Year: 1865

located or selected 10 be located under the provisions
of an act entitled IAN act donating lands to the several
States and Territories which may provide colleges for
the benefit OF agriculture and the mechanic arts ap
proved July second eighteen hundred and slxty-wo.
and notice thereof given at the proper land office.


designating the general route of snd railroad and of


filing the map of the same, and the time for the
pleion of that part of the railroads required by the
terms OF said act of each company be and the is
hereby extended one year from the time in said act
designated and that the Central Pacific Railroad Of
California shall be required to complete twenty-five
miles of their said road in each year thereafter and
tho whole to the State line within four years. and that
only Gne half of the compensation for services render
ed for the Government by said companies shall be re-
CURED 10 be applied to the payment Of the bonds issued
oV the Government in aid of the construction Of said
roads.


Sec g. And belt further enacted. That the proviso to
section four of said act is hereby modified follows
VIZ And the President Of the United States is hereby
authorized at any time after the passage of this
appoint for each and every of said roads three COM
missoners provided for in the act to which this


is amendalOry and The 7ared statement of the pres-
dent OF the California company required by said
ton four, shall be filed 10 the office Ofthe United States
surveyor general for the State OF California instead
OF being presented 10 the President of the United
States and the said surveyor general shall thereupOn
noly the said OF the filing OF such slate
men and the said commissioners shall ihereupon pro-
ceed TO examine the portion OF said railroad and tele
graph line so completed, and make their report there
on TO the President of the United States provided
by the act Of which this is amendatory. And each
statement may be filed and such railroad and telegraph
line be examined and reported on by the said CON-
mssoners, and the requisite amount of bonds may be


issued and the lands appertaning thereto may be set
apart located and patented provided in this act and


the act to which this is amendaory. pom the
ton by said railroad company ofCallorna oi por
ton OF not less than twenty consecutive miles o their
said railroad and telegraph lines, upon the certificate
of said commissioners that such portion is completed
required by the act TO which this is amendatOry. And
section ten of the act of which this is amendatory is
hereby amended by inserting after the words United
States" IN the last clause the words snd States in
lerveHing."


Sec. Z. And belt further enacted That much ofsec


lion seventeen OF saiu act provides for reservation
by the Government of portion Of the bonds to he is
sued to aid IN the construction of the said railroads is
hereby repealed. And the failure Ofany one company


TO comply fully with the ndItions and requirements
of this act The act to which this is amendaIoy shall
not work forfeiture of the rights, privileges or fran
chlse of any other company or companies that shall
have complied with the same.


Sec. 8. ARd be it further enacted, That for the
purpose Of facilitating the work said railroad, and
of enabling the said company early practicable
to commence the grading of said railroad in the re-
gon of the mountains, between the eastern base of
the Rocky mountains, and the western base of the
Sierra Nevada mountains so that the same may be
finally completed within the time required by law,
it is hereby provided that whenever the chief eng
neer OF the said company, and the said commission
ers, shall certify that certain proportion OF the
work required required 10 prepare the road for the
superstructure on any such section OF twenty miles
is done, (Which said certificate shall be duly verihed
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and required upon the delivery of such certificate to
issue TO said company proportion of said bonds,
not exceeding two.thirds of the amount OF bonds au
thorzed to be issued under the provisions of the act
to aid in the construction Of such section OF twenty
miles, nor in any exceeding two-thlrds OF the
value of the work done, the remaining one.thlrd to
remain until the said section is tully completed and
certified by the commissioners appointed by the Pre-


siden according to the terms and provisions OF the
said act; and such bonds shall issue to the Union


Pacific Railroad Company for work done west OF
Salt Lake City under this section, more than three
hundred miles in advance OF the completed contlnu'
line Of said railroad from the point of beginning
on the one hundredth meridian of longitude


Sec. 9. And Oe it further enacted, That to enable


any one of said corporations to make convenient


and necessary connexions with other roads, 1t II


hereby authorized to establish and maintain all ne


cessary ferries upon and across the Missouri rlvel


and other rivers which its road may pass in itt


course; and authority is hereby given said corpora


ton to construct bridges over said Missouri rveI


and all other rivers for the convenience of said road


Frorided, That any bridge or bridges it may con-


sruct over the Missouri river or any other navgabls


river on the line of said road shall be constructed
WIN suitable ard proper draws for the passage o.


steamboats,, and shall be built kept and maintained
at the expense of said company, in such manner a.


not to impair the usefulness of said rivers for nayi
CATION TO any greater extent than such structures
! the most approved character necessarily do: Ant
prOuided, further, That any company authorized b.


this act construct its road and telegraph line ror


the Missouri river to the initial point aforesaid ma


construct its road and telegraph line as to conneC
with the Union Pacific railroad at any point wesi
wardy OF such initial point, in case such cOmpan
y shall deem such westward connexion more practices


bic or desrable and in aid of the construction Of
= much OF its road and telegraph line shall be de
Parure from the route herenbefore provided for II


road such company shall be entitled to all the benefit


ana oe subject to all the conditions and restriction
It OF lhs act; ProOided, further, heWeUer, That th
e Dohos ot the Oolted States shall not be issued !
such company tor greater amount than is herenbt


fore provided, if the same had united with the Unio
Il racine railroac on the Tooth degree of longitude
" nor shall such company be entitled to receive an


greater amount OF alternate sections of public land
= than are also herein provided.


v Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That sectio
e five of said act be modified and amended that III
E, Union Pacific Railroad Company the Central Paci6
e Railroad Company, and any other company author
lied 10 participate in the construction of said roa,
nav on the completion of each section OF said roa,


as provided in this act, and the act TO which this
. is an amendment, issue their FIRST mortgage homo
q on their respectve railroad and telegraph lines to
amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds OF Il
& United States and of even tenor and date time
id maturity rate and character OF interest, WIN u
n bonds authorized to be issued to said railroad cor
20 panies respectively And the lien OF the t'ea'
bonds shall be subordinate that OF the bonds
u or either of said companies hereby authorized to
"a issued on their respective roads, property, ano
se ents except as to the provisions OF the sxn Sc
Dis ton of the act to which this act Is an amenoe
d. relating to the transmission OF despatches ehp
a. transportation of mails, troops, and n9nlnons
m war, supplies and public stores for the 1eVefnme
=, Of the United States And said section IS iur,n
he amended by striking out the word "forty," ana
as serting in lieu thereof the words Ton eacn ana eve
eh section Of not less than twenty"


M Sec. 10. Aid be IL further enacted, That u any
ny the raroad companies entitled to bonds OF the
y; ted States, TO issue their first mortgage DOT
~ herein provided for has, at the time of the sPPro
eh OF this act issued or shall thereafter issue any OF
an. own bonds or securities in such form and manner
aid IN law or equty to eptiile the same TO priority
on preference Of payment the said guaranteed bon
pe or said first mortgage bonds, the amount Of such
,by porate bonds outstanding and unsatsfed or unc
&c ceed shall be deducted from the amount OF 81
be- Governipent and first mortgage bonds which
oin company may be entitled receive and issae
nss es such amount only Of sus Government bonds