The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-05-25

seubed, That the nae style, and title ofthe 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 hereto
fore conferred upon the said Texas Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
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 forty thousand dollars per mile of said
road Of construction bonds said company may deem
needul to provide for the construction and equipment
of its line and to include in the mortgage or mortgages
to secure said construction bonds all or any portion OF
the lands granted in aid of the construction of said rail-
road and In the mortgage mortgages to secure said
land bonds any portion of said lands not so used to Sc
cure the construction bonds aforesaid and all or any
portion Of the lands acquired by the terms
ton lawfully authorized by the fourth section OF said
act Of March third eighteen hundred and seventyone
with any railroad company or companies to whom
grants Of land may have been made may hereafter
be made by any cong essional State, Territorial au-
thority or who may have purchased the same previous
the time limited for the completion Of the road and all
such lauds Of every description shall be subject to all
limitations and conditions by law existing in re-
lation thereto, and modified by this act and this
shall not be construed to revive enlarge extend or
create any land grant whatever beyond that heretofore
granted by Congress, and which shall duly nure 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 all
conditions and limitations by law existing under
this and The acts to which supplementary in re-
spect such lands and shall not be held to vest any
other than such company may become lawfully en-
ti.led create Hereunder but the amount OF
said land bonds shall not exceed two and half dollars
per for all lands covered by the mortgage or mort
cages securing the same.
SEC 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 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 equipment
contemplated railroad line, under lawful contracts
with parties and such terms and conditions as
said company may deem needful, and for the further
purpose Of purchase, consolidation, completion equip
ment, and operating Of the other roads, as contempa-
ted by said and specified therein being part OF the
aforesaid railroad line and for the expenses necessary
and incident the works authorized thereby Provded,
however That said road and its equipment shall be OF
the standard heretofore required by the United States
governmentfor the existing Pacific railway lines: And
provided f,et Their That said mortgage or mortgages
shall in neSise impair affect any existing on the
property Of Aad company or companies a or before the
| time Of such consolidation.
and steel rails manufactured from American ore except
such may have been contracted for before consolda
tion by any railroad company which may be purchased
/ by or consolidated with this company.
SEC. 5. That the said Texas and Pacific Railway Com
pany shall commence the construction Of its road at or
near Marshall Texas, and proceed with its
under the original act and this supplement- in pursu
of the authority derived from consolidation as
aforesaid westerly from point near Marshall and to-
wards San Diego in the State of California on the line
authorized by the original act and so prosecute the
have at least one hundred consecutive miles OF
i
within two year after the passage of this act and so
continue to construct each year thereafter sutcent
number of miles, not less than hundred, to secure
the completion of the whole line, from the aforesaid
point the eastern boundary of the State of Texas to-
the bay Of San Diego in the State of California as afore
said within after the passage Of this act and
said road from Marshall Texas, throughout the length
thereof shall be of uniform gauge Prorided, however
| That the said company shall commence the construc
ton of said road from San Diego eastward within one
year from the passage of this act and construct
than ten m lies before the expiration of second year.
and, after the second year, not less than twenty-five
miles per annum in continuous line thereafter between
San Diego and the Colorado river until the injunction
formed with the line from the east at the latter point
east thereof and failure to so complete it, Con-
may adopt such measures as it may deem neces
sary and proper to its speedy completion and
shall also be law full for said company to commence and
prosecute the construction of its line from any other
point points IT'S line; but nothing in this contain
ed shall be construed to authorize the grant ofany
additional lands subsidy ofany nature kind what
soever the part of the government of the United
States Provided That said Texas and Pacific Railway
Company shall be- and it is hereby authorized and
Qured to construct maintain CONTROL and operate any
existing road between said points, of the same gauge as
the said Texas and Pacific railroad and that all roads
terminating Shreveport shall have the right to make
| the same running connections, and shall be emit
tied the privileges for the transaction ofbus
mess in connection with the said Texas and rail
way, grantt to roads intersecting Herewith
| Prorided further That noh < herein shall b. con
strued changing the terminus of said Texas and Pa
cfc railway from Marshall as provided in the Original
| act
SEC g. That all parts of acts inconsistent with
this supplement be and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, May 2, 1872