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 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 130, 131, 132. 1872. 59 hoaiever, lhat nothing in this section contained shall prevent the said Charter and bridge building company from mortgaging said charter and franchises held f*‘°·¤°his°S my b° by it by assignment from the said railroad company, with the bridge con- m°"g”g`°d' structed or to be constructed thereunder, in the manner and for the purposes in and for which the said bridge building company is or may be authorized by or under the laws of the State of Missouri to mortgage its proper y. Approved, May 1, 1872. CHAP. CXXXI.—An Act repealing the Duty on Tea and 0'qfce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United May 1, 1872. States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the first day X"" of July next tea and coffee shall be placed on the tree list, and no further Tea and wifee import duties shall be collected upon the same. And all tea and coffee i° l’° *°"°° ’"‘°'“ which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses on said first day O? (iw; of July shall be subject to no duty upon the entry thereof for consumption, Pirmiisivu f¤r and all tea and coffee remaining in bonded warehouses on said first day of wtgat isén p"mi° amy, upon which the ams shall have been pam, mn be entitled to s ie- laZ°’3sy.°" °” fund of the duties paid. Approved, May 1, 1872. CHAP. CXXXII. —An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the May 2, 1872. Texas Pacmc Railroad Company, and to aid in the Oonstructalm of its Road, and for other Puq»oses," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. VOL {VL p_ ,g,73_ Be it enacted hq the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name, style, and title of The Texas and the Texas Pacific Railroad Company shall hereafter be “The Texas and P”°m° railway Pacific Railway Company ;" and the said The Texas and Pacific Railway ;j)S§g:£S,_&?Z_e Company shall have, possess, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and i;ran— of the ffexns Pa; chises heretofore conferred upon the said Texas Pacific Railroad Company.  ";;1"?“d Sec. 2. That the said The Texas and Pacific Railway Company shall may ,;,1,, m1_ have power and authority to issue the construction and land bonds author- struction and ized by the eleventh section of said act of incorporation, for such amounts, l°“d zgnds  not exceeding forty thousand dollars per mile of said road, of construction °x°% ug' °' bonds, as said company may deem needful to provide for the construction and equipment of its line, and to include in the mortgage or mortgages to _ Mortgage may secure said construction bonds all or any portion of the lands granted in :$“£°b‘;' S‘;*é.mt aid of the construction of said railroad; and in the mortgage or mortgages fo what mndil to secure said land bonds, any portion of said lands not so used to secure tionsthe construction bonds aforesaid; and all or any portion of the lands acquired by the terms of consolidation lawfully authorized by the fourth seotion of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, with any railroad company or companies to whom grants of land may have been made, or may hereafter be made, by any congressional, State, or territorial authority, or who may have purchased the same previous to any such arrangement or consolidation, and within the time limited for the completion of the road, and all such lands of every description shall be subject to all limitations and conditions now by law existing in relation thereto, and as modined by this act; and this act shall not be construed to revive, enlarge, extend, or create No land gram; any land grant whatever, beyond that heretofore granted by Congress, and  &°‘» by which shall duly inure to said company upon compliance with the terms of this act in relation to the times fixed for completion of said railway, and all such mortgages shall be subject to all the conditions and limitations by law existing under this act and the acts to which it is supplementary m respect to such lands, and shall not be held to vest any title in the mortgage or create any lien on such lands, other than such company is or may become lawfully entitled to vest or create thereunder; but the amount of said land Amount of bonds shall not exceed two and a half dollars per acre for all lands covered by the mortgage ormortgages securing the same. _ ’