Mr. ECKLEY; from the ComPubLands, reported back, with sundry amendments, Senate bill No. 125, granting aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the town of Folsom to the town of placer ville, in the State of California. The amendments of the committee were read, as follows: I trike out the 1st and 2ndsectionsand insert 'inion there of the following: Be it enacted.(be. That the right of way through the Kublic lands be and the same is hereby.granted to t o Placervillo and SacramentoValley Railroad company a corporation existing under the laws of the ‘tate of California and designatedby the legislature thereof.to construct the road hereinafter named and to its successorsand assiirns.for the construction of a.railroad and telegraphline from the town of Folsom to the town of Placcrville. in said State: and the rightis herebyRIVCHto said corporation to takefrom the publiclands adjacentto the line of said road, material for the construction thereof. Said right of way is grantedto said railroad to the extent of 100 feetin width on OMll side of said road where it may pass over the public lands; also all necessaryground for stationbui dings, work shops.depots, machine shops.switches, side tracks. turn tables and water stations. Strike from section 3 the following: And whenever, prior to said time. any ofsaid sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold. reserved or coveredby rivnte land grants or occupied b homestead settlers, or preh'inpted or otherwise disposedof. other lands shall be selected by said porgpany.in lieu thereof.on the line of said road, pithi 20 miles of the same. under the direction of the SecyInterior. in alter nnte sections, and designated by odd numbers not more than 20 miles beyond the limits of said alternatesections. Amend sectionfour sothat it shall readasfollows: Abife: but wheneversaidPla ccrvillo and SacramentoValley Railroad Company shall have ten consecutivemiles of any portion of said railroad and telegraphline readyfor the service contemplated, the POTUS shall appomt thi cc commissionersto examine the 'same, and if it shall appearthat tenmilesofsaid railroad and telegraph line have been completed in a goodand substantial mannerI and in all respectsas required b this act, the commissioners shall so report to the residentof the U.S.andpatents of lands, as aforesardnshallhe issued to said commay, confirmingto said companythe right and title to said lands, situatedoppoSitoto and contermine us with said completedsection of said road. unlesssaid lands arecoverodby the exceptionsof this act. And from time to time, when ver ton additional miles shall have beenconstructs. compl ted, andin readiness, as aforesaid, andverified by the commissioners to the POTUS.then patents shall beissued tosaid company, conveying the additional sectionsoj'land as aforesaid; and so on as fast as every ten miles 0 said road are completed. as aforesaid: ProvidedThatsaid commissioners named in this section shall be paid by the coiupan ten dollars perday for the lung actually employc and ten cents per mile for the distanceactually and necessa rilx traveled eachway. mend section 5 by strikin out“draws” and insert "drainsz" alsoto amend the proviso so as to read as follows: 'PI‘O‘DUJCKTIh. at said company shall not charge higher ratestothe Government.itsofficers or agents, than they do to individuals for telegraphic service. 1 Also add to the proviso of the 5th sectionthe fol owmg: And that the said railroad shall be and remainn BubllQhllGhWilyfor the use of the Government of the U.S., free of all toll or other charge upon the transportntion of any property or troopsof the U.S and the same shal be transported over said read at the cost. charge, and expenseof the corporation or company owning or operatingthe same. Amend section 6 by adding after line 14 the following: “and the sections and arts of sections of lands, the title of which by t o aforesaid grant shall remain in the U.S.within ten miles of eachSlflOof the road, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of public lands when sold." Amend section 7 by strikingput the xvord "two " in line 6, and inserting in hcu thereof the ‘word one.” Amend the same section by striking out rnhas 8 the word " 70 and inserting in lieu thereof the wordsf'6nipej’ Amend sectioneight by strikipg out all of the section after the word " case."online sevcn and inserting in lieu thereof the followmg: “the title to ths public lands herein reservedfor the construction of said road 8m" revert to the U.S., " Amend section tenby striking out in has 6 the word ZZ two"and inserting in lieu thereof the word one. “tAwmo, e”nd section 12 by striking out the word in line 5, and inserting inion there of the word "one." v Amend section 13 by striking out all after the word ‘tha t, ”in line one. to the word “Con gress, ”in line 6.