That the said lands hereby granted shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said State for the purposes aforesaid and no other ; and the said canal shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States... General Orders - Page 42by United States. War Department - 1893Full view - About this book
| United States. Comptroller of the Treasury - Expenditures, Public - 1917 - 880 pages
...one of three classes of railroads : I. Certain railroads were granted lands under condition that '' said railroad shall be and remain a public highway...of the United States free from toll or other charge on the transportation of any property or troops of the United States." (See sec. 3, act of Mar. 3,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1220 pages
...the supreme court held that under the land grant to such company, providing that its road should be a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge for the transportation of its property and troops, the government was entitled... | |
| United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps - 1917 - 640 pages
...June 1«, 1874 Mar. 3, 1879 July 6, 1886 Mar. 3 1897 10 12 U 17 18 20 24 29 8 422 292 19 74 390 Ш 622 And the said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the us* of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation... | |
| United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps - Railroads - 1917 - 676 pages
...Pros-n (‘alas-ar, Iowa, to ilbeldon, Iowa. May 12, 1464 ¿ 13 June 6, 1874 18 Mar. 3, 1879 *1 72 74 *1 And the said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for theam of¿ Oovernment of s-tue United Ms-ate.. free of all toll ci other cIp. lbs transportatIon of... | |
| Frank Haigh Dixon, Julius Hall Parmelee - Railroads and state - 1918 - 178 pages
...was constructed by the aid of a grant of public land, on the condition that such railroad should be 'a public highway for the use of the government of...the United States, free from toll or other charge,' or upon any other conditions for the use of such road for such transportation." But the act gave the... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 688 pages
...of the transportation is borne by the soldier. The land-grant act provides that the railroad is to be and remain " a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from tolls or other charges upon transportation of any property or troops of the United States," The furloughed... | |
| Frank Haigh Dixon, Julius Hall Parmelee - Railroads and state - 1918 - 180 pages
...early as 1824 a grant of land for canal purposes in Indiana had provided that the waterway should be "a public highway for the use of the government of the United States free from any toll or charge whatever for any property of the United States or persons in their service." Whetner... | |
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