NAYS-Messrs. G. W. Aiken, Patrick Barrett, Josiah F. Brigham, Almon L. Clark, Channing Hazeltine, Rollin W. Holbrook, Abial C. Palmer, Fred. Parks, James M. Peak, Thomas Pollard, James M. Soule, George Wooster of Marshfield12. Virginia. SENATE, October 8, 1869. Batcheller, John Bailey, jr., Frederick II. Bald- | Henry B. Williams, Horace G. Wood, Albert kell, Charles Herndon, George H. Kindrick, T. N. Latham, Meriwether Lewis, William T. Martin, E. W. Massie, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, Robert L. Owen, James Patterson, W. K. John Robinson, John E. Roller, J. Ambler Smith, Perrin, John E. Penn, Washington L. Riddick, Normand Smith, William D. Smith, Edgar Snowden, jr., Thomas E. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, George Teamoh, William R. Terry, Joseph Waddell, Franklin Wood-40. NAYS-Messrs. Abel T. Johnson, Isaiah L. Ly ons-2. siah L. Hamblet, John O. Hamilton, Samuel Har- Henry Bell, H. M. Bell, Augustus Bodeker, Stith liam F. B. Taylor, John F. Terry, E. F. Tiller, uel S. Lowery, Samuel T. Maddox, J. Warren VOTES OF NEW YORK AND OHIO, THE FOR- Anson S. Wood, Charles S. Wright-56. MER ON RESCINDING A PREVIOUS RATIFI- New York. SENATE, January 5, 1870. NAYS-Messrs. George Bowen, William H. William B. Woodin-13. ASSEMBLY, January 5, 1870, Ohio. SENATE, January 14, 1870. YEAS-Messrs. John Bartram, James A. Bell, Abel M. Corey, Jerry Dunbar, Homer Everett, Moses D. Gatch, Michael Goepper, A. P. Howard, Homer C. Jones, Henry McKinney, Peter Odlin, Benjamin F. Potts, Joseph M. Root, Rodney M. Stimson, Worthy S. Streator, Deciers S. Wade, Thomas A. Welsh, Laurin D. Woodworth, Thomas H. Yeatman—19. NAYS-Messrs. James O. Amos, Charles Boesel, James M. Burt, Lewis D. Campbell, John Cowan, M. A. Daugherty, James Emmitt, Samuel T. Hunt, Adin G. Hibbs, William H. Holden, James R. Hubbell, James B. Jamison, A. E. Jenner, L. B. Leeds, Nathan C. Lord, Hinchman S. Prophet, John L. Winner, John Woodbridge—18. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 20, 1870. YEAS-Messrs William Adair, R. W. Anderson, Bethel Bates, H. M. Bates, M. W. Beach, S. E. Blakeslee, E. Bogardus, A. H. Brown, Samuel C. Bowman, James Bradbury, George W. Brooke, John A. Brown, R. P. Cannon, A. J. Cunningham, H. W. Curtiss, R. B. Dennis, Joseph H. Dickson, William H. Enochs, Ed. H. Fitch, Samuel H. Ford, Robert C. Fulton, Thomas Geffs, Elijah Glover, Wilson W. Griffith, Samuel Hayward, A. Hill, B. L. Hill, George H. Hill, Peter Hitchcock, George A. Hubbard, William N. Hudson, Ellis N. Johnson, jr., Thomas F. Joy, E. F. Kleinschmidt, A. P. Lacey, John Little, J. K. Mower, A. Munson, W. O. Parker, William Park, John A. Price, William Ritezel, James Sayler, P. M. Stanton, George W. Steele, James A. Sterling, Jarnin Strong, jr., Samuel N. Titus, J. C. Ullery, N. H. Van Vorhees, M. J. Williams, William S. Williams, John P. Williamson, William W. Wilson, J. K. Wing, Alfred Wolcott, G. I. Young-57. NAYS-Messrs. William T. Acker, William Armstrong, Isaac Anstill, R. P. L. Baber, George S. Baker, John Baker, Edward Ball, John Bettelon, Daniel J. Callen, William T. Cessna, Joseph R. Cockerill, James E. Chase, Levi Colby, William T. Conkling, Thomas A. Corcoran, James W. Devose, Ozro J. Dodds, Elias Ellis, E. H. NAYS-Messrs. Thomas G. Alvord, Isaac V. Gaston, Lewis Green, Thomas I. Haldeman, Baker, jr., Matthew P. Bemus, John Berry, Al-James H. Hambleton, S. M. Heller, John L. bert H. Blossom, Alpheus Bolt, William Bradford, Samuel L. Brown, Volney P. Brown, William W. Butterfield, J. Thomas Davis, Clayton H. De Lano, John H. Deming, Jay Dimick, William H. Eaker, William M. Ely, Charles N. Flanagin, Charles Foster, James Franklin, George M. Gleason, James S. Graham, Stephen S. Green, Amasa Hall, Stephen S. Hewitt, Marcus A. Hull, James W. Husted, Eugene Hyatt, Richard Johnson, Leonard C. Kilham, De Witt C. Littlejohn, Sam *See pp. 495 and 496, Manual of 1869. Hughes, John D. Kemp, A. C. Kile, John Kisor, Jesse Leohner, John K. Love, John G. Marshall, Jason Mc Vey, William Milligan, Samuel R. Mott, jr., William Pace, Thomas W. Peckinpaugh, Michael V. Ream, James Robinson, Henry Schirck, Henry Schoenfeldt, John Seitz, Aaron B. Shafer, William Shaw, Lewis W. Sifford, Garret B. Smith, A. Soule, E. T. Stickney, W. Stillwell, John D. Thompson, E. M. Walker, A. Ward, John A. Weyer, Clark White, John C. Waldron, William R. Wilson, Hiram W. Winslow-55. LIV. LAND SUBSIDIES, 1827-1870. Grant to the State of Indiana in aid of the construction of a canal between the Illinois river Wabash and Erie Canal. The first grant of public lands for the purpose of aiding internal improvements was made to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie canal, in 1827, by an act entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie." *יי and Lake Michigan, which vote was as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Parmenio Adams, Adam R. Alexander, Luther Badger, Mordecai Bartley, John Barney, Ratliff Campbell, James Clark, Lewis Condict, Benjamin W. Boon, William L. Brent, Richard A. Buckner, John W. Crowninshield, Clement Dorsey, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel Edwards, Edward Everett, John Findlay,James ham B. Hasbrouck, Moses Hayden, John F. Henry, EbFindlay, Chauncey Forward, Henry H. Gurley, Abraenezer Herrick, George Holcombe, Samuel Houston, Daniel Hugunin, jr., Charles Humphrey, Ralph J. Ingersoll, Jacob C. Isacks, Jonathan Jennings, Joseph Johnson, Francis Johnson, Samuel Lathrop, Joseph Lawrence, Joseph Lecompte, Robert P. Letcher, Peter Little, John Lock, Rollin C. Mallary, John H. Marable. Wa-Henry C. Martindale, Dudley Marvin, Robert McHatton, Samuel McKean, William McLean, Ezra Meech, Charles F. Mercer, Orange Merwin, Thomas Metcalf, John Miller, James S. Mitchell, John Mitchell, George Thomas Newton, George W. Owen, George Peter, TimE. Mitchell, James C. Mitchell, Thomas P. Moore, othy H. Porter, Alfred H. Powell, John Reed, Robert S. Rose, Henry H. Ross, Joshua Sands, John Scott, drew Stewart, James Strong, Samuel Swan, John Test, Thomas Shannon, Thomas H. Sill, John Sloane, AnGideon Tomlinson, David Trimble, Ebenezer Tucker, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, George E. Wales, Aaron Ward, Daniel Webster, John C. Weems, Thomas Whipple, jr., Barton White, Elisha Whittlesey, Charles A. Wickliffe, James Wilson, John Woods, John C. Wright, William S. Young-99. It provides: "That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a canal to unite at navigable points the waters of the bash river with those of Lake Erie, a quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of said canal, and reserving each alternate section to the United States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Land Office, under the direction of the President of the United States, from one end thereof to the other; and the said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said State for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: Provided, That said canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed in twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid." This act granted to the State of Indiana 1,439,279 acres. The bill was reported from the Committee on Roads and Canals by William Hendricks, of Indiana, and passed both Houses by the following vote (politics not indicated): NAYS-Messrs. William Addams, Mark Alexander, Willis Alston, William G. Angel. Henry Ashley, John Bailey, John Baldwin, Ichabod Bartlett, Noyes Barber, John S Barbour, Francis Baylies, John Blair, Titus Brown, Joseph II. Bryan, James Buchanan, William Burleigh, Samuel P. Carson, George Cary, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, John Cocke, Henry W. Conner, George W. Crump, Thomas Davenport, William Deitz, William Drayton, Nehemiah Eastman, John Forsyth, Andrew R. Govan, Robert Harris, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Richard Hines, Aaron Hobart, Michael Hoffman, Jeromus Johnson, David Kidder, Thomas Kittera, Jacob Krebs, Edward Livingston, John Long, William McCoy, George McDuffie, William McManus, James Merriwether, Daniel H. Miller, Charles Miner, Jeremiah O'Brien, Robert Orr, Elisha Phelps. George Rives, Lemuel Sawyer, James S. Stevenson, John TalPlumer. James K. Polk, James W. Ripley, William C. iaferro, Starling Tucker, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Elias Whittemore, Lewis Williams. John Wilson, George Wolf, Silas Wood, John Wurts-67. It was then signed by the President, John Quincy Adams, on the same day. Grant to the State of Illinois in aid of the Illinois Central Railroad. IN SENATE, February 13, 1827. 28. NAYS-Messrs. John Branch, John Chandler, Thomas Clayton, Thomas W. Cobb, Mahlon Dickerson, Henry W. Edwards, William Findlay. Robert Y. Hayne, Nathaniel Macon, John Randolph, Nathan Sanford, William Smith, Littleton W. Tazewell, Levi Woodbury-14. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 2, 1827. The bill passed without a division, the yeas and nays having just before been taken on a precisely similar proposition, granting lands to aid in the *4 U. S. Stats., p. 236. Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 257. The first grant of public lands in aid of the construction of railroads was that made by "An land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and act granting the right of way and making a grant Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile," in 1850.* This act provided (sec. 2) "That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches." It also provided, that in case any of the land so *9 U. S. Stats., p. 466. granted should have been sold, or the right of pre-emption should have attached, before the line of the road was definitely ascertained, agents appointed by the Governor of Illinois should select other lands; none of such lands, however, to be farther than fifteen miles from the line of the road." Sec. 3 provided that the land which shall remain "to the United States within six miles on each side of said road and branches shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands." Sec. 4 reserved the right to the United States to use the said road free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. Sec. 7 extended the provisions of the act to the States of Alabama and Mississippi to aid in the continuation of the Central railroad from the mouth of the Ohio river to Mobile. The estimated amount of land inuring under this grant was 2,595,053 acres,* all of which has been certified. The bill was introduced by Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, reported from the Committee of Public Lands by Mr. Shields, of Illinois, and passed both houses by the following vote: IN SENATE, May 2, 1850. YEAS-Messrs. David R. Atchison, George E. Badger, John Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Solon Borland, Jesse D. Bright, Lewis Cass, Thomas Corwin, Jefferson Davis, Henry Dodge, Augustus C. Dodge, Stephen A Douglas, Solomon U. Downs, Henry S. Foote, Samuel Houston, George W. Jones, William Rufus King, Willie P. Mangum, Jackson Morton, William K. Sebastian, William H. Seward, James Shields, Truman Smith, Daniel Sturgeon, Joseph R. Underwood, Isaac P. Walker-26. NAYS-Messrs. James W. Bradbury, Andrew P. Butler, SALMON P. CHASE, John H. Clarke, William C. Dawson, William L. Dayton, Robert M. T. Hunter, Jacob W. Miller, Moses Norris, jr., Samuel S. Phelps, Thomas G. Pratt, Hopkins L. Turney, John Wales, David L. Yulee-14. NOT VOTING-Messrs Roger S. Baldwin, John McP. Berrien, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jere. Clemens, James Cooper, John Davis, Daniel S. Dickinson, Alpheus Felch, Albert C. Greene, JOHN P. HALE, Hannibal Hamlin, James M. Mason, James A. Pearce, Thomas Rusk, Pierre Soule, Presley Spruance, William Upham, Daniel Webster, James Whitcomb-20. Of those not voting Messrs. Greene and Spruance voted "aye" on the same proposition two years before, and Messrs. Callioun and HALE voted "no." IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sept. 17, 1850. YEAS-Messrs. Nathaniel Albertson, CHARLES ALLEN, William J. Alston, Josiah M. Anderson, George R. An drews, George Ashmun, Edward D. Baker, Kingsley S. Bingham, William H. Bissell, David A. Bokee, Franklin W. Bowden, Richard 1. Bowie, James B. Bowlin, George Briggs, James Brooks, Albert G. Brown, William J. Brown, Alexander W. Buel. Lorenzo Burrows, Thomas B. Butler, E. Carrington Cabell, Samuel Calvin, Joseph Casey, Joseph R. Chandler, Chauncey F. Cleveland, Thomas L. Clingman, Williamson R. W. Cobb, Orsamus Cole, Moses B. Corwin, John Crowell, James Duane Doty, James H. Duncan, Cyrus L. Dunham, CHARLES DURKEE, Samuel A. Eliot, Winfield S. Featherston, John Freedley, Meredith P. Gentry, Edward Gilbert, Willis A. Gorman, Daniel Gott, Herman D. Gould, James S. Green, Joseph Grinnell, Willard P. Hall, Ransom Halloway, Andrew J. Harlan, Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris, Andrew K. Hay, Thomas S. Haymond, Moses Hoagland, Volney E. Howard, David Hubbard, Samuel W. Inge, Joseph W. Jackson, Robert W. Johnson, GEORGE W. JULIAN, David S. Kaufman. James G. King, John A. King, Emile La Sere, Shepherd Leffler, Horace Mann, Orsamus B. Matteson, John A. McClernand, head, Isaac E. Morse, James L. Orr, John Otis, John S. Robert M. McLane, William Mc Willie, Charles S. MorePhelps, J. Phillips Phoenix, Charles W. Pitman, Harvey Putnam, William A. Richardson, Elijah Risley, John L. Robinson, Robert L. Rose, Abraham M. Schermerhorn, John L. Schoolcraft, Elbridge G. Spaulding, William Sprague, Edward Stanley, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton, Alexander H. Stephens, John L. Taylor, Jacob Thompson, John R. Thurman, Walter Underhill, Hiram Walden, Loren P. Waldo, John Wentworth, Hugh White, William A. Whittlesey, Christopher H. Williams, Amos E. Wood, George W. Wright, Timothy R. Young. 101. NAYS-Messrs. Henry P. Alexander, William S. Ashe, Thomas H. Averett. James M. H. Beale, WALTER BOOTHE, Armistead Burt, Joseph Cable, Joseph P. Caldwell, Lewis liam F. Colcock, Jesse C. Dickey, Milo M. Dimmick, David D. Campbell, David K. Chrtter, Charles E. Clarke, WilT. Disney, Nathan F. Dixon, William Duer, Henry A. Edmundson, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans, Örin Fowler. Thomas J. D. Fuller. Elbridge Gerry, Alfred GilHaralson, Isham G. Harris. Harry Hibbard, Alexander more, William T. Hamilton, Moses Hampton, Hugh A. R. Holladay, JOHN W. HOWE, William F. Hunter, William T. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, George W. Jones, John B. Kerr, George G. King, PRESTON KING, Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Job Mann. Humphrey Marshall, James McDowell, Edward W. McGaughey, Thomas McKissock, James X. McLanahan, Fayette McMullen, John McQueen, John K. Miller, John S. Millson. Henry D Moore, Jonathan D, Morris, William Nelson, David Outlaw, Richard Parker, Charles H. Peaslee, Emery D. Potter, Robert R. Reed, John Robbins, jr., Thomas Ross, David Rumsey, jr., John H. Savage, Cullen Sawtelle, Robert C. Schenck, James A. Seddon, Augustine H. Shepperd, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Stetson, James H. Thomas, James Thompson, Abraham W. Venable, Samuel F. Vinton, Daniel Wallace, Albert G. Watkins, Isaac Wildrick, Joseph A. Woodward.-75. The bill was signed by the President, Zachary Taylor, September 20, 1850. Grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The first grant of lands made to any corpora tion to aid it in building its railroad was to the Union Pacific Railroad, in 1862, by 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." Section 1 creates the corporation and provides regulations for its government. Section 2 provides "That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to said company for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line; and the right, power, and authority is hereby given to said company to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the construction thereof; said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad where it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, and depots, machine-shops, switches, side tracks, turntables, and water stations. The United States shall extinguish as rapidly as may be the Indian titles to all lands falling under the operation of this act and required for the said right of way and grants hereinafter made." Section 3 provides "That there be, and is hereby, granted to said company, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores thereon, every alternate J. Crittenden, Alexander S. Diven, W. McKee Dunn, section of public land designated by odd num- Section 6 provides that all compensation for services rendered for the Government shall be applied to the payment of the bonds and interest, and that at least five per cent. of the net earnings of the road shall be applied annually to payment of the same. Section 18 provides that when the net earnings of the road shall exceed ten per cent., exclusive of the five per cent. to be paid to the United States, Congress may reduce the rates of fare thereon. It is estimated that there inures to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, under this grant, 35,000,000 acres. This act was reported in the House by Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the Pacific Railroad Committee, and passed both Houses by the following vote: IN SENATE, June 20, 1862. ing, Zachariah Chandler, Daniel Clark, Jacob Collamer, James A. Pearce, Morton S. Wilkinson, Joseph A. Wright -5. Grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1864 an act was passed granting to the Northern Pacific railroad the right of way over the route proposed, and every alternate section, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of the road wherever the route lies through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections per mile wherever the route lies through any State. It provided that no money should be aid in the construction of the said road, and "that drawn from the treasury of the United States to no mortgage or construction bonds shall ever be issued by said company on said road, or mortgage or lien made in any way, except by the consent of the Congress of the United States.' The route proposed was from a point on Lake Superior, in the State of Minnesota or Wisconsin, by the most eligible railroad route, within the territory of the United States, on a line north of the 45th degree of latitude, to some point on Puget's sound, with a branch, via the valley of the Columbia river, to a point at or near Portland, in Oregon, leaving the main trunk line at the most suitable place, not more than one hundred miles from its western terminus. This bill passed both houses by the following vote: IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 8, 1862.† YEAS-Messrs. Cyrus Aldrich, William Allen, John B. Alley, Isaac N. Arnold, James M. Ashley, Fernando C. Beainan, Charles J Biddle, John A. Bingham, Francis P. Blair, jr., Harrison G. Blake, William G. Brown, James H. Campbell, Andrew J. Clements, Schuyler Colfax, Erastus Corning, John Covode, William P. Cutler, William Morris Davis, Isaac C. Delaplaine, R. Holland Duell, George W. Dunlap, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas D. Elliot, Alfred Ely, Reuben E. Fenton, Samuel C. Fessenden, George P. Fisher, Richard Franchot, Augustus Frank, Daniel W. Gooch, John N. Goodwin, Bradley F. Granger, John A. Gurley, Edward Haight, William A. Hall, Samuel Hooper, Valentine Horton, John Hutchins, George W. Julian, William D Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, John W. Killinger, William E. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 31, 1864. Lansing, Cornelius L. L. Leary, William E. Lehman, Dwight Loomis, John W. Menzies, James K. Moorehead, Lucien Anderson, Augustus C. Baldwin, John D. BaldYEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William B. Allison, Anson P. Morrill, John T. Nixon, John W. Noell, Elijah win, Fernando C, Beaman, James G. Blaine, Jacob B. H. Norton, Abraham B. Olin, Nehemiah Perry, Timothy G. Phelps, Thomas L. Price, Alexander H. Rice, Albert Blair, Sempronius II. Boyd, John M. Broomall, James G. Riddle, James S. Rollins, Aaron A. Sargent, Charles S. Brown, Amasa Cobb, Alexander H. Coffroth, Cornelius B. Sedgwick, Samuel Shellabarger, John B. Steele, Thad- Cole, John A. J. Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Ignadeus Stevens, Charles R. Train, Rowland E. Trow- tius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, John R. Eden, Charles bridge, Burt Van Horn, John P. Verree, John W. Wal- A. Eldridge, John F. Farnsworth, Augustus Frank, lace, Charles W. Walton, Elijah Ward, Ellihu B. Wash- James A Garfield, Daniel W. Gooch, Josiah B. Grinburne, Edwin H. Webster, William A. Wheeler, Kelliannell, James T. Hale, William A. Hall, William Higby, V. Whaley, James F. Wilson, William Windom, Sam uel T. Worcester-79. NAYS-Messrs. Sydenham E. Ancona, Elijah Babbitt, Joseph Bailey, Stephen Baker, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, James Buffinton, Charles B. Calvert. Jacob P. Chamberlain, George T. Cobb, Frederick A. Conkling, Samuel S. Cox, James A. Cravens, John W. Crisfield, John Giles W. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John II. Hubbard, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Austin A. King, Anthony L. Knapp, Jesse Lazear, Benjamin F. Loan, John W. Longyear, James M. Marvin, Archibald McAllister, Joseph W. McClurg, Daniel Morris, Leonard Myers, Homer A. Nelson, Warren P. Noble, Moses F. Odell, Charles O'Neill, James W. Patterson, Sidney Perham, Hiram Price, John V. L. Pruyn, William H. Randall, Alexander II. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, John G. This was the test vote, on the first passage of the Scott, Thomas B. Shannon, Ithamar C. Sioan, John B. oill in the House. Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 255. Steele, William G. Steele, Thaddeus Stevens, Lorenzo D. |