Compendium of the United States Laws relating to Land-Grant and Bonded Railroads, showing dates of the laws, numbers and pages of Statutes, and conditions of the grants or subsidies so far as they relate to the use of the Roads by the United States.

1.-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad.

From Atchison, Kans., to State Line.

Said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.-Act of March 3, 1st, section 3.

2.-Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.

From Seneca, Mo, to Pacific Ocean.

"And be it further enacted, That said Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad, or any part thereof, shall be a post route and
military road, subject to the use of the United States for
postal, military, naval, and all other Government service,
and also subject to such regulations as Congress may
impose restricting the charges for such Governmeti
transportation."--Act of July 27, 1866, section 11.
“And be it further enacted, That the directors of said com-
pany shall
from time to time, fix, determine,
and regulate the fares, tolls, and charges to be received
and paid for transportation of persons and property on
said road, or any part thereof."--Section 13.
"Provided, That said company shall not charge the Govern
ment higher rates than they do individuals for like trans-
portation and telegraphic service."-Section 5.

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3, 4, and 5.—Central Pacific Railroad, operated by Southern Pacific

Company.

From Ogden, Utah, to San José, Cal.

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And be it further enacted, That the grants aforesaid are
made upon the condition that said company
shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and
use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said
telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, munitions of
war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the
Government, whenever required to do so by any Depart-
ment thereof, and that the Government shall at all times
have the preference in the use of the same for all the pur-
poses aforesaid at fair and reasonable rates of compensa-
tion, not to exceed the amounts paid by private parties
for the same kind of service); and all compensation for
services rendered for the Government shall be applied to
the payment of said bouds and interest until the whole
amount is fully paid.-Act of July 1, 1862, section 6,
And be it further enacted, That whenever it appears that the
net earnings of the entire road and telegraph, including
the amount allowed for services rendered for the United
States, after deducting all expenditures, including repairs,
and the furnishing, running, and managing of said road,
shall exceed ten per centum upon its cost, exclusive of
the five per centum to be paid to the United States, Con-
gress may reduce the rates of fare thereon, if unreasonable
in amount, and may fix and establish the same by law,
and may, at any time having due regard for
the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter,
amend, or repeal this act.-Ibid, section 18.

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And that only one-half of the compensation for services rendered for the Government by said companies shall be required to be applied to the payment of the bonds issued by the Government in aid of the construction of said roads.-Art of July 2, 1864, section 5. And be it further enacted, That the several companies authorized to construct the aforesaid roads Union, Central, Western, Kansas, Denver Pacific, Central Branch Union Pacific, and Sioux City and Pacific) are hereby required to operate, and use said roads and telegraph for all purposes of communication, travel, and transportation, so far as the public and the Government are concerned, as one continous line; and, in such operation and use, to afford and secure to each equal advantages and facilities as to rates, time, and transportation, without any discrimination of any kind in favor of the road or business of any or of either of said companies, or adverse to the road or business of any or either of the others.-Ibid, section 15. he Secretary of the Treasury is directed to withhold all payments to any railroad company and its assigns, on account of freights or transportation over their respective roads of any kind, to the amount of payments made by the United States for interest upon bonds of the United States issued to any such company, and which shall not have been reimbursed, together with the five per centum of net earnings due and unapplied, as provided by law. Sec. 5260, K. S.

That the whole amount of compensation which may, from time to time, be due to said several railroad companies respectively for services rendered for the Government shall be retained by the United States, one-half thereof to be presently applied to the liquidation of the interest

3, 4, and 5.-Central Pacific Railroad, operated by Southern Pacific Company-Continued.

From Ogden, Utah, to San José, Cal.

paid and to be paid by the United States upon the bonds so issued by it as aforesaid, to each of said coporations severally, and the other half thereof to be turned into the sinking-fund hereafter provided, for the uses therein mentioned.-Act of May 7, 1878, section 2.

That for the proper adjustment of the accounts of the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Western Pacific, and Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Companies, respectively, for services which have been or may be hereafter performed for the Government for transportation of the Army and transportation of the mails, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make such entries upon the books of the Department as will carry to the credit of said companies the amounts so earned or to be earned by them during each fiscal year and withheld under the provisions of section fifty-two hundred and sixty of the Revised Statutes and of the act of Congress approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and seventyeight: Provided, That this shall not authorize the exper diture of any money from the Treasury nor change the method now provided by law for the auditing of such claims against the Government: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not be construed as to be a disposi tion of any moneys due or to become due to or from said companies, respectively, or to, in any way, affect their rights or duties or the rights of the United States, under existing laws, it being only intended hereby to enable the proper accounting officers to state upon the books of the Treasury the acconuts between the Government and said companies respectively.-Act of March 3, 1879.

6.-Central Pacific Railroad, operated by Southern Pacific Company. From Junction with Central Pacific R. R. to Southern boundary of Oregon.

And be it further enacted, That the grants aforesaid are mad upon the condition that the said companies shall keep said railroad and telegraph in repair and use, and shall at all times transport the mails upon said railroad, and transmit dispatches by said telegraph line for the Government of the United States, when required so to do by any Department thereof, and that the Government shali at all times have the preference in the use of said railroai and telegraph therefor at fair and reasonable rates of compensation, not to exceed the rates paid by private parties for the same kind of service. And said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free of all toll or other charges upon the transportation of the property or troops of the United States; and the same shall be transported over said road at the cost, charge, and expense of the corporations or companies owning or operating the same. when so required by the Government of the United States. Act of July 25, 1866, section 5.