Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-23
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF The UNITED STATES,
Passed 1T the Second Session of the
Forty Second Congress.

GENERAL SATUEg-No. 5f-l
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled " An
Company, and to aid in the construction Of
It road. and for other purposes" approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one.
Be IL enacted BIZ the Sesate and Hous, ef R,nr..
sentotires Of ne United States If Amsricl in Con-
gress dssembied, That the name, style, and title
hereafter be The Texas and Pacific RAILWAY
company" and the said The Texas and Pacific
Railway Company shall have, possess and enjoy
al the rights privileges, and franchi9es hereto
road Company.
sIC. p That the sail The Texas and Pacific
RsIwsy Company ssaI have power aud au-
monty 70 issue the construction and land bonds
authorized by the eleventh section OF said act OF
Incorporation, for such amounts, lot exceeding
lorty thou and dollars per mile of said road, Of
construction bonds, as said company may dee m
needful to provide for the construction and
equipment OF its line, and to include in the
tnor we &c or mortgages to secure said sonstTuc-
.Ion poncS all or any portion OF the lands granted
IN siu OF the construction or said railroad; and
IN the morte age or mortgages ID secure said land
OonCs, any portion of said Lands not so used to
cure the construct on bonds aforesaid; and
a. or any portion of the lands &C CURED by the
terms OF corSolidat on lawfully authorized by
the fouT th section OF said act of March third,
elghteen hundred and seyenty-one, with any
[siIoag company or companies II whom grants
OF land may have been made, D. msy hereafter
De made, by any COMPRESSION Il, State, or Terri
toriai authority, or who may have purchased
me same previors to any such arrangement or
consolidation. aud WITHIN the time limited for
the completion OF the road, and all such lands
OF every description sh II be subject to all linn
lt3tions and cond'tio-S now by law existing in
RELATION thereto, and p modified by this act;
ana this act shall not be constr Ied t. revive
enie-ge, extend, or create any land grant what
ever, beyond that heretofore granted by Con-
gress, and which shall duly inure to said COM
pany upon compliance with the terms of this
act IN relation to the times fixed for completion
OF SID railway, and ali such mortgages
shau be subject 10 all the conditions and linifa-
lions by law existing under this act and the acts
10 which IT Is supplementary in respect 70 such
lands, and shall not be held to vest any title in
tne mortgage or create any lien on such lands,
Otner than such company is or may become law
tpiy entitled ID vest or create thereunder: but
he amount OF said land bonds shall not exceed
t"o and a half dollars per acre for all lands
the same.
SIC: g. That all the mortgages made and ex.
eented by said railroad company shall be filed
snd recorded in the Department of the Interior
which shall be suff1c evidence OF their
legal execution: Provided, That the azores aid
bonds and the authorized capital stock, or the
proceeds thereof, shall be applied only for the
purpose of securing tho construction Operation
ana equipment of the contemplated railroad
line, under lawful contracts with such parties
and on such terms and conditions as said COM
PARKWAY deem needful, and for the further pur-
pose OF purchase, consolidation, completion
equipment, and operating the other roads IS
therein.
oelng part of the Aforesaid railroad line, and
ior the expenses necessary and incident to the
WORKS authorized thereby: Proriicf howerer
fhat said road andits equipments shall be of the
stahdsSd heretofore required by the United
states government for the existing Pacific rail-
way lines: And prorided further, Ehat said
mortgage or mortgages shaiI in nOwise Impair
OF ahect 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
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ore. except such as may have been contracted
Tor before consolidation by any railroad COM
pany which may be purchased by or CONSOLE
dated with this company.
SEC. 8. That the said Texas and Pacific Rail
way Company shall commence the coDstru elton
VI It's road al OF near Marshall, Texas, ard pro-
ceed WltL Its construction, under the orig nal
act and this supplement, or in pursuance OF the
authority derived from any Consolidation as
aforesaid, westerly from a point near Marshall
ana towards San Diego, in the State of Califor-
MIA, on the line authorized by the original act
and SO prosecute the same as to have at least
one hundred consecutive miles of railroad from
SAID point complete and in running order within
Two years after the passage OF this act; and so
continue to construct, each year Hereafter a
sufficient number OF miles, not less than one
hundred, TO secure the completion of the whole
line, from the aforesaid point on the eastern
boundary of the State Of Texssto 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 throuph,
out the length Their III, shall be of uniform
gauge: Prorided, hOceCsr, That the said COM
pany shall commence the construction of said
read from San Diego eastward within one year
from the passage OF this act, and construct not
less than ten miles before the expiration of the
second year, and, after the second year. not less
than twenty nye miles per annum in continuous
line thereafter between San Diego and the
Colorado river until the junction il formed
with the line from the east at the latter
pom or east thereof; and upon failure to 50
complete 1t, Congress may adopt such measures
necessary tn
its speedy completion; and it shall also be law
full for said company to commence and prose-
cute the construction of its line from any other
point or points on this line; but nothing In this
act contained shall be so construed as to author
ize the grant OF any additional lands or subsidy
any ANY naSsre OF Rind 10 Una on the part
pided, That said Texas and Pacific Railway
Company shall be, and ii is hereby, authorized
and required to construct, mainSin, control,
and operate a road between Marshall, Texas
| and Shreveport, Louisiana, or control and Cd.
| crate any existing road between said points, OF
the same gauge as the said Texas and Pacific
| 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
racine railway, as are granted to roads in
tersecting herewith: Provided, further, Tha,
nothing herein shall be construed as changing
the terminus OF said Texas and Pacific railway
SEC. o. That all acts or parts OF acts incon.
sistent with this supplement- be. and the same
are hereby, repealed. [Approved, Maya, 1872.
| GENERAL MATURING. 55.l
AN ACT to amend an act approved February
twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eventy-
| one, amending an sct approved May thirty
one, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled
An act to enforce the rights of citizens OF
the United States to vote in the several State.
OF this Union, and for other purposes"
Re u enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtires Of the United States of America in Con
| 9ress assembled, That section nineteen of an ac
to amend an act approved May thirty-frst
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled " An ac
TO enforce the rights of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States of thi.
Union, and for other purposes" and amended
| act approved February twenty-eighth, eighteer
hundred and seventy-one, shall be, aud hereby
| is, amended so as to read as follows: " Sec I9
| That all votes for Representatives in Congress
shall hereafter be by written or printed ballot
| any law Of any State to the contrary notwith
standing; and all votes received or recorded
| contrary to the provisions Of this section shall
/ be of none effect" Prorided, That this sec
ton shall not apply to any State voting other.
| wise whose elections for said Representatives
| shall occur previous to the regular meeting Of
| its legislature next after tho approval of sail
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