New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-26


discrimination as regards 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 reads, but that the same
! charges per mile as to passengers, and per
ton per mile as to freight, passing from the
| said Texas Pacific RAILROAD over any OF said
/ connecting roads, or passing from any OF
| said connecting roads over any part OF said
| Texas Paosae 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 reei-
| 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. Is. That said roadshall 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 constfuc-
| ton of 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 it
may deem necessary and proper to secure
| its speedy completion.
| SEC. l8 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 shah 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
| SEC. l9. 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
| 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.
| SEC. 20. That it shall not be lawful for
! any of the directors, either in their indi-
| 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. 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 Tor the
| benefit of the company by any stockholder
| SEC. q. 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-tracks, and otherneedful purposes, not
| exceeding for such purposes forty acres at
| any one station.
SEC. D. That the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company,
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| have the right to connect by the most eligi
| bic 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 Alexandria, 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
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 a 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 III 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.
'IGENERAL NATURE-No. GIL
AN ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
title TO the land certified TO the State of
Iowa by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office Of the United States, under an
act of Congress entitled ''An act confirming
land claim in the State of Iowa, and for
other purposes" approved July twelve,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in ac-
eordance with the adjustment made by the
authorized agent of the State of Iowa and
the Commissioner of the General Land Of
flee, on the twenty -first day of May, ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and approved by the Secretary of the In
terror on the twenty-second day of May,