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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.

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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.

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May 23, 1872

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159

Act confirming lands heretofore certified to the State for the Alabama and Ten

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June 3, 1856

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New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western

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July 14, 1870

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Resolution extending the time for completion of first twenty miles of road.

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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

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* In the adjustment of this grant, the road was treated as an entirety, and without reference to the State line; hence, Alabama has approved to her more and Mississippi less
land than they would appear to be entitled to in proportion to the length of road line in the respective States.

† 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
the lands have not been restored to the mass of public lands, Congress having taken no action to that end.

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.

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No. 7.-Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations, &c.—Continued.

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July 28, 1866

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Apr. 10, 1869

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Act extending time for completion of first twenty miles of road.

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Mar. 8, 1870

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July 4, 1866

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Saint Louis and Iron Mountain.

Missouri.

June 10, 1852

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Southwest Branch of the Pacific Road.

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Act repealing provision in act of April 10, 1869, as to mode of sales of land. 155 Memphis and Little Rock..

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May 15, 1856

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.

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June 2, 1864

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482, 094.36

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Jan. 31, 1873

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421

Act to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Iowa.

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June 15, 1878

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133

Act to restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement under the homestead law, &c.

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Act extending the time for completion of road to January 1, 1872.

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May 15, 1856

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Iowa Falls and Sioux City.

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May 12, 1864

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72

Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, formerly McGregor and Missouri River.

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May 12, 1864

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72

Sioux City and Saint Paul.

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Michigan

June 3, 1856

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Port Huron and Lake Michigan

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June 3, 1856

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Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw.

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July 3, 1866

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78 Act extending the time for completion of road seven years, &c.

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Mar. 2, 1867

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425

Act extending the time for completion of first twenty miles of road.

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Mar. 3, 1871

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586

Act authorizing change of northern terminus from Traverse Bay to Straits of Mackinaw, and for other purposes.

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Resolution extending time for completion of road.

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Act authorizing the company to change its western terminus of road. Act extending time for completion of road five years.

June 3, 1856

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Grand Rapids and Indiana

June 7, 1864 |

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119

Grand Rapids and Indiana, from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Grand Rapids.

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520 Act extending time for completion of road eight years. Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon.

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Mar. 3, 1865 !

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May 20, 1868

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Apr. 20, 1871

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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.

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Wisconsin

June 3, 1856

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Chicago, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, formerly the West Wisconsin.

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May 5, 1864

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Mar. 3, 1873

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Act to quiet the title to the lands of the settlers on lands claimed by the West Wisconsin Railway Company.

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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.
Wisconsin Central.

Resolution explanatory of the act of May 5, 1864, and authorizing certain changes
of width, in accordance with the act of the State legislature.
Act to extend the time for completion of road to December 31, 1876.
First Division Saint Paul and Pacific.

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.

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524, 538. 15

318, 959. 41

545, 575. 76

102, 622. 89

546, 446. 05

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6 and 15

466, 403. 48

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1, 389. 26

781, 780.70

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436, 695. 16

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101, 147. 26

780, 291.75

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Act extending time for completion of road to March 3, 1876, &c. Minnesota Central. ..do

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*Includes 35,685.49 acres of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; 109,756.85 acres of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad; and 77,535.22 acres of the
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad, situated in the old Des Moines River grant of August, 1846, which amounts are a loss to the roads by the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company vs. Litchfield, 23 Howard, p. 66.

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.

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Act allowing selections within twenty miles of road in lieu of lands sold after
definite location but prior to withdrawal, &c.

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Act extending the time for completion of road.

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Saint Paul and Sioux City.

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Act extending the time for completion of road seven years.

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Lake Superior and Mississippi.

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Act authorizing the railroad company to make up deficiency of land within
thirty miles of west line of road.

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July 1, 1864

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Act authorizing change of route of branch line.

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Apr. 10, 1871

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Act authorizing the company to relocate a portion of its road.

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July 24, 1876

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Act declaring a portion of the grant forfeited.

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Mar. 3, 1863

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Missouri, Kansas and Texas.

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July 1, 1864

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Act extending grant from Emporia to a point near Fort Riley.

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Act making grant from Fort Riley to the southern boundary of the State.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé.

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July 23, 1866

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Saint Joseph and Denver City

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July 25, 1866

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Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf

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Mar. 3, 1877

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An act to secure the rights of settlers upon certain railroad lands, and to repeal
the first five sections of an act granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid
in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad, &c.
Union Pacific from Omaha, Nebr., to a point near Ogden, in Utah Territory.
Union Pacific

Act authorizing location of Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha westward.
Resolution granting right of way through military reserve, &c.

Resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads, and providing that the common termi-
nus of the road shall be at or near Ogden, Utah Territory, &c.

Act fixing the point of junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail-
roads, &c.

An act amendatory of the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864.

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July 3, 1866

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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.

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May 6, 1878

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An act amendatory of the acts of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864.

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Mar. 3, 1865

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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.

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Resolution extending the time for completion of first section of twenty miles of Western Pacific Railroad upon certain conditions. Central Branch Union Pacific.

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July 2, 1864

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July 1, 1862

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Kansas Pacific

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July 2, 1864

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July 3, 1866

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May 7, 1866

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Mar. 6, 1868 !

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Resolution extending time for commencing and completing road. Resolution authorizing issue of bonds, &c.

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Apr. 10, 1869

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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
branches at $2.50 per acre.

Act extending the Union Pacific Railway, eastern division line of road, to Den-
ver City, and authorizing transfer of lands by said company to the Denver
Pacific Railroad Company, between Denver and Cheyenne.

Resolution anthorizing the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, to
change its name to Kansas Pacific.

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
to Puget Sound, &c.

Resolution authorizing the issue of mortgage bonds, reversing locations of
main and branch lines in Washington Territory, extending indemnity
limits, &c.

Act requiring the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to pay the cost of sur-
veying, &c.

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*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.

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