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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1158, 1159. 1902. 405 CHAP. 1158.-—An Act To authorize the Secretar of the Treasury to adjust the ·l¤¤¤ 27· 1902- accounts of M0rgau’_s Louisiana and Texas Railroadyand Steamship Company for tmnsporting the United States mails. ’ Be it enacted by the Senate ami Home ofRe resenmtives of the United States of America 1}:0, Congress assembled, 'lztiat the Secretary of the an1‘l{°’,§gQg;L1Qg}f;ggg Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to state an account with und Steamship com · Morgan s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company for p°,l`;lj,mm,,m of M- transporting the United States mails over postal routes numbered fgg“”m*g*’°°’P°"# thirty thousand and three and one hundred and fortymine thousand ` and three during the period between July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety- two, both mclusive, in which he shall credit said compan with nonland—gmnt rates over that portion of its route between blew Orleans and Morgan City, Louisiana, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Claims in case numbered fifteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and shall pay to said company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as shall remain due upon such adjustment. Approved, June 27, 1902. . CHAP. 1159.-An Act Authorizing the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company to J““° 27* 1m' sell or lease its railroad property and franchises, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 177.] Be it enacted by the Senate cmd Ifouse Q/`Re esenmtiezes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, %at the Santa. Fe Pacific m§’{}}(f§d (€,‘Qnpf;;l“° Railr Company, a corporation incorporated under the Act of Con- Sqlecréeafecigwp gress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, $$’h.,,°§'L.,.q_ mm im entitled "Au Act to define the rights of purchasers under mort ges "°1·”· P·“”· authorized by an Act of Congress approved April twentieth, eigileen "°‘· "· P- “’· hundred and seventy-one, concerning the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad C0mpany,” be, and it hereby is, authorized and empowed to sell or lease its railroad and other property, including all rights, powers, privileges, grants, and francluses, to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa e Rmlway Company, a corpjoration of the State of Kansas, its successors and asm ns; but suc purchaser or lessee shall take, hold, m*’;';_Q}$*‘;lf’0{5§°;i and use the railroad and property sold or leased subject to all duties, mms, mc. g obligations, conditions, and restrnctions relating thereto which ut the time of such sale or lease shall be bindin upon said Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company as fullv as though asu5x sale or lease had not been made; and thereupon such purchaser or lessee shall have and enjoy all rights, powers, privileges, grants, and franchises relating to said. railroad and property, or any part thereof, that were conferred by Congress upon said Santa Fe acific Railroad Company: ]·5·ovided,  1 t kou·m·e¢·, That said railroad bball remain as heretofore u. post route m¤¢e,e$°° a °°° and military road, sub°ect to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and all other Government service, and also sub]ect to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government transportation, and subject also to all other rights of the United States. Sec.  T but from and after the passage of this Act the said Santa m$g““'*‘ *“°$ P" Fe Pacific Railroad Company. its successors or assigns, shall pay an \ Pqynble t·>_ New annual mx at the rate of one hundred and seventydive dollars per mile `I°m° md An""` t0 the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, respectively, for each _ mile of main track in said Territories, respectively, the same to be ,,,;f,,‘f,{}‘f,§\§§§f;,‘,,T"'2“° apportioned among the counties of said Territories in which said milroad is located according to the mileage in each county, respectively, and said taxes shall be in lieu of all other taxes on said property hereby authorized to be leased or sold and the rolling stock used thereon, but