The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-04-04
NUMBER 81.

cago and Northern Pacific Air Lire
/ Railway Company has completed
twenty miles Of It's railway between
said point of intersection and the
west end of Lake Superior, as re-
quired by this act, it shall be the
/ duty Of such treasurer aud he is
hereby directed to pay over to said
company so much Of said moneys
collected from trespassers rs shall
be apportioned TO it.
Sec. Il. All lands conveyed to
said Chicago and Northern Pacific
Air Line Railway Company by the
state, in pursuance of this act shall
be subject to taxation from the date
OF the conveyance thereof, by the
Sec. Il. The said Chicago and
Northern Pacifc-Air Line Railway
Company shall, within sixty days
from and attcrHthc passage of this
act, file with the secretary Of state
a resolution duly adopted by its
board Of directors, accepting this
grant upon the terms- and condi-
tions herein cOn,alned, and shall al
so, within said sixty days give to
the state of Wisconsin such security
for the completion Of that portion
of its railway lying between said
point of intersection and the west
end Of Lake Superior, in accordance
with the provisions OF said acts of
congress and this act, and shall be
required by the governor: provided,
however, that said security shall, be
Of no force or effect until congress
shall have passed an act renewing
sad grants or extending the time
for the construction of said road, or
until it shall have been decided by
the supreme court Of the United
States that the present title Of the
state is absolute and mdefeasible
and upon the failure of said compa-
ny to file said resolution and to give
said security within the time here
inbefore limited, this act shall be Of
no effect 50 far as it grants to said
company any interest i'll Or rights to
said lands.
Sec. l3. If said Chicago and Nor
thern Pacific Air Line Railway.
Company shall fail 20 file said reso-
luton and to give said security, as
provided in the preceding section,
then said lands shall vest in the
North Wisconsin Railway Compa-
ny, upon that company filing with
the secretary OF state resolution OF
It's board Of directors, and executing
and delivering to the state treasm CT
bond, as required by section four
of this act and in case the said
North Wisconsin Railway Company
shall fail TO iile such resolution and
to execute and deliver such bond,
within twenty days after the forfeit
ure of its rights to said lands by the
said Chicago and Northern Pacific
Air Line Railway Company, then il
shall be the duty Of the Governor,
as the agent ofthe state, to proclaim
q forfeiture by said company OF
all its rights and privileges under
this act, and thereupon any other
railway company that shall first, af
ter said proclamation, file with the
secretary of state Il resolution Of It's
board of directors accepting said
grant upon the terms and conditions
of said acts OF congress aud Of this
act, and shall deposit with the state
treasurer security, to be approved
by the Governor, to construct said
road in accordance with the proyls-
ions of said acts Of congress and of
this act, shall succeed to the rights
and privileges herein conditionaily
granted to said Chicago and North
ern Pacific Air Line Railway Com
pany, as fully as though this act had
in the first instance applied to said
company.
Sec. Il Any person who, prior
to the first day Of january, 1874,
may have settled upon any quarter,
or subdivision less than il quarter
section of said lands and improved
the same as a farm, and who has
since continued to reside thereon
and occupy the same as his home,
may on proving such settlement, ml-
provement ana continued residence,
acquire the title to the same by pay
ING to the state treasurer OF Wis
comsin, for the use Of said North
Wisconsin Railway Company, the
sum Of two dollars and fifty cents
per acre for such land, such proof
and payment to be made within one
year from the passage of this act.
Sec Is. This act shall take effect
and be III force from and after Its
passage and publication.
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