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No. 545

[preprinted] Know all Men by these Presents, That the Central Pacific Railroad Company, (successor to "The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California," and "The Western Pacific Railroad Company" Consolidated, in consideration of the sum of [/preprinted] Four hundred ($400) dollars, to it paid by Jefferson Wilcoxson of Yolo [preprinted] County, California, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hereby gives, grants, bargains, sells and conveys to the said [/preprinted] Jefferson Wilcoxson his heirs and assigns, the following described tract of land, situate in Placer County of California, to wit: the South East quarter (SE 1/4) of Section No. Thirty three (33), in Township Fourteen (14) north, of Range Six (6) east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, containing One Hundred Sixty (160) [preprinted] acres, according to the United States surveys, together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining and belonging. [crossed out] Excepting and reserving, however, for railroad purposes, a strip of land four hundred feet wide, lying equally on each side of the track of the railroad of said Company, or any branch railroad now or hereafter constructed on said lands, and the right to use all water needed for the operating and repairing of said railroads: and subject also to the reservation and condition that the said purchaser ..... heirs and assigns, shall erect and maintain good and sufficient fences on both sides of said strip or strips of land [/crossed out] ; and also reserving all claim of the United States to the same as mineral land.

To Have and to Hold the aforesaid premises to the said [/preprinted] Jefferson Wilcoxson [preprinted] his heirs and assigns, to his and their use and behoof forever.

In Testimony Whereof, the said Central Pacific Railroad Company, has caused these presents to be signed by its President and Secretary, and sealed with its corporate seal this [/preprinted] Nineteenth (19th) day of July A. D. 1871

Leland Stanford Pres't C. P. R. R. Co.

E. [H?]. Miller Jr Sec'y C. P. R. R. Co.

[Image: Blue cancelled revenue stamp, FIFTY CENTS 50 UNITED STATES INTER. REVENUE ORIG'L PROCESS, face of George Washinton]
[image: Gold seal, CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY SEAL, train going around mountains]

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