Show H t E R RIGHT EIGHT OF WAY AN ACT Gli gif GRAFTING T TO tile THE RIGHT 01 OF WAY THROUGH THE PUBLIC LANDS OF OV UNI uirl TED T ED gr STATES ates ae be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of af the thel united states of amer america I 1 ca in congress assembled that the ri right ht of way through the public lands of the united states is hereby granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of any state or territory except the district of Columbia orby onby by the congress of the united states which shall shail have hav e filed with the secretary of the interior a copy of its articles of incorporation po ration and due proofs of its organization under the same to the extent of hundred feet on aae each egoh h side 0 of t the central a 1 line lindof ot said bald r road 0 ad also the right to take from gom thy the p public tb lands adjacent to the line of sad sai sal d road material earth stone estoile and timber necessary y for the con St sf ruction of said ra railroad also alto ground adjacent to fo such right of way for station buildings depots machine shop 3 sidetracks sid aids tracks turnouts and water stations not to exceed in amount twenty acres aeres for each station to the extent of one station tation for each ten miles of ita its road SM SEC 2 that any railroad company whose right of way or whose track or roadbed road roid bed upon such right odway of vay way passes passe through any canyon I 1 pass or defnie defile shall not prevent any other railroad company from the us use p and occupancy of the said canyon pass or dennie defile for the purposes of its road in common with he be road first located or the cross ng ug of other railroads at grade and the location of such right t of way through any any canyon rass pass or denile defile shall not cause the disuse of any a in wagon road or other public hix highway w ay now located tb therein therell erell nor prevent the location through the sa same m e of any such wagon road or highway where a such uch road or hig big highway hway may be necessary nor for the public accommodation commod atlon and where whelo any ghani ghann change e in ae the location of such wagon wagon road is necessary to permit th the passage of such railroad through any ar can canyon yori pass pasq or defnie defile said railto railroad a d company shall before entering upon the ground occupied by such wagon road cause the same same to be reconstructed at its own expense in the fhe most favorable favo rabie rable location and in as perfect a man ner as the original read provided that such expenses shall be equitably divided between any number of railto railroad ad com companies palies occupy occupying ing and using c the he ame same causon canyon pass or defile SEC 3 that the legislature of tile the proper prope r Terri territory toiv may provide for the manri manner wauri or in ill which private lands and possessory claim claims on an the public lands lauds la of the united states may be condemned eq or w where h ere such auch provision has ha not ilot been made such condemnation mily may in in accordance with section three of the act entitled ican an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and tele teh raph line from the missouri aliver to tile the pacific Oce anand to secure to tile the government the use of df the same bame military and other purposes proved approved nii ali july finst eighteen hundred and sixty two approved julys july second eighteen dundr hundred ed and sixty four SEC 4 that any railroad company I 1 pany desiring ilg to secure se e u e the lid benefits of this net act shafi il w within I 1 thi rt twelve months after aften r the ae location ca tion of any section of twenty miles of its road if the same be upon surveyed I 1 ands lands and if upon lands within twelve montha months after the survey thereof by the united states file with the register of the land for the district where suh land is located a profile of its road and upon approval thereof by the secretary of or tha interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in gaid gald said paid office and thereafter all sueh such sueh lands over which such right of way shall bhail pass shall be ve disposed of siah subject to euely night right of way provided that ifancy if any section of said road shall hall not be completed d within five G afe years ears after the location of said seey tion ther rights herein granted shall shail be forfeited as to any such plated pie ted section of said road sec see 5 that this act shall not apply to td any aily lands lanag within the limits of any military park or indian rt reservation or other lands specially reserved from sale saie unless such right of way rayshall shall shail be provided for QT by treaty stipulation or by adt act of congress heretofore passed SEC 6 that Con congress gress gresi hereby reserves esthe estre tile tilo right at any time to alter amend or repeal this act ar or any part thereof |