Northern Pacific Railroad: Book of Reference for the Use of the Directors and Officers of the Company |
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... held First meeting at the Melodeon Hall , in the City of Boston , at such time of Commission- as any five Commissioners herein named from Massachu- setts shall appoint , not more than three months after the . passage of this act ...
... held First meeting at the Melodeon Hall , in the City of Boston , at such time of Commission- as any five Commissioners herein named from Massachu- setts shall appoint , not more than three months after the . passage of this act ...
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... held to include iron and coal And provided , further , That no money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the United States to aid in the construction of said " Northern Pacific Railroad . " consolidation . Mineral lands excluded . fined ...
... held to include iron and coal And provided , further , That no money shall be drawn from the Treasury of the United States to aid in the construction of said " Northern Pacific Railroad . " consolidation . Mineral lands excluded . fined ...
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... held to vest in said Company the title of said land , and of the right to use and occupy the same for the construction , main- tenance and operation of said road . And in case any of the lands to be taken , as aforesaid , shall be held ...
... held to vest in said Company the title of said land , and of the right to use and occupy the same for the construction , main- tenance and operation of said road . And in case any of the lands to be taken , as aforesaid , shall be held ...
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... held by such person shall be forfeited Forfeiture of absolutely to the use of the Company , and also any pay- ment or payments that shall have been made on account thereof , subject to the condition that the Board of Direc- tors may ...
... held by such person shall be forfeited Forfeiture of absolutely to the use of the Company , and also any pay- ment or payments that shall have been made on account thereof , subject to the condition that the Board of Direc- tors may ...
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... held in the City of New York on the third Thursday in the month of September ; and notice thereof shall be given by the Secretary , by publication once a week for four successive weeks prior to the meeting , in one of the prin- cipal ...
... held in the City of New York on the third Thursday in the month of September ; and notice thereof shall be given by the Secretary , by publication once a week for four successive weeks prior to the meeting , in one of the prin- cipal ...
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Page 9 - 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 10 - Office ; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections, or parts of sections, shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or preempted or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said Company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections...
Page 388 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Page 12 - That the President of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road after the general route shall be fixed. and as fast as may be required by the...
Page 388 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line...
Page 9 - ... hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad, where it may pass through the public domain, including all necessary ground for station buildings, workshops, depots, machine shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables and water stations; and the right of way shall be exempt from taxation within the territories of the United States.
Page 18 - And the better to accomplish the object of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the government at all limes (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military, and other purposes...
Page 32 - SEC. 2. That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby set aside out of any moneys in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to...
Page 9 - Northern Pacific Railroad Company," its successors and assigns, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores, over the route of said line of railway...
Page 25 - And said Corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph line, with the appurtenances, namely, 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...