Mr. MORRILL. I believe I will persist in the motion I have made. The motion was agreed to; and the amendments were referred to the ComWays&Means. UNION PACIFIC RAILHOAD, EASTERN DIVISION. The next business on the Speaker’s table was Senate bill No. 317, to amend an act ens titled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and tele raph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for ostal, militar, and other purposes, approve July 1, 1'862, ” approved uly 2, 1864. 1 he bill was read a 1st and 2nd time. The bill provides, in the 1st section, that the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, shall be authorized to desi matethe general route of their road, and to fieamap thereof, as now required by law, at any time before the 1st day of December, 1866; and upon the filing of the map, showing the general route of the road, the lands along the entire line thereof, so far as the same may be designated, shall be reserved from sale by order of the SecyInterior. The company, however, are to be entitled to only the same amount of the bonds of the U.S. to aid in the construction of their line of railroad and telegraph as they would have been entitled to if they had connected their line withthe Union Pacific railroad on the 100th degree of longitude, as now required by law. It is provided also that the company shall connect their line of railroad and telegraph with the Union Pacific railroad, but not at a point more than 50 miles westwardly from the meridian of Denver, in Coloradp. The 2nd section provides that the Union Pacific Railroad Company, with the consent and approval of the SecyInterior shall be authorized to locate, construct, an continue their road from Omaha, in Nebraska Territory, westward, according to the best and most practicable route, and without reference to the initial point on the 100th me ridian of west longitude, as now provided by law, in acontinuous completed line, until they shall meet and connect With the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of California; and the Cen tral Pacific Railroad Company, of California, with the consent and up roval of the SecyInterior, are cut iorized to locate, construct, and continue their road eastward, in a continuous completed line, until they shall meet and connect with the Union Pacific railroad. It is further provided that each of the companies shall have the right, when the na ture of the work to be done, by reason of deep 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 lines.