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 360* THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch. 216. 1864. miles in advance of the completed continuous line of said railroad from the point of beginning on the one hundredth meridian of longitude. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That to enable any one of said con- C¢1‘P<>1;¤*i<>¤¤ porations to make convenient and necessary connections with other roads, QQ? f€;?r'Q;°;“£;d it is hereby authorized to establish and maintain all necessary ferries upon construct biidges. and across the Missouri River and other rivers which its road may pass in its course; and authority is hereby given said corporation to construct bridges over said Missouri River, and ell other rivers for the convenience of said road: Provided, That any bridge or bridges it may construct over the Missouri River, or hny other navigable river on the line of said robd, Draws. shall be constructed with suitable and proper draws for the passage of steamboats, and shall be built, kept, and maintained, at the expense of said company in such manner as not to impair the usefulness of said rivers for navigation to any greater extent than such structures of the most approved character necessarily do: And provided, further, That any company authorized by this act to construct its road and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the initial point aforesaid, may construct its road and teleconnection graph line so as to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad at any point with U¤i¤¤ Pm- westwardly of such initial point, in case such company shall deem such E° B°‘1'°°d' westward connection more practicable or desirable; and in aid of the construction of so much of its road and telegraph line as shall be a departure from the route hereinbefore provided for its road, such company shall be entitled to all the benehts, and be subject to all the conditions and restric- !’¤>Vl¤°· tions, of this act: Provided, further, however, That the bonds of the United States shall not be issued to such company for e greater amount than is hereinbefore provided, if the same had united with the Union Paciiic Railroad on the 100th degree of longitude; nor shall such company be entitled to receive any greater amount of alternate sections of public lands than are also herein provided. First mortgage Sec. 10. And be itegurtlter enacted, That section  of said act be so Qgggséh H0 és modified and amend that the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the vol:  p_ {gg_' Central Pacihc Railroad Company, and any other company authorized to participate in the construction of said road, may, on the completion of each section of said road, as provided in this act and the act to which this act is an amendment, issue their- first mortgage bonds on their respective railroad and telegraph lines to an amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds of the United States, and of even tenor and date, time of maturity, rate and character of interest with the bonds authorized to be Ifien of the issued to said railroad companies respectively. And the lien of the U'""°d S““°’· United States bonds shall be subordinate to that of the bonds of any or either of said companies hereby authorized to be issued on their respective roads, property, and equipments, except as to the provisions of the sixth section of the act to which this act is an amendment, relating to the transmission of desputches and the transportation of mails, troops, munitions of wm-, supplies and public stores for the government of the United States. And said section is further amended by striking out the word " forty,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words " on each and every section of not less than twenty." Provision for Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any of the railroad companies kggggs $$*:3* entitled to bonds of the United States, or to issue their first mortgage wmp,,,,y_ bonds herein provided for, has, at the time of the approval of this ect, issued, or shall thereafter issue, any of its own bonds or securities in such form 01{manner as in law or equity to entitle the same to priority or preference of payment to the said guaranteed bonds, or said first mortgage bonds, the amount of such corporate bonds outstanding and unsatisfied, or uncancelled, shall be deducted from the amount of such government and first mortgage bonds which the company may be entitled to receive and issue; and such an amount only of such government bonds and such Bret mortgage bonds shall be granted or permitted, as added to such out-