Year: 1872

SECTION !. Belt enacted By The Legislature
of tie State Of Teras, That section one OF
the above entitled act snail be so amended
as to read as follows: "Section l. BE ii
enacted By the Legislature cfhe Sta Of 7er-
as, That in order to secure and promote
the speedy construction of a railway thro'
the State of Texas to the Pacific Ocean,
and thereby secure the incidental advan-
tages of cheap transportation for emf
grants to the western and unsettled por.
ton of the State, facility of communica-
ton between the eastern and western
boundaries, the settlement and enhance
ment in value Of the now unoccupied pub.
lie domain, and the development of the
great mineral, agricultural and stock-rais-
ing resources of the State, the State Of
Texas heie eby consents, binds and obli-
gates herself to donate, and does hereby
grant to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company and to the Southern Trans.Con-
tinental Railroad Company, heretofore
chartered by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, the bonds of the State of Texas,
to the amount Of six millions of dollars,
in the manner and upon the terms and
conditions following, to-wit:


"To the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, there are hereby granted the bonds
of the State to the amount of three million
of dollars, and to the Southern Trans-Con-
tineatal Railway Company, there are here
by granted the bonds of the State to the
amount of three million of dollars, upon
the condition that the said companies
shall, before the first day of juno A. 1872,
agree upon point of junction of tue two
L. Ill inf Of han
be within three miles of the junction Of the
West Fork and Clear Fork of Trinity, and
on South side of said rivers, and shall file
such agreement, duly executed by the two
companies, in the form of an indenture
between the two companies, in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Tex
as. The said Southern Pacific R.R. Company
shall builI its road from the present ter
minus thereof at Longview, in Upshur
county, by such route as the said company
may deem the most practicable, crossing
the Central road within one mile of
Browders Springs, to the said point of
junction and the said Southern Trans
Continental Railway Company shall build
its road from Jefferson to q point on the
eastern boundary of the State Of Texas,
bordering on the State of Arkansas, at or
near Texarkana, and thence 10 the point
of junction, confining its line, as nearly
as may be practicable, to the old survey Of
the Memphis, Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad
Company; and for the purpose of more
certainly and conveniently transporting
the material necessary to the construction


of its said road, as above defined, the said
Southern ns-Continental Railway Com
pany shall have the right to construct q
railway from the town of Marshall, in
Harrison county, to jefferson, which shall
be o part Of the railway of said company /;
Provided, that the said company shall n ot
be entitled TO apply any part Of the subsi-
dy herein granted to the said road from
Marshall TO Jefferson.


"The said companies, by the first Of
September, 1872, shall make a survey of
the route Of each of the said roads to the
said point Of junction, and shall file map
Of said routes in the General Land Office
at Austin, and in the Office of the Secreta-
ry of State, and the distances between the
principal points along said routes TO the
said point Of junction shall Be carefully
noted on said maps"


SEC. 2. That section four Of said act be
so amended as TO read as follows: The
bonds hereinbefore provided shall be issu-
ed and delivered to the said railroad COM
panies, or either of them, which may be
entitled TO receive the same, in the follow
ing manner, to-wit: When either Of said
compan les shall complete, equip and put
in running order twenty-five consecutive
miles of its said line of road, and the chief
engineer Of said company shall certify the
same TO the Governor of the State, under
oath, it shall then be the duty Of the Gov
ernor 10 detail such officer as may be pre-
scribed by law, or appointed by the Gov
error for that purpose, TO examine the
same; aud upon the written report Of such
officer that the said twenty-five miles Of
such railroad have Teen completed in