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FOR'I`Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rss. 19, 20. 1869. 57

 gate whether or not the charter and all the franchises of the Union m_;¥:gY;\:3;£s¤—
 Pacific Railroad Company and of the Central Pacific Railroad Company gum whetherthe
 have not been forfeited, and to institute all necessary and proper legal charter of the
 proceedings; also to investigate whether or not said companies have or U*§°’éP¤°i?;

g have not made any illegal dividends upon their stock, and if so to insti- raimgds a`

 tute the necessar roceedings to have the same reimbursed; and also to havenot been
 investigate whetlilei) any of the directors or any other agents or employees f°"“”‘°’d· &°·i
 of said companies have or not violated any penal law, and if so to insti- , to institute
 tute the proper criminal proceedings against all persons who have violated g;;'glS;;,l;‘g"&c_
 h laws.
 Sudirrnovnn April 10 1869.

it ’ ’ tg [No. 20.] Joint Resolution granting Rig/at <y" lVu_y_j?>r the Construction of a Rczilroadfrorn April io, 1g5g_

 a Poznt at or near Portland, Gegon, to a Pomt west of the Cascade Jllountums, in
 l’V¢whington Territory.
 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Northern Pacific Rail- ciflEo§hgnCl;a—
 road Company bc, and hereby IS, authorlzed to extend its branch line may Bxtwdm
 from a point at or near Portland, Oregon, to some suitable point on Puget branch line from

1 Sound, to be determined by said company, and also to connect the same gortliréd wd gwith its main line west of the Cascade mountains, in the Territory of a§§iOm§°§&’

 Washington ; said extension being subject to all the conditions and pro-    "itest

rg visions, and said company in respect thereto being entitled to all the of ;{‘w‘Casm§° E rights and privileges conferred by the act incorporating` said company, mOuntai¤S_

 and all acts additional to and amendatory thereof: Provided, That said Provisos.
 company shall not be entitled to any subsidy in money, bonds, or addi-
 tional lands of the United States, in respect to said extension of its brancth

tl £b‘2.° ”si.*1i?§‘i?;Z;d1.?’§?.Z‘iT S23.$Z,‘$dZ3Si5“2.?QI§°ie‘“f§Z§2`§ -"I/i$}Z§’ glilfdid li furiher, That at least twenty-five miles of said extension shall be con-

 structed before the second day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,

gand forty miles per year thereafter until the whole of said extension hall be completed. ai S APPIROVED, April 10, 1869. me is . i at ki li ilu at tt he lz nl tit? li ti iw W W in in ui .¢ M