Argument Before the Hon. J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior: In Support of the Right of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company, Under Existing Laws, to Continue and Extend Its Road to the "Main Trunk" (the Union Pacific R.R.) as One of the "branches" ThereofGibson brothers, printers, 1869 - 44 páginas |
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100th meridian 16th section acts and things aid thereof alternate sections authorized to construct authorized to continue Branch Union Pacific Central Branch Company Central Branch Union Company was authorized complied Congress connect and unite consolidated company consolidated organization construct its road construct the road continue and extend continuous line direction and route Eastern Division Company enactment entitled and authorized entry and sale extend its road file a map forfeiture form a portion fully and completely Government granted Hannibal and St hereby authorized hereinbefore provided Joseph Railroad Company Kansas river line from Atchison line of railroad main trunk Missouri river number of miles Pacific coast Pacific Railroad act Pacific Railroad Company pany petitioner private entry provided touching purpose pursuance railroad and telegraph required by law road and telegraph road hereinbefore authorized road through Kansas road via Atchison Sacramento river Southern Pacific Railroad statute structed tion touching such consolidated Union Pacific railroad
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Página 35 - An act [to amend an act entitled 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, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Página 34 - ... 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...
Página 34 - ... 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 of ten miles on each side of said road...
Página 35 - That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country ; that the Federal Government ought to .render immediate and efficient aid in its construction ; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.
Página 34 - ... 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...
Página 5 - ... and shall be entitled to similar and like grants, benefits immunities, guarantees, acts, and things to be done and performed by the Government of the United States, by the President of the United States, by the Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior, and by commissioners in reference to such company, and to such portion of the road hereinbefore authorized to be constructed by it, and upon the like and similar terms and conditions, so far as the same are applicable thereto.
Página 36 - 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...
Página 11 - ... as to such consolidated organization. And in case upon the completion by such consolidated organization of the roads, or either of them, of the companies so consolidated, any other of the road or roads of either of the other companies authorized as aforesaid (and forming, and intended or necessary to form, a portion of a continuous line...
Página 6 - 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...
Página 36 - 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 evenkind and character, shall be forfeited to and be taken possession of by the United States...