New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-29
AIILL NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, AUGUST 20 ls

that may be hereafter constructed, to inter
sect said Texas Pacific railroad, shall haE
a right to connect with that line; that NJ
discrimination asregards charges for freigh
or passengers, or in any other matter, shal
be made by said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company against any of the salt
| connecting roads; but that the sam,
charges per mile as TO passengers. and pc
ton per mile as to freight, passing from the
/ said Texas Pacific railroad over any of sait
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
lty OF charges with said Texas Pacific rail
road; And provided further, That the rates
charged Tor carrying passengers and freight
per mile, shall not exceed the prices which
| may be fixed by Congress for carrying pas,
sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads. 41a...-l
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. IL. That the said Texas Pacific Rail-
road Company shall commence the censtruc-
ton 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 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. Is. 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
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. --F3
SEC 10. That the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company shall be, and it
is hereby, declared 10 be military
and post road; and for the purpose of
insuring the carrying the mails, troops, mu-
nitiens 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
at all times have the preference in the use
OF the same for the purpose aforesaid.
3 SEC. 20. That it shall not be lawful fer
any of the directors, either in their indi-
yidual capacity, or as members of an nicer
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 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
benefit of the company by any stakeholder.
. SEC. 2l. That any railroad company whose
route lies across the route of the Texas
Pacifie railroad may cross the same, and for
The purpose of crossing shall have the right
70 acquire at the double minimum pl ice all
ands, whether of the United States or
granted by this act, which, shall be needed
or right of way two hundred feet wide
through said lands, and for depots, stations,
ide-traeks, and other needful purposes, not |
exceeding for such purposes forty acres at |
my one station. a-- - o
SEC. % That the New Orleans, Baton |
Rouge and Vieksburg Railroad Company. 1
hartered by the State OF Louisiana. shall |
AVE the right to connect by the most eHgi- |
lie route to be selected by said company |
With the said Texas Pacific railroad at its !
astern terminus, and shall have the right |
f way through the public land 10 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
aid State, to connect with the said Texas
'acific Railroad Company at its eastern |
erminus, there is hereby granted to said
ompany, its successors and assigns, the |
anne number of alternate sections of public |
ands per mile, in the State of Louisiana, as !
re by this act granted in the State of Cali
1rnia, to said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company; and said lands shall be with
rawn from market, selected, and patents
sued therefor, and opened for settlement |
nd presumption, upon the same terms and
/ the same manner and time as is provided
n and required from said Texas Pacific
abroad Company, within said State of
alifornia; Provided, That said company
lall complete the whole of said road within
We years from the passage OF this act
SEC. D. That for the purpose of connect
g the Texas Pacific railroad with the CITY
San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail-
,ad Company of California is hereby au-
orized Subject to the laws of California;
construct a line of railroad from a point |
or near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los
ngeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or
.ar the, Colorado river, with the same |
gifts, grants and privileges, and subject
the same limitations, restrictions. and |
nditions as were granted to said Southern |
acific Railroad Company of California, by
q act of July twenty-seven, eighteen |
inbred and sixty-six: Provided however.
nat this section shall in no way affect or
pair the rights, present or prospective of
e Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company | !
any other railroad company.
Approved March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. GIL
ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
of the United States of
nerica in Congress embed, That. the ,
lie to the land certified TO the State of !
wa by the Commissioner of the General
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