...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,...

...railroads may be placed in four distinct categories, as follows: (а) Those which were required to be "a public highway, for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."...

...railroad which under land-grant acts was aided in its construction by a grant of land on condition that nals United States, and for which adjustment of compensation is required in accordance with decisions of...

...railroad which under land-grant Acts was aided in its construction by a grant of land on condition that said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the United States, and for which adjustment of compensation is required in accordance with decisions of...

...railroad which under land-grant Acts was aided in its construction by a grant of land on condition that said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the United States, and for which adjustment of compensation is required in accordance with decisions of...

...part was constructed under 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. Later the latter classification was canceled and all railroads which had...

...and branches. By the act it was further provided that the railroad and branches should be and forever 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. The...

...&Superior Railroad Company, to keep that part of its road which formerly belonged to that Company open as a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from toll or other charges upon the transportation of property or troops of the United States, and...

...President, whereupon patents for the lands coterminous therewith were to be issued. The railroad was to be and remain "a public highway for the use of the...United States, free of all toll or other charges" for the transportation of [233] its property or troops. An assent to the act on the part of each grantee...

...*state, shall be subject to the disposal of said state for the purposes aforesaid, and for no other; and the said railroad shall be and remain a public...the use of the government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge, for the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."...