Chapter XCIV. *to fix the Point of Junction of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company*
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CHAP. XCIV.— An Act *to fix the Point of Junction of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company*. May 6, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Point of junction of the Union That the common terminus and 122 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 94, 98, 102. 1870. Pacific R. R. Co. and the Central Pacific R. R. Co. established northwest of the station at Ogden, &c.point of junction of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific Railroad Company shall be definitely fixed and established on the line of railroad as now located and constructed, northwest of the station at Ogden, and within the limits of the sections of land hereinafter mentioned, viz.: section thirty-six of township seven, of range two, situate north and west of the principal meridian and base line in the Territory of Utah, and sections twenty-five, twenty-six, and thirty-five of township seven, of range two, and section six of township six, and sections thirty and thirty-one of township seven, of range one, and sections one and two of township six, of range two, all situate north and west of Grant of certain sections.said principal meridian and base line ; and said companies are hereby authorized to enter upon, use, and possess said sections, which are hereby granted to them in equal shares, with the same rights, privileges, and obligations now by law provided with reference to other lands granted to said railroads: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall designate a section of land in said township seven, of range two, belonging to said companies, and reserve the same for the benefit of Reserve for schools.schools in said Territory, in accordance with the act of February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, establishing the office of surveyor-general of Utah, and to grant land for school and university purposes:
Price of land.*Provided also*, That said companies shall pay for any additional lands acquired by this act at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents an acre: Private rights.*And provided further*, That no rights of private persons shall be affected by this act. Approved, May 6, 1870.