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 FOR'I`Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 19, 20. 1869. 57 gate whether or not the charter and all the franchises of the Union m_;¥:gY;\:3;£s¤— Pacific Railroad Company and of the Central Pacific Railroad Company gum whetherthe have not been forfeited, and to institute all necessary and proper legal charter of the proceedings; also to investigate whether or not said companies have or U*§°’éP¤°i?; g have not made any illegal dividends upon their stock, and if so to insti-  raimgds a`  tute the necessar roceedings to have the same reimbursed; and also to havenot been investigate whetlilei) any of the directors or any other agents or employees f°"“”‘°’d· &°·i of said companies have or not violated any penal law, and if so to insti-, to institute  tute the proper criminal proceedings against all persons who have violated g;;'glS;;,l;‘g"&c_  h laws.  Sudirrnovnn April 10 1869. it ’ ’ tg [No. 20.] Joint Resolution granting Rig/at r the Construction of a Rczilroadfrorn April io, 1g5g_  a Poznt at or near Portland, Gegon, to a Pomt west of the Cascade Jllountums, in  l’V¢whington Territory.  Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United  States of America in Congress assembled, That the Northern Pacific Rail- ciflEo§hgnCl;a—  road Company bc, and hereby IS, authorlzed to extend its branch line may Bxtwdm  from a point at or near Portland, Oregon, to some suitable point on Puget branch line from 1 Sound, to be determined by said company, and also to connect the same gortliréd wd gwith its main line west of the Cascade mountains, in the Territory of a§§iOm§°§&’ Washington ; said extension being subject to all the conditions and pro-   "itest rg visions, and said company in respect thereto being entitled to all the of ;{‘w‘Casm§° E rights and privileges conferred by the act incorporating` said company, mOuntai¤S_  and all acts additional to and amendatory thereof: Provided, That said Provisos.  company shall not be entitled to any subsidy in money, bonds, or addi-  tional lands of the United States, in respect to said extension of its brancth tl £b‘2.° ”si.*1i?§‘i?;Z;d1.?’§?.Z‘iT S23.$Z,‘$dZ3Si5“2.?QI§°ie‘“f§Z§2`§ -"I/i$}Z§’ glilfdid li furiher, That at least twenty-five miles of said extension shall be con- structed before the second day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, gand forty miles per year thereafter until the whole of said extension hall be completed. ai S APPIROVED, April 10, 1869. me is. i at ki li ilu at tt he lz nl tit? li ti iw W W in in ui .¢ M