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THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 189. 1867. 549 com an conve in the additional sections of land as aforesaid, and so on 0o¤¤¤i¤¤i¤¤¢¤‘¤ as f£t sl? everyyterg miles of said road is completed. The services of said z32Q;;? by um commissioners under this act shall be paid by said company. Sec. 4. And be itfurtlwrenacted, That said railroad shall be construct- Railroad, how cd in a substantial and workmanlike manner, with all the necessary Z':,?" °°““°'“°°' draws, culverts, bridges, viaducts, crossings, turnouts, stations, and water- ’ ing places, and all other appurtenances, including furniture and rolling stock, equal in all respects to railroads of the first class when prepared for business, with rails of the best quality; and a uniform gauge with the Pa- SWS6- citic railroad shall be established the entire length of the road. Src. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Lands on both States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for twenty miles in width on ;?‘:’“;_’:°;‘;‘f °° both sides of the entire line of the said road, after the general route shall ` be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad; and the odd sections of land hereby granted shall not be liable to Odd sections sale or entry, or pre-emption, before or after they are surveyed, except fglgglijzgug by said company, as provided in this act; but the provisions of the act gw]P of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, granting pre-emption rights, and the acts amendatory thereof, and of the act entitled “An act 1841, oh. 16. to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved lQ%%2"cf]‘ Q?• May twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be, and the same are vo], {5, sj; hereby, extended to all other lands on the line of said road when surveyed, excepting those hereby granted to said company; and the sections and parts of sections which shall remain in the United States within ten miles of said railroad on each side thereof shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. Sicc. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every grant, right, Conditions of and privilege are so made and given to and accepted by said Stockton g"“”°· and Copperopolis Railroad Company upon and subject to the following conditions, namely: That the said company shall commence the work on Timo of comsaid road within two years from the approval of this act by the President, '“‘;‘°;"t{ *“‘dm and shall complete not less than ten miles per year after the second year, °° P ° mgm ' and shall construct, furnish, equip, and complete the whole road by the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two ; and upon a failure Unpatented of said company to comply with either of said conditions, the lands then l*‘“dS *° '°"°'*· unpatented to said company shall revert to the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the United States make the If conditions several conditioned grants herein, and that the said Stockton and Copper- g€(§;;;';;i";,‘;':, opolis Railroad Company accept the same, upon the further condition Congress may l that if the said company make any breach of the conditions thereof, and °°mPl°*° °h° allow the same to continue for upwards of one year, then, in such case, md' at any time hereafter, Congress may do any and all acts and things whiph may be needful and necessary to insure a speedy completion of said ros . Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Stockton and Copperop- a R“Q’°“¤l’¤¤dg olis Railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post—route and military rail- m5?€,,,;°:,,:f° road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and all other government service, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such government transportation, and all troops and munitions of war of the United States shall ·p,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,, be transported over the said railroad free of all expense or charge to the for the United government therefor, whenever the same shall be required by the govern- ,§rl£°“ t° b° ment of the United States. ` Seo. 9. And be it further enacted, That the acceptance of the terms, Conditions of coudntnons, and impositions of this act,_by the said Stockton and Copperop- grant io be so- 0llS Railroad'Company, shall be signified in writing, under the corporate $jf’;;d· h"' "d seal of the said company, duly executed pursuant to the direction of its ` board of directors first had and obtained, which acceptance shall be made within two years after the passage of this act, and not afterward, and