Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-31
GENERAL NAruRE-No. bs.l

AN ACT making additions to the fifteenth section
of the act approved July q 1863, entitled " An act
to amend an act entitled An act to aid In the con
siruction of railroad and telegraph line from the
Missouri River to the Pechc Ocean, and to secure
to the Government the use of the same for postal,
military and other purposes, approved July !,
1862"
BE II enacted By the Senate and House Of Represen-
tdtipes of the United States ef Aerica in Congress as
s0mbtcd, That there shall he, and Ii hereby, added
to the fifteenth section OF the act approved July
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-;Our, entitled
" An act to amend an ac entitled An act to aid III
the construction of n railroad and telegraph line
from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to
secure to the Government the use of the same for
postal, military, and other purposes approved July
llrst, eighteen hundred and sixty two the following
words, namely " And any oiilcer or agent OF the
companies authorized TO construct the aforesaid
roads, or of any company engaged In operating
either OF said roads, who shall refuse to operate and
use the road or Telegraph under the CONTROL or whlch
he Is engaged In operating for all purposes OF COM
municaton, travel and transportation, so II as the
public and the GOvernm Mt are concerned, az one
continuous line, or shall refuse in such operation
and use, to afford and secure to each oil salu roads
equal advantages and facilities as to rates, time, or
transportation, without any pscrlmlnatlon OF any
kind In favor Of adverse to, the road OF business
of any either of said companies, shall he deemed
guilty of a misdemeanOa, and, upon conviction
| thereof shall he fined in any sum not exceeding
| one Thousand dollars, AMI may he imprisoned not
less than six months. In case OF failure or refusal
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, or either OF
| said branches TO comply with the requirements OF
this act and 10 the acts to which this act IL anena
tory, the party injured or the company aggrleved
| may Drlng an hclloh Ill ihc Nohi
of the United States in the Territory, district, or
circuit in which any portion OF the road of the de-
fendAnt may be situated, for damages on account OF
| such failure or refusal anu, upon recovery, the
plaintiff shall he entitled TO Judgment for treble the
| amount of damages sustained by the paintln by
such failure or refusal and for each and every vo-
ation of failure to comply with the requ remenls
of this act a new cause OF action sha arise; ana
In OF suit in any such Territory district or CIR
cult, process may he served upon any agent OF tht
defendant found In the Terrtors, district or circuit
in which such suit may be brought, and such ser.
I.t.a ..al.l hah Nv IN
and sufficient ami 1t is hereby provided that FOL
all tue purposes of said act and Of the acts amt n
datory thereof, the railway Of the Denver Pacih'
Railway and Telegraph Company shall be deemet
and taken To lie rart and extension OF the road
tile Kansas Pacific Railroad, to the point OF june
tion thereof with the road Of the Union Pacn'
Railroad Company at Cheyenne, as provided IN th'
act of March third, eighteen hundred and Sixty
nine.