Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-18
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AN ACT supplementary act entitled An act to In
corporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and
To ald in the construction of It's road and for other
purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred
and seycnty-Onc.
be it enacted by the Senate aAd House of Represent
atvcs OF the United States Of Ahorca in COngres
sembed, That The name, style and title Of the Texas
rsf ana asaa SS@ASSS sbs ana be Ghf e
Texas and Pacific Railway Company shall have, pos
ere e S soS s s9 a T d ss5 SnP 9eR
sEc ,. That the said The Texas and Pacific Railway
Company shall have power and authority to issue the
construction and land bonds authorized by the eleventh
section Of said act Of incorporation for such amounts
not exceeding orty thousand dollars per mile Of said
road, of construction bonds said company may deem
noedu u provide for the construction and equipment
Of Its line, aud ~ include In the mortgage mortgage
TO said construction bonds all or any portion
Of the lands granted In aid of the construction Of said
railroad and In the mort gage mortgages 10 secure
said land bonds any portion Of said lands not so used
10 secure the construction bonds Aforesaid and all or
any portion of the lands acquired by the terms Of com
soldaton lawfully authorized by the fourth section Of
said act Of March third eighteen hundred aud seventy
one with any railroad company OF companies to whom
grants Of land may have been made, may hereafter
DO made, by any congressional State, Territorial au-
thorty or who may have purchased the previous
10 any such arrangement consolidation, aud within
the time limited Tor the completion Of the road and oil
such lands Of every description shall be- subject 10 all
limitations and conditions now by law existing in
laton thereto, and modified by this and this act
shall not he construed u revive, enlarge extend or
create any land grant whatever beyond that heretofore
granted by Congress- and which shall duly inuro 10 said
company upon compliance with the terms this act In
relation 10 the times liked for completion said rail
way ana all such mortgages shall be subject to all the
conditions and limitations by law existing under this
act anu he acts u which supplementary In respect
u such lands and shall not be held 10 vest any title In
the mortgage OF create any lien such lands other
than such company or may become lawfully entitled
land bonds shall not exceed two and half dollars Der
acre for all lands covered by tho mortgage or mortgg
os securing the same.
SIC. D. That all the mortgages made and executed
by said railroad company shall be ned and recorded In
the Department o the Interior which shall be a SUN
ciCnt evidence Of their legal protiIed
the aforesaid bonds and tho authorized capital stock or
pose OF securing the construction operation and equip
mont OF the contemplated railroad line under lawful
contracts with such parties, and such terms and
dlt9ns as snd company may Doom needul, aud for tho
further purpose OF purchase consolidation completion
equipment and operating Of tho other roads as con.
part Of the Aforesaid Railroad line, and for Tho expens
| es necessary and incident to tho works authorized
thereby Prorid,d, hoocrtr, That said road and its
equipment shrl be Of the standard heretofore required
by the United States government for tho existing Pa
ellie railway lines ind FrOuiicd further, That said
mortgage or mortgages shall In nowisc impair or affect
any lien existing on the property Of said company
companies at or before the time Of such consolidation
SIC That said road shall be constructed Of iron or
steel rails Manufactured from American ore, except
such rs may have been contracted for before consolda
| ton by any railroad company which may be purchased
| by or consolidated with this company.
Sac 0. That the said Toxas aud pacac Railway Com
plny snall commence tho construction Of It's road at
or near Marshall Texas and proceed with It's construc
ton under tho original act and this supplement-, or in
pursuance Of the authority derived from any c0nso-
dalton a. aforesaid, westerly from point near Marshall
and towards San Diego, In tho state of California on
the line authorized by the gina act and so prose-
cute the 10 have ut least ono hundred eencc
tive miles Of railroad from said pOnt complete md In
running order within two years after tho passage Of
ts act ana so continue 10 construct each wear there
atef sufficient number of miles, not loss than one
hundred to secure tho completion Of tho whole line
nom the aforesaid point on tho eastern boundary of
the state Of Texas To the hay Of San DeO In The State
OF California; rs Aforesaid within Years Htor the
passage oil ths act aud said road from Marshall Tex
as, throughout the length thereof shall he of uniform
gauge PTouided hOWsuer, That the sai compnny shall
commence the construction Of said road nom san Dogo
eastward Wthn one year from the passage Of this act
ana construct not less than ton miles before the
Ton OF second year. and, after the second year not loss
than twenty-five miles per annum In continuous limo
Thereafter between San DegO aud the Colorado river
until the Junction Is formed with the line from be east
nj the latter point or east thereof and upon failure to
80 complete H. Congress may adopt such measures as
II may deem necessary and proper TO secure lis speedy
completion ana II shall also DO lawful for said comma
ny 10 commence ana prosecute the construction of ts
inc rom any Othor point or points It's line hut moth
ing IN TINS act contained shall be construed as 10 n-
thorzo the grant ofany additional lands or subsidy of
any nature or Kind whatsoever the par of tho ov-
ernment Of tho United States. Proliied Tint shid
Texas aud Pacific Railway Company shall be- and ii Is
hereby authorized ana required to construct maintain,
control and operate road between Marshall Texas,
ana shreveport Louisiana control aud operate any
eAlsthg fohu between said points, of the
as inc sald Texas and Pacific railroad and That all
roads terminating at Shreveport shall have the right To
make the same running connections and shall he ent-
tied TO the same privileges for tho transaction of bu
ainess In connection with the said Texas and paclo
railway, as arc granted 10 roads ntersectng therewt
PROVIDED, tWther That nothing herein shall DO CON
struod as changing the terminus of said Texas ami pa
ciLc railway rom Marshall provided in the original
act
SEC That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
THIS supplement- be- and the are hereby repeaied
Approved, May 2, 1879.