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... Lake Superior Rail- road Company , asking for such an act of assent on the part of the State of Michigan to the act of incorporation by the Leg- islature of Wisconsin , of said company , as may be necessary to authorize said company ...
... Lake Superior Rail- road Company , asking for such an act of assent on the part of the State of Michigan to the act of incorporation by the Leg- islature of Wisconsin , of said company , as may be necessary to authorize said company ...
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... Lake Superior Railroad Com- pany , is directed to transmit to your honorable body the following memorial : In 1852 , the project was formed to secure the construction of a rail- road leading from Detroit to the mining district of Lake ...
... Lake Superior Railroad Com- pany , is directed to transmit to your honorable body the following memorial : In 1852 , the project was formed to secure the construction of a rail- road leading from Detroit to the mining district of Lake ...
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... Lake Superior , numerous and rich mines of iron and copper , now sought to be worked by citizens of many States : And Whereas , It is at present impossible for those inhabiting the mining country to export the products of their labor ...
... Lake Superior , numerous and rich mines of iron and copper , now sought to be worked by citizens of many States : And Whereas , It is at present impossible for those inhabiting the mining country to export the products of their labor ...
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... Lake Michigan in the county of Mason , in the State of Michigan , and from the opposite shore , at or near Manitowoc , in Wisconsin , to Ontonagon river on Lake Superior ; with a branch to Kewana Point , and also a branch to the ...
... Lake Michigan in the county of Mason , in the State of Michigan , and from the opposite shore , at or near Manitowoc , in Wisconsin , to Ontonagon river on Lake Superior ; with a branch to Kewana Point , and also a branch to the ...
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... Lake Michigan at times and seasons where the Lake cannot be safely navigated . Indeed it is believed to be impossible to combine the influence of the capitalists who have investments in the mines and to obtain their aid in the ...
... Lake Michigan at times and seasons where the Lake cannot be safely navigated . Indeed it is believed to be impossible to combine the influence of the capitalists who have investments in the mines and to obtain their aid in the ...
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Allegan Allegan County AMOS ROOT amount appropriation AUSTIN BLAIR authority Berrien county Board branches Charles charter Chas citizens committee Congress Constitution construction convicted county of Wayne crime of larceny debt deemed Detroit district duty Education Elliott expenses George Grand Haven Grand Rapids Henry Hillsdale honorable body hundred dollars imprisonment Indiana Railroad institution interest Jackson James January John Joseph Judges justice Kansas labor Lake Michigan Lake Superior Lansing lative lectures legislation Legislature Lower Peninsula Manitowoc Marquette memorialists ment Michigan miles Milwaukee Railway Company number of students officers organization Owosso paid Pardon was granted Peninsula PETITION petitioners Port Huron portion Prison Professor prosecuting attorney public lands Railroad Company received Regents respectfully represent roads route salary Samuel Samuel Fuller sentenced to five Smith submitted swamp lands Thos tion Treasurer undersigned United University fund Upper Peninsula William Wisconsin
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Page 13 - ... but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any section or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same...
Page 14 - ... that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads, may be sold...
Page 13 - And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any Act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any objects of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved from the operations of this Act...
Page 14 - That the lands hereby granted to said State shall be disposed of by said State only in...
Page 13 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of railroads from Little Bay de Noquet to Marquette, and thence to Ontonagou, and from the two last named places to the Wisconsin State line...
Page 14 - 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 14 - And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall be transported over said roads, under the direction of the Post Office department, at such price as Congress may by law direct : Provided, That until such price is fixed by law, the Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the same.
Page 13 - But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any section or any parts thereof granted as aforesaid or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said state to select...