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 496 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 120. 1862. Hannibal and filing its assent to the provisions of this act, upon the same terms and S*·J<>¤*>Ph Kalb conditions, in all respects. for one hundred miles in length next to the r°°d' Missouri River, as are provided in this act for the construction of the railroad and telegraph line first mentioned, and may for this purpose, use any railroad charter which has been or may be granted by the legislature of Kansas; Provided, That if actual survey shall render it desirable, the said company may construct their road, with the consent of the Kansas legislature, on the most direct and practicable route west from St. Joseph, Missouri, so as to connect and unite with the road leading from the western boundary of Iowa at any point east of the one hundredth meridian of west longitude, or with the main trunk road at said point; but in no event shall lands or bonds be given to said company, as herein directed, to aid in the construction of their said road for a greater distance than one hundred miles. And the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company of Kansas may construct their road from Leavenworth to unite with the road through Kansas. Union Pacific Src. 14. And be it further enacted, That the said Union Pacific Rail- R*’“'°”€l it) $*2*** road Company is hereby authorized and required to construct a single $§f,‘,§f§\fg§ff,,f, m° line of railroad and telegraph from a point on the western boundary of boundary of the State of Iowa, to be fixed by the President of the United States, I""' upon the most direct and practicable route, to be subject to his approval, so as to form a connection with the lines of said company at some point on the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, from the point of commencement on the western boundary of the State of Iowa, upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as are contained in this act for the construction of the said railroad and telegraph first mentioned; and Whento be the said Union Pacific Railroad Company shall complete one hundred °°“‘Pl"‘°d· miles of the road and telegraph in this section provided for, in two years after filing their assent to the conditions of this act, as by the terms of this act required, and at the rate of one hundred miles per year thereafter, until the whole is completed: Provided, That a failure upon the part of said company to make said connection in the time aforesaid, and to perform the obligations imposed on said company by this section and to operate said road in the same manner as the main line shall be operated, shall forfeit to the government of the United States all the rights, privileges, and franchises granted to and conferred upon said company by this act. And whenever there shall be a line of railroad completed through Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City, then the said Pacific Railroad Company is hereby authorized and required to construct a railroad and telegraph from said Sioux City upon the most direct and practicable route to a point on, and so as to connect with, the branch railroad and telegraph in this section hereinbefore mentioned, or with the said Union Pacific Railroad, said point of junction to be fixed by the President of the United States, not further west than the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, and on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad as aforesaid, and to complete the same at the rate of one hundred miles per year; and should said company fail to comply with the requirements of this act in relation to the said Sioux City railroad and telegraph,»the said company shall suffer the same forfeitures prescribed in relation to the Iowa branch railroad and telegraph hereinbefore mentioned. Otncrmixroads Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That any other railroad company m¤>’ ¢•>¤¤¤°¥· new incorporated, or hereafter to be incorporated, shall have the right to connect their road with the road and branches provided for by this act, at such places and upon such just and equitable terms as the President of the Meaning of United States may prescribe. Wherever the word company is used in ppssors, and assigns, the same as if the words had been properly added iereto.
 * •;’§§1 t' this act it shall be construed to embrace the words their associates, SUG-