Feb. 1, 1875. Vol. XVIII, p. 305 terest on 3.65 of Columbia due Feb. 1, 1875. CHAP. XXXIII.-AN ACT FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON THREE- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Appropriation. the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and eighty-two thousand and five hundred dollars, in currency, or so much thereof as may be Payment of in- necessary, be, and is hereby appropriated for the payment bonds of District of the interest on the bonds of the District of Columbia, known as three-sixty-five bonds, due on February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, issued under the act entitled "An act for the government of the District of [20 June, 1874, Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; said interest to be paid by the Treasurer of the United States, or the assistant treasurer of the United States in New York, on surrender of the proper coupons: Provided, That the said sum hereby appropriated shall be considered and adjusted as a part of the proper proportional sum to be paid by the United States toward the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, and toward the payment of the interest on the funded debt of the District. ante, p. 219.] Approved, February 1, 1875. Feb. 20, 1875. Vol. XVIII, p. 332. June, 1874, sec. 7, p. 219. CHAP. XCIV.-AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR AND SEVENTY-FOUR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Amending, 20 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That v. 18, p. 116, ante, the seventh section of the act of Congress entitled "An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby amended by inserting the words "do so" after the fortieth word following the first period in said section, so that it will read: "and the faith of the United States is hereby pledged that the United States will, by proportional appropriations as contemplated in this act, and by causing to be levied upon the property within said District such taxes as will do so, provide the revenues necessary to pay the interest on said bonds as the same may become due and payable, and create a sinking-fund for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity": Provided, That registered bonds may be issued in lieu of coupon bonds as provided in said act or exchanged for coupon bonds already issued, and the interest of all said bonds shall be payable at the Treasury of the United States. Approved, February 20, 1875. March 3, 1875. Vol. XVIII, CHAP. CLXII.-AN ACT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SEC. 16. That the Commissioners of the District of Colum- Redeemed bonds, obligabia and the commissioners of the sinking-fund of said Dis- tions, &c., to be destroyed. trict shall destroy by burning all bonds, sewer certificates and other obligations of every kind of the city of Washington, the city of Georgetown, or the District of Columbia, whatsoever, heretofore paid or redeemed by either of said boards under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall preserve the evidence thereof as shall be prescribed by said Secretary. * five bouds 1874, c. 337, s. 7, SEC. 18. That the three-sixty-five registered bonds of the Three-sixtyDistrict of Columbia, authorized by acts of Congress, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and February twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, in lieu of coupon bonds, may be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars and five thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1875. v. 18, ante, p. 219. 1875, c. 94, v. 18, ante, p. 220. [No. 4.]-JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE March 14, 1876. Vol. XIX, p. 211. of 3.65 bonds pro Vol. 18, p. 116, ante, p. 219.] Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Provided, That any further issue of three-sixty-five bonds Further issue under or by virtue of said act of Congress approved June hibited. twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby prohibited: And provided, That the said Commissioners [of the District of Columbia] are hereby directed to discontinue all work on streets, avenues, bridges, sewers, canals, and structures of every kind the payment for which is to be made in three-sixty-five bonds of the District of Columbia: Work to be dis continued. June 11, 1878. [PUBLIC No. 80.]-AN ACT PROVIDING A PERMANENT FORM OF GOV. ERNMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Offices of sink ing-fund commis and duties trans Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * SEC. 7. That the offices of sinking-fund commissioners sioners abolished are hereby abolished, and all duties and powers possessed ferred to Treas- by said commissioners are transferred to, and shall be exercised by the Treasurer of the United States, who shall perform the same in accordance with the provisions of existing laws. arer of the United States. PACIFIC RAILROAD ACTS. CHAP. CXX.-AN ACT TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILROAD * * * July 1, 1862. Vol. XII, p. 489. 7, 1878, post, p. 235. bonds. see sec. 8, act 1864; also sec. 10. Now 20 miles. Sec. 10, 1864, post, p. 229. p. R. S., 3689, ante, 130. this act for $32, per mile. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of See act of May the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purposes Government herein mentioned, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon the certificate in writing of said commissioners of the completion and equipment of forty consecutive miles of said railroad and telegraph, in accordance with the provisions of this act, issue to said company bonds of the United States of one thousand dollars each, payable in thirty years after P. date, bearing six per centum per annum interest (said interest payable semi-annually), which interest may be paid in See sec. 11 of United States treasury notes or any other money or cur-000 and $48,000 rency which the United States have or shall declare lawful money and a legal-tender, to the amount of sixteen of said bonds per mile for such section of forty miles; and to secure the repayment to the United States, as hereinafter provided, of the amount of said bonds so issued and delivered to said company, together with all interest thereon which shall have been paid by the United States, the issue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall ipso facto constitute a first Lien of United mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling-stock, fixtures, and property of See sec. 10, act every kind and description, and in consideration of which of 1864, post, p. said bonds may be issued; and on refusal or failure of said company to redeem said bonds or any part of them, when required to do so by the Secretary of the Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of this act, the said road, with See sec. 10, act all the rights, functions, immunities, aud appurtenances thereunto belonging, and also all lands granted to the said company by the United States, which, at the time of said default, shall remain in the ownership of the said company, may be taken possession of by the Secretary of the Treasury for the use and benefit of the United States: Provided, This section shall not apply to that part of any road now con- 1864, post, p. 227. structed. States bonds made subordi nate. 229. 1864, Ibid. Modified. See sec. 5, act of 223 Bonds, when and how paid. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the grants afore said are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the government whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid, (at fair and reasonable rates of compensasion, not to exceed the amounts paid by private parties for the same kind of service); and all compensation for services rendered for the government shall be applied to the payment of said bonds and interest until the Government whole amount is fully paid. Said company may also pay the transportation, half to be paid in United States, wholly or in part, in the same or other bonds, treasury notes, or other evidences of debt against the United States, to be allowed at par; and after said road is completed, until said bonds and interest are paid, at least five per centum of the net earnings of said road shall also be annually applied to the payment thereof. cash. Ibid. Subsidy bonds treble over the Sierra Nevada * SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company of Kansas are hereby authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River, at the mouth of the Kansas River, on the south side thereof, so as to connect with the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, to the aforesaid point on the one-hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, as herein provided, upon the same terms and conditions in all respects as are provided in this act for the construction of the railroad and telegraph line first mentioned, and to meet and connect with the same at the meridian of longitude aforesaid; and in case the general route or line of road from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains should be so located as to require a departure northwardly from the proposed line of said Kansas railroad before it reaches the meridian of longitude aforesaid, the location of said Kansas road shall be made so as to conform thereto : SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That for three hundred Rocky and the miles of said road, most mountainous and difficult of conMountains. struction, to wit, one hundred and fifty miles westwardly from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and one hundred and fifty miles eastwardly from the western base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, said points to be fixed by |