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 212 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 260, 261. 1872. the time before mentioned, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a collector, whose duty it shall be to proceed with the collection of the Tax, how to taxes as assessed by the legislative assembly m sueh manner' and form b° ‘"i°** wd as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Intemor. And if the said °°um°d' District of Columbia shall neglect, fail, or refuse to assess such tax, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to make such levy and proceed to its collection as aforesaid. And all acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED, June 1, 1872. June 1, 1879. CHAP. CCLXI.-An Act granting a Right of Way to the Uiah, Idaho, and Montana ·——·——--—-— Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Right °*` WW States 0 f America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of enabling igiggijfiggcto the Utah, Idaho, and Montana Railroad Company, a corporation organized the Utah, Idaho under the laws of the Territory of Utah, which said organization is hereby g‘OM%‘g’;53;§° legalized and made valid, to build and extend their line by way of Malade mi telegraph River and Snake River valleys, through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Terri. P¤¤T><>S°¤· _ tories, to a connection with the Northern Pacific railroad, or with the Helena 1€é;‘fQ°Q({’;t'°“ and Utah Northern railroad, by the most eligible route, to be selected by said company, the right of way to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of the centre of said road, through the public lands, be, and the same is hereby, granted to said company, their successors and assigns, for the oonstructioxr of a railroad and telegraph from Corinne city, Utah Territory, to the Northern Paci6c railroad, or to said Helena and Northern Utah railroad, as said company may elect, together with the right to in- _ may_incre¤s¤ crease their capital stock in proportion to the increased length of their ‘°° °"p"“I “°°°k* line by resolution of their board of directors, and the filing with the auditor of public accounts of Utah of an additional certiicate setting forth said increase, and to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road ¤j¤¤>’ Mélm *9*1* material of earth, stone, timber, and water for the construction and main-
 * )°Jfjl:’]j;°dg  tenance thereof; and the necessary ground for station-buildings, work-shops,

’ depots, machine-shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, and water-stations, _ not exceeding twenty acres for every ten miles of the main line of said road: P\_§p;r€?‘;:°;° Provided, That 110 private property shall be taken for the use of said commkgn cxcgpt by, pany except m manner prescribed by the laws of Utah Territory, or by fg;} ch 216 §3 section three of an act entitled “An act to amend ‘An act to aid in the voljxmj P_ gw_` construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to 1862, eh. 120. the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for v°l· "l’· P· *8** postal, military, and other purposesf approved July first, eighteen hundred co _ and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. may r32g;:; Sec. 2. That said company shall be, and they are hereby, authorized as ,·,,ad,&c_, go, and empowered to mortgage, in the usual manner, their franchise, roadzggggssé sgggds hed, and all property belonging to said compa.ny,to an amount not exceed- ‘ ing thirty thousand dollars per mile for the entire length of said road, upon _ such terms as may seem to them best; and upon said mortgage may issue P'°“°°· mortgage-bonds, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars per mile: Provided, other mm T hat m nofcase shall the United States be responsible for said bonds. my be bum _ bmc. 3. Phat the mghts herem granted shall not preclude the construct!,,;,"`;;;, my d8_ tion of other roads through any canyon, defile, or pass on the route of said thai; thegoute road 2 nor shall any thing herein contained be construed as recognizing 0I` '°“ ‘ denying the authority of the governor and legislature of Utah '.[`errit0Py to create railroad corporations. baligggtezhfsdw _Sl3lC.  That said company shall locate said railroad and telegraph line ,,,,mplmd_ within eighteen months from the passage of this act, and shall complete the stage withm ten years thereafter, failing in which this act shall be null and ·l£·;’:d:"g:5;·b° Ssc. 5. That Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend of