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 494 THIR'I`Y—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 120. 1862. Leavenworth, and Western Railroad Company of Kansas are hereloy guthorized to con. P’*"¤°°» 8*- R- struct :1 railroad and telegraph line, from the MISSOUYI River, at the mouth §.,g2',;?fg¤°Q°°` of the Kansas River, on the south side thereof; so as to connect with the and telegraph Pacific railrom of Missouri, to the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth §$’{“ lgi*;,°“‘Yid meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, as herein provided, upon the IQ5s5d W ° same terms and conditions in all respects as are provided in this act for the construction of the railroad and telegraph line first: mentioned, and to meet. and connect with the same at the meridi:m of longitude aforesaid; and in ease the general route or line of road from the Missouri River to Location. the Rocky Moxmtains should be so located as to require a departure northwardly fiom the proposed line of said Kansas railroad before it reaches the meridian of longitude aforesaid, the location of said Kansas road shall bc made so as to conform thereto; and said railroad through Kansas shall be so located between the mouth of the Kansas River, as aforesaid, and the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude, that the several railroads from Missouri and Iowa, herein authorized to connect with the same, can make connection within the limits prescribed in this act, provided the same can be done without deviatiug from the general direction of the whole line to the Pacific coast. The route in Kansas, west of the meridian of Fort Riley, to the aforesaid point, on the one To besubject hundredth meridian of longitude, to be subject to the approval of the }$;£g;°‘€’l°f President of the United States, and to be determined by him on actual n survey. And said Kansas company may proceed to build said railroad to the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, in the territory of Nebraska. The Central Pacific Central Pacino Railroad Company of California, a corporation existing under the laws R““'°°d C""' of the State of California, are hereby authorized be construct a railroad §:?Q,TX,.§;3` and telegraph line from the Pacific coast, it or near San Francisco, or end telegraph the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, to the eastern`boundaryof' I""' California, upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as are contained in this act for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line first mentioned, and to meet and connect with the first mentioned railroad and telegraph line ou the eastern boundary of California. Each Companies to of said companies shall file their acceptance of the conditions of this act gl%¤:g€P*°¤°° °*` in the Department of the Interior within six months after the passage of ’ this act. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said company chartered Said railroads, by the State of Kansas shall complete one hundred miles of their said
 * ’:B';“°‘;n‘I;*;‘:;‘d road, commencing at the mouth of the Kansas River as aforesaid, within

` two years after filing their assent to the conditions of this act, as herein provided, and one hundred miles per year thereafter until the whole is completed; and the said Central Pacific Railroad Company of California shall complete iifly miles of their said road within two years after filing their assent to the provisions of this uct, as herein provided, and fifty miles per year thereafter until the whole is completed; and after com- May be united pleting their roads, respectively, said companies, or either of them, may ‘*°' °°"‘Pl°"°"· unite upon equal terms with the first-named company in constructing so much of said railroad and telegraph line and branch railroads and telegraph lines in this act hereinafter mentioned, through the Territories from the State of California to the Missouri River, as shall then remain to be constructed, on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act in relation to the said Union Pacific Railroad Company. And the H§g£b:l§n<§ Hsjmnibsl and St. Joseph Railroad, the Pacific Railroad Company of wh Pncfgc R; R: Mxssoum, and the firsmmmed company, or either of them, on filing their Co. of Missopri, assent to this act, as aforesaid, may unite upon equal terms, under this fm ¥3;YI€;;L act, with the said Kansas company, in constructing said railroad and tclc,,mp, ¤y_ egmph, to sand meridian of longitude, with the consent of the said State of Kansas; and in case said firstmamed company shall complete their line to the eastern boundary of California before it is completed across