Pacific Railway Act (1862)
Citation: Act of July 1, 1862 (Pacific Railroad Act), 12 STAT 489, which established the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.; 7/1/1862; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2011; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
引用：1862 年 7 月 1 日法案（太平洋铁路法案），12 STAT 489，该法案建立了从密苏里河到太平洋的铁路和电报线的建设。 1862 年 7 月 1 日；国会登记法案和决议，1789 年至 2011 年；美国政府总记录，记录组 11；国家档案馆，华盛顿特区。
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This act, passed on July 1, 1862, provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States.
该法案于 1862 年 7 月 1 日通过，为建设横贯美国的横贯大陆铁路提供联邦土地补贴和贷款。
The question of "internal improvements" was frequently before Congress in the 19th century: Should Congress assist in improving the country’s transportation system?
19世纪，“内部改进”的问题经常摆在国会面前：国会是否应该协助改善国家的交通系统？
One such improvement was the dream of constructing a railroad that would cross the entire country.
其中一项进步就是建造一条横跨全国的铁路的梦想。
In the 1850s, Congress commissioned several topographical surveys across the West to determine the best route for a railroad, but private corporations were reluctant to undertake the task without Federal assistance.
1850 年代，国会委托对西部地区进行了多次地形调查，以确定铁路的最佳路线，但私营公司不愿意在没有联邦援助的情况下承担这项任务。
In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which designated the 32nd parallel as the initial transcontinental route, and provided government bonds to fund the project and large grants of lands for rights-of-way.
1862年，国会通过了《太平洋铁路法案》，将北纬32度线指定为最初的横贯大陆的路线，并提供政府债券来资助该项目，并提供大量土地以获得通行权。
The Act aided in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and secured the use of that line to the government.
该法案帮助修建了从密苏里河到太平洋的铁路和电报线，并确保政府使用该线路。
The legislation authorized two railroad companies, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, to construct the lines.
该立法授权联合太平洋公司和中央太平洋公司这两家铁路公司建造这些线路。
Beginning in 1863, the Union Pacific, employing more than 8,000 Irish, German, and Italian immigrants, built west from Omaha, NE; the Central Pacific, whose workforce included over 10,000 Chinese laborers, built eastward from Sacramento, CA.
从 1863 年开始，联合太平洋公司在内布拉斯加州奥马哈以西建立，雇佣了 8,000 多名爱尔兰、德国和意大利移民。中央太平洋公司从加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托向东建造，其劳动力包括 10,000 多名中国劳工。
Each company faced unprecedented construction problems, severe weather, and conflict with American Indians, whose ancestral lands were transected by the railroads.
每家公司都面临着前所未有的施工问题、恶劣的天气以及与美国印第安人的冲突，因为铁路横断了他们祖传的土地。
On May 10, 1869, the last rails were laid and the last spike was driven in during a ceremony at Promontory, UT.
1869 年 5 月 10 日，在犹他州海角举行的仪式上，最后一根铁轨铺设完毕，最后一颗道钉也被打入。
The completion of the transcontinental railroad shortened a journey of several months to about one week.
横贯大陆铁路的建成，将几个月的旅程缩短至一周左右。
Congress eventually authorized four transcontinental railroads and granted 174 million acres of public lands for rights-of-way.
国会最终批准了四条横贯大陆的铁路，并授予 1.74 亿英亩公共土地的通行权。
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Thirty Seventh Congress of the United States At the Second Session Begun and Held at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia on Monday the second day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty one
美国第三十七届国会第二次会议于公元 1861 年 12 月 2 日星期一在哥伦比亚特区华盛顿市开幕并举行
An Act To aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes.
该法案旨在帮助修建从密苏里河到太平洋的铁路和电报线，并确保政府将其用于邮政、军事和其他目的。
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Walter S.
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Taylor, Alyin Saunders, of Nebraska; John Evans, of Colorado; together with commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and all persons who shall or may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of “The Union Pacific Railroad Company; " and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal; and the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to layout, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph, with the appurtenances, from a point on the one hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska, to the western boundary of Nevada Territory, upon the route and terms hereinafter provided, and is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act as herein set forth.
泰勒，阿林·桑德斯，内布拉斯加州；约翰·埃文斯，科罗拉多州；连同内政部长任命的专员，以及所有应该或可能与他们有联系的人及其继任者，特此在契约和法律上以“联合太平洋铁路公司”的名称、风格和头衔创建和组建为一个法人和政治实体；并以此名称拥有永久继承权，并能够在所有法院和法院起诉和被起诉、抗辩和被指控、辩护和被辩护。在美国境内拥有权益，并且可以制作并拥有公章；特此授权上述公司规划、定位、建造、提供、维护和享用一条连续的铁路和电报及其附属设施，从格林威治以西经度一百分午线上的一点，在内布拉斯加州境内共和河谷南缘和普拉特河谷北缘之间，到内华达州西部边界，按照下文规定的路线和条款，以及特此被赋予实现本法所规定的目的所需的所有权力、特权和豁免权。
The capital stock of said company shall consist of one hundred thousand shares of one thousand dollars each, which shall be subscribed for and held in not more than two hundred shares by anyone person, and shall be transferable in such manner as the by-laws of said corporation shall provide.
该公司的股本为十万股，每股面值一千美元，任何人认购并持有的股数不得超过二百股，并可按该公司章程规定的方式转让。
The persons hereinbefore named, together with those to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, are hereby constituted and appointed com- missioners, and such body shall be called the Board of Commissioners of the Union Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company, and twenty-five shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
特此组成并任命上述人员以及内政部长任命的人员，该机构称为联合太平洋铁路和电报公司专员委员会，二十五人构成业务交易的法定人数。
The first meeting of said board shall be held at Chicago at such time as the commissioners from Illinois herein named shall appoint, not more than three nor less than one month after the passage of this act, notice of which shall be given by them to the other commissioners by depositing a call thereof in the post office at Chicago, post paid, to their address at least forty days before said meeting, and also by publishing said notice in one daily newspaper in each of the cities of Chicago and Saint Louis.
该委员会的第一次会议应在芝加哥举行，由来自伊利诺伊州的委员在本法案通过后不超过三个月或少于一个月的时间内在芝加哥举行，他们应在会议召开前至少四十天将其电话号码邮寄到芝加哥邮局，并以邮资已付的方式发送给其他委员，并在芝加哥和圣路易斯各市的一份日报上发布上述通知。
Said board shall organize by the choice from its number of a president, secretary, and treasurer, and they shall require from said treasurer such bonds as may be deemed proper, and may from time to time increase the amount thereof as they may deem proper.
该董事会应从主席、秘书和财务主管中选出一名主席、秘书和财务主管，并应向财务主管要求提供可能认为适当的债券，并可以不时增加其认为适当的债券金额。
It shall be the duty of said board of commissioners to open books, or cause books to be opened, at such times and in such principal cities in the United States as they or a quorum of them shall deter- mine, to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation, and a cash payment of ten per centum on all subscriptions, and to receipt therefor.
上述委员会有责任在其或法定人数决定的时间和美国主要城市进行簿记或促成簿记，以接收对上述公司股本的认购，以及所有认购的百分之十的现金付款，并提供收据。
So soon as two thousand shares shall be in good faith sub- scribed for, and ten dollars per share actually paid into the treasury of the company, the said president and secretary of said board of commissioners shall appoint a time and place for the first meeting of the subscribers to the stock of said company, and shall give notice thereof in at least one newspaper in each State in which subscription books have been opened at least thirty days previous to the day of meeting, and such subscribers as shall attend the meeting so called, either in person or by proxy, shall then and there elect by ballot not less than thirteen directors for said corporation; and in such election each share of said capital shall entitle the owner thereof to one vote.
一旦善意认购了 2000 股，且每股 10 美元实际缴入公司金库，则上述主席和上述委员会秘书应指定该公司股票认购者第一次会议的时间和地点，并应在会议召开前至少三十天在已开放认购簿的各州的至少一份报纸上发出通知，而亲自或通过代理人出席所谓会议的认购者应当场以投票方式选举该公司不少于十三名董事；在这种选举中，上述资本的每一股应赋予其所有者一票投票权。
The president and secretary of the board of commissioners shall act as inspectors of said election, and shall certify under their hands the names of the directors elected at said meeting; and the said commissioners, treasurer, and secretary shall then de- liver over to said directors all the properties, subscription books and other books in their possession, and thereupon the duties of said commissioners, and the officers previously appointed by them shall cease and determine forever, and thereafter the stockholders shall constitute said body politic and corporate.
会长、监事会秘书担任本次选举的检查员，并对本次会议选出的董事姓名进行核证；然后，上述专员、财务主管和秘书应将其所拥有的所有财产、认购簿和其他账簿移交给上述董事，至此，上述专员及其先前任命的官员的职责应永久终止并确定，此后，股东将构成上述政治团体和法人团体。
At the time of the first and each triennial election of directors by the stockholders two additional directors shall be appointed by the President of the United States, who shall act with the body of directors, and to be denominated directors on the part of the government; any vacancy happening in the government directors at any time may be filled by the President of the United States.
在股东第一次和每三年一次选举董事时，美国总统应任命另外两名董事，他应与董事团体一起行事，并由政府任命为董事；任何时候政府董事出现的空缺都可以由美国总统填补。
The directors to be appointed by the President shall not be stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
由总统任命的董事不得是联合太平洋铁路公司的股东。
The directors so chosen shall, as soon as may be after their election, elect from their own number a president and vice-president, and shall also elect a treasurer and secretary.
如此选出的董事应在选举后尽快从自己的成员中选出一名主席和副主席，并应选举一名财务主管和秘书。
No person shall be a director in said company unless he shall be a bona fide owner of at least five shares of stock in the said company, except the two directors to be appointed by the President as aforesaid.
任何人不得担任该公司的董事，除非他是该公司至少五股股票的善意所有者，但上述由总裁任命的两名董事除外。
Said company, at any regular meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, shall have power to make by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper, touching the disposition of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the company, not inconsistent herewith, the transfer of shares, the term of office, duties, and conduct of their officers and servants, and all matters whatsoever which may appertain to the concerns of said company; and the said board of directors shall have power to appoint such engineers, agents, and sub- ordinates as may from time to time be necessary to carry into effect the object of this act, and to do all acts and things touching the location' and construction of said road and telegraph.
该公司在为此目的召开的任何股东定期会议上，有权制定其认为必要和适当的章程、规则和规章，涉及公司股票、财产、遗产和财物的处置（不与本协议相抵触）、股份转让、任期、其高级职员和雇员的职责和行为，以及可能与该公司有关的所有事项；上述董事会有权任命不时需要的工程师、代理人和下属，以实现本法的目标，并采取与上述道路和电报的地点和建设有关的所有行动和事情。
Said directors may require payment of subscriptions to the capital stock, after due notice, at such times and in such proportions as they shall deem necessary to complete the rail- road and telegraph within the time in this act prescribed.
上述董事可在发出适当通知后，按照他们认为必要的时间和比例，要求缴纳股本认购费，以在本法规定的时间内完成铁路和电报建设。
Said president, vice-president, and directors shall hold their office for three years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or for such less time as the by-laws of the corporation may prescribe; and a majority of said directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
上述总裁、副总裁和董事的任期为三年，直至其继任者正式选举并具备资格为止，或按照公司章程规定的较短期限；上述董事的过半数构成业务交易的法定人数。
The secretary and treasurer shall give such bonds, with such security, as the said board shall from time to time require, and shall hold their offices at the will and pleasure of the directors.
秘书和财务主管应提供上述董事会不时要求的债券和担保，并应根据董事的意愿和意愿担任其职务。
Annual meetings of the stock- holders of the said corporation, for the choice of officers (when they are to be chosen) and for the transaction of annual business, shall be holden at such time and place and upon such notice as may be prescribed in the by-laws.
上述公司的股东年会应在章程规定的时间、地点和通知后举行，以选择高级职员（当要选择高级职员时）并处理年度业务。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And he it further enacted, That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to said company for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line; and the right, power, and authority is hereby given to said company to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road, earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the construction thereof; said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad where it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, and depots, machine shops, switches, side tracks, turntables, and, water stations.
他还进一步颁布，特此授予该公司建设该铁路和电报线穿过公共土地的通行权；特此授予该公司从该道路线附近的公共土地上获取土、石、木材和其他建筑材料的权利、权力和权限；上述铁路的通行权授予其两侧200英尺宽的范围，铁路可以通过公共土地，包括车站、建筑物、车间和仓库、机械车间、转辙器、侧轨、转盘和水站的所有必要场地。
The United States shall extinguish as rapidly as may be the Indian titles to all lands falling under the operation of this act and required for the said right of way and; grants hereinafter made.
美国应尽快废除印第安人对本法案实施范围内的所有土地的所有权以及上述通行权所需的土地；赠款如下。
SEC 3.
SEC 3.
And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby , granted to the said company, for the purpose of aiding in the construction , of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores thereon, every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits often miles on each side of said ro1ld, not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed : Provided, That all mineral lands shall be excepted from the operation of this act; but where the same shall contain timber, the timber thereon is hereby granted to said company.
并进一步颁布，特此授予上述公司，以协助建设上述铁路和电报线，并确保邮件、部队、军需品和公共仓库的安全和迅速运输，公共土地的每个交替部分，以奇数指定，在上述铁路的每一侧、其线路上，以及在每侧通常数英里的范围内，每英里有五个交替的部分该公路的土地，未由美国出售、保留或以其他方式处置，并且在该公路线路明确确定时，不得附加优先购买权或宅基地索赔：但所有矿产地均不适用本法；但如果该材料含有木材，则其上的木材特此授予该公司。
And all such lands, so granted by this section, which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and preemption, like other lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to be paid to said company.
本节授予的所有此类土地，在整条道路竣工后三年内不得由该公司出售或处置，应像其他土地一样接受结算和优先购买，价格不超过每英亩一美元二十五美分，并支付给该公司。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That whenever said company shall have completed forty consecutive miles of any portion of said railroad and telegraph line, ready for the service contemplated by this act, and supplied with all necessary drains, culverts, viaducts, crossings, sidings, bridges, turnouts, watering places, depots, equipments, furniture, and all other appurtenances of a first class railroad, the rails and all the other iron used in the construction and equipment of said road to be American manufacture of the best quality, the President of the United States shall appoint three commissioners to examine the same and report to him in relation thereto; and if it shall appear to him that forty consecutive miles of said railroad and telegraph line have been completed and equip- ped in all respects as required by this act, then, upon certificate of said commissioners to that effect, patents shall issue conveying the right and title to said lands to said company, on each side of the road as far as the same is completed, to the amount aforesaid; and patents shall in like manner issue as each forty miles of said railroad and telegraph line are completed, upon certificate of said commissioners.
进一步规定，无论何时，该公司应完成该铁路和电报线任何部分的连续四十英里，为本法案预期的服务做好准备，并配备所有必要的排水沟、涵洞、高架桥、交叉路口、侧线、桥梁、道岔、饮水处、仓库、设备、家具和一流铁路的所有其他附属物、铁轨和用于建造和设备的所有其他铁。如果道路是美国制造的最好质量的道路，美国总统应任命三名专员对其进行审查并向他报告相关情况；如果他认为连续四十英里的所述铁路和电报线路已按照本法的要求在所有方面完成并配备完毕，那么，根据所述专员的证明，专利应将道路两侧的所述土地的权利和所有权转让给所述公司，只要该铁路和电报线已完成，金额为上述金额；当上述铁路和电报线每完成四十英里时，应根据上述专员的证书，以同样的方式颁发专利。
Any vacancies occurring in said board of commissioners by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the President of the United States: Provided, however, That Do such commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the United States unless there shall be presented to him a statement, verified on oath by the president of said company, that such forty miles have been completed, in the manner required by this act, and setting forth with certainty the points where such forty miles begin and where the same end;; which oath shall be taken before a judge of a court of record.
上述委员会中因死亡、辞职或其他原因出现的任何空缺均应由美国总统填补：但是，此类委员应由美国总统任命，除非向他提交一份经上述公司总裁宣誓核实的声明，表明已按照本法案要求的方式完成了这四十英里，并明确说明了这四十英里的起点和终点；应在记录法庭的法官面前宣誓。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That for the purposes 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 date, bearing six per centum per annum interest (said interest payable semi-annually,) which interest may be paid in United States treasury notes or any other money or currency 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 mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures and property of every kind and description, and in consideration of which said bonds may be issued ; and on the refusal or failure of said company to redeem said bonds, or any part of them, when required so to do by the Secretary of the Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of this act the said road, with all the rights, functions, immunities, and appurtences 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 constructed.
并进一步规定，为了本文提到的目的，财政部长应根据上述铁路和电报连续四十英里的竣工和设备的上述专员的书面证明，根据本法的规定，向上述公司发行每张一千美元的美国债券，在该日期后三十年内支付，每年支付百分之六的利息（上述利息每半年支付一次），该利息可以美国国库券或任何其他形式支付。美国拥有或应宣布为合法货币和法定货币的其他金钱或货币，该四十英里路段的金额为每英里十六个上述债券；并确保按下文规定向美国偿还如此发行并交付给所述公司的所述债券金额以及应由美国支付的所有利息，所述债券的发行和交付给公司本身应构成整个铁路和电报线路的第一抵押权，连同机车车辆、固定装置和各种类型的财产，并考虑到其可以发行所述债券；如果上述公司拒绝或未能赎回上述债券或其任何部分，则在财政部长要求时，根据本法的规定，上述道路及其所有权利、职能、豁免权和附属物，以及美国授予上述公司的所有土地（在上述违约发生时，仍属于上述公司的所有权），可以由财政部长接管，以便美国的使用和利益：但是，本节不适用于现在修建的任何道路的该部分。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That the grants aforesaid 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 despatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public storage 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 compensation, 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 whole amount is fully paid.
进一步规定，上述赠款的条件是上述公司应在到期时支付上述债券，并保持上述铁路和电报线的维修和使用，并应始终通过上述电报线传送信件，并在上述铁路上为政府运输邮件、军队和战争弹药、补给品和公共储存，只要政府任何部门要求这样做，政府在任何时候都应优先使用同一铁路和电报线。出于上述所有目的，（按照公平合理的补偿率，不超过私人为同类服务支付的金额；）为政府提供服务的所有补偿均应用于支付上述债券和利息，直至全额支付。
Said company may also pay the 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 "hall also be annually applied to the payment thereof.
该公司还可以通过相同或其他债券、国库券或其他针对美国的债务证据，全部或部分支付美国允许按面值支付的款项；在该公路竣工后，直至支付该债券和利息为止，每年至少还需将该公路净利润的百分之五用于支付。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That said company shall file their assent to this act, under the seal of said company, in the Department of the Interior, within one year after the passage of this act, and shall complete said railroad and telegraph from the point of beginning ,as herein provided, to the western boundary of Nevada Territory before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four: Provided, That within two years after the passage of this act said company shall designate the general route of said road, as near as may be, and shall file a map of the same in the Department of the Interior, whereupon the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands within fifteen miles of said designated route or routes to be withdrawn from preemption, private entry, and sale; and when any portion of said route shall be finally located, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lands herein- before granted to be surveyed and set off as fast as may be necessary for the purposes herein named: Provided, That in fixing the point of connection of the main trunk with the eastern connections, it shall be fixed at the most practicable point for the construction of the Iowa and Missouri branches, as hereinafter provided.
如果进一步颁布，该公司应在本法案通过后一年内向内政部提交对该法案的同意书，加盖该公司印章，并应在一千八百七十四年七月第一天之前完成从起点到内华达州西部边界的铁路和电报：但在本法案通过后两年内，该公司应指定该铁路和电报的一般路线。道路，尽可能靠近，并应在内政部提交一份相同的地图，随后内政部长应使所述指定路线十五英里范围内的土地撤回抢占、私人进入和出售；当上述路线的任何部分最终确定时，内政部部长应根据本文所述目的，尽快对上述土地进行勘察和出发：但在确定主干线与东部连接线的连接点时，应将其固定在最可行的地点，以建设爱荷华州和密苏里州支线，如下文所述。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That the line of said railroad and telegraph shall commence at a point on the one hundredth meridian of a longitude west from Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican River and the north margin of the valley of the Platte River, in the Territory of Nebraska, at a point to be fixed by the President of the United States, after actual surveys; thence running westerly upon the most direct, central, and practicable route, through the territories of the United States, the western boundary of the Territory of Nevada, there to meet and connect with the line of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California.
进一步规定，上述铁路和电报线路应起始于内布拉斯加州境内共和河谷南缘与普拉特河谷北缘之间格林威治以西经度第一百分午线上的一点，该点由美国总统在实际勘察后确定；从此沿最直接、最中心、最可行的路线向西行进，穿过美国领土、内华达州西部边界，在那里与加利福尼亚中央太平洋铁路公司的线路会合并连接。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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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; and said railroad through Kansas shall be so located between the mouth of the Kansas River, as aforesaid, and the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude, that the several railroads from Missouri and Iowa, herein authorized to connect with the same, can make connection within the limits prescribed in this act, provided the same can be done without deviating from the general direction of the whole line to the Pacific coast.
进一步颁布，特此授权堪萨斯州莱文沃斯、波尼和西部铁路公司在堪萨斯河南侧从密苏里河起，在堪萨斯河河口修建一条铁路和电报线，以便与密苏里州太平洋铁路连接，到达格林威治以西经度一百分午线上的上述地点，如此处所规定，在所有方面均与本法规定，用于建设首先提到的铁路和电报线，并在上述经度子午线与铁路和电报线相交和连接；如果从密苏里河到落基山脉的一般路线或公路线的位置需要在到达上述经度子午线之前从所述堪萨斯铁路的拟建线路向北出发，则所述堪萨斯公路的位置应符合该规定；穿过堪萨斯州的铁路应位于上述堪萨斯河河口和经度一百分午线上的上述点之间，授权与该铁路连接的密苏里州和爱荷华州的几条铁路可以在本法规定的范围内进行连接，前提是不偏离整个线路通向太平洋海岸的总体方向。
The route in Kansas, west of the meridian of Fort Riley, to the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude, to be subject to the approval of the President of the United States, and to be determined by him on actual survey.
堪萨斯州赖利堡子午线以西至上述经度一百分午线地点的路线，须经美国总统批准，并由他实际勘察确定。
And said Kansas company may proceed to build said railroad to the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, in the territory of Nebraska.
并表示堪萨斯公司可能会继续修建通往上述地点的铁路，该地点位于内布拉斯加州境内格林威治以西经度一百分午线上。
The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of California, are hereby authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast, at or near San Francisco, or the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, to the eastern boundary of California, upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as are contained in this act for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line first mentioned, and to meet and connect with the first mentioned railroad and telegraph line on the eastern boundary of California.
加利福尼亚中央太平洋铁路公司是一家根据加利福尼亚州法律设立的公司，特此授权在旧金山或其附近的太平洋海岸或萨克拉门托河的通航水域至加利福尼亚州东部边界建造一条铁路和电报线，其条款和条件在所有方面均与本法中首次提到的修建所述铁路和电报线所载的条款和条件相同，并在东部与第一条提到的铁路和电报线会合和连接。加利福尼亚州的边界。
Each of said companies shall file their acceptance of the conditions of this act in the Department of the Interior within six months after the passage of this act.
上述各公司应在本法通过后六个月内向内政部提交其对本法条件的接受情况。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That the said company chartered, by the State of Kansas shall complete one hundred miles of their said road, commencing at the mouth of the Kansas River as aforesaid, within two years after filing their assent to the conditions of this act, as herein provided, and one hundred miles per year thereafter until the whole is completed; and the said Central Pacific Railroad Company of California shall complete fifty miles of their said road within two years after filing their assent to the provisions of this act, as herein provided, and fifty miles per year thereafter until the whole is completed; and after completing their roads, respectively, said companies, or either of them, may unite upon equal terms with the first-named company in constructing so much of said railroad and telegraph line and branch railroads and telegraph lines in Luis act hereinafter mentioned, through the Territories from the State of California to the Missouri River, as shall then remain to be constructed, on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act in relation to the said Union Pacific Railroad Company.
并进一步规定，由堪萨斯州特许的上述公司应在同意本法案条件后两年内完成上述道路的一百英里，从上述堪萨斯河河口开始，按照本协议规定，此后每年一百英里，直到全部完工为止；上述加州中央太平洋铁路公司应在同意本法案规定后两年内完成其上述道路的五十英里，此后每年五十英里，直至全部完成；分别完成各自的道路后，上述公司或其中任何一家公司可以在平等条件下与第一家公司联合，建设下文提到的路易斯法案中的铁路和电报线以及支线铁路和电报线，穿过从加利福尼亚州到密苏里河的领土，然后按照本法案中与上述联合太平洋铁路公司规定的相同条款和条件继续建设。
And the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, the Pacific Railroad Company of Missouri, and the first-named company, or either of them, on filing their assent to this act, as aforesaid, may unite upon equal terms, under this act, with the said Kansas company, in constructing said railroad and telegraph, to said meridian of longitude, with the consent of the said State of Kansas ; and in case said first-named company shall complete their line to the eastern boundary of California before it is completed across said State by the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, said first-named company is hereby authorized to continue in constructing the same through California, with the consent of said State, upon the terms mentioned in this act, until said roads shall meet and connect, and the whole line of said railroad and telegraph is completed; and the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, after completing its road across said State, is authorized to continue the construction of said railroad and telegraph through the Territories of the United States to the Missouri River, including the branch roads specified in this act, upon the routes hereinbefore and hereinafter indicated, on the terms and conditions pro- vided in this act in relation to the said Union Pacific Railroad Company, until said roads shall meet and connect, and the whole line of said railroad and branches and telegraph is completed.
汉尼拔和圣约瑟夫铁路公司、密苏里州太平洋铁路公司和第一家公司，或其中任何一家，在同意本法案后，可以根据本法案，在平等条件下与所述堪萨斯公司联合，在所述经度子午线上建设所述铁路和电报，并征得所述堪萨斯州的同意；如果上述第一指定公司应在加利福尼亚州中央太平洋铁路公司完成穿越该州的线路之前完成其通往加利福尼亚州东部边界的线路，则特此授权上述第一指定公司在该州同意的情况下，根据本法案中提到的条款，继续在加利福尼亚州修建该线路，直到上述道路汇合并连接起来，并且上述铁路和电报的整条线路竣工；加利福尼亚州中央太平洋铁路公司在完成穿越该州的道路后，被授权继续建设穿过美国领土至密苏里河的铁路和电报，包括本法案规定的支路，按照上文和下文所述的路线，按照本法案中规定的与所述联合太平洋铁路公司有关的条款和条件，直到所述道路汇合和连接，并且所述铁路和支线和电报的全线竣工。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That for three hundred miles of said road most mountainous and difficult of construction, 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 the President of the United States, the bonds to be issued to aid in the construction thereof shall be treble the number per mile hereinbefore pro- vided, and the same shall be issued, and the lands herein granted be .set apart, upon the construction of every twenty miles thereof, upon the certificate of the commissioners as aforesaid that twenty consecutive miles of the same are completed.
进一步规定，对于上述最山区和最难施工的道路三百英里，即：从落基山脉东部基地向西一百五十英里，从内华达山脉西部基地向东一百五十英里，上述地点由美国总统确定，为帮助修建该公路而发行的债券应为上述规定的每英里数量的三倍，并且同样应为颁发，并且在每二十英里的建设中，根据上述专员的证书，在连续二十英里的建设完成后，将此处授予的土地分开。
and between the sections last named of one hundred and fifty miles each, the bonds to be issued to aid in the construction thereof shall be double the number per mile first mentioned, and the same shall be issued, and the lands herein granted be set apart, upon the construction of every twenty miles thereof, upon the certificate of the commissioners as aforesaid that twenty consecutive miles of the same are completed: Provided, That no more than fifty thousand of said bonds shall be issued under this act to aid in constructing the main line of said railroad and telegraph.
在最后指定的每段一百五十英里的路段之间，为帮助建设而发行的债券应为首次提到的每英里数量的两倍，并且应发行该债券，并且在每建设二十英里时，根据上述连续二十英里的专员的证书，将所授予的土地划出：但根据本法，为帮助建设所述铁路的主线而发行的所述债券不得超过五万张电报。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That whenever the route of said railroad shall cross the boundary of any State or Territory, or said meridian of longitude, the two companies meeting or uniting there shall agree upon its location at that point, with reference to the most direct and practicable through route, and in case of difference between them as to said location the President of the United States shall determine the said location; the companies named in each State and Territory to locate the road across the same between the points so agreed upon, except as herein provided.
进一步规定，每当所述铁路的路线跨越任何州或领地的边界或所述经度子午线时，在那里会面或联合的两家公司应参考最直接和可行的直通路线，商定其在该点的位置，如果它们之间对所述位置存在分歧，则由美国总统确定所述位置；各州和领地指定的公司，以定位如此商定的点之间的相同道路，除非本协议另有规定。
The track upon the entire line of railroad and branches shall be of uniform width, to be determined by the President of the United States, so that, when completed, cars can be run from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast; the grades and curves shall not exceed the maximum grades and curves of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; the whole line of said railroad and branches and telegraph shall be operated and used for all purposes of communication, travel, and transportation, so far as the public and government are concerned, as one connected, continuous line; and the companies herein named in Missouri, Kansas, and California, filing their assent to the provisions of this act, shall receive and transport all iron rails, chairs, spikes, ties, timber, and all materials required for constructing and furnishing said first-mentioned line between the aforesaid point, on the one hundredth meridian of longitude and western boundary of Nevada Territory, whenever the same is required by said first-named company, at cost, over that portion of the roads of said companies constructed under the provisions of this act.
全线和支线的轨道应具有统一的宽度，由美国总统决定，以便建成后汽车可以从密苏里河运行到太平洋海岸；坡度和曲线不得超过巴尔的摩和俄亥俄铁路的最大坡度和曲线；就公众和政府而言，上述铁路的全线以及支线和电报应作为一条相连的连续线路进行运营和使用，用于通信、旅行和运输的所有目的；密苏里州、堪萨斯州和加利福尼亚州的公司，在同意本法案的规定后，应接收和运输所有铁轨、椅子、道钉、系带、木材以及建造和装饰上述点、经度第一百条线和内华达州西部边界之间的上述线路所需的所有材料，只要上述第一指定公司有要求，应按成本在该部分道路上接收和运输根据本法规定成立的上述公司。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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13.
And be it further enacted, That the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company of Missouri may extend its roads from Saint Joseph, via Atchison, to connect and unite with the road through Kansas, upon filing its assent to the provisions of this act, upon the same terms and conditions, in- all respects for one hundred miles in length next to the Missouri River, as are provided in this act for the construction of the railroad and telegraph line first mentioned, and may for this purpose use any railroad charter which has been or may be granted by the legislature of Kansas ; Provided, That if actual survey shall render it desirable, the said company may construct their road, with the consent of the Kansas legislature, on the most direct and practicable route west from St. Joseph, Missouri, so as to connect and unite with the road leading from the western boundary of Iowa at any point east of the one hundredth meridian of west longitude, or with the main trunk road at said point; but in no event shall lands or bonds be given to said company, as herein directed, to aid in the construction of their said road for a greater distance than one hundred miles.
进一步颁布，密苏里州汉尼拔和圣约瑟夫铁路公司可以将其道路从圣约瑟夫出发，经艾奇逊，与穿越堪萨斯州的公路连接起来，在提交同意本法案的规定后，按照相同的条款和条件，在密苏里河旁边一百英里的长度上，与本法案中为建设首先提到的铁路和电报线路所规定的一样，并且可以为此目的使用任何铁路堪萨斯州立法机构已经或可能授予的宪章；但如果实际勘察认为合适，经堪萨斯州立法机关同意，该公司可以在密苏里州圣约瑟夫以西最直接、最可行的路线上修建道路，以便在西经一百分午线以东的任何一点与从爱荷华州西部边界通往的道路或在该点与主要干道连接并汇合；但在任何情况下，不得按照本文的指示向上述公司提供土地或债券，以帮助其修建距离超过一百英里的上述道路。
And the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company of Kansas may construct their road from Leaven- worth to unite with the road through Kansas.
堪萨斯州的莱文沃斯、波尼和西部铁路公司可能会修建从莱文沃斯出发的公路，与穿过堪萨斯州的公路连接起来。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
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And be it further enacted, That the said Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby authorized and required to construct a single line of railroad and telegraph from a point on the western boundary of the State of Iowa, to be fixed by the President of the United States, upon the most direct and practicable route, to be subject to his approval, so as to form a connection with the lines of said company at some point on the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, from the point of commencement on the western boundary of the State of Iowa, upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as are contained in this act for the construction of the said railroad and telegraph first mentioned; and the said Union Pacific Railroad Company shall complete one hundred miles of the road and telegraph in this section provided for, in two years after filing their assent to the conditions of this act, as by the terms of this act required, and at the rate of one hundred miles per year thereafter, until the whole is completed: Provided, That a failure upon the part of said company to make said connection in the time aforesaid, and to perform the obligations imposed on said company by this section and to operate said road in the same manner as the main line shall be operated, shall forfeit to the government of the United States all the rights, privileges, and franchises granted to and conferred upon said company by this act.
进一步规定，特此授权并要求上述联合太平洋铁路公司从爱荷华州西部边界的一点建造一条铁路和电报单线，由美国总统确定最直接和最可行的路线，并经他批准，以便在上述经度第一百条子午线上的某个点与该公司的线路形成连接，从西部的起点开始爱荷华州边界，在所有方面均遵循本法案中为建设首先提到的上述铁路和电报所载的相同条款和条件；上述联合太平洋铁路公司应在同意本法条件后的两年内，按照本法要求的条款，完成本节规定的一百英里的道路和电报，此后以每年一百英里的速度完成，直至全部完成：但，上述公司未能在上述时间内建立上述连接，履行本节规定的义务，并以与主线相同的方式运营上述道路应当运营，美国政府应当丧失本法授予该公司的所有权利、特权和特许经营权。
And whenever there shall be a line of railroad completed through Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City, then the said Pacific Railroad Company is hereby authorized and required to construct a rail- road and telegraph from Said Sioux City upon the most direct and practicable route to a point on, and so as to connect with, the branch railroad and telegraph in this section hereinbefore mentioned, or with the said Union Pacific Railroad, said point of junction to be fixed by the President of the United States, not further west than the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, and on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad as aforesaid, and to complete the same at the rate of one hundred miles per year; and should said company fail to comply with the requirements of this act in relation to the said Sioux City railroad and telegraph, the said company shall suffer the same forfeitures prescribed in relation to the Iowa branch railroad and telegraph hereinbefore mentioned.
每当有一条穿过明尼苏达州或爱荷华州到苏城的铁路线竣工时，则特此授权并要求所述太平洋铁路公司在最直接和可行的路线上从所述苏城建造一条铁路和电报到上文提到的本节中的分支铁路和电报上的一点，或与所述联合太平洋铁路连接，所述交汇点由美国总统确定，不进一步比上述经度的第一百个子午线以西，并按照本法案中规定的与上述联合太平洋铁路建设相同的条款和条件，并以每年一百英里的速度完成该铁路；如果该公司未能遵守本法有关上述苏城铁路和电报的要求，则该公司应遭受与上述爱荷华州分公司铁路和电报有关的同样没收。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
15.
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And be it further enacted, That any other railroad company now incorporated, or hereafter to be incorporated, shall have the right to connect their road with the road and branches provided for by this act, at such places and upon such just and equitable terms as the President of the United States may prescribe.
进一步颁布，任何其他现在成立或以后成立的铁路公司均有权在美国总统规定的地点并按照美国总统规定的公正和公平的条件将其道路与本法案规定的道路和支线连接起来。
Wherever the word company is used in this act it shall be construed to embrace the words their associates, successors, and assigns, the same as if the words had been properly added thereto.
本法案中无论何处使用“公司”一词，均应解释为包含“其同事”、“继承者”和“受让人”等词，就像这些词已正确添加到其中一样。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
16.
16.
And be it further enacted, That at any time after the passage of this act all of the railroad companies named herein, and assenting hereto, or any two or more of them, are authorized to form themselves into one consolidated company; notice of such consolidation, in writing, shall be filed in the Department of the Interior, and such consolidated company shall thereafter proceed to construct said railroad and branches and telegraph line upon the terms and conditions provided in this act.
并进一步颁布，在本法案通过后的任何时间，本法案指定的所有铁路公司，或其中任何两个或两个以上同意本法案的铁路公司，均被授权组建一个合并公司；此类合并的书面通知应在内政部备案，合并后的公司此后应根据本法规定的条款和条件着手建设上述铁路、支线和电报线路。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
17.
17.
And be it further enacted, That in case said company or companies shall fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this act, by not completing said road and telegraph and branches within a reason- able time, or by not keeping the same in repair and use, but shall permit the same, for an unreasonable time, to remain unfinished, or out of repair, and unfit for use, Congress may pass any act to insure the speedy completion of said road and branches, or put the same in repair and use, and may direct the income of said railroad and telegraph line to be there- after devoted to the use of the United States, to repay all such expenditures caused by the default and neglect of such company or companies: Provided, That if said roads are not completed, so as to form a continuous line of railroad, ready for use, from the Missouri River to the navigable waters of the Sacramento River, in California, by the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, the whole of all of said railroads before mentioned and to be constructed under the provisions of this act, together with all their furniture, fixtures, rolling stock, machine shops, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and property of every kind and character, shall be forfeited to and be taken possession of by the United States : Provided, That of the bonds of the United States in this act provided to be delivered for any and all parts of the roads to be constructed east of the one hundredth meridian of west longitude from , Greenwich, and for any part of the road west of the west foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain, there shall be reserved of each part and installment twenty-five per centum, to be and remain in the United States treasury, undelivered, until said road and all parts thereof provided for in this act are entirely completed; and of all the bonds provided to be delivered for the said road, between the two points aforesaid, there shall be reserved out of each installment fifteen per centum, to be and remain in the treasury until the whole of the road provided for in this act is fully completed; and if the said road or any part thereof shall fail of completion at the time limited therefor in this act, then and in that case the said part of said bonds so reserved shall be forfeited to the United States.
进一步规定，如果上述公司未能遵守本法案的条款和条件，未在合理时间内完成上述道路、电报和分支，或未对其进行维修和使用，但允许其在不合理的时间内保持未完工、或失修、不适合使用，国会可以通过任何法案，以确保迅速完成上述道路和分支，或将其投入维修和使用，并可指示上述铁路和电报线的收入此后将专门用于美国的使用，以偿还因此类公司的违约和疏忽而造成的所有此类支出：前提是，如果上述道路没有完工，以便在七月第一天，即一千八七十六年之前，在加利福尼亚州从密苏里河到萨克拉门托河的通航水域形成一条可供使用的连续铁路线，则全部上述前述并根据本法规定建造的铁路，连同其所有家具、固定装置、机车车辆、机械车间、土地、公寓和遗产以及各种性质的财产，均应没收并由美国占有：前提是，本法中规定的美国国债将交付给格林威治和格林威治西经一百分之一子午线以东修建的道路的任何和所有部分。对于内华达山脉西麓以西的道路的任何部分，应将每部分和分期付款的百分之二十五保留在美国国库中，未交付，直到该道路及其本法案规定的所有部分完全完工；在上述两点之间为上述道路交付的所有保证金中，每期应保留百分之十五，并保留在国库中，直到本法规定的整条道路完全竣工为止；如果上述道路或其任何部分未能在本法规定的时间内完工，则在这种情况下，如此保留的上述债券的上述部分应被没收给美国。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
18.
18.
And be it further enacted, That whenever it appears that the net earnings of the entire road and telegraph, including the amount allowed for services rendered for the United States, after deducting all, expenditures, including repairs, and the furnishing, running, and managing of said road, shall exceed ten per centum upon its cost, exclusive of the five per centum to be paid to the United States, Congress may reduce the rates of fare thereon, if unreasonable in amount, and may fix and establish the same by law.
进一步规定，每当整条公路和电报的净收入，包括为美国提供的服务所允许的金额，在扣除所有支出（包括维修以及该公路的装备、运营和管理）后，应超过其成本的百分之十（不包括支付给美国的百分之五）时，如果金额不合理，国会可以降低其票价，并可以通过法律确定和制定相同的票价。
And the better to accomplish the object of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the government at all times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having due regard for the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
为了更好地实现本法案的目标，即通过建设上述铁路和电报线路并保持其正常运行来促进公共利益和福利，并确保政府在任何时候（特别是在战时）邮政、军事和其他目的使用这些铁路和电报线路并从中受益，国会可以在适当考虑到本文所提及的上述公司的权利的情况下，随时添加、更改、修订或废除本法案。
SEC.
美国证券交易委员会。
19.
19.
And be it further enacted, That the several railroad companies herein named are authorized to enter into an arrangement with the Pacific Telegraph Company, the Overland Telegraph Company, and the California State Telegraph Company, so that the present line of telegraph between the Missouri River and San Francisco may be moved upon or along the line of said railroad and branches as fast as said roads and branches are built; and if said arrangement be entered into and the transfer of said telegraph line be made in accordance therewith to the line of said railroad and branches, such transfer shall, for all purposes of this act, be held and considered a fulfillment on the part of said railroad companies of the provisions of this act in regard to the construction of said line of telegraph.
并进一步颁布，授权本文指定的几家铁路公司与太平洋电报公司、陆上电报公司和加利福尼亚州电报公司达成协议，以便密苏里河和旧金山之间现有的电报线可以在所述铁路和支线上或沿着所述铁路和支线移动，与所述道路和支线的修建速度一样快；如果达成上述安排，并据此将上述电报线移交给上述铁路和支线的线路，则就本法的所有目的而言，这种移交应被视为上述铁路公司履行了本法有关上述电报线建设的规定。
And, in case of disagreement, said telegraph companies are authorized to remove their line of telegraph along and upon the line of railroad herein contemplated without prejudice to the rights of said railroad companies named herein.
并且，在存在分歧的情况下，所述电报公司被授权在不损害本文指定的所述铁路公司的权利的情况下移除其沿着本文预期的铁路线上和其上的电报线。
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美国证券交易委员会。
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And he it further enacted, That the corporation hereby created and the roads connected therewith, under the provisions of this act, shall make to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual report wherein shall be set forth- First.
并进一步规定，根据本法的规定，特此创建的公司和与之相连的道路应向财政部长提交年度报告，其中应载明： 第一。
The names of the stockholders and their places of residence, so far as the same can be ascertained ; Second.
股东姓名及其居住地（只要可以确定）；第二。
The names and residences of the directors, and all other officers of the company; Third.
公司董事和所有其他管理人员的姓名和住所；第三。
The amount of stock subscribed, and the amount thereof actually paid in; Fourth.
认购的股票数量、实际缴纳的股票数量；第四。
A description of the lines of road surveyed, of the lines thereof fixed upon for the construction of the road, and the cost of such surveys; Fifth.
对所测量的道路线、为修建道路而确定的道路线以及此类测量的费用的描述；第五。
The amount received from passengers on the road; Sixth.
从路上乘客收到的金额；第六。
The amount received for freight thereon; Seventh.
收到的运费金额；第七。
A statement of the expense of said road and its fixtures; Eighth.
上述道路及其固定装置的费用说明；第八。
A statement of the indebtedness of said company, setting forth the various kinds thereof.
该公司的债务声明，列出各种债务。
Which report shall be sworn to by the president of the said company, and shall be presented to the Secretary of the Treasury on or before the first day of July in each year.
该报告应由该公司总裁宣誓，并应在每年 7 月 1 日或之前提交给财政部长。