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 966
... foreclosure in 1898 , or 1899 . Mr. RAKER . By legislation , was it not ? Mr. KERR . No , I think the Government got its money out of it . Now , I am not very familiar with the affairs of the Union Pacific . Mr. RAKER . My recollection ...
... foreclosure in 1898 , or 1899 . Mr. RAKER . By legislation , was it not ? Mr. KERR . No , I think the Government got its money out of it . Now , I am not very familiar with the affairs of the Union Pacific . Mr. RAKER . My recollection ...
Page 1153
... foreclosure was a hostile foreclosure ? Mr. McGowan . Well , mind you , we are not talking now about bringing a direct suit against the Northern Pacific Co. for an amount in excess of $ 1.25 per acre with the statute of March , 1896 ...
... foreclosure was a hostile foreclosure ? Mr. McGowan . Well , mind you , we are not talking now about bringing a direct suit against the Northern Pacific Co. for an amount in excess of $ 1.25 per acre with the statute of March , 1896 ...
Page 1168
... foreclosure of 1896 , the Northern Pacific Railway Co. , the purchaser at the foreclosure sale , was bound to carry for the United States mails , troops , and Government supplies , and he answered that he gave an opinion shortly after ...
... foreclosure of 1896 , the Northern Pacific Railway Co. , the purchaser at the foreclosure sale , was bound to carry for the United States mails , troops , and Government supplies , and he answered that he gave an opinion shortly after ...
Page 1170
... foreclosure proceeding of 1896 - that you did not assume any of the limitations and the obligations imposed under the terms of the old charter ? Mr. KERR . Of course , the only examination which I have ever made of this question is a ...
... foreclosure proceeding of 1896 - that you did not assume any of the limitations and the obligations imposed under the terms of the old charter ? Mr. KERR . Of course , the only examination which I have ever made of this question is a ...
Page 1174
... foreclosure of 1896 . The point that I would like to inquire about is as to whether or not it is now the position of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. that its obligations to the Government by reason of the land grant acts that I have ...
... foreclosure of 1896 . The point that I would like to inquire about is as to whether or not it is now the position of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. that its obligations to the Government by reason of the land grant acts that I have ...
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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...