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 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 241, 242. 1866. 239 or near Preston, in the State of Texas, with grants of land according to ¥¤j¤;*°¤» T°¤*?» the provisions of this act, but upon the further special condition, never- m:d,§;:?t° ° theless, that said railroad company shall have commenced in good faith the construction thereof before the said Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company shall have completed its said railroad to said point: And lvcrk to be provided further, That said other railroad company, so having com- p¤>¤¤¢¤wd with menced said work in good faith, shall continue to prosecute the same °"°"gy' with. sufficient energy to insure the completion of the same within a reasonable time, subject to the approval of the President of the United States: And provided further, That the right of way through private Right of way property when not otherwise provided for in this act, or by the law of 'hmugg P"l”"° any State through which the roa.d_may pass, shall be obtained by said pr°P° y` Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company, or either of the other companies named in this act, in accordance with the provisions of section 1862,0**; HW3- three of an act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construc- V°1‘ m' P' H2' tion of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, aud other purposes," approved July first, eighecn hundred and sixty-two. Approved, July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLII. —An Act granting Lands to aid in the` Construction of a Railroad and July g5, 1356, Telegraph Lhnefrom the Central Pacific Railroad, in Calyiurnia, to I·"ortla:zd, in Oregon. *··*;···—* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ny' the United The California States of America in Congress assembled, That the “California and Ore- }"dC3"°§§Q fr; gon Railroad Company," organized under an act of the State of Ca.lifor— 0}eg0}i comnia., to protect certain parties in and to a railroad survey, “ to connect P¤¤Y»m=*I>’l°°¤*¤ Portland, in Oregon, with Marysville, in California," approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-tl1ree, and such company organized un- graph me beder the laws of Oregon as the legislature of said State shall hereafter B‘f;°"nP;’$‘Q& designate, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to lay out, C;,,§:,,;'p,,,;;·;c locate, construct, finish, and maintain a, railroad and telegraph line be- B¤\13‘<>¤di¤ Culitween the city of Portland, in Oregon, and the Central Pacific Railroad, l-°*w:;w pm the in California, in the manner following, to wit: The said California and C.&. O. Com- Oregon Railroad Company to construct that part of the said railroad and Pany W bulldtelcgraph within the State of California, beginning at some point (to be selected by said company) ou the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sacramento valley, in the State of California, and running thence northerly, through the Sacramento and Shasta valleys, to the northern boundary of the State of California; and the said Oregon company to construct that part of the said railroad and telegraph line within the State of Oregon, beginning at the city of Portland, in Oregon, and running thence southerly through the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue River valleys to the southern boundary of Oregon, where the same shall connect with the part aforesaid to be made by the first-named company: Provided, That the company completing its respective part of the said railroad and 613;% I‘;]°'{*¥;{*”Y telegraph from either of the termini herein named to the line between m`p,,,.t, gjming Ca.liibrnia. and Oregon before the other company shall have likewise ar- cqutinueifsicud rivcd at the same line, shall have the right, and the said company is hereby §Q£‘J°“s°“t °f authorized, to continue in constructing the same beyond the line aforesaid, with the consent of the State in which the unfinished part may lie, upon the terms mentioned in this act, until the said parts shall meet and connect, and the whole line of said railroad and telegraph shall be completed. SEC- 2. And be further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted _ Grvmf ¤f' p¤b· to the said companies, their successors and assigns, for the purpose of aid- :§£:]3"tg°;aid ing in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure companies, vo thé safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of wm`, “g‘l l';."‘° ‘;_°“" and public stores over the line of said railroad, every alternate section of  £2_°