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 THIRTY-·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 278. 1866. 295 at the time the line of said road is designated by a plat thereof§ filed iu the office of the commissioner of the general land office; and whenever, Ifmiy of prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been §;‘;‘;'f,eg;‘;‘;‘fd¥ granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or pre·empted, or or reserved, Sm. otherwise disposed of} other lands shall be selected by said company in glherllagds {MY lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in ar Iiglfiigrgotqu ternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections, and not including the reserved numbers: Provided, That if said route shall be found upon the lfr<>¤t¤i¤ line of any other railroad route, to aid in the construction of which lands {‘;;‘l?nE;’;’f°a;*;°° have been heretofore granted by the United States, as far as the routes umm- mm m are upon the same general line, the amount of land heret0foi·e grunted :'¤*°*Ll*`*¤d* t shall be deducted from the amount granted by this act: Provided further, eQ?;m:;:F,}° ` That the railroad company receiving the previous grant of land may :ns· former grant to sign their interest to said “Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company," or b°lfo‘;‘;“fl;‘£;) may consolidate, confederatc, and associate with said company upon the pm-gous gran? terms named in the first and seventeenth sections of this act: Provided my imsigv wi further, That all mineral lands be, and the same are hereby, excluded from the operations of this act, and in lieu thereof a like quantity of un- Mmeml lands occupied and unappropriated agricultural lands in odd-numbered sections °"°I“g°d f"l9':‘m nearest to the line of said road, and within twenty miles thereof; may be gg2m um ° selected as above provided: And provided further, That the word " min- u The woyjl eral," when it occurs in this act, shall not be held to include iron or cool: t0"Q’;';?;°;L Jlfgn And provided further, That no money shall be drawn from the treasury or c0a1.·· 0f the liléiited States to aid in the construction of the said “Atlantic and balk5i???); Pacific a.ilroad." umm. to uid Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever said Atlantic and in conshuctiou Pacific Railroad Company shall have twenty-five consecutive miles of any °f3";:f;d$rt“ portion of said railroad and telegraph line ready for the service c0ntem— cgminisgiuqgqn plated, the President of the United States shall appoint three commis- ¤¤d°* 0***11 that sioners to examine the same, who shall be paid a reasonable compensation ;’:s£,Q,6;§1;°°` for their services by the company, to be determined by the Secretary of me completed, the Interior; and if it shall appear that twenty-five consecutive miles of {g2g2t::' said road and telegraph line have been completed in a good, substantial issue [0 com. and workmanlike manner, as in all other respects required by this act, pan.}'; the commissioners shall so report under oath, to the President of the United States, and patents of lands, as aforesaid, shall be issued to said company, confirming to said company the right and title to said lands situated opposite to and coterminous with said completed section of said road. And ¤¤d SGMW from time to time, whenever twenty-Eve additional consecutive miles shall fxfnglfgzn M_ have been constructed, completed, and in readiness as aforesaid, and vari- secutive miles. neu by said commissioners to the President of the United States, then patents shall be issued to said company conveying the additional sections of land as aforesaid, and so on as fast as every twenty-five miles of said mud is completed as aihresaid. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Atlantic and Pacific Rail- R¤“'°¤d Mw road shall be constructed in a, substantial and workmanlike manner, with gzrggtigl? all the necessary draws, culverts, bridges, viaducts, crossings, turn-outs, stations, and watering-places, and all other appurtenances, including furniture and rolling stock, equal in all respects to railmuds of the first class when prepared for business, with rails of the best quality, manufactured Railsfrom American iron. And a uniform gauge shall be established through- G¤¤g¤- out the entire length of the road. And there shall be constructed a tele- _ Telegmph graph line, of the most substantial and approved description, to be oper- I""' atcd along the entire line: Provided, That the said company shall not 3*}**** f°' . . . . . seivme. charge the government higher rates than they do individuals for like transportation and telegraphic service. And it shall be the duty of the Atlan- Other miltic and Pacific Railroad Company to permit any other railroad which ;3*;‘g3n'Q‘k::f*“ shall be authorized to be built by the United States, or by the legislature ggggiqng ww; 5;