Chapter CCLVIII. granting the Right of Way to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Company
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CHAP. CCLVIII.— An Act granting the Right of Way to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Company.June 1, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That for the purpose of enablingRight of way through public lands granted to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Co. the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Dakota, to extend its road and branches by the most advantageous and practicable lines, in accordance with its charters, the203FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 258, 259. 1872. right of way through the public lands in the Territory of Dakota be, and the same is hereby,Extent of grant granted to said company. Said right of way hereby granted to said company is to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of the central line of said road and branches where they may pass over the public lands; and there is also hereby granted to said company all necessary ground, not to exceed twenty acres for each ten milesLand for depots, shops, &c. in length of the main line of said railroad, for station-buildings, workshops, depots, machine-shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, water-stations, and so forth.
And when it may be necessary to use material fromMaterials for construction. the public lands for the construction of said road, it may be done; but no private property shall be taken for the use of said company, in said Territory, except in the manner now provided by the laws thereof relative to the taking of such property for like uses, and in which manner it may be done, with compensation to the owners as therein provided. Sec. 2. That the said company shall have power to mortgage, in theThe company may mortgage its road, &c.Limit to amount. usual manner, its franchise, road-bed, and all property of every kind belonging to said company, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars per mile for the entire length of said road, upon such terms, as may to said company seem best; but in no case shall the United States be liable, in any manner whatever, for any act or thing done by said company.
Sec. 3. That the rights herein granted shall not preclude the constructionRights of other roads. of other roads through any canon, defile, or pass on the route of said road. Sec. 4. That said railway company shall locate the route of said railroad,Route to be located, &c., and road completed within, &c. and file a map of such location within one year in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall complete its railroad within ten years of the passage of this act; and nothing herein contained shall be construed as recognizing or denying the authority of the legislature of Dakota Territory to create railroad corporations.
Sec. 5. That Congress reserves to itself the right to alter, amend, orThis act may be altered. repeal this act whenever in its judgment the interests of the people may require it. Approved, June 1, 1872.