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line of said road, material, earth, stone, and timber necessary for the 

 construction of said i-ailroad; also ground adjacent to such right of 

 Avay for station-buildings, depots, machine shops, side-tracks, turn- 

 outs, and water-stations, not to exceed in amount twenty acres for 

 each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles of its road. 

 Act March 3, 1S75, c. 152, s. 1, 18 Stat. 482. 



Rights of way of several railroads through canyons, etc.; eflfect on wagon roads 

 and highways. 



Sec. 2. That any railroad company Avhose right of way, or whose 

 track or road-bed upon such right of way, passes through an}- canyon, 

 pass or defile, shall not prevent any other railroad company from the 

 use and occupancj' of the said canyon, pass, or defile, for the purposes 

 of its road, in common with the road first located, or the crossing of 

 other railroads at grade. And the location of such right of way 

 through any canyon, pass, or defile shall not cause the disuse of any 

 wagon or other public highway now located therein, nor prevent the 

 location through the same of any such w^agon road or highway where 

 such road or highway may be necessary for the public accommoda- 

 tion; and where any change in the location of such wagon road is 

 necessary to permit the passage of such railroad through any canyon, 

 pass, or defile, said railroad company shall before entering upon the 

 ground occupied hj such w'agon road, cause the same to be recon- 

 structed at its own expense in the most favorable location, and in as 

 perfect a manner as the original road: Provided, That such expenses 

 shall be equitably divided between any number of railroad companies 

 occupying and using the same canyon, pass, or defile. 



Act March 3, 1875, c. 152, s. 2, 18 Stat. 482. 

 Condemnation of private lands and claims. 



Sec. 3. That the legislature of the proper Territory may provide 

 for the manner in Avhich private lands and possessory claims on the 

 public lands of the United States may be condemned; and wdiere 

 such provisions shall not have been made, such condemnation may be 

 made in accordance with section three of the act entitled "An act to 

 aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the 

 ]SIissouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government 

 the use of the same for postal, militarj', and other purposes, approved 

 July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, 

 eighteen hundred and sixtj'-four. 



Act March 3. 1875. c. 152, s. 3, 18 Stat. 482. 

 Profile of road to be filed; forfeiture of rights granted. 



Sec. 4. That any railroad-company desiring to secure the benefits 

 of this act, shall, within twelve months after the location of any sec- 

 tion of twenty miles of its road, if the same be upon surveyed lands, 

 and, if upon unsurveyed lands, within tAvelve months after the survey 

 thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land office 

 for the district where such land is located a profile of its road; and 

 upon approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior the same shall 

 be noted upon the plats in said office; and thereafter all such lands 

 over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to 

 such right of way : Provided, That if any section of said road .shall not 

 be completed wi"thin five years after the location of said section, the 



