Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-04-03

lTCBLlC RESoLCTIoS--NO. 10.
JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to
certain railroads in the State of
Missouri.
Whereas by the fourth section of an
act Of Congress entitled "An act
granting the right of way to the
State of Missouri, and portion of
the public lands to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads in said
State" approved June the tenth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-two, it is
provided as follows: THAT the
said lands, hereby granted to the
said State, shall be subject to the
disposal of the Legislature thereof,
for the purposes aforesaid and no
other ;" and the said railroads shall
be and remain public highways for
the use of the Government Of the
United States, free from toll or 9TH
cr charge upon the transportation
of any property or troops of the
United States f.; and whereas the
said grant of lands has, by virtue
of said act, and of an act of the
Legislature of the State of Missou-
ri, been applied in the construction
of the Hannibal and Saint Joseph
railroad, constructed and owned by
the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Rail
road Company, and the Pacific Rail.
road by the Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, which last mentioned road is
finished and running from St. Louis
to Rolla : and whereas the ability
of said railroad companies to trans
port the property and troops of the
United States over their respective
railroads has been greatly impaired
by the destruction of bridges, de-
pots, and other property of said
companies, and the partial destruc-
tion of said roads, and in view of
the pressing public necessities, the
United States, not waving the right
to have their property and troops
transported free from toll or other
charge by said railroads, as con-
templated by the reservation aforc-
said, have resolved as follows: I:
Therefore be it
Resoired by the Senate and House of
of The United States of
America IA Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War is hereby authoriz-
ed to make such an adjustment with
lhe Hannibal and Saint Joseph Rail
road Company and the Pacific Railroad
Company, for the transportation, past
and prospective, of the property and
troops of the United States, over said
railroads during the existence of this
rebellion, as in view Of the public ex-
igcncy may be just and reasonable, and
|iquidate the same Prorided, houerer,
That the sums paid to said companies
shall be as near as may be the cost of
transporting such property and troops,
and not exceeding the prices fixed 10y
the War Department on the twelfth
day Of July eighteen hundred and six
ty-onc, for transportation by railroad,
which adjustment and liquidation shall
preclude any further claim on behalf
Of such companies against the Gov
ernment for compensation or damages
previously accrued, or for the military
occupation Of said roads by the Uni
ted States government up to the time
Of the passage of this act And pro-
rided further, That the Secretary OF
War may, in his discretion, withhold
from time to time such portion of the
moneys which may be due to either of
said railroad companies, to indemnify
the Government against any failure of
such company to promptly transport
such troops and supplies but nothing
herein shall be so construed as to pre-.
vent the Secretary of War from Ia.
king possession Of said railroads and
their appnrtenances. and applying the
same to the exclusive use Of the Gov.
ernment whenever, in his judgment
the public interests may require it
without, in such case, compensation
to said companies.
Approved, March 6, 1852.