New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-16

9E11e9nX%p stlt3ol4 SCoD peny Tor mo con
struction Of the said railroad and telegraph
line, and the right, power and authority ii
hereby given to said company to take, iron
road, earth. stone, timber and other mate
rails for the, construction thereof. Said
right 81 way + granted TO said company t.
the extent Of two hundred feet in width or
each side Of said railroad where it may pass
over the public lands; and there is also
hereby granted to said company grounds
for stations. buildings, workshops, wharves
switches, side-tracka, turntables, water
stations, and such other structures as may
be necessary for said railroad, not exceed
ing forty acres Of land at any one point.
Sec. g. That for the purpose Of aiding in
the construction of the railroad and tele-
graph line herein provided for, there is
hereby granted to the said Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, its successors and
assigns, every alternate section of public
land, not mineral, designated by odd
numbers, to the amount OF twenty
alternate sections per mile, on each
side of said railroad line, as such line may
be adopted by said company, through the
Territories OF the United States, and ten
alternate sections Of land per mile on each
side Of said railroad in California where
the same shall not have not haze been sold,
reserved, or otherwise disposed Of by the
United States, and to which presumption
or homestead claim may not have attached
at the time the line of said road is definitely
fixed. In case any Of said lands shall have
been sold, reserved, occupied, or pre-
empted, or otherwise disposed of. other
lands shall be selected in lieu thereof by
said company, under the direction Of the
Secretary of the Interior, in alternate Sec
lions, and designated by odd numbers. not
more than ten miles beyond the limits of
said alternate sections first above named.
and not including the reserved numbers.
It, in the too near approach of the sad rail-
road line to the boundary OF Mexico. the
number OF sections OF land to which the
company is entitled can not be selected i'm
meGiately on the line of said railroad. or in
lieu Of mineral lands excluded from this
grant, like quantity OF unoccupied and
unapprOpriated agricultural lands, IN odd
numbered sections nearest the line OF said
railroad may be selected as above provided;
and the word mineral where it occurs in
this act. shall not be held to include iron or
coal: Provided, however, That no public
lands are hereby granted within the State
of California further than twenty miles on
each side Of said road. except Ito make up
as aforesaid, and then not to
exceed twenty miles from the lands origin
ally granted. The term ships channel"
as used in this bill, shall not be construed
as conveying any greater right TO said
company to the water front at San Diego
bay than it may acquire by gift. grant. pur-
chase or otherwise, except TIE right OF way.
as herein granted: and provided further,
that all such lands. SO granted by this
section to said company, which shall not be
sold or otherwise disposed Of. as provided
in this act, within three years after the
completion of the entire road. shall be sub
ject to settlement and pre-emption like
other lands, at price to be fixed by and
paid to said company, no. exceeding an
average of two dollars and fifty cents per
acre for all the lands herein granted.
SEC. 10. That when the route of said rail
the lands of private persons, or where it
may be necessary for said railroad company
to take any lands belonging to private per-
sons Tor any of the purposes herein men
toned necessary 70 said road, such right of
way through or title to such lands shall be
secured in accordance with the laws of the
State or Territory ia which they MAJ be
situated.
SEC. II. That the Texas Paci-c Railroad
Company shall have power ard authority
to issue two kinds Of bonds. secured by
namely: first. construction bonds;
second. land bonds. Construction bonds
shall be secured by mortgage, first. on all
Or any portion Of the franchises, road-bed
Or track of said railroad. and all the appur-
tenances thereto belonging. when con-
structed or in the course of construction.
from point at or near Marshall, TO ships
channel, in the bay OF San Diego. in the
State OF California. "a aforesaid. Land
bonds shall be secured by mortgage, first.
On all or any portion OF the lands hereby
granted in aid Of the construction of said
railroad as is provided for n this act:
second, on lands acquired by any arrange
ment or purchase or terms OF consolidation
with any railroad company or companies TO
whom grants of lands may have been made
Dr. may hereafter be made by any congress
,ional, State or territorial authority. or who
may have purchased the same previous to
any such arrangement or consolidation;
provided, that all the mortgages made and
executed by said railroad compan- shall be
lied and recorded in the Depal tlnent Of the
Interior. which shall be safhcient evidence
# their legal execution, and shall confer all
he rights and property OF said com
'any as therein expressed; and pro-
'ided also, that the proceeds of
he sales OF the aforesaid construction
md land bonds shall be applied oul,y in the
construction. operation, and equipment of
he contemplated railroad linz: And pro-
7ided further. That said mortgage shall in
10 wise impair or affect any lien existing
n the property of said company or COM
,anies at or before the time OF such consoli- |
lation.
SEC. II. That whenever the said COM
ANY shall complete the first and each sue
eeGlng section Of twenty consecutive miles |
+ said railroad and put it in running order |
s frst-class road in all its appointments. |
shall be the duty Of the Secretary OF the |
Interior to cause patents to be issued con-
eylng to sad company the number Of sec |
ions of land opposite to and coterminous
With said completed road to which it shall |
e entitled for each section 50 completed.
laid company, within two years after the
assage OF this act, shall designate the gen
raj route OF its said road, as near as may
e, and shall file map OF the same in the
department. OF the Interior; and when the
zap is SO filed. the Secretary of the In
eriOr, immediately thereafter, shall cause
he lands within forty miles on each side
said designated route within the Terri
,ries. and twenty miles within the State OF
alifornia, to be withdrawn from pre-
mption. private entry, and sale; PROVIDED.
owever, That the provisions Of the
ct OF September, eighteen hundred
ghts, and the acts ame0Catory there
T, and Of the act entitled IAN Act
, secure homesteads to actual settlers on
ne public domain" approved May twenty.
ghteen hundred and sixty-two, and the
thereto, shall be, and the same
re hereby. extended to all other lands of the
nited States on the line of said road when
rveyed, except those hereby granted to
id company.
SEC l3 That the president of the com.
any shall annually. by the first day Of July,
AXE report and file it with the Secretary
the Interior, which report shall be under
nth, exhibiting the financial situation of
le company, the amount of money received
i'd expended, and the number of miles Of