No. 34.

A RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the completion of the first one hundred miles of railroad and telegraph line by the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, (since called the "Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division,") mentioned in the tenth section of the charter of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, of July first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the fifth section of the amendment thereof of July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, be and the same is hereby extended until the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and that the time for completing each succeeding section of one hundred miles shall be reckoned from the said twenty-seventh day of June in said year.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the time for commencing and completing the Northern Pacific railroad, and all its several sections, is extended for the term of two years. Approved May 7, 1866.

40TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION.

No. 47.

JOINT RESOLUTION extending the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eight of an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast," is hereby amended to read as follows:

That each and every grant, right, and privilege herein

are so made and given to, and accepted by said Northern Pacific Railroad Company, to and upon the following conditions, namely: That the said company shall commence the work on said road within two years from and after the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and shall complete not less than one hundred miles per year after the second year thereafter, and shall construct, equip, furnish, and complete the whole road by the fourth day of July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Approved July 1, 1868.

40TH CONGRESS, 3D SESSION.

PUBLIC RESOLUTION No. 11.

JOINT RESOLUTION granting the consent of Congress provided for in section ten of the act incorporating the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress of the United States is hereby given to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its bonds, and to secure the same by mortgage upon its railroad and its telegraph line, for the purpose of raising funds with which to construct said railroad and telegraph line between Lake Superior and Puget Sound, and also upon its branch to a point at or near Portland, Oregon; and the term "Puget Sound," as used here and in the act incorporating said company, is hereby construed to mean all the waters connected with the straits of Juan De Fuca within the territory of the United States.

LAWS OF MINNESOTA, 1865.

CHAPTER LXIX.

AN ACT to aid in the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound.

Whereas the Congress of the United States of America did, by an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound," on the Pacific coast by the northern route, approved the second day of July, 1864, create a body politic and corporate by the name, style, and title of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company," and, among other things, did authorize and empower said company to lay out, construct, finish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph line, with the appurtenances named, beginning at a point on Lake Superior in the State of Minnesota or Wisconsin, thence westerly by the most eligible railroad route to be determined by said company within the territory of the United States on a line north of the fortyfifth degree of latitude to some point on Puget's Sound, with a branch via Columbia river, to a point at or near Portland, in the State of Oregon, leaving the main-trunk line at the most suitable place not more than three hundred miles from its western terminus, and did also vest in said company all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities necessary to carry into effect the purpose of said act;

And whereas the Congress of the United States did also, by said act, authorize said Northern Pacific Railroad Company to accept, hold, and enjoy to its own use any grant, donation, loan, powers, franchise, aid, or assistance which might be granted to said company by the Congress of the United States, by the Legislature of any State, or by any corporation, person, or persons, for the purposes of said act;

And whereas the said Northern Pacific Railroad Company was also required by said act to obtain the consent of the Legislatures of any State through which any portion of

said railroad line might pass previous to commencing the construction thereof: now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, That the consent of the State be, and the same is hereby given to the said Northern Pacific Railroad Company to survey, lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph line, with the appurtenances, within its limits, on the line of said act of Congress authorized; and for the purposes aforesaid in said act of Congress set forth, and in order to carry the same into full effect, the said Northern Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, are hereby vested with all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities, within the limits of this State, which are by said act of Congress conferred upon them within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, subject to the conditions in said act contained, and to the following proviso: Provided, That should said company elect to make the Eastern terminus of said road east of the Eastern boundary of the State of Minnesota, then, and in that case, they shall construct, or cause to be constructed, a line of railroad from the said main line to the navigable waters of Lake Superior, within the State of Minnesota, of the same gauge as said main line, for which purpose the same powers, rights, and privileges are hereby granted to said company as they have or may have to construct said line within the State of Minnesota: And provided further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed as exempting the road-bed and other property of said company within this State from taxation.

Approved March 2, 1865.