States. Date of laws. No. 7.-Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations for railroads and military wagon-road purposes from the year 1850 to June 30, 1878. Statutes. Page. Name of road. Mile limits. Number of acres cer tified or patented for the year ending June 30, 1878. Number of acres cer tified or patented up to June 30, 1878. Do. May 23, 1872 17 159 Act confirming lands heretofore certified to the State for the Alabama and Ten June 3, 1856 11 18 New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western 6 and 15 6 and 15 6 and 15 6 and 15 6 and 15 Do July 14, 1870 16 277 Resolution extending the time for completion of first twenty miles of road. Do Act declaring forfeited to the United States all the lands not lawfully disposed of by the State. Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern 2,760.00 1, 115, 408. 41 204, 921. 08 Do † No evidence of the construction of any part of these roads, as required by the acts, having been filed in the General Land Office, the grants are presumed to have lapsed, but Lands earned by the construction of eighty miles of road prior to June 3, 1866, 51,452.03 acres. Lands within the limits of New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport Railroad grant of March 3, 1871, 227,879.94 acres. Lands restored to market March, 1873, under the act of July 14, 1870, 439,861.82 acres. 6 and 15 Additional 5 No. 7.-Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations, &c.—Continued. July 28, 1866 14 338 Do.. Apr. 10, 1869 16 46 Act extending time for completion of first twenty miles of road. Do Mar. 8, 1870 16 76 338 do. Do July 4, 1866 14 83 Saint Louis and Iron Mountain. Missouri. June 10, 1852 10 8 Southwest Branch of the Pacific Road. Act repealing provision in act of April 10, 1869, as to mode of sales of land. 155 Memphis and Little Rock.. Do. May 15, 1856 11 9 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. Do. June 2, 1864 13 98 do. 6 and 15 482, 094.36 20 *161, 212. 81 Do Jan. 31, 1873 17 421 Act to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Iowa. Do June 15, 1878 Pam. 133 Act to restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement under the homestead law, &c. Act extending the time for completion of road to January 1, 1872. Do. May 15, 1856 11 9 Iowa Falls and Sioux City. 6 and 15 Do. May 12, 1864 13 72 Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, formerly McGregor and Missouri River. 10 and 20 Do. May 12, 1864 13 72 Sioux City and Saint Paul. 10 and 20 Michigan June 3, 1856 11 21 Port Huron and Lake Michigan 6 and 15 Do June 3, 1856 11 21 Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw. 6 and 15 743, 009. 36 Do July 3, 1866 14 78 Act extending the time for completion of road seven years, &c. Do. Mar. 2, 1867 14 425 Act extending the time for completion of first twenty miles of road. Do. Mar. 3, 1871 16 586 Act authorizing change of northern terminus from Traverse Bay to Straits of Mackinaw, and for other purposes. Resolution extending time for completion of road. Act authorizing the company to change its western terminus of road. Act extending time for completion of road five years. June 3, 1856 11 21 Grand Rapids and Indiana June 7, 1864 | 13 119 Grand Rapids and Indiana, from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Grand Rapids. 6 and 20 520 Act extending time for completion of road eight years. Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon. Do. Mar. 3, 1865 ! 13 521 do. Do. May 20, 1868 15 252 Do. Apr. 20, 1871 17 643 Resolution extending time for completion of road, &c. Act authorizing the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company to resurvey and locate anew a part of its road. 6 and 15 Wisconsin June 3, 1856 11 20 Chicago, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, formerly the West Wisconsin. 6 and 15 327, 903. 69 Do May 5, 1864 13 66 .. do. 10 and 20 474, 913. 20 Do. Mar. 3, 1873 17 634 Act to quiet the title to the lands of the settlers on lands claimed by the West Wisconsin Railway Company. Saint Vincent Extension Saint Paul and Pacific, south terminus changed from Crow-Wing to Saint Cloud. Authorizing selections of lands along the full extent of original route of road. Resolution explanatory of the act of May 5, 1864, and authorizing certain changes Act extending time for completion of road nine months. Western Railroad, formerly Brainard Branch, Saint Paul and Pacific. Resolution authorizing the State to change the branch line under certain conditions. 6 and 15 10 and 20 6 and 15 10 and 20 524, 538. 15 318, 959. 41 545, 575. 76 102, 622. 89 546, 446. 05 10 and 20 6 and 15 466, 403. 48 10 and 20 1, 389. 26 781, 780.70 6 and 15 436, 695. 16 10 and 20 101, 147. 26 780, 291.75 Act extending time for completion of road to March 3, 1876, &c. Minnesota Central. ..do Do. States. Date of laws. No. 7.-Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations, &c.-Continued. Statutes. Page. Name of road. Mile limits. Number of acres cer tified or patented for the year ending June 30, 1878. Number of acres cer tified or patented up to June 30, 1878. 341, 563. 48 1,323, 514. 90 97 Act allowing selections within twenty miles of road in lieu of lands sold after Act extending the time for completion of road. 195 Saint Paul and Sioux City. 6 and 15 959, 319. 24 74 do 10 and 20 240, 529. 83 97 Act extending the time for completion of road seven years. 64 Lake Superior and Mississippi. 10 and 20 93 Act authorizing the railroad company to make up deficiency of land within Do July 1, 1864 13 339 Act authorizing change of route of branch line. Do. Apr. 10, 1871 Act authorizing the company to relocate a portion of its road. Do. July 24, 1876 19 101 Act declaring a portion of the grant forfeited. Do. Mar. 3, 1863 12 772 Missouri, Kansas and Texas. 10 and 20 Do. July 1, 1864 13 339 Act extending grant from Emporia to a point near Fort Riley. Act making grant from Fort Riley to the southern boundary of the State. Do. July 23, 1866 14 210 Saint Joseph and Denver City Do. July 25, 1866 14 236 Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Do. Mar. 3, 1877 19 404 An act to secure the rights of settlers upon certain railroad lands, and to repeal Act authorizing location of Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha westward. Resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Union Act fixing the point of junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail- An act amendatory of the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864. 10 and 20 laws. 20 14, 703. 18 708, 862. 17 Do July 3, 1866 14 79 An act authorizing location of Central Pacific Railroad eastward. Resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, and providing that the common terminus of the road shall be at or near Ogden, Utah Territory, &c. Act fixing the point of junction of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Do May 6, 1878 Pam. 56 An act amendatory of the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864. 20 120.00 422, 718. 18 Do Mar. 3, 1865 13 594 Act ratifying the assignment made by the Central Pacific Railroad Company to the Western Pacific Railroad Company of that portion from San José to the city of Sacramento. Resolution extending the time for completion of first section of twenty miles of Western Pacific Railroad upon certain conditions. Central Branch Union Pacific. Do July 2, 1864 13 356 do Do. July 1, 1862 12 489 Kansas Pacific Do. July 2, 1864 13 356 do 20 20 Do July 3, 1866 14 79 Do May 7, 1866 14 355 Do Mar. 6, 1868 ! 15 39 Resolution extending time for commencing and completing road. Resolution authorizing issue of bonds, &c. Do. Apr. 10, 1869 16 57 Act requiring the company to designate general route before December 1, 1866. Resolution extending time for completion of road. Act restoring the even numbered sections on line of Pacific railroads and Act extending the Union Pacific Railway, eastern division line of road, to Den- Resolution anthorizing the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, to Denver Pacific Act making additions to the fifteenth section of the act approved July 2, 1864. 364 Burlington and Missouri River. Act authorizing the change of route and connection with the Union Pacific Railroad at or near Fort Kearney. Resolution authorizing the company to extend its branch line from Portland Resolution authorizing the issue of mortgage bonds, reversing locations of Act requiring the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to pay the cost of sur- *Includes 186,936.72 acres of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad, and 260,425.35 acres of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, situated in the "Osage ceded reservation," which amounts are a loss to the roads, by the decision of the United States Supreme Court, at its October term, 1875. 10 640.00 41, 318. 23 743, 493. 44 |