New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

! that may be hereafter constructed, TO inter
sect said Texas Pacific railroad, shall have
a right to connect with that line; that no
| discrimination asregards charges for freight
| or passengers, or in any other matter, shall
be made by said Texas Pacific Railroad
| Company against any of the said
| connecting roads; but that the same
Lcharges per mile as TO passengers, and per
| ton per mile as to freight passing from tn
| said Texas Pacific railroad over any of said
| connecting roads, or passing from any of
| said connecting roads over any part of said
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 reci-
| 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,
| 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.
| 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. II. That the said Texas Pacific Rail
| tionof its road simultaneously at San Diego,
| in 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 1T
| may deem necessary and proper to secure
| its speedy completion.
| SEC. H. 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
lsthe 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
SEC. 10. That the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company shall 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
| 7o;+ hot Il har
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.
| Sec. 90. That it shall not be lawful for
any of the directors, either in their lndl-
| 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
| construction. equipment or running OF its
road, OF to have any interest therein; and
| all such contracts or agreements are hereby
| declared nun 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. 81. That any railroad company whose
route lies across the route Of the Texas
| Pacific railroad may cross the same, and for
| 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 right Of way two hundred feet wide
| through said lands, and for depots, stations,
side-t tracks, and other needful purposes, not
exceeding for such purposes forty acres at
| any one station.
SEC. % That the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company.
| chartered by the State of Louisiana, shall
| have the right to connect by the most eligf
| BILE 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
| construction from New Orleans to Baton
Rouge, thence by the way of Alexandra, in
| said State, to connect with the said Texas
| Pacific Railroad Company at its eastern
| terminus, 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 of Louisiana, as
| are by this act granted in the State of Cali
| fornia, to said Texas Pacific Railroad
| Company; and said lands shall be with
drawn from market, selected, and patents
issued therefor, and opened for settlement
and pre-emption, upon the same terms and
| in the same manner and time as is provided
| for and required from said Texas Pacific
| Railroad Company, within said State of
| California; Provided, That said company
| shall complete the whole Of said road within
| five years from the passage of this act.
SEC. %. That for the purpose of connect
| ing the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
| of San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail
| road Company of California is hereby au-
| thorized Subject to the laws of California;
| to construct a line of railroad from point
at or near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los
| Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or
| near the Colorado river, with the same
rights, grants and privileges, and subject
to the same LIMITATIONS, restrictions. and
| conditions as were granted to said Southern
Pacific Railroad Company of California; by
the act of July twenty-seven, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six: Provided, however,
That this section shall in no way affect or
impair the rights, present or prospective of
| the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
or any other railroad company.
Approved March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. SO.
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