List of acts of Congress relating to railroads-Continued.

Date.

Page.

Title of act.

An act to revive and extend the provisions of "An act granting the right of way
and making a grant of land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in
the construction of a railroad from a point upon the Mississippi opposite the
mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas boundary, near Fulton,
in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River."
A resolution extending the time for the completion of the Burlington and Mis-
souri River Railroad.

A resolution extending the time for the completion of the Union Pacific Rail.
way, Eastern Division.

A resolution to extend the time for the construction of the first section of the
Western Pacific Railroad.

A resolution explanatory of and in addition to the act of May 5, 1864, entitled
"An act granting lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads in Wis-

consin."

A resolution for the construction of a railroad bridge across the Cuyahoga River,
over and upon the government piers at Cleveland, Ohio.

A resolution granting the right of way through military reserves to the Union
Pacific Railroad Company and its branches.

An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the reversion to
the United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction
of a railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on or near
Traverse Bay, in the State of Michigan, and for the completion of said road.
An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the city of
Stockton to the town of Copperopolis in the State of California.

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 15.

Dec. 14, 1867

33

Feb. 21, 1868
Mar. 2, 1868

37
38

Mar. 2, 1868

38

Mar. 6, 1868

39

June 25, 1868
June 25, 1868

79

80

An act granting a certain right of way to the Hudson River West Shore Rail
road Company.
An act to authorize the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company to construct and
maintain a bridge across the Mississippi River and establishing a post-route.
An act to establish and declare the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company, as hereafter constructed, a post-
road, and for other purposes.

An act extending the time for the completion of the Dubuque and Sioux City
Railroad.

An act restoring lands to market along the line of the Pacific railroads and
branches.

An act relative to filing reports of railroad companies.

An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California, to Portland, in Oregon."

An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

An act amendatory of an act approved July 26 (5), 1866, entitled "An act to au thorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as postroads."

An act to extend the time for the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad
in the State of California.

An act amendatory of an act entitled "An act granting public lands to the State
of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of railroads in said State."
Joint resolution changing the time of holding the annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

252 Joint resolution concerning certain lands granted to railroad companies in the
States of Michigan and Wisconsin.

Joint resolution extending the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad.

Joint resolution to extend the time for the completion of the West Wisconsin
Railroad.

An act to authorize the transfer of lands granted to the Union Pacific Railway
Company, Eastern Division, between Denver and the point of its connection
with the Union Pacific Railroad to the Denver Pacific Railway and Tele-
graph Company, and to expedite the completion of railroads to Denver, in the
Territory of Colorado.

An act granting the right of way to the Walla-Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress provided for in section 10 of the act incorporating the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

Joint resolution authorizing the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Divis ion, to change its name to the "Kansas Pacific Railway Company."

A resolution extending the time for the completion of the first twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

List of acts of Congress relating to railroads-Continued.

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 16.

Date.

Page.

Title of act.

56

67

57

121

167 275

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An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia."

An act to incorporate the National Junction Railway Company.

An act to extend the time for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company to complete the first section of twenty miles of said road.

An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construc-
tion of a railroad and telegraph line from the Central Pacific Railroad, in
California, to Portland, in Oregon."

Joint resolution authorizing the building of a railroad bridge over the Ohio
River at Paducah, Ky.

A resolution in relation to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad branch
of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Joint resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

Joint resolution granting right of way for the construction of a railroad from a point at or near Portland, Oreg., to a point west of the Cascade Mountains, in Washington Territory.

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to extend the time for the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company to complete the first section of twenty miles of said road."

An act to extend the time for the completion of the lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, authorized by the act approved February 5, 1867, and to change the location in the city of Washington along the bank of the canal.

An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, in the State of Oregon.

An act to authorize the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company or its
assigns to change the established line of said road in the State of Nebraska.
An act to fix the point of junction of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the
Central Pacific Railroad Company.

An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction,
extension, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company into and within the District of Columbia.

An act to amend an act incorporating the National Junction Railway Company. An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River upon the military reservation at Fort Leav enworth, Kans.

A resolution extending the time for the completion of the first section of twenty miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

A resolution authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to issue its
bonds for the construction of its road, and to secure the same by mortgage,
and for other purposes.

Joint resolution concerning the Southern Pacific Railroad of California.
An act granting to the Utah Central Railroad Company a right of way through
the public lands for the construction of a railroad and telegraph.

An act to authorize the Union Pacific Railroad Company to issue its bonds to
construct a bridge across the Missouri River at Omaha.

An act to provide for the collection of debts due from Southern railroad corporations and for other purposes.

An act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other purposes.

An act to extend the time for the reversion to the United States of the lands
granted by Congress to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of a
railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, in said State, and for other purposes.
An act supplementary to "An act to authorize the extension, construction, and
use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in, to, and
within the District of Columbia."

A resolution granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Barrancas Railroad
Company through the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Fla.
An act legalizing the stamping of certain subscription papers executed and
issued to the Iowa Northern Central Railroad Company.

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 17.

An act to enable the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company to relocate a portion of its road. 19 An act to enable the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company to mortgage its road.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Saint Joseph, Mo.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other bridges across said river, and to establish them as post-roads.

An act granting the right of way through the public lands for the construction of a railroad from Great Salt Lake to Portland, Oregon.

May 4, 1870 May 6, 1870 May 6, 1870 June 21, 1870

94

118

161

June 28, 1870
July 14, 1870

May 6, 1870
May 31, 1870

376

378

Apr. 19, 1871

Apr. 20, 1871

Mar. 5, 1872
Apr. 1, 1872

33

44

List of acts of Congress relating to railroads-Continued.

Date.

Page.

May 1, 1872
May 2, 1872

58

59

May 11, 1872
May 15, 1872
May 21, 1872

99

118

140

May 23, 1872
May 27, 1872
May 31, 1872

160

162 193

June 1, 1872 June 1, 1872 June 4, 1872 June 4, 1872 June 4, 1872 June 4, 1872 June 4, 1872 June 8, 1872 June 8, 1872 June 8, 1872 June 8, 1872

222

223

224

339

340 343

345

Title of acts.

202 212

215

220

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Saint Joseph, Mo."

An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas Pa-
cific Railroad Company, and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other
purposes.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at
Boonville, Mo.

An act to authorize the West Wisconsin Railway Company to keep up and
maintain a bridge for railway purposes across Lake Saint Croix at the city of
Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin.

An act to confirm the action of the board of aldermen and common council of the city of Washington designating a depot site for the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

An act to authorize the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company to change their projected line of railway in the State of Michigan.

An act in relation to the Dakota Southern Railroad Company.

An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at
Little Rock, Ark.

An act granting the right of way to the Dakota Grand Trunk Railway Company.
An act granting a right of way to the Utah, Idaho and Montana Railroad
Company.

An act further regulating the construction of bridges across the Mississippi
River.

An act granting to the Davenport and Saint Paul Railroad Company the right of
way.

An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River oppo-
site to or within the corporate limits of Nebraska City, Nebr.

An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at
Brownville, Nebr.

An act granting the right of way through the public lands for the construction
of a railroad and telegraph line in Florida.

An act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Denver and
Rio Grande Railway Company.

An act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Pensacola and
Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama.

An act to authorize the building of the New Mexico and Gulf Railway, and for
other purposes.

An act authorizing the Secretary of War to release twenty-five acres of the lands of the United States at Plattsburg, N. Y., to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other purposes.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, and to establish it as a post-road.

An act for the extension of time to the Winona and Saint Peter Railroad Company for the completion of its road.

An act to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Iowa.

An act to authorize the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Saint Louis River.

An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold payments to rail-
road companies on account of freights or transportation, for interest on bonds
not reimbursed, together with 5 per cent. of net earnings.

An act authorizing the Attorney-General to bring suit against the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, and all persons who, &c.

An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other
purposes."

An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of War to release twenty-five acres of the lands of the United States at Plattsburg, N.. Y., to the New York and Canada Railroad Company, and for other purposes." 612 An act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Utah Northern Railroad Company.

An act supplemental to an act entitled "An act granting the right of way through
the public lands for the construction of a railroad from Great Salt Lake to
Portland, Oregon."

An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting the right of way to the Walla-
Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company, and for other purposes."
An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at
Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or
near the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri, and to establish it as a
post-road.

An act for the extension of time to the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Com-
pany for the completion of its road.

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

An act to enable the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company to make a re-
survey of its road.

List of acts of Congress relating to railroads-Continued.

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 18.

Date.

Page.

Apr. 9, 1874
Apr. 15, 1874

28

29

May 27, 1874

48-49

June 6, 1874

62-63

June 15, 1874
June 16, 1874
June 18, 1874

72

74

81

June 19, 1874

84

June 20, 1874

Title of act.

An act to extend the time for completing the Wisconsin Central Railroad in
Wisconsin.

An act to forfeit to the United States certain lands granted to the Placerville and
Sacramento Valley Railroad Company to aid in constructing a railroad from
the town of Folsom to the town of Placerville in the State of California.
An act to authorize the county commissioners of Thurston County, in Washing-
ton Territory, to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing a railroad from
Budd's Inlet, Puget Sound, to intersect the Northern Pacific Railroad at or
near Tenino.

An act to legalize and establish a pontoon railway bridge across the Mississippi
River at Prairie Du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a similar
bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa.

An act to forfeit certain public lands granted to the Stockton and Copperopolis
Railroad, in the State of California.

An act-no money to be paid to railroad companies for transportation of property
or troops over roads constructed by aid of grants of public lands, &c.
An act authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way across a corner
of the Fort Gratiot military reservation to the City Railroad Company, Port
Huron, Mich.

An act to authorize the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to construct a
branch, and to change the location of its road within the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes.
111-112 An act making additions to the fifteenth section of the act approved July 2, 1864,
entitled "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.

An act for the relief of settlers on railroads.

An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the construction of its road, and for
other purposes."

An act providing for the collection of moneys due the United States from the
Pacific Railroad Companies.

An act to extend the act of March 3, 1873, entitled "An act for the extension
of time to the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company for the completion
of its road."

An act granting the right of way through the public lands to the Arkansas Valley
Railway Company.

An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize the Washington
City and Point Lookout Railroad Company to extend a railroad into and within
the District of Columbia.'

An act extending the right of way heretofore granted to the Allegheny Valley
Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Pittsburgh, Pa.

An act granting the right of way and depot grounds to the Oregon Central Pacific
Railway Company through the public lands of the United States, from Winne
mucca, in the State of Nevada, to the Columbia River, via Portland, in the
State of Oregon.

An act to provide for settlements with certain railway companies.

An act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the
United States.

An act authorizing the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company to straighten the
line of their road.

An act to correct a clerical error in the act granting the right of way through
the public lands to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company.
An act for the relief of settlers on lands within railroad limits.

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 19.

An act to confirm pre-emption and homestead entries of public lands within the limits of railroad grants in cases where such entries have been made under the regulations of the Land Department.

An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the United States arsenal ground near Benicia, Cal.

72 An act granting the right of way for a railroad and telegraph line to the Walla-
Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company across Fort Walla Walla mili-
tary reservation, in Washington Territory.

An act authorizing the President to appoint a commission of three persons to
examine railroad mail service.
An act making appropriations for the Post-Office Department, section 13, that
railroad companies whose railroads were constructed in whole or in part by
land-grants made by Congress on the condition that the mails should be trans-
ported over their roads at such price as Congress should by law direct, shall
receive only 80 per centum of the compensation authorized by this act.
An act to declare forfeited to the United States certain lands granted to the State
of Kansas in aid of the construction of railroads by act of Congress, approved
March 3, 1863.

List of acts of Congress relating to railroads-Continued.

Date.

Page.

Title of act.

An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government. Proviso: cost of surveying land-grants to be first paid into the Treasury before lands are conveyed to any railroad company.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at
or near Sioux City, Iowa.

Joint resolution imposing a special tax on dealers on railway trains.
Joint resolution amending the eighth section of the act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the
year ending June 30, 1877, and for other purposes. Survey of Union Pacific
and Central Pacific Railways.

An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for other purposes. Six thousand dol-
lars appropriated to continue and complete the service required of the railway
commission.
An act to secure the rights of settlers upon certain railroad lands, and to repeal
the first five sections of an act entitled "An act granting lands to the State of
Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad
and its extension to Red River."

An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting the right of way through the
public lands to the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company."

UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. 20.

An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or
near Glasgow, Mo.

An act to authorize the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company to ex-
tend its road into the Territory of Dakota to the village of Sioux Falls.
An act to alter and amend the 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 1, 1862, and also to alter and amend the act of Con-
gress approved July 2, 1864, in amendment of said first-named act.

An act to restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement under the homestead law,
and for other purposes.

An act to create an Auditor of Railroad Accounts, and for other purposes.
An act creating the Utah and Northern Railway Company, a corporation, in the
Territories of Utah, Idaho, and Montana, and granting the right of way to
said company through the public lands.