Smyrna times., 1872-01-10

the charges mile and per ton per
mile as to freight passing from the Pacific railroad
connecting roads said Pacific railroad
rod ProSisd Se aaS P Tat sa cHS s%G
equality charges Texas Pacific rairoad And ro
s rirt her @ & & b ie & CHARGED for CARRYING passengers
& oy C4nSresS r carrying passengers freight
SEC 10 Iat sand road shall be constructed steel
heretofore contracted for by any railroad
which m be purchased cOnsOlG with by the company
il. That said TeSSs Pacde railroad Company shall
Heg9 II the State of California, and from point
from each of said points Complete and in runnin orer
construct each year thereafter sufficient number
point the boundary of the State Texas to the bay
complete it, Congress may adopt such measures as deem
necessary and proppr to SECURE ts spreiy comnetinn ~
SEC IS That the President OF the United States the
commissioner whose duty it shall be examine the
report thereon to him in writing and If report
tion OF its road in this act provided he shall the
crgtay o. the Interior to ssGs patents to said compan Tor
me h' III ent 10 under inns act as tS as each section
and IT Is hereby declared to be military and post
mons OF var supplies aud stores Of The Und St ,tS n @
OF the company nor any law Of any State Territory shall
its obligations to the United States in that Provided
postal military, and all other service at lar
and reasonable compensation not to exceed the price
paid by private parties tor the Kind of the
government shall at all times have the
/ the sam" for the purpose aforesaid.
SEC % That it shalt lawful the directors
either In their individual capacity nco
agreemens With the sai TnSs Pace sg RsS a contracts :"
the construction" Equipment or running of ITS read have
interest therein and all such are
hereby red null and void and all money and property
ceyrd under such contracts or agreements be
back tor the benefit OF the by
SEC. 81 That railroad company whose across
the route OF the Texas Pacific railroad
for the shall to
the double minimum price all lands whether the Unite,
States granted by this which shall hp needed Tor "A RICH
OF two hundred feet wide through said lands
stations and other ueedtu
ceedng for such forty station
SEC. % That the New Orleans Rouge and Vicksbur
Railroad Company chartered by the State Louisiana shal
leced by said with the sand Texas
at it's eastern terminus, and shall the right of wa
through the public land tn the extent
the sad Texas Pacific Railroad Company n of it
construction from New Orleans Button Rouge by tn
way OF Alexandra said State, The
Texas Pacific Raj road Company at its
the number Of alternate lands per nc
In the State OF Louisiana, by this granted in h
state OF California to said Texas Pacific Railroad Company
and said lands shall be withdrawn market selected an
patents issued therefor and opened for
empion the terms in the ianner an
time provided tor and PacG
That Sat shall complete the whole
in i've years from tE" passage of this act.
SEC % That for the connecting the Texas Pac
nc rrad with the cty 9 san Francisco the Southern Pach
Railroad Company OF California is hereby authorized, (shrc
to the laws ot Calnrna to construct line railroad
\ by Of Las .
the Texas Pacific railroad, the Colorado river wit
the rights grants. and privileges the sam
limitations rcStilcnnS and conditions granted
act OF July twentys@ eighteen hundred sXtyX: PrU
vied however That this section shall way affect or inn
pair NE rights present prospective of the Atlantic Ia
chc Railroad COMPANY any other railroad w
Approved, March 81