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# United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company (138 U.S. 84)

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United States Supreme Court
138 U.S. 84
United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company
Atty. Gen. Miller and Sol. Gen. Taft, for the United States.
J. E. McDonald and Jos. K. McCammon, for appellee.
BRADLEY, J.

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# United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company (99 U.S. 449)

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United States Supreme Court
99 U.S. 449
United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company
ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
The Attorney-General and Mr. Joseph K. McCammon for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. S. W. Sanderson, contra.
MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Cervantes

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United States Supreme Court
59 U.S. 553
United States v. Cervantes
THIS was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of California.
The nature of the claim is stated in the opinion of the court.
The decree of the district court was as follows:--
This cause came on to be heard at the above-stated court, on the transcript and evidence and the arguments of counsel for the United States, and for the claimant Cruz Cervantes being. It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the decision and decree of the board of commissioners, for the ascertainment and settlement of private land claims in claim of the appellant, Cruz Cervantes, be and the same is hereby confirmed, to the extent of two square leagues or sitios de ganado mayor, and for no more; being the same land described in the grant and expediente referred to therein, and of which judicial possession was given to him, as appears by the evidence; provided that the said quantity to him granted and now to him confirmed, be contained within the boundaries called for in said grant, and map to which the grant refers, and, if there be less than two square leagues, or sitios de ganado mayor, within the said bounds, then there is confirmed to him the said less quantity.
M. H. M'ALLISTER, Circuit Judge.
OGDEN HOFFMAN, JR., District Judge.
From this decree, the United States appealed to this court.
It was argued by Mr. Cushing, (attorney-general,) for the United States, and by Mr. Jones, for the appellee.
Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company (118 U.S. 235)

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United States Supreme Court
118 U.S. 235
United States v. Central Pacific Railroad Company
Argued: May 10, 1886. ---
Sol. Gen. Goode, for the United States.
John F. Dillon, J. E. McDonald, Thos. Simons, and R. J. Bright, for appellee, Central Pac. R. Co.
WOODS, J.

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# United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in Fairfax County, Virginia

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United States Supreme Court
345 U.S. 344
United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in Fairfax County, Virginia
Argued: Jan. 9, 1953. --- Decided: April 6, 1953
See 345 U.S. 960, 73 S.Ct. 936.
Mr. Rowland F. Kirks, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Frederick A. Ballard, Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Mr. Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 44

Chap. XLIV.—An Act making a supplementary appropriation for the military service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
100,000 dollars appropriated for the armament of fortifications.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, for the armament of fortifications.
Quartermaster general authorized to apply 1800 dollars of the money heretofore appropriated, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the quartermaster general be, and he is hereby, authorized to apply the sum of eighteen hundred dollars of the money heretofore appropriated for the quartermaster’s department, to the confirmation and completion of the purchase of thirty acres of land, near the city of Savannah, in Georgia; which purchase was conditionally made by Lieutenant C. A. Waite, for the purpose of erecting barracks for the United States.
Approved, May 2, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 46

Chap. XLVI.—An Act to authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States.
Secretary of state authorized, &c., to subscribe for, &c., for use and disposal of Congress, 550 copies of the seventh volume of the laws of the United States.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Department of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for, and receive, for the use and disposal of Congress, five hundred and fifty copies of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States, to contain an index to the same, to be well bound; and cause to be distributed, one copy thereof to the President of the United States, one copy to the Vice President of the United States, one copy to each of the heads of departments, to the attorney general of the United States, to each of the Senators and Representatives, and to each delegate of territories of the twentieth Congress; fifteen copies to the Secretary of the Senate, for the use of the Senate, and thirty copies of the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of that House; one copy to each branch of the legislature of each state and territory; and one copy to each of the executives of the several states and territories; and cause the residue to be deposited in the library of Congress.
2200 dollars appropriated.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose aforesaid, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 9, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 52

Chap. LII.—An Act supplementary to “An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants, of the sum paid, and to be paid by the Government of Great Britain, under a convention between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London, on the thirteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six,” passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.
Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 36. Eighth section repealed. Commission not to continue after Sept. 1, 1828.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eighth section of the aforesaid act shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission created by the said act, shall not continue after the first day of September next.
Approved, May 15, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 40

Chap. XL.—An Act extending the limits of certain land offices in Indiana, and for other purposes.
Lands lying east of the second principal meridian and north of the southern boundary of fort Wayne district, attached to the land district.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the lands in the state of Indiana, to which the Indian title is extinguished, which lies east of the line dividing the first and second ranges east of the second principal meridian, and north of the southern boundary of the Fort Wayne district, shall be attached to the land district, the land office of which is established at Fort Wayne; and that all the lands to which the Indian title is extinguished in said state, and which may lie west of the line dividing the first and second ranges east of the second principal meridian, shall be attached to the land district, the land office of which is established at Crawfordsville.
Second principal meridian to be extended to the northern boundary. Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor general shall cause the second principal meridian to be extended to the northern boundary of the state of Indiana: Provided, The assent of the Indians be obtained to the running and marking that portion of the meridian line which may lie within the lands not ceded to the United States.
Approved, April 28, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 42

Chap. XLII.—An Act authorizing the legislative council of Florida to meet in October instead of December; and repealing the proviso in the sixth section of the act, entitled “An act to amend an act, for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes,” approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.
Act of March 3, 1823, ch. 28. Sessions of the legislative council.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislative council of ​the territory of Florida shall begin its session on the second Monday in October instead of December, and annually thereafter on the same day in the said month of October.
Proviso in the 6th section of the act of March 3, 1823, ch. 28, repealed. Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proviso in the sixth section of the act, entitled “An act to amend ‘An act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes,’” approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as approving any act or acts heretofore passed by the legislative council of the territory of Florida.
Division of the territory into thirteen election districts.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the governor and legislative council, at the next session of said council, to divide said territory into thirteen election districts, in such manner as to give to each the same number of qualified electors, as nearly as conveniently may be, and to secure to each district an equal representation; and the said governor and council shall have power, from time to time, to alter and regulate the several districts in such manner as the increasing population of the territory may require.
Judges of the superior court to have power to order extra terms of said courts, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the judges of the superior courts in said territory shall have power to order extra terms of said courts, or to adjourn them to any other time and place when the public interest may require it, and when, from sickness or other cause, the judges cannot hold the regular terms, giving due notice of the same: and it shall also be lawful for the said judges to hold courts in either of the districts, when the judge of the district is absent, or prevented from attending by sickness or other cause.
Approved, April 28, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 49

Chap. XLIX.—An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe.
French vessels coming directly from the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth, &c., of either of said islands, admitted into the ports of the United States, on certain conditions. Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all French vessels coming directly from the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe, and laden with articles, the growth or manufacture of either of said islands, and which are permitted to be exported therefrom in American vessels, may be admitted into the ports of the United States on payment of no higher duties on tonnage, or on their cargoes, as aforesaid, than are imposed on American vessels, and on like cargoes imported in American vessels: Provided, That if the President of the United States shall, at any time, receive satisfactory information that the privileges allowed to American vessels and their cargoes at said islands, by the French ordinance of February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, have been revoked or annulled, he is hereby authorized, by proclamation, to suspend the operation of this act, and withhold all privileges allowed under it.
Approved, May 9, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 41

Chap. XLI.—An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act to provide for the sale of lands, conveyed to the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes,” passed the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four.
Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 172. In all cases where lands have been sold, or conveyed to, the United States, for forts, &c., not used, &c., to be sold.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where lands have been, or shall hereafter be, conveyed to, or for, the United States, for forts, arsenals, dockyards, lighthouses, or any like purpose, or in payment of debts due the United States, which shall not be used, or necessary for the purposes for which they were purchased, or other authorized purpose, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to cause the same to be sold for the best price to be obtained, and to convey the same to the purchaser by grant or otherwise.
The President authorized to procure the assent of the legislature of any state within which any purchase of land has been made for the erection of forts, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be authorized to procure the assent of the legislature of any state, within which any purchase of land has been made, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings, without such consent having been obtained; and also to obtain exclusive legislation over any such tract as is provided for in the sixteenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the constitution; and that he be authorized to procure the like consent and exclusive legislation as to all future purchases of land for either of those purposes.
Where lands have been conveyed for the United States, to individuals, a release of their interest to be obtained.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, in all cases where lands have been conveyed for the United States to individuals or officers, be authorized to obtain from the person or persons to whom the conveyance has been made, a release of their interest to the United States.
Approved, April 28, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 48

Chap. XLVIII.—An Act to authorize a railroad within the District of Columbia.
Assent of Congress given to the constructing a railroad.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress to the constructing a railroad by a company incorporated by the legislature of Maryland, from Baltimore to the city of Washington, be and the same is hereby given to the extend that Congress has jurisdiction of the soil over which it may pass; conceding to said company to exact such tolls, and to enjoy such benefits and privileges, as the act of incorporation of the state of Maryland gives to said corporation within the limits of the state of Maryland:Proviso. Provided, In the location of the road it shall not ​be lawful for said company to pass through any of the reserved squares or open spaces of the city without the consent of Congress.
Approved, May 9, 1828.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/1st Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 11

Chap. XI.—An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.”
Subscriptions to bank stock prolonged. 1791, ch. 10.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the subscriptions to the stock of the bank of the United States, as provided by the act, intituled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States,” shall not be opened until the first Monday in July next.
Time of first payment.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the first payment as by the said act is directed to be in the six per cent. certificates of the United States, may be deferred until the first Monday in January next.
Not more than thirty shares to be subscribed at one time.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person, corporation, or body politic, except in behalf of the United States, shall, for the space ​of three months after the said first Monday in July next, subscribe in any one day, for more than thirty shares.
Specie proportion, when to be paid, and failure in future payments to forfeit sum first paid.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every subscriber shall, at the time of subscribing, pay into the hands of the persons who shall be appointed to receive the same, the specie proportion required by the said act to be then paid. And if any such subscriber shall fail to make any of the future payments, he shall forfeit the sum so by him first paid, for the use of the corporation.
In what manner public debt funded at 3 per cent. may be paid to the bank.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That such part of the public debt, including the assumed debt, as is funded at an interest of three per cent. may be paid to the bank, in like manner with the debt funded at six per cent. computing the value of the former at one half the value of the latter, and reserving to the subscribers who shall have paid three per cent. stock, the privilege of redeeming the same with six per cent. stock, at the above rate of computation, at any time before the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three; unless the three per cent. stock shall have been previously disposed of by the directors.
Approved, March 2, 1791.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/1st Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 18

Chap. XVIII.—An Act supplemental to the act “establishing the Treasury Department,” and for a farther compensation to certain officers.
8th section of act establishing treasury department extended to clerks under certain modifications. Sept. 2, 1789, ch. 12. 1789, ch. 13. 1792, ch. 37, sec. 12. Clerks and other officers to take an oath or affirmation;Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eighth section of the act, intituled “An act to establish the treasury department,” passed the second day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, shall be, and the same is hereby extended to all and every of the clerks employed in the treasury department, as fully and effectually as if they and every of them were specially named therein, except as to the penalty in such section mentioned, which in case of any such clerk offending against the provisions of the said section, shall be five hundred dollars, and removal from office.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and every clerk and other officer already appointed in any of the departments of the United States, (and who have not, since their appointment, taken the oath or affirmation hereafter mentioned) shall within fifteen days after the passing of this act, and those who shall hereafter be appointed, shall before they enter upon the duties of such appointment, take an oath or affirmation before one of the justices of the supreme court, or one of the judges of a district court of the United States, to support the constitution of the United States, to be filed in the office where employed.and also an oath or affirmation, well and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him, which oaths or affirmations, subscribed by such clerk, and certified by the person administering the same, shall be filed in the office of the person employing such clerk.
Principals may apportion the $500 allowed to each, excepting chief, according to merit.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the principal in any of the offices of the United States, who is authorized by law to appoint clerks under him, to allow to each clerk such compensation for his services, as he shall, in the opinion of such officer, deserve for the same: Provided, That the whole sum to be expended for clerks in any such office (except the chief clerk) shall not exceed a sum equal to five hundred dollars per annum for every clerk employed therein.
Additional allowance for one year to register, auditor, comptroller and attorney general.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be allowed for one year, commencing with the passing of this act, to the register, two hundred and fifty dollars, and to the auditor, the comptroller of the treasury, and the attorney general, four hundred dollars each, in addition to their respective salaries, and to be paid in the same manner.
Approved, March 3, 1791.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/1st Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 19

Chap. XIX.—An Act relative to the Rix-Dollar of Denmark.
Part of the act rating rix dollar of Denmark at 100 cents repealed. 1799, ch. 22, sec. 61.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of an act, intituled “An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," as hath rated the rix-dollar of Denmark at one hundred cents, be, and the same ​is hereby repealed; and that this repeal shall be deemed to operate in respect to all duties which have already arisen or accrued,1790, ch. 35. as well as to such as shall hereafter arise or accrue.
Approved, March 3, 1791.