feoria anli (Drjnamka Mail Boab C0. 
 
 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMEIT 
 
 WITH 
 
 % |lMs Central Sail $0air €a. 
 
 JANUARY 31, 1857. 
 
 NEW-YORK : 
 
 CHATTERTON & BROTHER, POINTERS, 102 MAIDEN LANE. 
 1857. 
 
c$\;lli I 
 
PEORiAAND^-"'W^' 'J^f'^MPAKl 
 
 Beveii hundred uixd Uily tiiiVdfrAiid dollars ot't.iC lionds oi tjiis 
 Compai'V have }m--.'.. ■.•<■!•< -J', issn' d, ai-.t the Trustees submit: 
 the foliowing stat" ' the above-nanied securities, 
 
 nnd rho provision ra?.,ab lor x,ui luivrost on the same. 
 
 These .Bonds are F^r O. ■> Tlumsaml dollars each. ai. . . . 
 '. . .'ie city of NeTv--li ■ ■ (; first ^da/y of April, 1882. 
 
 iiitcrest, z.t the rat o of tiglu pc/ '• annum, h also paya.bic 
 
 in New-York, ser- '->'-! .?■'!;':' ••'!*■ (l5..\'<'-." An;;! -n.! 
 
 October in each 
 
 'ihe payment ot Uie&u iioiius jts secured i»y a DcO'i of ''i.^u;-^ 
 couvcyirig to "■'■" Tv ..'■'., ^ aivfw.n-- miles of the Eastern end ' i" 
 its Rail Hof vbich. lies between the St. 
 
 Louis,/ . ' .'the State of Indiana. 
 
 In'; -•■'^ -ill the same, and appro 
 
 i'viti ..i<l Viond-. iu fonf'>vndtv 
 
 V. !{ LJi'' !,::>. ;;;;.j^ : Tnist.' 
 
 ; ■:.:!':-' t. loc Trustees tht rent T'nyahle ^y tho Tt]ifo'«' ^'-ertr;'! 
 iluil Road Company for i,he iv- 
 
 ■ ' ■ •■ ;Ti K^ail Road, airK/imting ..'.■■ u -■ i^ •■jji \--f-- i.:.t;; --^ ' ^u' ' 
 t-nd not exceeding .$75 000. to 'c- •;-;->p]ied bjthe Trns- 
 
 ■i.>:i ila; iu:ei-eisL ou tin: '" - '■' ■•- 
 
 to live hundred inclu.-". 
 •-'.?£.'' To II Sinking Fui)' m ^ 
 
 "" the said hist dcsciiocd iive iyuadrua Bonais. 
 .-, v^^ii dev r\-t 1;..^ .. ' rniTw interest, and a sli;...;,...; ._..,, 
 
 'nin_i^ pjiicei of Two hundreoi 
 
The Peoria & Oquawka Kail Road is now completed, and in 
 successful operation from Burlington to the junction with the St. 
 Louis, Alton & Chicago Rail Road, a distance of 145 miles. 
 Its connections are as follows : 
 
 At Burlington with Burlington and Missouri Rail Road, 
 '•' Galesburg " Chicago, Burlington & Quincy " 
 " El Paso " Main Line Illinois Central " 
 
 " Chanoa " St. Louis, Alton &. Chicago " 
 
 The further extension of this road 40 miles East, which is 
 now being rapidly constructed, will give the Peoria & Oquawka 
 Rail Road a connection with the Chicago Branch of the Illinois 
 Central Rail Road, making a direct route from Burlington to 
 Chicago via the latter Road. 
 
 Annexed will be found copies of various documents, including 
 the form of the Bond, which will more fully show the nature of 
 the contract between the Illinois Central and the Peoria & 
 Oquawaka R. R. Co., and the duties of the Trustees. 
 
 WILLIAM H. OSBORN, ) ^ 
 
 J. NEWTON PERKINS, S ^'^^'^^^^- 
 
RESOLUTIOISrS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 leoria anli (IDiiniituha Bail %m'^ Co., 
 
 Pi(sse€l March 11, 185T. 
 
 Ordered, That the Peoria & Oquawka Rail Road Company 
 issue seven hundred and fifty Bonds, of the denomination of one 
 thousand dollars each, to be secured by a Deed of Trust or Mort- 
 gage of that section of the Peoria & OquaAvka Rail Road which 
 lies between the Chicago, Alton and Saint Louis Rail Road, 
 and the West line of the State of Indiana ; said Bonds to be 
 convertible into the Stock of Peoria & Oquawka Rail Road 
 Company any time after 1865. The Deed of Trust or Mortgage 
 to contain a sinking fund clause of two per cent, per annum, said 
 bonds to bear date April 1st. 1857, and to be payable April 1st, 
 1882, to bear interest at eight per cent, per annum, payable half- 
 yearly in the city of New-York. 
 
 Ordered, That the President of the Peoria & Oquawka Rail 
 Road Company be, and is hereby authorized to execute and 
 deliver the Deed of Trust or Mortgage, securing the payment of 
 che seven hundred and fifty Bonds, the issuing of which is 
 authorized above, this day submitted to and approved by the Board 
 of Directors of the Peoria & Qquawka Rail Road, and to exe- 
 cute and deliver the seven hundred and fifty Bonds therein pro- 
 vided for to William H. Osborn and J. Newton Perkins, the 
 Trustees named in said deed or mortgage, by them to be applied 
 under the contract with Cruger, Secor & Co., for the building 
 and construction of that portion or section of the Peoria & 
 Oquawka Rail Road, covered by said deed or mortgage. 
 
 Ordered, That the Agreement, or Running Arrangements, 
 between the Peoria & Oquawka Rail Road Company and 
 
Crugt-) , Seooi- & Co.^ pari 
 
 Central Rail Road Gomf-a-iX', ii x'uc .^ccuiui part, giViiig ^o Uu, 
 s;i.k1 •<.r.'-.n,i t>arty the v)','. :.. i ;., U;3 freight trains over a pov- 
 iio; piastern i. be Peoria & Oqua^ ka Kail 
 
 '.. ..l, aiiucr certain J] nil ■ /iKiirions, fully set forth 
 
 ih said agrer^metit, beau'l .-. . .• . ..v-veby approved, aiid th( 
 President of the Peoria & Oqiia^yka Rail Road is hereby autho 
 Ti;:r<i '<> oxecafce the same 
 ■',, : ' \ TLtil Road ^ ■ ^v 
 
 ';iv--,. i, /eona &; Oqitairki: 
 
 iv;ui iv>;v', ^ji}i:\Ki ^ . nr i ■ ; '. .;_>uard '■ ' ' " *'' " ' " '■ 
 
 of Peoria, Iiliiiols. on the _■ .,rch. "J8." 
 
 V, B. CUKTISS, 
 
 Ho. $1000. 
 
 , ■ , . ■ ■ , v\ here' V 
 acknowledge 
 
 Thaii^and brdur^; v ih..!'! .■ - • :.l <i;-!- ■•: the ut/K . 
 '■>rThc Tllhn^:? <'^ntr- vatU>i:.'i.-5-i-. ;n '^^^^ O^tv of "^r^'•■■- 
 ., A:rcDl 11.^:1(0.1 ..it tti' •' C-'iituii: ^i:r aauu:ii, pj.^. 
 . ' -■• at thn ^a:Tv 7?''"" .rt davt, of Octoi)ei:' -^ ,.1 
 
 itcipal shail !• 
 
 iuiu ^a 111',' bu.mi.U;.: v.: ^lit i.."p. ^ .i\u ...lerest warrants ^-xr.. 
 
subscribed by its President and Secretary, this first day of April^ 
 A.D. 1857. 
 
 The said Rail Road Company have issued seven hundred and 
 fifty Bonds, all of this tenor and date, numbered from one to 
 seven hundred and fifty inclusive, the payment of which is secu- 
 red by a Deed of Trust conveying to Wm.H.Osborn and J. New- 
 ton Perkins, sixty -five miles of the Eastern end of its Rail Road, 
 being the section which lies between the Chicago, Alton and 
 St. Louis Rail Road and the State of Indiana, upon Trusts, in 
 case of default, to sell the same, and appropriate the proceeds in 
 payment of said Bonds, in conformity with provisions contained 
 in said Deed. And as further security, the said Trustees hold 
 an assignment of the rent payable by the Illinois Central Rail 
 Road Company for the use of a section of the Obligors Rail 
 Road, amounting annually to a sum not less than $50,000, and 
 not exceeding ,^75,000, to be applied — 
 
 1st, to the interest on those Bonds of the above series which 
 bears the number from One to Five Hundred inclusive. 
 
 2d, to a Sinking Fund of two per centum per annum, for the 
 benefit of the said last described five hundred Bonds. 
 
 3d, the remainder to the accruing interest and a similar Sink- 
 ing Fund upon and for the remaining parcel of two hundred 
 and fifty Bonds. 
 
 This Bond is No. of the said series, 
 
 and after being countersigned by said Trus- 
 tees, is entitled to the protection and benefit 
 of said Trust. 
 
 The holder of this Bond is entitled at any 
 
 time after the first day of April, 1865, on sur- 
 
 L. S. render of the same and the unpaid interest 
 
 Warrants, to receive an equal amount of 
 
 Stock at par in said Company. 
 
 N. B. CURTISS, President. 
 
 Henry Nolte, Secretary. 
 
 W. H. OSBORN, 
 
 J. Newton Perkins, 
 
 Trustees. 
 
 (Coupons, No. 1 to 50, are attached to each Bond — Interest payable at 
 the office of The Illinois Central Rail Road Company, New-York. 
 
.riits Indenture, ate of Iliinci?, 
 
 ■ he eieventli day of j>v!a-c:>, :. i ' ' tc tJiousLind eight hundred 
 s;U lifty-Fcveii, betAYoor fhe '*?"-:, ^ (>fr:a-rlr- R-iHKr.ad Com- 
 r.-ii".'. a lav-ful corjice . ■ :' the first 
 
 part, aii'l V'/iUiaio .. j J^ev.t', .i I cikiiis, r.U of the 
 
 city jf H' -ycr' vu Tvusts hereinafter iimitecl, of 
 
 .sesses power, ''v the laws of the 
 •u.,t .^ .ii'>)i<..';N I-,., viv •,:<■(; jiad maintain a Rail Roadfronithe 
 
 town of 0(>wa\vka, or. th- MifS!«?ippi "River, to the Indiana State 
 
 ]irv:- 
 . Akb V.'iiEUEAS' the o.ud '.^jjapaay has con&tructeu. its Rail 
 
 Road fro! ; ita Wf-sto?; ■Jlirr\Ttion. to its intersection with th-; 
 
 <. I:. . ;:; ■ '■ ! Road, in the county ci' McLean : 
 
 •a..d iii the cvccuiiuji !^f oiud »vor]i hath beconie indebted in sun- 
 
 th'V bon^^s n.iW v-^.'' v;>li:! '. ''i,^ ,„ >-yi r t of TVhich is SOCUn n T-v 
 
 ' . '" rees of so much 
 
 Bail HoivJ. iiue as .!■ ^h tiio points oforesaid. r 
 
 vm'ti ^.n'bpr'.! ailthft " ^i- ^'ul Road line wK' 
 
 Chicago ds Rail Ho. 
 ^•>; :.L. .:.r liidiana. 
 
 And WnKiiEAS tLc; ^iia i.,-s!' paity is aboat to con&rruot iii^'- 
 portica ci its R?'' }':).vl -^^-Mch I'cs ■--s-'-nav'; ■)f the Chicago, 
 .'Mt' ■ ■ :, V ■ . . : means to that 
 
 end, la ai::Qui. ;;d isi-uc s:.'v..-u .Uuad;-::^! a.;.d lUty iJond^, nW of tha 
 ^orr.r. uMl-^^.^.(' -hdc. bro-iiv^ tb- .k^^of thp'^bst Jav of Ani'^ 
 
 p;; v,;i.c:>it ot" uL.~ iiioasUiid cip^Jiirs, at ihe Oj^ico oi the .;.■ 
 rea:rii]Rnillt,:id C).i:?,n.av ^fi i\.. \l.' of Nc^v-Vo,.}:. t„ 
 
 'Yi the fir- / 
 A.D. tme thovi&ai v-tMo, \\xiU tiitvue^ac 
 
 'i: the r:!i<" aI' ,-i. ' Piiyable half-yearly: 
 
 April of each year; 
 
 th»-' oni, Uier'^'.tvJi'* 
 
 • t ,•.'' '"i 1 > ' 1 i 
 
 uio pa; jueni of the respec- 
 ontained in s;>id Bonds, 
 That, ir ■•'^hpidoration of the 
 
 :i!t!.u I.., 'ie};e;y 
 . bartrain and 
 
cion ef if.s Riill Read and its LiTjie of Rail Road, lying befAvecn 
 tke I rhe Chieago, Aitoh">'v' St, Lcuis Company's Rail 
 
 Kofi<; • . .. i.\:v "West line of tiie State of Indiana, together with 
 allsaki first party's right of way, a ud ail its other rights, privi]- 
 ^^l?es ami fra.achises, ir^, upon, 'or pertaining to said section, 
 including' its surveySj field notes, p]:^rl3 and profiles, its road-bod, 
 mado or to l<e made, its track, its .statfons, and station accommo- 
 Nations, ail iron spilcss, chairs; ties, and other materials, now on 
 iifin \ . '.liich niay be hereafter acpiired, for tbs constriicticn of 
 vv? i. ■ ".ipcn said '* ""tion, and likewise the benefit of all con- 
 I : party hath inade. or a^ay. make touching 
 
 .iie consirvy.iou uiu operating the same, (cspoclally fhe 
 benefit of aH contracts, wbicli are or may be made 
 with the Blinoi^ Central Eail Eoad Oompany , for 
 tiie iise of any part of said section, and the right 
 to receive all moneys which may be duo for sueh 
 X'iSe,) intending hereby to convey to said second parties all and 
 evcij ri/iit and interest which tbe f;r--t yjirty now has, or ma v 
 i. 1 : ,'. ; acquire, in the above d f the first par- 
 
 ■■ • ^load, the same being -i 'usruict a sixty -five miles 
 + ; .'last end thereof and lyii-g between the Ohicago, Alton 
 
 ..i.uis Rail Road and the, -vv+jst line of the State of Indi- 
 Lui . i :> Have and to Hold, to i Jieni, the said Osborn an'l Per- 
 kins, ,'us joint teiu;.ntfi, and not r. • teriarjts in comiaon,) and to 
 the siirvivor of them ahd the bed signs of such survivor, 
 
 and to whomever may beccnrc tiic successor of the Trusts here- 
 i'laftp? lir.-itrd, 'r. fce-r'mril^, forever, to their own proper nst- 
 ■■'■■•'. ^ibieet to jfcud upon the several 
 
 TriiJ-Ls Liw.c..>a:;ov tw ilicso pre?(ent? lindted and defined, ond 
 -excepting the rights of the Illinois (^enlTal Rail Itoad Ccmpan}', 
 to the- use of a part of said RSi!dEvoad,dby reason of their con- 
 tract aibresaid. 
 
 And the first, party hereby cov'jnunt^ wii-h die i:,'dd parties v.!' 
 the second part, ami enoli .,'' vV,-, and vritb the i^urvivor, his 
 ned~3 .id assigns, thar >.l autoi'ity to sell and: C07i- 
 
 vey the premise- ni raakuer aiul ■bnn as is above written; and 
 that the ^^' ■•■(:' ;>• ■- '■'■'■^^ ^-^ v ■■" -.-,,: 'vnncos (except as is above 
 excepted; i]^(V4efend the lawfijl 
 
 possession ritOi-e<.': di.eir heir 
 
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 assigns forever. And the firsjt party doth hereby further cove- 
 nant, that at the request of the said second parties, or of the 
 survivor, or his heirs and assigns, at any time hereafter, it will 
 from time to time make such further assurances as Counsel 
 learned in the Law shall believe necessary, to assure the title 
 of the grantees and their assigns in the -premises hereby convey- 
 ed : it being understood, however, that nothing herein contained 
 shall impair the rights and interests granted to The Illinois Cen- 
 tral Rail Road Company by the contract aforesaid. 
 
 And the parties aforesaid hereby declare, that the Trusts for 
 whose execution, this Indenture is intended to provide are the 
 following, viz : — 
 
 1st, That the said Trustees shall permit the first party, and 
 their Lessees and Assigns, to remain in possession of the premi- 
 ses, and operate the said Rail Road, and take the receipts and 
 earnings of the same, until default shall be made in the payment 
 of the interest or the principal of the said Bonds, or any of the 
 same, or in the payment of the Sinking Fund as is hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 2d, That said Trustees shall receive the sum 
 which The Illinois Central Rail Road Company 
 shall pay for the use of any part of said Rail Road, 
 
 and shall invest the same in some safe and productive manner, 
 until the same shall be required for the payment of interest, or 
 for the sinking fund, as is hereinafter provided. 
 
 3d, That said Trustees, from the receipts of said rents, shall 
 first pay the accruing interest upon those Bonds of said series 
 which are numbered from one to five hundred inclusive, and shall 
 be at liberty to retain annually the sum of five hundred dollars, 
 in full for their compensation for managing said Trust. 
 
 4th, That said Trustees shall next appropriate, semi- 
 annually, from said Rent, the sum of Five Thousand 
 Dollars, as a Sinking Fund, for the redemption of the said five 
 hundred bonds. They shall invest the same in the purchase of 
 an equal amount of the said five hundred bonds, bearing the 
 numbers last mentioned, provided the same can be procured at a 
 price not greater than the par value thereof. When such bonds 
 shall be obtained, the Trustees, to prevent their further negotia- 
 bility, shall endorse thereon the object of their purchase, and 
 
shi>ri hc: -.tjd recem and dispose ot the acgruiri;: 
 
 intejiesi i ^■ ••!',.. ^ ,■; ,,^.ich immner I'S in their judgment may best 
 work tlie red'^mprvt-p on<lpayiiieiit i if the said five hundred bond? . 
 
 If 3:; : '., ■•.i-i ' rained at a price noi exceeding their 
 
 r '• - ": ;:•;. \i:. .:;.; •.;',• . ,-. 'lall bc. at liberty to invest the amount 
 0^ K,.i ; -riiivw:)- "nnd "'n Ather secnrities, at their discretion, 
 ap])lTinu: purpose. 
 
 ^'•'.1, it g5!id Tra*te«» shall no.^ apply the remainder of 
 v,ua.i iiioj. i,aayro^'' -' '^ ^"•"•- "■••■^' ; ";'•»• "laking the appropri- 
 ations before mev he accruing intcrch-i 
 of tho r> and aity bonds, numbered from 
 livQ hni!.:-,; a:;. -. ■ r , .; ^ it hundrod and fifty inclusive, ami 
 U-: t'l, .■■Atablisbmeiiit of a Shaking Fund for the redemption therf- 
 ■y shall be guided by the provision? 
 
 bonds. 
 
 lie first party d- / covenant --yim . - 
 
 pa.ru:,. and the survivor aiid l.i.i heirs and assigns, sucvOSft.;..... 
 iu liiiS 'T'':'-' y-^-i^vii' ^^l^• "^ruscoes shall receive sc3v;-^;:;'i'.'„'^ 
 of said :• pay the accruing iot-.' 
 
 said sevcM huiiured iux-l niVy bonds, and a further smii, CM{udi i:^ 
 Fifteen Thousand Bo'^'^^:--. 'mnually, to enal^--- ti,, •■ . 
 
 providf> for said Sinking ■ said compensaii 
 
 t it will siapply dehoaencies thereof from its . 
 •■'' • ■ I'^nt thero'^^ •" ''■ •''I prove insufficient. 
 
 '•bom?' -^ymentof the prin;''P'\b 
 
 or the accruing inter indred a. 
 
 bou'b. or in the due pr-^ L:;.i ni-.r ::U' /.:':r:.}n^ rund, as h.TOiii' 
 fjrL-s::(;oiiied, for;v~e^-v' of si'rtv da'^^ rlrcr thf- ^n^i^e nrnnv ;^' 
 the same shall b 
 
 =;■■■■ '" . . . 'i-^ir^vU: ^ -eiil-, ^cvu ^ame ui:i..uiL con- 
 
 ■:"i • , :iTjr'^: 0.1:- ■•es^lon of the promises Here 
 
 h,-::j,-: ir agents, to use, operni': 
 
 .... : ..;-ik: . : ., ui^cFasthey 8i)all ju '■ 
 
 recrnre. And in si: . 
 
 !>ey wiil. 
 ;3* or ihoir agent, timu' po.i- 
 ■'ibk''. ■:• ;n'oiv''c 1 fo l>;i<-; bv 
 
 VV( ■ ■ , ■ ' 
 
 
 tbc 
 
 
 peaceably su 
 
 irondo.' 
 
 sp'-sIah <■" ;^ 
 
 •- ore :' 
 
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 are hereby authorized, on the continuance of said default, to 
 receive the revenues of said section of said Rail Road, to expend 
 the same in payment of the repairs and in the operation thereof, 
 and to the expenses and objects of this trust. 
 
 And (in case of such default continuing) the said Trustees are 
 hereby authorized to sell the premises herein granted, or any 
 part thereof (subject to the said contract with the said Illinois Cen- 
 tral Rail Road Company) for the purposes of said Trust. Such 
 sale shall be made at public vendue at Peoria, in the State of 
 Illinois, without appraisal, to the highest bidder, either for cash,, 
 or for credit not exceeding two years. The Deed of said Trus- 
 tees shall convey to the purchaser all the right, title and interest 
 of the first party in the section which may be sold, together with 
 all property, surveys and writings relating to the same, and like- 
 wise so much of the franchises of the said Company as are or 
 may be necessary for conveying the right and title to the use 
 and operation of the same. 
 
 Notices of such sale, shall be given at least forty days previous 
 to said sale, by publication in three newspapers of general circu- 
 lation in the city of New-York, and one newspaper in Peoria, 
 and one in Chicago, and wherever elsewliere the laws of the 
 State of Illinois may require. 
 
 In case of such default, and the second parties shall deem it 
 more advantageous or more safe to bring the premises to a 
 judicial sale, in the due execution of their trust, the first party 
 hereby covenants with them that it will consent to the appoint- 
 ment of a Receiver, and will interpose no delay by injunction, 
 continuance, or appeal, or otherwise, to the same. 
 
 In case of default continuing for sixty days, of making pay- 
 ment either of interest or Sinking Fund, it is hereby agreed 
 by the first party, that the whole principal sum contained 
 in said bonds, as well as the accrued interest, shall become due 
 and payable ; and the proceeds of such sale, when made by, or at 
 the instance of, the second party, shall be appropriated to the 
 purposes of this Trust, after paying the expenses of the same, 
 and the expenditures of maintaining and operating said section, 
 accounting with the first parties for any surplus remaining after 
 the satisfaction of said bonds. 
 
 It is hereby further witnessed, that the said Trustees, and 
 each of them, after excercising good faith and ordinary pru- 
 
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 dence in the performance of their respective duties, shall not be 
 answerable either for the neglect or default of any co-Trustee, 
 or of any agent by them appointed. 
 
 And it is further provided, that one Trustee, with the consent 
 and written appointment of the other, may excercise all and 
 each of their powers and functions. 
 
 In case either Trustee shall resign, or shall, from death, 
 absence from the State of New-York, or from any other cause, 
 become incapable of executing his duties as Trustee, it shall be 
 lawful for the Board of Directors of The Illinois Central Rail 
 Road Company to declare that the office, authority and title of 
 such Trustee hath ended : and thereupon the said Board shall 
 nominate, and with the approval of the first party's President 
 for the time being, appoint another Trustee in his stead, and 
 such conveyances shall be made by the other Trustee, or by any 
 other party to this Indenture as shall invest such appointee with 
 all the title and power of a Trustee, as fully as if he had been 
 an original party to these presents. 
 
 It is further witnessed, that no Trustee shall be required to 
 take any step in the execution of this Trust likely to subject him 
 to expense, unless the holders of said bonds, or some of them, 
 shall give sufficient security to indemnify such Trustee from any 
 such liability. And the said Trustees shall be at liberty to 
 employ counsel learned in the law, in all suitable cases, whose 
 reasonable expenses shall be a proper charge in their accounts. 
 
 The said Trustees shall keep the accounts of said Trust open 
 to the inspection of the first party, or any other persons holding 
 its interests, at reasonable times, and shall file with the first 
 party, annually, a statement of the same. 
 
 Whenever the Sinking Fund, which shall come to the hands of 
 the Trustees, shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of 
 said Bonds and the purposes and objects of this Trust, the first 
 parties shall be entitled to all further accumulations. 
 
 Provided, however, and these presents are upon the following 
 express condition, that if the first party, either from the resour- 
 ces and means hereby provided, or in any other manner, duly 
 make the several payments of interest on said bonds, as the 
 same shall accrue, and shall pay the principal of the same when 
 it shall become due, then the Trus+^s hereby created shall cease, 
 
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aad the Estate ■ -■ ugtees- without any fu . : 
 
 be done or ^ntrv w lui i.-u •. ay the first party, shall ix^co:iiL v.. 
 Kid th'-> prcraises iie;*eVr '••i-i'veyoij bi-oU revest ic and revert ^ • • 
 il' ■ the first 
 
 Aucl It is further '.. :. tlut the pariies of the second part, 
 
 severally accept i;;i. ■ ;• foressaid, and covenant ^Yitll the 
 
 first party that i hem \yill execute the Trusts 
 
 taerein limited, ailer Llicif u'uc i/i tent and object, 
 
 ]v, vW, ,._ ■■■^.ovfiof, ;the said Peoria & Oquawka nn: jvaa 
 C ;nn)-^ -used their corporate seal to be hei'eunto affixed, 
 
 ■aj;(i t' 5 '>y their President; and, the 
 
 ^;;,,! r. .:iye heronnt'-i '"^ if. .;. i ..,, .. 
 
 a.^ I oc . . ijove written 
 
 nd Ouqawka R. H. < 
 ^' V'. CURTISS, I:r::uu,u'. 
 
 in the presencv 
 
 Sec'y 
 
 E. Lan. 
 
 W. H. Ophokn. 
 
 J. '\ ll^Vrn . PeRKTN?!. 
 
 . . blic in and for the said St;- i 
 
 city and county, tto .hat this day appeared before 
 
 me Nathaniel B. Cuu.o;- .ry Nolte, Avhose names appear 
 
 3i-:':ned to the foregoin? ;' -'''o are severally knowr. to me 
 
 ime per; ppear sio;ned thei 
 
 !\eiAn jv;ic iged that '•■,: the sanic freely, ariu as i' r- 
 
 act aud 1cm d n!* t'!- nv'-yka Rail Koad '^omyi?'.'^, 
 
 forth' -' 
 
 coi, -i have lieioiauo 
 name and affixed itiiy 
 this eleventh day of 
 
 /Wi'T'- _;,; :, . 
 
 \otai )/ Puhlic. 
 
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 State of New-York. ) 
 City and County of New- York. ) 
 
 I, Samuel A. PhilliiDS, a Notary Public in and for the said 
 State, city and county, do hereby certify, that this day appeared 
 before me J. N. Perkins, (J. Newton Perkins) whose name 
 appears signed to the foregoing deed, and who is known to me to 
 be the same person whose name appears thereto, and acknow- 
 ledged that he had executed the same freely, as his act and deed 
 as Trustee, for the use and purposes therein expressed. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto 
 subscribed my name, and affixed my 
 Notarial seal of office, this twenty- 
 third day of March, A.D. 1857. 
 
 SAMUEL A. PHILLIPS, 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 State op Illinois. 
 County of Cook. 
 
 City of Chicago, ss : Before me, a Notary Public for Chicago, 
 in said County and State, came the said W. H. Osborn, per- 
 sonally known to me to be the signer and sealer of the fore- 
 going instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free 
 act and deed, as Trustee, for the purposes therein expressed. 
 Given under my hand and Notarial seal at Chicago, this 27th 
 day of March, A.D. 1857. 
 
 JOHN B. CALHOUN, 
 
 Notary Public, 
 
 Endorsements. 
 
 State of Illinois. ( 
 Livingston County. ( ^^ ' 
 
 This instrument was filed for record March 31st, and record- 
 ed in book L, pages 515-16-17-18-19-20. 
 
 1857. B. W. GRAY, Recorder. 
 
 State of Illinois. 
 Vermilion County. 
 
 This instrument was filed for record April 1st, 1857, and 
 recorded in book S, pages . 
 
 SAMUEL G. CRAIG, Recorder, 
 
 per'W. T. Cunningham, Dep. 
 
 ss 
 
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This insij:a]>iOui: -s-i^A iiiol for reCiia ii>l Apr- 
 
 'V^' ■ 'i; Clerk. 
 
 '.na 
 
 McLean ( 
 
 recorded buuil 
 
 i^n 1^1 '•'■> ''O 
 
 i-ccord April 4, 1867, and 
 : . a^es B68-69- 
 
 iSiruraenr was filed for record 
 
 y and S' ■ 
 
 ETER DuT\, Cier 
 
 
 was h[i:a ioi' recoru, 
 
 
 -^-.,.-^ ,:■: --^es 
 
 
 rU Court. 
 "Oep. Clerk. 
 
 = eritrol Bail Road uampmj' 
 Tho. DirectwH liavi));: ' 
 'he aiTangf-merita ^ouch. 
 of the Peoria ^ Oiim- 
 Oruger, Scfor & Cc^ 
 certoiuRiiDn5ngAr. 
 made with that Compa.' 
 1857. 
 Rysoht 
 
 Vo ;;, Jvu ARvSist, 1867. 
 
 «' '^f the Illiroi? 
 
 r iivc hundred bonds 
 
 . iinpany, from Messrs. 
 
 ' ' ■; -ad Coisipan}-. for 
 
 •' •TTtjt'ncontra.ct 
 
 • 'angary, 
 
 Ids Cpitt-. 
 U Msi-s, Crager, Secor 
 
v.<,'n i.!'''.:.ce lu lihnc-is, ara upon tr. tv.-ruu.Mif oi um.' ■•.•• ■ji^ci oi 
 this ( orapany that the title of th^ Trustees to the said Peoria »fc 
 Oqu;=vvaka Rail Road CornpaRyj^ perfect, is authorized to ;-xe- 
 cute the said contract for the sa^ Running Arrangements. 
 
 Attest: ^^' "^^ • OKERMAN, 
 
 Secrdaty. 
 
 Thit Agieemeiii;, ;!-^-c ai ^ v-ul. J, ^ ■■. 
 
 /^<vch. in the year one thoiisq,i! : id fifty-seven^ 
 
 Between the Peoria and Oquawka Eail Eoad Ooiu- 
 pany, of the first part, and The lUmoEs Central Rail 
 Eoad Company, of the second na^t WitncBscth, 
 
 'Che first party agrees to pe, 
 nuch of its track as lies between ih'' ntersection of the t^^(>lims 
 
 of Rail Road, near Panola, and ' 
 of the two Rail Roads, near Oru 
 trainB. and to supply the nycesi^av'' 
 during such passage. The ^"v^ : 
 between these points in g^< 
 sary supply of water. Tb 
 shall he regulated by the 
 party agrec-s to adjust it.'5 t-; 
 all due and convenieiit faci ; 
 second party shall send up o^ 
 I hat the second party ma 
 iunoli of the first party's > 
 '-g: v'p inaiu line a.nd the ; ■ 
 kS ■ . • « Rail Road. For 
 
 f the first ptiji 
 
 : ;, ^ ; I' • i i > >, K;;i.r ty OUC-half Oi it 
 
 ; • ■ : ' y re cei ve for the tra,n ^:>f\r 
 
 lil Eoad or any [-art tl 
 LU .:.■ '.iM an<l its bi-anch. 5'or i;- 
 it It understood betv^-ci;:! tlie part- 
 The Chicago, AltO' 
 Branch of the Iliu: ib .;iiitia! 
 
 wat«' 
 
 •f the two liuep 
 (^ O'^^its freiffi:, 
 
 Ulg ii.a.ld fieigut i, 
 
 ■"-^able, and the 
 .nanncr as to 
 :h ireigbl trains as .the 
 '■' ^r-^ ourLy consents 
 ■ iTjcnsatior!. ,=o 
 
 1 party '.'■ 
 
 i'u: t-..;.. ^v V UiCh rht! S( 
 
 '■rioT! i)f fv';'ii>-bt lioon tb.i 
 
 >, +v 
 
18 
 
 of the second part for the transportation of freight of like des- 
 cription upon the second partlj's Rail Road, but the first party 
 reserves to itself the right to transact all local business upon its 
 own line of Rail Road, and the parties hereby agree that the 
 same is not embraced within the scope and spirit of this agree- 
 ment. 
 
 The second party shall keeps its accounts of said transporta- 
 tion open at reasonable times to the inspection of the first party 
 or its Lessees, and shall make monthly payments of the first 
 party's share of said earnings at the second party's office, at Chi- 
 cago, either to the Trustees of Mortgage upon said section of said 
 Rail Road, or to whomever may be thereto lawfully entitled. 
 
 The second party hereby guarantees that it will annually pay, 
 under the above arrangement, during the whole of said term of 
 twenty-five years, a sum of not less than Fifty Thousand 
 DollarS) and the first party consents that the second party may 
 retain all which it may receive for transportation upon the first 
 party's Rail Road beyond the sum of Seventy-five Thou- 
 sand Dollars per annum. In case the track shall 
 become broken, or in disrepair, the first party shall immediately 
 repair the same on notice, and maintain it in good running 
 order; if repairs become necessary before notice can be given, 
 the first party shall repay to said second party such reasonable 
 expenses as it shall incur, either for repairs, or the supply of 
 water, or any other necessary purpose. 
 
 The second party shall supply the fuel required for its own 
 trains, and shall have the right to use the stations and station 
 accommodations of first party's, for the trains which second 
 party is entitled to run over said first-mentioned section of first 
 party's road. 
 
 This Contract shall become binding at the time when the 
 track between the two points shall be open for use, and shall 
 continue for the period of twenty-five years from said time. 
 And whereas the parties intend that the sum which the 
 second party hereby agrees to pay as rent for its use of the above 
 described section of the first party's Rail Road, shall be applied 
 first, to pay the interest and provide the Sinking Fund of five 
 hundred, (numbered from one to five hundred inclusive) of the 
 seven hundred and fifty bonds, of one thousand dollars each, 
 secured by a deed of Trust, of said sections, of which W. H. 
 
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 OsBORN and J. Newton Perkins are Trustees, the balance of 
 said rent to be applied towards paying the interest, and providing 
 for the Sinking Fund of the balance of said bonds, to which deed 
 reference may be had for a specification of the exact conditions 
 and limitations of said trust. It is therefore further agreed, 
 that it shall be the privilege of the second party to require that 
 this contract, and all the terms and conditions thereof, shall remain 
 in force after the expiration of twenty-five years, until all and 
 each of said bonds shall be paid. 
 
 And Whereas, Messrs. Crugcr, Secor & Co. being contrac- 
 tors for the construction of the above described section of said 
 party's Rail Road, have acquired certain interests and privile- 
 ges therein, Now These Presents Witness, that they, the 
 saidCruger, Secor & Co. hereby become parties to this arrange- 
 ment and give their assent to the same, and likewise to the making 
 and delivery of the above-named proposed bonds and mortgage, 
 so that this agreement, and each provision thereof, may be car- 
 ried into full effect after the true intent of the parties. 
 
 It is hereby expressly understood and agreed, that nothing 
 herein shall be construed as conferring upon the second party 
 the right or privilege of transporting upon the first party's Rail 
 Road any freight, the point of delivery of which is West of the 
 junction of said first party's Road and second party's main line 
 of road. 
 
 In case this agreement, from any cause, fail to give authority 
 to the second party to use any portion of the Rail Road, as it 
 above guarantees, then the second party shall be required to pay 
 to the first party only a just proportion of its receipts for trans- 
 portation upon such portion of the first party's Rail Road as it 
 may rightfully use by force of this agreement. 
 
 Tlie Feoj'ia ^' Oquwaka R. R. Co. 
 [l. s.] {Signed) by N. B. CURTISS, PresU, 
 
 Henry Nolte, Sec. P <^ O. R. R. 
 
 Cruger, Secor & Co. 
 Chas. A: Secor, ) By Saml. Gilman, 
 Jas. F. Secor, \ their Att'y in fact. 
 Sam'l. Gilman. 
 Wm. H.i Cruger. 
 Thos. C:. Fields. 
 
 The Illinois Central Rail Road, 
 By W. H. OsBORN, PresH. 
 
■'lie following adflition; - 
 
 liie President of tlie Peoria C;^ v-'ijiiacvuica il. li. t . , 
 
 Tiie Bonded Bcbt on a^V ibiks of ?l;e P. .^ '\ \l K. frou; 
 Burlitigton to the Indianii l;;ij(/to lin- 
 S p ■•■ ' ' ct, Mortgage Iicind^, Vv estCi:n iJiv;5< ju, 
 (Interest prr ' Jec' nn- tinder a rur niug 
 arrang6mer ;he Chicago aiid 
 
 Burlingio); • ^oOO.OOO 
 
 . p.. ....;., ;id, Mortgage- ;.....:. ^.T'OnoOO 
 
 8 ner (^ent. 1st, Morf^ag Exten- 
 
 sion (first lifLy luues) , iSdOO.OuO 
 
 U.I:, Mortgage sinking mnu Jo;.:'.:, 
 (Eastern Bxteusian, Second Division) !fi^750,0{r.} 
 
 It will be '.ing ttrrangement, 
 
 wliic'li is'lierc-.viLa uu^icxeu, ci.ai tiie interest and sini:;;.:. 
 on t<.>00;n'?""-' .;T the la.i--Vii\,!'of;t^ Bond?. \u;T(il.-'r;^d fVvn: . 
 five hup . i -: ■ 
 
 ■Road Co. Fiity TilOilStiiid JDoIiai'S, per iUiiiuai, bcuici .::- 
 ^r,>T,;, ;.•;■•• :,^r.!: i 1: ]i.' r;j;;1 !>v i.^.,^ Company under said ruj^ 
 
 ■^nfi'lently expected ry 
 jpuav, ii'dt D»ui ! aiijoout to full} SeventV' 
 
 , .. AKousand Dollai^> , .:.;ni!m, thereby =f. •,..•;- •• rl ■ 
 ,. i-est avid sinkini^ fund npOii'tLe whole T60,0f 
 
 Tbe balance of tlit'tonti ■ namij?tare 
 
 means f . led for by 
 
 s5Cripti0!^i' ■->■''■■ ''j H,-, ■ '■' ^''■t' :•:•■■ 
 
 ■ I t'f^re bv-nds or- this d . 
 
 :ftbefl; ^i. oonnectiono 
 .^, - ^ v.. R. Compu; ;. t.i • ^.f Its Toad hat> ,.._MV 
 co'ijo allxed fa/'f <heref(>, s'-^e, n'v renson why it'? 
 
 Bonds, being so 
 
^+.^4*****'**^ 
 
 Horliff^'^- 
 
 fi. fi . 
 
 ..>.,•(' 
 
 ^^hrj_^-.J.t!^ 
 
 'Jmia^ 
 
 "" %°A-^ 
 
 ROAD 
 
 -ty * 
 
 fpieeVWifBni sij 
 
 M \jU(jiajaT 
 
 ^Chnf^t 
 
 Hlk. 
 
 Tro' 
 
 ,p ."tj 
 
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 1# 
 
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 )/V/0 
 
'■'lie tblkwing additionai rlateijient of facts is siibmit- 
 me President of tie Peoria ^| Oquaivaka R. R. Co. 
 
 Tiie Bonded P-u'- f>n ?«>V ^iles of the P. d. 0. R. R. froii: 
 Ruvlirigton tc • line is as follows ' 
 
 8 per cent. Ixi, .vi,::-^p^o i luds. Western Divislou, 
 (Interest pr^ 'dcd fov ttrJer a rurniag 
 arrangf" ,! 'hicago and 
 
 Burllni:' •h) ' ■ ■ « • • $oij:j 00' ' 
 
 8 per cent. 2d, Mon^ . ^ ^ •' ^Yrstcrn Division, fsT^OOOt; 
 
 8 per cent. Ist, Mor^ag' cm £r:. 
 
 sion (first \.\ilj iiiwti.) ...... '^ioUU.USjO 
 
 8 per cenl:: L^i. Mortgage sinkirig fund Bonds, 
 
 ' :T ; a Exteusion, Scc<:.nd Division) $'750,000 
 
 It will be obe< irrangerr.ent, m copy o.' 
 
 wliieli is'berevritn .i>i;je,vev-, vhni ciic :;i*erest and sinkiu;.' '" : ■ 
 on .f'oOOjOOO •"'+' tbo la:r-riar-'f;(4 Bond?, numbered from . 
 ftve liundred Ivo Illinois Centr- 
 
 iLud Co. Filly XilCvi.iit.llt. DoJei'^, per annum, bei^i^. c;- 
 
 -v-M'>--i;:v , vr '■:":], t:- bo pnvl bv tb-i" '^vv iiit ;:ndc'- ~nid r-jy- 
 
 -■ '^'"^lOllsand. Doll^^^^. ro;- ;iy:nr;:o, tbr;rei>y securing tb' 
 'ud sinking !''■ ■ '' ■' ■ nds, exeb?- 
 
 ;.R.Oom- 
 
 •fi lance of ' iana^tate 
 
 means f > 'br by 
 
 
 becopDe a fixed fact, r 
 Bonds, l^eirjg so .'