and that |
the said Utah Central Railroad Company &C |
cepts the same. upon the express condition that |
the said company shall not exercise the power
given by section ten Of chapter sixteen of the
laws of the Territory Of Utah. approved Febru- /
airy nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine; and upon the further express condition
that if the said company make any breach of
the conditions hereof, then in such case at any
time hereafter, the United States, by its Con-
gress, may do any and all acts and things which
may be needful and necessary for the enforce
ment Of such conditions.
SEC. 8. ARd be 1t further enacted, That said
Utah Central Railroad shall be a post route and
a military road, subject to the use of the United
States for postal, military, naval, and all other
Government service, and also subject to such
regulations as Congress may impose, restricting
the charges for such Government transporta-
ton. $50 - s A
Sec l. H.. Z. it .srthcr enacted, That the
acceptance of the terms, conditions. and imposi-
tons of this act, by the said Utah Central Rail-
road Company, shall be signi6ed in writing un-
der the corporate seal of said company, duly ex-
ecuted pursuant to the direction of its board of
directors first had and obtained, which accept
duSS Sudli Oc ADduS N1tlisii tAeSA
the passage of this act and shall be served on
the President of the United States; and if such
acceptance and service shall not be so made,
this grant shall be void.
SEC. 8. dnd5e It further enacted That Con-
gress may at any time, having due regard for
the rights OF SAID Utah Central Railroad Com
pany, aoo 70, alter, amend or repeal this act
Approved. December Is, 1870 49,
GENERAL NATURE-No. 81
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