Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-25
"ACrs OF GENERAL INTEREST,"
published Feb. IL, 1851


published Feb. IL, 1851
CHAPTER
AN ACT relating to the Wisconsin Central Rail-
362 Of the Private and Local Laws Of 1866, en-
titled IAN act to incorporate the Portage u
superior Railroad Company and to execute the
trust Created by an act OF Congress entitled
An act granting lands to aid in the construc-
ton OF certain railroads in the State of Wiscon.
sin approved May 5, ls64-approved April
g. 1856.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION 1. Sec three (3) Of Chap. three
hundred and sixty-two 1852 of the private and
local laws Of 1856. entitled /" An act to incorporate
the Portage & Superior Railroad Company and
execute the trust created by an act OF Congress
entitled An act granting lands to aid in the con
struction of certain railroads in the State OF Wis
consin approved May 5. 1S64-approveo April
8, ls66--is hereby amended as to read as follows:
Sec. 3. The company hereby created Is author
lied and required to locate and construct the
line of road authorized by this act TO be con-
strncled from the said city OF Portage, in Column
bia County, to Stevens Point, in Portage County,
on the most direct feasible route, and thence to
Bayfield, and to Superior, on Lake Superior.
SEC. 2. Sec eight ~ Of said Chap. three hun
dred and sixty-two (362) Is hereby amended so as
to read as follows: Sec. g. The company here
It's railroad at the aforesaid ny of Portgage and,
| for the purpose OF estimating the amount of lands
CONT of building such road, the said city of
Portage shall be deemed the point of commence
ment, and the company shall be entitled to land
| the manner specified by the act of Con
grcss and, as herein provided, as the road
/ progresses from the said city OF Portage, but
! in no other manner Pr0glded hometer,
That when the Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company, either by itself or its assigns,
shall complete twenty consecutive miles of road
| south from Stevens Point or twenty consecutive
miles north from Portage, 1t shall be the duty of
/ Gov f,f ts.or
4 that fact and the company shall be entitled to the
! lands properly applicable to such section of TWEEN
| ty miles OF road, and to receive the lands accru-
ing any other section of its road then completed
! north of Stevens Point in accordance with the
! agreement or stipulation entered into between
! said Wisconsin Central Railroad Company and the
Secretary Of the Interior; and when 1t shall have
built second section of twenty consecutive
miles OF road, either south from Stevens Point
| or twenty consecutive miles north from Portage,
it shall be entitled to receive the lands properly
applicable to that section of twenty miles, and
! to receive the lands accruing any other sec
! ton of twenty miles then completed north Of
Stevens Point; and it shall be the duty of the
| Governor OF this State to certify to the compile
! tion of this second section between Portage and
! Stevens Point when it shall have been thus com
! pleted And when 1t shall have completed n
/ tween Stevens Point and Portage, "a afore-
/ said, it shall be entitled to the lands properly
| applicable to such section, and to receive
/ the lands accruing on any other section of
| twenty miles north Of Stevens Point then COM
peted, and the Governor shall certify to the com
/ pleton of this third section when so completed.
| And when it shall have completed a fourth sec
/ ton of twenty consecutive miles, or the remain
| ing portion of the line between Stevens Point
! and Portage ii shall be entitled to the lands
! properly accruing TO said fourth section, and to
receive the lands accruing on all the sections OF
! its road then completed or they may be there
/ after completed And the Governor shall certify
! to the completion of this fourth section when so
! completed and also to the completion of each
and every section of twenty consecutive miles
when completed and as provided by law.
! SEC. B. When the said railroad or any part
thereof, between Portage City and Stevens Point,
shall be constructed and the Chicago & superior
Railroad Company shall have constructed a road
between Grand Rapids and some point intersect
/ ing SAID line between Portage City and Stevens
/ Point, then the Chicago Il Superior Railroad
Company shall have the right to run Its trains
over said road between said point OF intersection
and Portage City; and the Wisconsin Central
! Railroad Company shall have the right to run its
/ trains over the road between said point Of inter
! section and Grand Rapids, under such reason
able regulations and npon paying such reasonable
/ compensation as may be just and equitable. And
| If the said two railroad companies cannot agree
rs to the regulations uRder which each and both
of said companies shall run its trains over the
road of the other and as to the compensation
which shall (ShdtD be paid therefor, then the
Railroad Commissioners of the State, or such other
parties ~ may be mutually agreed upon, shall
make such regulations and Fix such compensa-
ton therefor as they SHALL after hearing the
proofs and allegations of said parties, deem just
and reasonable, and both of said companies shall
be bound by such regulations and compensation
so fixed.
SIC. T. II is hereby declared to be the true in
tent and meaning of this act to allow the Wiscon
sin Central Railroad Company to build its line of
road between Portage and Stevens Point on the
most direct and feasible route and to receive
the balance of the land-grant conferred upon
said company when IL shall have earned ii by
SO building the road between Portage and
Stevens Point, and to ratify and confirm the slipu,
lation catered into between the Secretary OF the
Interior and the Wisconsin Central Railroad Com
pany by Gardner Colby. its President, the
cath and 25th days of March, 1874, rs far as pos
shle
SEC. s. All acts ana parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act are hereby re-
.pealed.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from and after
its passage and publication.
Approved Feb. 10, 1878. ss~COPG.