Chapter CCLXVIII. *granting the Right of Way to certain Railway Companies over the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth.* July 27, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the right of way, not exceeding Right of way across milita
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Chap. CCLXVIII.— An Act *granting the Right of Way to certain Railway Companies over the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth.* July 27, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the right of way, not exceeding Right of way across military reservation at Fort Leavenworth granted to Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway Company;one hundred feet in width, is hereby granted to the Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Missouri, to construct and operate a railway across the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, on the east side of the Missouri river, upon a line to be designated and fixed by the Secretary of War. to Leavenworth, Atchison, and Northwestern Railway Company;
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the right of way, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, is hereby granted to the Leavenworth, Atchison and Northwestern Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Kansas, to construct and operate a railroad across and over the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, upon such line as shall be designated and fixed by the Secretary Proviso.of War: *Provided,* That if the said company shall not construct, within one year from the passage of this act, a railway from the city of Leavenworth to the city of Atchison, then, and in that case, a like privilege is hereby conferred upon any other company that shall construct a railway between said cities.
Approved, July 27, 1868.