The Portland daily press., 1872-08-03
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY SECOND
CONGRESS.


SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 53l
AN ACT repeaiag the duty on tea and coffee.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtiUes Of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That and after the first day of
July next tea and coffee shall be placed the free
list, and further import duties shall be collected
upon the same. And all tea and coffee which may be
in the public stores or bonded warehouses said
first day Of July shall be subject to duty upon the
entry thereof for consumption and all tea and coffee
remaining in bonded warehouses on said first day of
July, upon which the duties shall have been paid,
shall be entitled to a refund of the duties paid.
Approved, May 1, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. OIL
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled "An act to
incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company,
and to aid in the construction of its road and for
other purposes" approved March third, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-one.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives ofthe United States Of america III Con-
The Texas Pacific Railroad COMPANY shall hereafter
be "The Texas and Pacific Railway Company; and
the said The Texas and Pacific Railway Company
shall have possess, and enjoy all the rights privileges
and franchises heretofore conferred upon the said
Texas Pacific Railroad Company.
SEC. 2. That the said The Texas and Pacific Rail-
way Company shall have power and authority to is
sue the construction and land bonds authorized by
heelevenh section of said act of Incorporation for
per mile of said road of construction bonds as said
company may deem needful to provide for the
struction and equipment of its line and to include
the mortgage mortgages to secure said construc-
ton bonds all any portion of the lands granted in
aid of the construction of said rairoad and in the
mortgage or mortgages to said land bonds any
portion of said lands not used to secure the con-
struction bonds aforesaid and all any portion of
the lands acquired by the terms of consolidation law
fully authorized by the fourth section of hid act of
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one
with any railroad company or companies to whom
ter be made by any congressional State or Terrific
rial authority, or who may have purchased the same
previous to any such arrangement consolidation,
and within the time limited for the completion of the
road and all such lands Of every description shall be
subject to all limitations and conditions now by law
existing in relation thereto and as modified by this
act and this act shall not be construed to revive en-
large extend, create any land grant whatever be-
You'd that heretofore granted by Congress and which
with the terms of this act in relation to the times fix
ed for completion of said railway and all such mort
cages shall be subject to all the conditions and lmta
tons 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 any title in the mortgage
or create any lien on such lands, other than such
or create hereunder; but the amount of said land
bonds shall not exceed two and a half dollars per
for all lands covered by the mortgage or mort
cages securing the same. -
Sec 8. That all the mortgages made and executed
by said railroad company shall be filed and recorded
in the Department of the Interior, which shall be
sufficient evidence of their legal execution Provid-
ed That the aforesaid bonds and the authorized can
ital stock or the proceeds thereof shall be applied
only for the purpose of securing the construction
operation and equipment of the contemplated rail,
road line, under lawful contracts with such parties
and on such terms and conditions as said company
may deem needful, and for the further purpose Of
purchase, consolidation, completion, EQUIPMENT and
operating of the other roads, contemplated by said
act and specified therein being part of the afore-
said railroad ne and for the expenses necessary and
incident to the works authorized thereby: Provided
however, That said road and its equipment shall he
of the standard heretofore required by the United
States government for the existing Pacific railway
lines: And prorided further. That said mortgage or
mortgages shall in nowise impair affect any lien
existing on the property of said company or compa-
MES 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 ex-
cept such as may have been contracted for before
consolidation by any railroad company which may be
purchased by or consolidated with this company
Sec. 8. That the said Texas and Pacific Railway
Company shall commence the construction of its road
at or near Marshall, Texas and proceed with its con-
struction under the original act and this Supplement
or in pursuance Of the authority derived from apy
consolidation aforesaid westerly from point near
Marshall and towards San Diego in the State of Cal
iOrnia the line authorized by the original act and
prosecute the same to have least one hundred
consecutive miles of railroad from said point complete
and in running order within two years after the pas
sage 0fths act and continue construct each wear
thereafter sufficient number of miles, not less than
one hundred to secure the completion of the whole
line from the aforesaid point on the eastern bounda
ry Of the State OF Texas to the Bay of San Diego in
the State OF California as aforesaid within ten years
shall, Texas, throughout the length thereof shall be
of uniform guage: ProUided hoioerer That the said
company shall commence the construction of said
road from San Diego eastward within one wear from
the passage of this act and construct not less than
ten miles before the expiration of second year. and
after the second year. not less than twenty-five les
per annum in continuous line thereafter between
San Diego and the Colorado river until the function
is formed with the line from the east at the latter
point east thereof; and upon failure to so com
pete it, Congress may adopt such measures as it NAV
deem necessary and proper to secure its speedy
completion; and it shall also be lawful for said COM
pany to commence and prosecute the construction of
its line from any other point points its line; but
nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as
to authorize the grant of any additional lands or sub
sidy, OF any nature kind whatsoever on the part
OF the government Of the United States: Proyided
That said Texas and Pacific Railway Company shall
be, and 1t is and REQUIRED to con-
struc maintain, control, and operate road between
Marshall, Texas, and Shreveport Louisiana or con-
points, OF the same gauge as the said Texas and Pa
cific railroad; and that all roads Terminating AZ
Shreveport shall have the right to make the<same
running connections, and shall be entitled to the
same privileges, for the transaction of business in
connection with the said Texas and Pacific railway
as are granted to roads intersecting Herewith: Pro-
vided rther, That nothing herein shall be construed
railway from Marshall provided in the original act
SEC. g. That all acts par of acts inconsistent
with this supplement be, and the same are hereby.
repealed. - - -''
Approved, May 2, 1872.
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Hice- President the United States and President of
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