The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-27
GENERAL NArrRr-No sA1

IiKNBRAL NATURE-No. "a
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled can
act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad d
Company, to aid in the construction of its
road, and for other purposes" )" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seyenty-one.
BE q enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
gress assembled, That the name, STYLE and title
OF the Texas Pacific Railroad Company shall
hereafter be The Texas and Pacific Railway
ppomiapany poiapy = and the said The Texas and Pacific
Hahway Company shall have, possess, and en-.
Joy az the rights, privileges, and franchises
heretofore conferred upon the said Texas pa
cific Railroad Company. IL 81 n ~ : =
SEC. O. That the said The Texas and Paciec
Railway Company shall have power and aI-
thorfty to issue the construction and land bends
authorized by the eleventh section of said act of
incorporation, for such amounts, not exceeding
forty Thousand dollars per mile of said road Of
construction bonds, as said company may deem
needinl to provide for the construction and
equipment of its line, and to include In the
mortgage or mortgages TO secure said construc-
ton bonds all any portion of the lands granted
~ ald OF the construction of said railroad; and
IN tne mortgage or mortgages to secure said land
bonds any portion of said lands not SO used TO
secure the construction bonds aforesaid and ali
or any portion OF the lands acquired by the
terms of consolidation lawfully authorized by
the fourth section of said act of March third
eighteen hundred and seventy-one with any
rairoau company or companies to whom grants
OF land may have been made may hereafter
be made, by any congressional, State or Terri
torial authority, or who may have purchased
the same previous to any such arrangement or
consolidation, and within the time limited for
the completion OF the road and all such lands of
every description shall be subject to all limita-
lions and conditions now by law existing in rela-
uon thereto, and as modified by this act; and
TINS act shall not be construed to revive, enlarge
extend or create any land grant whatever, be-
yond that heretofore granted by Congress and
when shall duly inure to said company upon
compliance With the terms of this act in relation
to the times fixed for completion of said railway
and all such mortgages shall be subject to ali the
conditions and limitations by law existing under
this act and the acts to which it is supplementary
in respect to such lands and shall not be held to
vest any title in the mortgage or create any lien
ON such lands, other than such company is or
may become lawfully entitled to vest or create
Hereunder; but the amount of said land bond.
shall not exceed two and n half dollars per acre
Tor all lands covered by the mortgage or mort
SEC. 3. That all the mortgages made and exc
cuted by said railroad company shall be filed
ana recorded in the Department of the Interior
winch shall be a sufficient evidence of their legal
execution: Provided, That the aforesaid bonds
and the authorized capital stock, or the proceeds
thereof, shall be applied only for the purpose of
securing the construction, operation, and equip
ment of the contemplated railroad line. under
lawful contracts with such parties and on such
terms and conditions as said company may deem
needini and Tor the further purpose Of purchase,
rating OF the other roads, as CONTEMPLATED nv
SAID act and specified therein, being a part Of
Ihe aforesaid railroad line. and for the expenses
necessary and incident to the works authorized
thereby: Proufded, hoioeuer, That said road and
its equipment shall be of the .tandard hereto
lore required by the United States government
for the existing Pacific railway lines: And pro-
Utded further, That said mortgage or mortgages
shall in nowise impair affect any lien existing
on the property Of said company or companies
at or before the Time of such consolidation.
SEC. 4. That said road shall be constructed of
IRON or steel rails manufactured from American
ore, except such as may have been contracted
Ior before consolidation by any railroad COM
pany which may be purchased by OF consolidated
with this company. 'itf iIaa t7777 "
SEC, o. That the said Texas and Pacific Rail.
way Company shall commence the construction
OF It's rond at or near Marshall, Texas and pro-
ceed with its construction, under the original act
and this supplement, or in pursuance Of the au-
thority derived from any consolidation as afore.
said, westerly from point near Marshall and
towards San Diego, in the State of California,
on tue line authorized by the original act, and so
prosecute the same as to have at least one hun
dred consecutive miles of railroad from said
point complete and in running order within two
years after the passage of this act and so con
tinue to construct each year thereafter, suf-
ficient number of miles, not less than one hun
dres, to secure the completion of the whole line,
from The aforesaid point ON the eastern bound
ary 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 said
road from Marshall, Texas, throughout the
isagsh tnereoi shall be OF uniform gauge: Pro
commence the construction of said road from
San Diego eastward within one year from the
passhse Vi tulS act, ana construct not less than
ten miles before the expiration of second year
ana, after the second year, not less than twenty
hve miles per annnm in continuous line there
after between San Diego and the Colorado river
until the junction is formed with the line from
the east at the latter point or east thereof; and
upon failure to SO complete it, Congress may
adopt such measures as it may deem necessary
and proper to secure its speedy completion and
II shall als o be lawful for said company to COM
!nence and prosecute the construction of its line
rom any other point or points on its line; but
nothing in this act contained shall be so con-
strued as to authorize the grant of any add-
tionai lands or subsidy, Of any nature or kind
the United States Prooided That said Texas
and Pacific Railway Company shall be, and it is
hereby, authorized and required to construct,
maintain, control, and operate u road between
Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, or
control and operate any existing road between
SAID points, of the same gauge as the said Texas
and Pacific railroad; and that all roads termi-
mating at Shreveport shall have the right 10
make the same running connections and shall
Do entitled to the same privileges, for the trans
action OF business in connection with the said
Texas and Pacific railway, as are granted to
roads intersecting therewith Pr0Uided further,
That nothing herein shall be construed as chang
ng the terminus of said Texas and Pacific rail-
way from Marshall as provided in the original
act
SEC. 6. That all acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this supplement be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
Approved, May 2, 1872. l5.Ts.s. q. .l.E
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