New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-29
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1871

49, - S~A4yAAANs Il AVADA1
sect said Tens Pacific railroad, shall hav,
q right to c0nect with that line; that NJ
discrimination as regards charges for freigh
or passengers or in any other matter, shall
be made by said Texas Pacific Railroad
Company against any of the sale
connecting oads; but that the sam.
charges per nile as to passengers, and pei
ton per mile % to freight, passing from the
said Texas Petite railroad over any of sale
connecting RAIDS, or passing from any o.
SAID connecting roads over any part of said
Texas Pacific railroad, shall be made BY
said compa1yas they make for freight and
passengers DER their own road; Provided
also, That sad connecting roads shall reel
prOcate said light of connection and equal
ity Of charged with said Texas Pacific rail
road; And prvided further, That the rates
charged for c,rrying passengers and freight
per mile, shall not exceed the prices which
may be fixed ly Congress for carrying pas
sengers and freight on the Union Pacific
and Central hcific railroads.
SEC. l6. Tint said road shall be construct
ed OF iron or teel rails manufactured from
American or, except such as may have
heretofore BEN contracted for by any rail-
road cOmpanl 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-
road COmpan7 shall commence the construc-
ton of its roal simultaneously at San Diego.
in the State Q; California, and from a point
ct or near Mrshall, Texas, as hereinbefore
described, ami so prosecute the same as to
have at leat fifty consecutive miles Of
railroad from each of said points COM
i
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; ard upon failure to so complete
1t, Congress nay adopt such measures as it
may deem necessary and proper to secure
its speedy completion.
SEC. IL. Tint the President of the United
States. upon he 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 eash 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 ands it il entitled to under
this act, as fast as each section of said road
is completed.
SIC. l9. That the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company shall he. and it
is hereby, declared to be q military
and post rOsd; and for the purpose OF
lnsuring 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 airy State or Territory shall i'm
pede, delay tr prevent the said company
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-
Donable rateA Of compensation. not to exceed
the price paid by private parties for the same
kind OF service, and the government shall
ut all times have the preference in the use
Df the came 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
equipment or running of its
road. or to have any interest therein; and
all such contracts or agreements are hereby
property received under such contracts or
agreements may be recovered back for the
benefit Of the company by any stakeholder
SEC. q. That any railroad company whose
quite lies across the route OF the Texas
Pacific railroad may cross the same, and for
he purpose of crossing shall have the right
% acquire at the double minimum price 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,
de-traeks, and other needful purposes, not
for such purposes forty acres at
my one station.
Sec. %. That the New Orleans. Baron
Rouge and vicksburg Railroad Company.
hartered by the State of Louisiana, shall
ave the right to connect by the most eiigi-
lie route to be selected by said company
With the said Texas Pacific railroad at its
astern terminus. and shall have the right
t way through the public land to the same
xtent granted hereby to the said Texas
'acifie Railroad Company: and in aid of its
obstruction from New Orleans to Baton
lOnge. thence by the way of Alexandria. in
aid State, to connect with the said Texas
'acitic Railroad Company at its eastern
erminus. there is hereby graHed to said
ompany, Its successors and assigns, the
anne number of alternate sections Of public
lnds per mile. in the State Of Louisiana. as
re by this act granted in the State of Cali
,rnia, to said Texas Pacific Railroad
ompany; 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
|. hos oyp1o II Id
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. - That for the purpose of connect
g the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail |
lad Company of California is hereby au-
lorized Subject to the laws of California;
construct line of railroad from point |
or near Tehachapa Pass. by way of Los |
ngeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or |
EAR the Colorado river, with the same |
ghts, grants and privileges, and subject |
the same limitations, restrictions. and |
'nditiOns as were granted to said Southern |
acitic Railroad Company of California. by |
10 act OF July twenty-seven, eighteen |
inbred and sixty-six: Provided. however, |
hat this section shall in no way affect or |
lpair the rights. present or prospective OF |
e Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company |
any other railroad company.
Approved March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. GIL
n ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Of the United States of |
merica IN Congress assembled, That the
lie to the land certified to the State of |
wa by the Commissioner of the General
md Once OF the United States. under an
t Of Congress entitled IAN act confirming