Show UTAH SOUTHERN RAILROAD BILL hooper by the k kindness of hon W H derwe we are enabled to present our zea doi dol athi the following which was introduced trod into nto the U S senate by sena seua to tor r Sherman and referred to the committee on th the paci Vaci pacific ole fic railroad rail Ball road on the tie lath instant AIT abl and re reported p i baek back it tnt ani with amendments by 56 senator d 1 1 i orl ri A grown no sott southern kein mean railroad oom com company pany gany ngia of A tia the lands for agy construction oko ojo i telegraphy telegraph eyl 1 III I 1 11 be it enacted by the senate and monse morse of representatives cf ef the united states stated of america in congress that igat of way through ugh the thie public lands be and the same is hereby hei aby rby granted to the utah southern railroad company a corporation created under the laws jaws of the legislative assembly of the territory of utah its successors and as assigns signa for the construction of a railroad and telegraph from the city of salt lake in the territory of Ut utah ulah ahto to payson Cit olt citrin city yIn in said territory together with a branch road from the most eligible point on sald said railroad to the mouths of the big and little cottonwood catl ons in said territory and the r right 1 power er and authority is hereby giyen given to iad ind sald said corporation to take from froni the public lands adjacent to the line of said road 1 material of earth stone timber and so forth for the construction thereof I 1 said way ia is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on oh each side of said railroad where it may pass through the public domain including all necessary ground forestation buildings workshops depots machine shops switches sidetracks side tracks I 1 turn tables and water stations pro jero aided vided that within six months from the passage of this act the said utah southern railroad company shall file with the secretary of the interior a map to be approved by him exhibiting the line of the railroad of said company as the same has been located provided further furth tr that said company shall not charge the government higher rates than they do individuals for like tran telegraphic service and it shall be the duty of the utah south ern railroad company to permit any other railroad which has been or shall be authorized to be built by the united states or by the legislature of the territory of U utah tah to form running connections with its road on fair and equitable terms and provided that when the said company shall have completed their line of road to payson city they shall be permitted to extend the road by the most feasible route to the southern line of baid said territory on the same terms as above stated on condition that they construct at least fifty miles milea each year until the southern line of the territory shall have b been reached SEC 2 and be it further enacted that the united states make the grants herein and that the sald eaid utah southern railroad company accepts the iris same upon the express condition that the said company shall not exercise the power given by section ten of chapter sixteen orthe of the laws of the territory of utah approved february nineteen eighteen hundred and sixty nine and upon the further express condition that if the said company make maue aily ally an breach of conditions hereof then in such care cae fhe the grants and privileges heroin hewn contained shall shau be forfeited SEC 3 and be if it further enacted that said utah southern Rall rail railroad noid roid shall bhail be a pos post route and a military boad subject j act to the use of the united states state s for postal pastal os itai ital mili military taryl naval and all other government government service and also subject to such regulations as congress may impose restricting the charges for such govern governmental men tal tai transportation SEC 4 and be further enacted thattie Th that atthe the acceptance of the terms conditions dit ions lons and impositions bathis of this acab the said utah southern railroad cader company shall be signified in writing under u the corporate seal bf said company I 1 duly executed pursuant to td the dir din direction ecton puta puts board of directors first 1 cl ajaime d which Accept acceptance aiice atice shall shail sh be made maae within i three months after tha the ilas passage sage of this act and shall bened mith with the secretary of the interior andia sueh such acceptance and service shall shw not be so made this grant bhail shall be void vold I 1 SEC 5 0 and be it further enacted that cengr congress m may at any time hav in ing g due ua regard for the tho rights of sald bald saidu utah t southern bouthern railroad company compan V add add ade V to alter amend or repeal repeat this act |