Chapter XXXIII. to grant the Right of Way to the “Cascade Railroad Company” through a Military Reserve in Washington Territory
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CHAP. XXXIII.— An Act to grant the Right of Way to the “Cascade Railroad Company” through a Military Reserve in Washington Territory.April 10, 1866. Whereas the Cascade Railroad Company, a corporation duly createdPreamble. and organized under the laws of Washington Territory, has constructed and put in operation a railroad on the Cascade Portage of the Columbia river, in said Territory, a portion of which said road is constructed through a military reserve of the United States; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the right to construct such road through said reserve and the validity of the charter of said company:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedRight of way granted to the “Cascade Railroad Company” through the public lands and military reserve. States of America in Congress assembled,* That there shall be, and is hereby, granted to the said Cascade Railroad Company a right of way of sixty feet in width along the line of said road as at present constructed and along the changes of location hereafter made to straighten and render said road safe, through the public lands of the United States, the military reserve, and the lands of private persons agreeing thereto, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, depots, machine shops, switches, side tracks, and wharves.
And the charter of said companyCharter of the company declared valid.Proviso. is hereby adopted and declared to be valid: *Provided,* That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to give said company the right to occupy for any purpose whatever more than sixty feet in width on the line of said road at any point or points where the space or pass between the river and bluff or mountain is so narrow as not to admit of the construction of another parallel railroad, turnpike, road, canal, or other public work for transportation of freight or passengers.
Approved, April 10, 1866.