Smyrna times., 1872-01-10
O H II ICEAL
Laws and Resolutions of the United STntes Pas
sea- NJ the Third Session of the Forty
FIRST Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 81. !

GENERAL NArrRE-No. SAL
aud TO aid in the construction OF its road and other
BE enacted by the senate and House of Representative
JOHN Fre@on James L corn c. H. Gdss Cr Fieneh If
yohn D GaLdwen & Noah A. O. Osborne Timothy Hurley,
worth. Philip II, Morgan D. CameroG Marshal O. Roberts
chaes LrnSe joseph it, 0seSSy Ao JShn " NRgfoc
Eca SAMUEL o@sn a%a WS% fHfSsS H. EG%as aeo
RI e "a GaFsShI; s. DsSs W mmops % NJ A. @ S"ghToTth John
smth W P. Dole; G. AWecd, 4: PIX Stafford it, McC1ough
s. FfG Sy
Hiram M P H. Il s S%Hrf Wcrr r p Fo5e E. n
g. M S" g. sadn T J. dEusa NJ aaf f. Wb n Bsn?o
Eon w. Goodand Powell Clayton Samuel Tate W. Bolton
oodoe 6. Rt9ev cyrus Bassy j. Farniy j. Lock K
Sas il d @ NS%s H. T. Eae E. r. iiSp al r
SsHn S Saq; "a W.. Mo"P Il R@"m%n & h NJ Nj
oSo Fc'GE Harry ~ E!tS$rf ays 3 ForSss $s
GyrGs BaidSa iamt?H Rush %i ( sidsn sias I G. Co"
Allen, }. B. ChaSes, Augustus Kcunrzs John N Goodwin,
Ma% G. S$' n SanccT % L j. s6y a9y II G. & Kmbs and ali
such persons as shall or may be associated with them and their
fact and in law by the name Sye and ttleo the Texas Paci
succession and shall he able to and be- sued plead ar be
equity within the Uned safes aud may maEe and use con-
seal; and the said corporaon hereby authorized and
enjoy continuous railroad and telegraph line with he appur
state o. r. Vas thence G tc most ir,c AMI rgiir route
be deternnet 10y said company, the thirty
Se oi nor" & uuT & I" Rrnt a1 & OF near RI o LnemiS
@ ty mTTr 5 NM and Sna 20 St SaD Cy n s @
Rio Colorado. near the southeastern boundary the
route to San Diego California to Ships Channel in the bay
San Diego the State California, pursuing the
isu5e a and al bSrhy xest1 % & b Iii TbG Sba pSei G o
aud immunites necessary to into effect the Of
SEC That the persons named section this
snail constitute board Of commissioners twenty whom
Known as the Texa Pacfe Raoad &
in the city of New York within days the
signed by person the list OF corporaor and
least one daily newspaper in New Iork New Orleans and
OPENED for the subscription Of the capital Stock Of said
ny and when twenty thousand shares amounting to two
actually paid thereon in money to the to be
6sepI9g ana TO- t9e treasurer OF the cmpany when
cordanee with the provisions Of his and t f n1t ~ e
than than seventeen directors majority of
whom snail be to the transaction OF business and
sOrs shall be elected qualified the directors shall
cretary and t6e SrpIeut nnd % ya 5sl
be directors AZ ali elections for directors eoc bora of
ers in person or by who shall also shareholder The
three years may provided fer in said bylaws
Company 6a BE- %ed By the board Of directors at sam nSt
dollars and when the amount is So Hed Shall never he n
creased eTeep Y consent OF CONGRESS ASsessments upon SAID
he Of directors at renar meeting which said assessments
given il in each The cities Of Washington
SIC l. That the said Texas Pacific RaIoad Company shall
nave power ana lawful authority to purchase the stock land
such terms be agreed upon between the parties with
nal state or terer authority on the route
on shall Ne with competing through line Of roroads to
SEC That the said shall have power and authori-
10 mtk runnn! with railroad company
chartered BY oa territorial authority a,o
other property from the purpose Of
aisns 10 Tir'pS % me- o4t & H. 9eeita M of this c39Pany
eges ana apputten2ees AMI P92y OF every description,
company oi companies as herein roei d. shall vest and
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into 10y SAID company with and all other railroad company
purchase ths indebtedness or other legal obligations Of aid
consodation or purchase Shall imsair anv % Ebrb g s
exist on any OF the RAILROADS 50 cln.ia@d or pnrcbaed it
but said com2any h not the bts obligations
aforesad 70 az amount greater than the cash value the
SIC Tat ne aid Teyas Pacia: Railroad COMPANY shall
ten fits officers and the govenn and management Of the
propIT th b sn ang @ % G an {er%n al Efea9 ard
Of the omsny hereby incorporated not nconsistenc the
sEc That the right of through the public lands be-
construction OF the said and telegraph ne and the
neht power ani 2dhory hereby given 20 al company
stone timber and other materials the thereof
on each SIDE a srnsd rS fxiTt xha3e Fl
Rn to a eomoT gg9c amt' H. ana there Is also hereby
o' tS1s a w9aryes Hc sTitehe tables watesta
railroad not exceeding forty Of land point
the railroad and teeeraph line herein provided or
M ssnea 70 'ne sara Texas Pacific Railroad Company
land not mineral designated by old the amount
re ne may Or adopted by said company through
o. land per mile on each side Of said railroad California
disposed o b the Tned Staes hd tow to- c 5erE
sa9 Tod nay not haYe attached at the time the Inc
bsen sold r'tryed "ccqped or pe-empted oherwe dis
under the direction tho Secretary or the Interior er
ten miles Beyond the % % % & aa nq@G9 not saq
above named ard not including the reserved numbers, r. IL
ofNexco the number of sections land to winch tie CO
abroad or in lieu Of mineral land rxclpded from this grant
odd nam5ef'd section neaSf b Inc Of or s
IsI I ie 0 il cg ] a. a. Iise @ g'ydei and The word mine
iron or coal: Provided however That public lands are here
mil on each side Of aIi road except make
.nsnaly The tern SHIPS channe az used in IN ,I
said comp tny to fb at & a. m aL TF+a,tr rGht t,
Of Tay. a. herein GRANTED And pro,i, tI I\I'' T !" M" t
anus 20 granted oy hl: section to SaI cnmpay which
within three years completion Of The entire Toad
D 70 h e a9d Te.ePDtIon like other lands
averaEe Of two dollars and fifty per acre Tor ali the
SEC That when the route Of said railroad and telegraph
n1y 6 necessary for said railroad COMPANY sny land
or titled 10 such and hail h. l ] such right Of way thTcug
laws a he Sa;e or Trrity W i ~ aceorI%nce with th
SEC II That the Texas Pacific Railroad COMPANY shail Sav
mortgage namely First, CONSTRUCTION bonds cooSd Ian
said railroad aud ali tie appurensnc b c1 oeb 2T tT%c
Gint az or near Marshall 10 ship channel the bay Of Sa
DisE0 IN the Sta'e Ot California Aforesaid Land bond
hha De secured by mortgage first all any portion Of In
lands hereby graa'a n i 81 the Of said
q provide.
aIitb4-n - terms Of consolidation wi an
IaIt;al eirft c"tnpIue- 30 whom grants lands ma
may have been made hereafter by any con
Eressonal State '~rrito9 an'Loy or Who may law
PIi,4''-' -Ic arrangement n o
s"it.' ''. mortgages made and execut
~ Y b." hiol and recorded IN Tn
Of their legal confer ali the gbts AND pTS
rty Of said company therein provided ais
That the proceeds OF the sales
and land bonds shall be applied only construction
t0n ana eqnpment Of the contemplate railroad line An
provided further That said mortgage shall impair
aueet any Hen existing the property said eompany
companies at before the time Of such
SEC T. Ihat whenever the said company shall complete tb
hrs and each succeeding section twenty consecute mill
Of said railroad and put i 10 running order AS rtcIas oa
IN al us appointments 1t shall be the duty Secretary
ns Interior 70 cause patents to be issued conveying
company the number Of sections opposite TO and
for each section completed Said cnnnanV vim ~
years after the this shall designate the
route OF Its said road file m,
OF the same in the Department Interior and when nj
map B so filed; the Secretary Of Interior immediate
thereatter shall the lands within miles On
side Of said designated the Territories and twen