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- In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 10.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Joint Resolution S. No. 10, relating to the route of the railroad from Fond-du-Lac, on Lake Winnebago, in the State of Wisconsin, to Lake Superior, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report ..
- Indians occupying railroad lands in Arizona, New Mexico, or California. January 19, 1925. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Grant of land for certain railroads. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a grant of land to aid in the construction of certain railroads. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Amending act authorizing purchase by McMinnville, Oreg., of certain lands. March 3, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Railroad Company -- Alabama, Florida, & Georgia. Petition of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Railroad Company, asking a donation of the public lands, &c. February 2, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals
- Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) January 12, 1838
- Authorizing sale of timber on class 3 of the Oregon & California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. March 24, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. March 3, 1848. Ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 26, 1872, information in relation to the lands in Louisiana granted to said state in aid of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed
- Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, approving of Mr. Whitney's plan of connecting Lake Michigan with the Pacific Ocean by railroad. January 31, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- To authorize the selection of certain publicly owned lands by the State of Oregon. April 3, 1926. -- Ordered to be printed
- Petition of the Mississippi City Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report, (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 29.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Asa Whitney, relative to the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, respectfully report ..
- Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, praying the cession of certain public lands, to aid in the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. March 27, 1860. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Chiriqui Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Chiriqui Commission. January 22, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed without the maps
- Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation of land to aid in the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of donations of land for the Mount Carmel and Alton, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroads, and for the Springfield and Alton branch of the Northern Cross Railroad. January 30, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report, (To accompany Bill S. No. 246.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report ..
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. December 13, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of Whitney's plan for a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. December 9, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Suit against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents communicating information in reference to a suit instituted against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. January 16, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
- Memorial of Asa Whitney, praying for a grant of land to enable him to construct a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. January 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to Asa Whitney's plan for the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. March 13, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, on the plan proposed by Mr. Asa Whitney. January 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed
- Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, concerning the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Illinois Central Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) March 31, 1836
- In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report, (To accompany Bill S. No. 95.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill granting to the State of Illinois the right of way and a donation of public lands, for making a railroad connecting the upper and lower Mississippi with the chain of northern lakes, at Chicago, have given it the most careful examination, and respectfully ask leave to report ..
- Exchanges of lands in the Walapai Indian Reservation, Ariz. February 11, 1925. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Northern Pacific land grants. February 24, 1927. -- Ordered to be printed
- Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. April 16, 1860. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mineral Point and Portage City railroad. May 10, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed
- In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report ... Illinois Central Railroad Company vs. the United States ..
- Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the grant of public lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads, so as to enable them to obtain greater mail facilities. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Homestead settlers in the State of Alabama. February 19, 1903. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Railroad from McGregor to Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, asking that lands be granted to the State of Iowa to aid in the construction of a railroad from McGregor west to the Missouri River. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad. January 15, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Communication from the Hon. James S. Green and Willard P. Hall, representatives in Congress from the State of Missouri, in relation to Bill S. 248, granting the right of way and land for the St. Joseph and Hannibal Railroad. June 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed
- New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, for a donation of public lands to the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. Memorial of Asa Whitney, of New York City, relative to the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. January 28, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals
- In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1880. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 92.) The Senate Committee on Public Lands in the Forty-fifth Congress made the following report upon a bill similar to the present ..
- Citizens of Missouri asking land in aid of the construction of a railroad. May 14, 1858
- Petition of P.A. Hargous, offering to the consideration of Congress the advantages of a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and praying that Congress, before its final action on the subject, will allow time for establishing the facts therein stated. February 6, 1849. Ordered to be printed
- Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of Asa Whitney's plan of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. April 28, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of a donation of land to aid in the construction of the Alton, Mt. Carmel, and New Albany Railroad, and also the Northern Cross Railroad. January 23, 1851. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Oregon & California railroad grant lands. May 28, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, on the plan of Asa Whitney. April 17, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, recommending an appropriation of land for the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Oregon Territory, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. December 8, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Providing for the forfeiture of the right-of-way located within the State of California heretofore granted to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Co. by the United States. April 30, 1958. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed
- Settlers on Union Pacific Railroad Co. land grants. June 11, 1912. -- Ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
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