Acts and Joint Resolutions of Congress and Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States Relating to the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Western Pacific RailroadsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 255 pages |
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act of Congress act of July aforesaid agreement alleged amendment amount appeal applied Attorney-General authorized bill bridge Central Pacific Railroad charter Circuit Court commissioners company's completed connection Constitution construction contract corporation Council Bluffs Court of Claims debt declared decree defendants Denver Pacific Railway duty earnings Eastern Division entitled equity first-mortgage bonds five per cent franchises fund further enacted hereby hundredth meridian interest issued jurisdiction JUSTICE Kansas Pacific Railway legislation lien matter ment miles Missouri River mortgage obligations officers Omaha operation Pacific Ocean Pacific Railroad Company Pacific Railway Company paid pany patents payment provisions purposes railroad and telegraph rates repeal respect road and telegraph Secretary sect secure services rendered sinking-fund sixth section statute stockholders subsidy bonds suit tele telegraph line thereof tion transportation Treasury Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway United Western Pacific Railroad Western Union
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Page 29 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 12 - 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 times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having due regard for the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Page 55 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 55 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena...
Page 119 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay the bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the Government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof...
Page 204 - An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes...
Page 114 - States, to be allowed at par; and after said road is completed, until said bonds and interest are paid, at least five per centum of the net earnings of said road shall also be annually applied to the payment thereof.
Page 55 - The claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the person giving such evidence shall not excuse such witness from testifying; but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person on the trial of any criminal proceeding.
Page 86 - States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use or manufacture the same, such owner's remedy shall be by suit against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture...
Page 194 - ... no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the...