The Northern Pacific Land Grants: Hearings Before the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Parts 2-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - Railroad land grants |
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Page 879
... Minnesota it shall receive not more than 10 sections . a mile , the equivalent of 5 sections a mile on each side , it being in contemplation that that would be a spur to the Northern Pacific to extend its line at least from the ...
... Minnesota it shall receive not more than 10 sections . a mile , the equivalent of 5 sections a mile on each side , it being in contemplation that that would be a spur to the Northern Pacific to extend its line at least from the ...
Page 888
... Minnesota , provided that if the Northern Pacific made its terminus on Lake Superior at any point other than in Minnesota , it must , either by construction or in some way , provide a connection with the navigable waters of Lake ...
... Minnesota , provided that if the Northern Pacific made its terminus on Lake Superior at any point other than in Minnesota , it must , either by construction or in some way , provide a connection with the navigable waters of Lake ...
Page 889
... Minnesota or Wisconsin ; thence westerly by the most eligible railroad route- And so on . Now , this line from Superior to Ashland is built in an easterly direction from that point , is it not ? Mr. KERR . Well , it is built in a ...
... Minnesota or Wisconsin ; thence westerly by the most eligible railroad route- And so on . Now , this line from Superior to Ashland is built in an easterly direction from that point , is it not ? Mr. KERR . Well , it is built in a ...
Page 890
... Minnesota was May 5 , 1864 ? Mr. KERR . The grant to the State of Wisconsin was May 5 , 1864 . Mr. RAKER . The State of Wisconsin ? Mr. KERR . Yes . Mr. RAKER . Where is that found ? I see it is right here before me , but I read the ...
... Minnesota was May 5 , 1864 ? Mr. KERR . The grant to the State of Wisconsin was May 5 , 1864 . Mr. RAKER . The State of Wisconsin ? Mr. KERR . Yes . Mr. RAKER . Where is that found ? I see it is right here before me , but I read the ...
Page 911
... Minnesota to the Red River of the North , and then at various times after that other maps of definite location were filed from the Red River of the North to Puget Sound , and in 1882- Mr. RAKER ( interposing ) . Let us just hang on to ...
... Minnesota to the Red River of the North , and then at various times after that other maps of definite location were filed from the Red River of the North to Puget Sound , and in 1882- Mr. RAKER ( interposing ) . Let us just hang on to ...
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acres act of Congress act of July amount bidder Cascade Mountains certified check CHAIRMAN claim Columbia River Commissioner committee construction corporation County decision decrees definite location deposit filed foreclosure forfeiture franchise Government homestead HUGHES indemnity lands indemnity limits Indians issued Item number joint resolution KERR Lake Superior land grant Land Office lands and rights lands hereby granted language map of definite matter McGowan miles mineral Minnesota Montana nonmineral North Dakota Northern Pacific grant Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Railway Oregon Pacific Railroad Company parcel patent place limits Portland and Tacoma preemption preemption law property and rights provision public lands Puget Sound purchaser question RAKER referred resolution of 1870 respect right of occupancy road Schedule Secretary selection Senator KENDRICK settlers sold Special Master statute Supreme Court survey territory thereof tion townships tract of land treaty of 1851 United Wallula WILLIAMS Wisconsin
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Page 1243 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 1128 - States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 1238 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty...
Page 969 - The United States are as much bound by their contracts as are individuals. If they repudiate their obligations, it is as much repudiation, with all the wrong and reproach that term implies, as it would be if the repudiator had been a State or a municipality or a citizen.
Page 1238 - ... beginning at a point on Lake Superior, in the state of Minnesota or Wisconsin, thence westerly, by the most eligible railroad route, as shall be determined by said company, within the territory of the United States...
Page 1168 - State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 893 - State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much...
Page 1095 - States agrees that for every thirty children between said ages who can be induced or compelled to attend school, a house shall be provided and a teacher competent to teach the elementary branches of an English education shall be furnished, who will reside among said Indians, and faithfully discharge his or her duties as a teacher.
Page 882 - Brown, * * * (and others) * * * and all such other persons who shall or may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic, in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of the " Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company...
Page 893 - Lake, between townships twenty-five and thirty-one, every alternate section of public land designated by odd numbers for ten sections in width on each side of said road...