Chapter CXXIX. *granting the Right of Way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other Purposes*
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CHAP. CXXIX.— An Act *granting the Right of Way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other Purposes*. March 3, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Right of way granted to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River R. R. Co. from Walla-Walla to Columbia river. That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Walla-Walla arid Columbia River Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the Territory of Washington, and duly incorporated for the purpose of constructing a railroad from said town of Walla-Walla to some eligible point on the navigable waters of said Columbia river, in said Territory; said right of way hereby granted to said railroad is to the extentWidth of way, land for stations, &c. of one hundred feet in width on each side of said road where it may pass over the public lands; also, all necessary ground, not to exceed five acres at each station, for station buildings, workshops, depots, machine-shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, and water stations.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the county commissioners ofCounty commissioners of Walla-Walla county may subscribe for stock of road, and issue bonds for payment, &c. the county of Walla-Walla, in the Territory of Washington, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to aid in the construction of the Walla-Walla and Columbia River railroad by subscribing to the capital stock of said Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company in the name and on behalf of said county of Walla-Walla, and by issuing bonds of said county, payable at such time as said commissioners shall think proper, and bearing interest of not more than eight per cent, per annum, in payment for said stock so by them taken in said railroad company, or326FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 129, 130. 1869. by issuing bonds, bearing interest as aforesaid, as a loan to said company, to be used in the construction of said road, or to aid said company in the construction of said road by the credit of said county in any other manner the said commissioners may think proper: *Provided*, That the Subscription, &c. not to exceed $300,000;to be submitted to the people, and approved by three fourths of the legal votes cast.Notice of election.said subscription, loan, or other aid so given by said commissioners to said company shall in no case exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars: *And provided further*, That the said subscription, loan, or other aid, shall have been submitted to the people of said county and been voted for by three fourths of the legal vote cast at an election held for that purpose:
And provided further, That if said vote be taken at a special election, the notice shall be the same as provided by the laws of said Territory for general elections. Sec. 3. County commissioners may hold special election to take a vote of the county upon granting aid to the road.*And be it further enacted*, That the county commissioners of the county of Walla-Walla, in the Territory of Washington, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to hold a special election, at such times as they may designate, after twenty days’ public notice, which said election shall be governed by the general laws of the Territory upon the subject of elections, at which election the aid to be given by said county to said Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, either by subscriptions to stock or otherwise, shall be submitted to and be voted upon by the legal voters of said county in such manner as said commissioners Attempting to obtain future assistance from the United States to work forfeiture of this grant.may designate: *Provided*, That this grant is made upon the express condition that any effort by said company hereafter to obtain any land grant, subsidy, or pecuniary aid from the United States government shall work a forfeiture of this grant.
Approved, March 3, 1869.