Mr. FERRY. I withdraw the report. KANSAS AND NEOSHO VALLEY RAILROAD. The House proceeded to the business upon The SPEAKER’s table. The 1st bill was Senate bill No. 28! granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad and its extension to Red river. The bill was read a 1st and 2nd time. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enactedIii/the Senate and HoRep of the U.S.A. in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of aiding the Kansas and NeoshoValley Railroad Company.the somebeinga corporation organized under the laws of the state of Kansas. to constructiindppernte n railrondfrom the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad castern division. at the line betweenKansas and missouri. at or near the mouth of the Kansas river. on the south side thereof. southwardly. through the easterntier of countiesinlKunsas with a vi cwo fit a extension. so as to effectaiunction zit Redriverwith a railroad now bein constructed from Galveston to Red river at or near res ton.in Texas.thercis hereby granted to the State of Texas for the use and benefit of said railroad company every alternoto section of land or partsthereof.designatedby odd numbers.to the extent of ten sections per mile on eachside of said road: but in caseit sha I appear that the U.S. have. whenthe line of said road is definitely located.sold any section or an part thercof.i;ranted asaforesaid, orthut therighto pre'cmption homestead settlement has attached to thesaine.orthatthe same has beenreservedby the U.S.for any purpose whatever thornit shall be the duty of the SecyInterior to cause to be selected for the purposes aforesaid.from the publiclands of the U.S.nearestto the sections above specified so much land as shall beequalto the amount ofsuch lands as the U.S. have sold, reserved or otherwise appropriated or to which the right of homesteadsettlementor preemption has attachedas aforesaid. which lands. t us indicated by the direction of the SecyInterior shall bereserved and held for the State of Kansas for the use of said company by the said Secretary for the purpose of the construction and operation of said railroad as pro vided by this act: ’roouled That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the U.S.by any act of Congress or in any other manner by competent authority. for the purpose of aiding in any ObJBOol.f internal improvement or other purposewhatever.he and the same are hereby reserved and oxcepted from the o partition of this act. except so far asitmay be foun necessary to locate the route of said road through such reserved lands. in which casethe right of way 200 feetin width is hereby granted subject to the approvalof the POTUS: And Willed furlher. That said lands hereby ranted shall not be selecteu beyond 20 miles ruin the line ofsaid ro. SEO.2. Abife: That the sections agnradnt parts of sections of land whichby the aforesaid shall remain in the U.S. Within ten miles on each side of said road shall not be soldfor lessthan double the minimum rice of public lands when sold nor shall anyof said andsbecomesubject to sale at privato entry until the same shall have been 1st offoredat public sale to the highest bidder at or above the minimum price aforesai: Provided.That actual bonafide settlers under the preemption laws of the U.S.may. afterdue proo of settle bmyelanw t.i.mppurrocvheamseent and occupation’ as now provtded the same at.the price fixed for said lands at the date of such settloment improvement and occupation: And provided nlw. That settlers under the provisionsof the homestead not who maketheir settlement after the passageof this not and comply with the terms and requirements of said act shall be entitled within thesa'idlimits of tenmiles.to patents for an amount not exceeding ciiiht. acrescan1. SEC. 3. Abife: That the grant of lands hereby made is upon condition that said company.after the construction of its road.shalfkecp it in repair and use and thatat all timesbein readiness to transporttroops. munitions of war. supplies and rpeuqbuliic resdtotores uponits roadfor the Government.when dosolhy any Dept thereof. The Government at all times boiling the preferencein the use forso manysectionsof the land within t of the road for all the purposesaforesaid.at fair and reasonableratespf compensation.not exceeding but diiieidsbeyrvpircievsaotne ointhdeivridrouaadlss. oArnthdetahveelraangdesp ahiedrcfohry anted.held and reserved as aforesaid shall inureto the benefit oi" said COmDflifyJlfl follows: when the Governor of the State of nuns shall certify that pletseed cintioungooftoedn.scuobn sseteaunttiviaemla.nildewsoofrskamidaronalikdeisco manner asa 1st class railroad then the said SecyInterior shall issue to the said company pTt euts e imitl abovenam ed asa reconterniine us with said com later! sectionhereinbeforegranted: and when certificates of the Governor aforesaid shall be presentedto said Secretary of the completion as aforesaid.of each successive section of ten consecutive miles of said read the said Secretaryshall in like manner issueto said company patents for the land for ouch of said sectionsof road as in the 1st instance.until said irsonadotschoamll bpelectoemd wpitlehtinedtenyea: Provided That the dita‘staeidofrothade acceptance of the grant herein before made the land! remainin unpatepted shall revert to the U.S.: in!providedfurther. That the said lands shall pot.in any manner be disposed of orine umbered bysaid companyor its assignse, xceptus the some are patented under the provoiions of this not. SEC. 4. Abife: That H 8001!ll said company shall file with the SecyInterior lml baeptshoef its line. Designating the route thereof. from themarkdeut ty;of the said Secretary to withdraw t o lands granted bythis act in such manner as maybe best ealculated to effect the purposes of this act and subserve the publicinterest, Sac. 5. Abife: That the U.S. imona, ilshall betransportedon saidroad and It! under the direction of the post office Dept.at such price asConressmay by law proVide: Provided.That until one price is fixed by law the PostMGenl shall have powerto fix a compensation. Sec. 6. way Abife: That the right of through the Dllb ll0lands be and the some is hereby granted to said Kansas and NepshoValley Railroad Company. Its successors and assigns for the icsohnestrreu by tgioivneonf ato railroad orapsoprraotpioonsteod, and themht t ake from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road in rial (or the construction thereof. Said wag is mtg! to said railroad to the extent of 100 feet in Width on each sideof said road where it may pal through the public domain alsoall necessary ground for station uildings. workshops. depots machine shops, switches, side tracks. turn tab es and water stations. SEO. 7. Abife: T hat the ucce t onesof the terms, conditions and lm$081lil0li$on is notby thesaid hansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Companyshall besignifiedin writinf. under the corporate sealof the said company.du y executedpubsiiiint to the direction of its boardof directors 1st had andobtained.which acceptance shallbe made within oneyear after the passageof this and not aflcrward and shall be denosited with the SecyInterior. SEC. 8. Abife: Thlt. lQid Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company its succul ors and assigns.is hereby authorized and 'empowered to extend and construct its railroad from the southernboundaryof Kansas south through the Indian Territor '. to Red river. at or near Preston. m the State of exas.soasto connect with the rajlwgy now bein constructed from Galveston to a pomt at or near reston. in said State; the right of way through the Indian Territory whereversuch right is now reserved or may hereafter be reserv to c U.S. by treaty with the Indian tubes. I! herebygrantedto said company to the same extent as granted by the 6th section of the act through wthaeypublic lands and in all caseswherethe lit of as aforesaid through the Indian lands she not be reservedto the Government.the said company shall Before constructing itsroad. procure the consent of the tribe or tribes interest. which copsent. with all its terms and conditions shall be previousg approved and indorsed by the President an filed wi the SecyInterior., Sec. 9. Abife: that the same rants of lands throu by said Indian Territo are crebylinadcas provided in the 1st section o the abeytt.rweaety never the Indian title shall be extinguished or othervnsc not to exceed the ratio or mile granted in the 1st section of this act; That said lands become a part of the public domain lands of the U.S. SEC.10. Abife: That said Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad ( Iompanyit.s successors and assigns shall have the right to negotiate with and ncguirefrom any Indian nation or tnb m thorize by the U.S.to dispose of In for railroad purposes and fromany othernation ortribo of Indians t rough whose lands said railroads may {3355. subjectto the approval of the President of e U.S or from an corporated or authorized or such purposes.by such nation or tribe or which such ‘parties may huvo acuired under the laws of the U.S. EC. 11. Abife: That any till roiid company chartered under any law of the U.S or of any State. which m pay have becqbgr'o toforoor shall hereafter be recognised and sublidmed by any act of the Congress of the U.S. connect.unite and consolidate with thls railroad company after the same shall be located to the val compnny or parties in lcy of the Neoshoriver. upon just. fair and equitable terms.to beagreed upon between the parties and shall not be airainstthe public interest or the interest of the U.S.; nor shall anyrosd autho toconnectuse ore said charge theroad so connecting a greater tariffper mile for freight or passengers than is chargedfor the same permilc by its own road: And providal further. Thnt should the cavcnworth, Law rence, niid FrrtGibson Railroad Company or the Union Pacific Railroad Company, southern ranch, constructand complete its road to that point on the southern boundaryof the State of Kansas wherethe line of saidKansas and h eoslioValley railroad shall cross the game before the said Kansas and Neosho Valle Railroad Companyshall have constructed and competed itssaid read tosaid point, then and inthat event the company so 1st reiichin in completion the said point on t ie southern boun ary of the State of Kansas shall be authorized upon obtaining the written approval of the POTUS to construct and operate its line of railroad fromsuit int to a mat at or near Preston, in the State of exas.wit rants ef land accordingto the provisions of this bill, at upon the further specialcondition, nevertheless thatsaid railroad companyshall have commenced in good faith the construction thereof before the said ansasand Neoslio Valley Railroad Company shall have completed its said railroad to said point: And provide further, That said other railroad company.so having commenced said work ln good faith shall continue to prosecutethesame with sulliei‘cutenergyto insure the completion of the same within a reasonable time subJcct to the approval of the POTUS: And provided further, That the right of way, when not otherwise granted ‘in this bill, shall be obtained by said lansasand heosho Valley Railroad Company, or either of the other companiesnamed in this act in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an act to amendan notentitled "An actto aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line froui the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure tmoi litthaeryG, oavnedrnomtheenrtptuhrepousseeso, ”fatphperosavemdeJufolyr pos18ta6l2.