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Laws of the State of Texas.
41
CHAPTER 33.
An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Indianola
Railroad Company," approved 21st January, 1858.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas,
That the fifteenth section of an act entitled "an act to incorporate
the Indianola Railroad Company, approved 21st January, 1858, be,
and the same is hereby amended so that it shall hereafter read as
follows:
"Section 15. The said Company shall commence the construction
of their road on or before the first day of January, 1860, and shall
complete the same to connect with the said San Antonio and Mexican
Gulf Railroad, within one year after the said San Antonio and
Mexican Gulf Railroad shall have been completed to the town of
Victoria, or a point opposite the said town; otherwise, the rights
and franchises herein granted shall be forever forfeited; and the
said Indianola Railroad Company shall commence and complete
twenty-five miles of their road annually after the San Antonio and
Mexican Gulf Railroad shall have completed their road to the point
opposite to that where it shall cross the Guadaloupe river; otherwise,
they shall forfeit their rights to construct said road over that
portion of their route on which they shall have failed to construct
their road as aforesaid. Provided, that if any other railroad company
or companies shall make a complete connection, between the
coast or navigable waters of the gulf of Mexico, and the city of Austin,
and shall put under contract a section of railroad beyond the
city of Austin in the direction of the route of the Indianola Railrraod
Company, before the Indianola Railroad shall be completed
to the city of Austin, then and in that case, the said Indianola
Railroad Company, shall forfeit all right to continue the construction
of their road beyond the city of Austin."
Sec. 2. That the seventeeth section of the above named act be,
and it is hereby amended so, that it shall hereafter read as follows:
"Section 17. This Company shall be entitled to receive such donations
of land as are provided, for the encouragement of Internal Improvement's
by any general law of this State, upon the
terms and conditions in such laws prescribed: Provided,
that the said company shall receive such land donations as
are so provided, whenever within the time required by this
act they shall have completed in such manner as required by
law, their road to its connection with the San Antonio and Mexican
Gulf Railroad-the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Rail6-VOL.
5.(81)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 5, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6727/m1/97/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .