The Clerk read the amendment, as follows: Strike out the ontiro billand insert the following: Whereas the followin Senate bill (No. 317) of the 1st session of the hirty 9th Congress, has passed the Senate and HoRep of the U.S.in Con’ress asscm led. to Wit: “A bill to alncnd an act entitled “Annot to amendan not entitled “An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraphline fromtheMissouri river to the Pacific ocean and to secureto the Government the useof the same for postal.military, and other purposes."approvedJuly 1.1862, approvedJuly 2. 863. “Be it ennclcrUn/ Ihc Senaalcnd HoRep the U.S.A. in Congress assembled, hat the union Pacific Railway Company eastern division, is hereby authorized to designatethe route of the ir said read and to file a map thereof.as now required b law. at any time befprothe lat rip of Deccmber, 1 "; and upon the film of the sai map, showmg the general route of sai road. the lands along the entire line thereof.so far as the same may be desi ated shall be rescryed fromsale by order of the SecyInterior: Provided, but said company shall be entitled to only the some amount of the bonds of U.S. to aid in the construction of their railroad and telegraph to amt howgould have been entitled if they had connects their said line With the Union Pacific railroad on the 100th degree of longitude as now required by law: And rounded further. That said company shall connect t airline of railroad and telegraph With the Union Pacific rwaailrrdolaydf.rbomut not at a point more than 50 mileswest " the in oridianof Denver in Colorado. Sec. 2. Abife: That the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Withthe consentand approval of the SecyInterior. are hereby authorized to locate construct and continue their road from Omaha.in Nebraska Territory. westward, according to the best and most practicable route and without referenceto the initial point on the 100 ytlhamw.eirnidaiacnoonftiwnueostulsocnogmitupdleet.eadslinnoew. upnrtoil they shall meet and connect with the Central Pacific Railroad Company 0 tral Pacific California: and the gen Railroad Co pany of California, with the consent and approval of the SecyInterior. are hereby authorizedto locate construct and continue their road eastward.in a continuous completedline until they shall meet and connect with the union acilic railroad: Provided. That each of the above named companies shall havethe right. when the nature of the work to be done, by reason of dccp cuts and tunnels, shall, for the expeditious construction of the Pacific railroad require it. to work for an extent of not to exceed 300 miles in advance of their continuous completed linesz” Therefore, Be it resoved (InSenate and HoRep the U.S.A. in congress assembled. hat nothins contained in the foregomg bill shall be so construe in to grant any mineral nd to the Union Pacific Railway ompany, easterndi ision. nor to entitle said company to receive bonds of the U.S.for any than thesaid company would grehaatveerbneuemn beenrtoitflemdiletos. had the bill above recited not beenpassed.nor shall it be construed to preventtheUnion Pacific Railroad Company from receiving the full amount of U.S. bonds and land to which it according would be entitled to the number of miles of road which it may actually build.