| Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1872 - 1286 páginas
...under the grant made by the government of the United States to the State of Illinois, by virtue of 'An act granting the right of way, and making a grant...construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile,' passed September '^Oth, 1850," together with other property and interests specified in the 15th section... | |
| Illinois. General Assembly. Senate - 1872 - 934 páginas
...to-wit: WHEREAS, by an act of Congress of the United States, approved September 20th. AD 1850, entitled "An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land ti> tUe States of Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - 1875 - 782 páginas
...Congress of September 20, 1850, (9 Stat., 466,) the Mobile Railroad Company received a grant of land in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile, and which was likewise made to the Illinois Central Railroad. The 7th section of that act provides... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - 1873 - 668 páginas
...land-grant " road. 445. 2. By the 7th section of the act of September 20, 1850, granting public lands in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile, such railroad became a public highway for the purposes mentioned in said section for its whole length,... | |
| E. Duis - 1874 - 910 páginas
...of the Illinois Central Railroad. On the 20th of September, 1850, Congress passed the act entitled "An act granting the right of way and making a grant...construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile." As soon as the act was passed various New York and Boston capitalists were anxious to build the railroad,... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1874 - 622 páginas
...of the road by the Government, are contained in many of these Acts. In 1850, Congress granted land in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile, in which it was enacted, that the railroad " shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the... | |
| Henry Norris Copp - 1875 - 1000 páginas
...twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled " 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 river,... | |
| Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - 1876 - 764 páginas
...boundary of said State. Approved December 26, 1866." " 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... | |
| United States - 1881 - 826 páginas
...aud sixty -six, entitled, "An act to revive and extend the probuilili'n Mlrstsec- v'8'ons °f '-^u act granting the right of "way and making a grant of land tion of road ex- to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in the construction of a tended. railroad... | |
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