New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-31


the public lands adjacent to the line of salt
fals I'm tse construction ss shesscf
right Of way is granted to said company Il
TIN e&xe4kof Two hnndfed feet inSYiSth Oh
each Side OF sad RAILROAD where it may pas
over the pnblic lands; and there is alst
hereby granted to said company grounds
for stations, buildings, workshops, WharFes
switches, side-trRcks, turn tables,s wafer
stations, and such other structures as may
II be snecess8fvf1fss failf0ad, n0t exeeee
a ing forty acres of land at any one point.
II Sec, 9. That for the purpose OF aiding Ii
the construction of the railroad and ,Tele
graph line herein provided for, there il
4 hereby. GRANTED to- the Said Texas Paclne
Railroad, Company, its successors and
assigns, every alternate section. OF pubic
! land, not mineral designated by odd
numbers, 81 to. the amount of twenty
alternate sections per- mile, On each
! side of said railroad line, assueh line may
4 be adopted by said company, through tne
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 soId,
i reserved, or otherwise disposed OF by the
| United States, and to which pre-emption
or homestead claim may not have attached
| at the time the line Of said road is definitely
4 fixed. In case any of said lands shall have
| been sold, reserved, occupied, or pre-
| empted. or otherwise disposed off other
\ lands shall be selected in lieu thereof by
I said company, under the direction OF the
Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sec
| tions, and designated by odd numbers, not
| more than ten miles beyond the limits OF
| said alternate sections first above named.
i and not including the reserved numbers.
\ If, 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
mediately on the line of said railroad, or in
| lieu of mineral lands excluded from this
grantg like quantity OF unoccupied and
| unappropriated agricultural lands, in odd
| mum bered sections nearest the line OF SAID
| railroad NAV be selected as aboveprovided
| and the word ''rnineral," where il occurs IN
| this act. shall not be held to include iron or
! GOAL: 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
deficiencies as aforesaid, and then not TO
exceed twenty miles from the lands origin.
ally granted. The term ''ship's channel
as used in this BILL shall not be construed
as con veyipg any greater right 10 said
company to the water front at San Diego
bay than it may acquire by gift, grant. pur7
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 presumption like
other lands, at price TO be liked by and
paid to said company, ne. exceeding an
average Of two dollars and fifty cents per
acre for all the lands herein granted.
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road and telegraph line shah pass through
the lands. Of private persons, or where II
may be necessary for said railroad company
to take any lands belonging 10 private per-
sons for any OF the purposes herein men,
toned necessary 10 said read, such right Of,
way through or title to such lands shall be
secured in accordance with the laws Of the
State or Territory il which they may be
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SEC. IL, That the Texas Pacific Railroad
Company shall have power and authority
to Issue two kinds of bonds, secured by
mortgage, namely: first. construction bonds:
second, land bonds. Construction bonds
shall be secured By mortgage, first, on ell
or any portion of the, franchises, Foad-bed
or track of said railroad, and all the appur-
tenances thereto belonging, when con-
structed or IN the course Of construction,
from a point at or near Marshall. 10 ships
channel, in the bay of San Diego, in the
State of California, as aforesaid. Land
bonds shah 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 Tor in tbs act;
seconj on lands acquired by any arrange
ment or purchase or terms of consolidation
with amy railroad company or companies to
whom grants of lands may have been made
or may hereafter be made by any congress
- o.
may have purchased the same previous 10
any such arrangement or consolidation;
provided, that all the mortgages made and
executed by said railroad company shall be
filed and recorded in the Department Of the
Interior, which shall be sIficient evidence
of their legal execution, and shall confer all
the rights and property OF said COM
lpany as therein expressed; and pro-
-yided also. that the proceeds OF
and land bonds shall be applied only in the
construction. operation, and equipment of
the contemplated railroad line; and pro-
vided further. That said mortgage shall III
no wise impair or affect any lien existing
on tie property Of said company or COM
panies at or before the time of such consoi-
dalton.
SEC. -. That whenever the said COM
pany shall complete the first and each sue
ceeding section of twenty consecutive miles
of said railroad and put il in running order
as frst-class road in all its appointments,
it shall be the duty ! the Secretary of the
Interior to cause patents to be issued con-
veying to SAID company the number of sec
lions of land opposite to- and coteImfnous
with said completed road to which it shall |
be entitled for each section SO completed. |
Said company, within two years after the |
passage Of this act, shall designate the gen
.eral route OF its said road, as near as NAV |
be, and shall file map of the same in the |
Department OF the interior; and when the |
map is so fled, the Secretary OF the In |
terror, Immediately thereafter, shall cause |
the lands within forty miles on each side |
OF said designated route within the Terri |
tories, and twenty miles within the State of |
California, to be withdrawn from pre- |
private entry, and sale; Provided. |
however, That the provisions of the |
act, OF September, eighteen hundred |
ana forty-one, granting presumption
of, and of the act entitled IAN Act |
to secure hOmesteads TO actual settlers on
the public domain" approved May twenty, |
eighteen hundred and sixty-two. and tie !
amendments thereto, shall be, and the same |
are hereby, extended to all other lands of the |
United States on the line of said road when
surveyed, except those hereby. granted to |
said company.
SEC. -. That the president of the com
pany shall annually, by the first day of july. |
make report and fileitswfth the Secretary |
of the Interior, which report shall be under
oath, exhibiting the financial situation of |
the company. the amount of MONEY received |
and expended, and the numbdf Of miles of |
road constructed each year: and further,
the, names and residences OF the stock. |
holders, of the directors. and of all other |
officers of the company, the amount Of stock |