New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-10

that NAV be hereafter constructed, to inter
| sect said Texas Pacific railroad, shall have
a right to connect with that line; that no
discrimination as regards charges for freight
| or messengers, 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
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 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
NAV be fixed by Congress for carrying pas
sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central Pacific railroads.
! SEC. l6 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.
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road Company shall commence the construc-
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 wear
| 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 he 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 Inferior to issue patents to said conf
| 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 1t
is hereby, declared to be a 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 HoF
| 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 It's
| 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 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-tracks. and other needful purposes, not
| exceeding for such purposes forty acres at
! any one station.
! SEC. D. That the New Orleans, Baton
! Rouge and Nicksburg Railroad Company,
| chartered by the State of Louisiana, shall
| have the right 10 connect by the most eligl-
| 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 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, ana opened Tor settlement
and presumption, 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 line of railroad from point
at or near Tehachapa Pass, by way OF Los
| Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at OF
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 OF
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 81.
AN ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States o
America in Congress assembled, That thu
title to the land certified TO the State o