Nebraska advertiser., 1862-04-24

~REsoLUTIoN PUBLIc-No. Isl
JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to certain
railroads in the State of Missouri.
Whereas, by the fourth section Of an aot of
Congress entitled San act granting the right
Of way to the State of Missouri and a por-
hon of the public lands to aid in the con-
sirucEiOn Of certain railroads ID said State .
approved June the tenth, eighteen hundred
and 6fty-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 rail-
roads shall be and remain public highways
for the use Of the Government Of the Unit
ed States, free from toll on other charge up
on the transportation of any property or
troops Of the United States /; and, whereas,
the said grant of lands has, by virtue OF
said act, and Of act of the Legislature of the
State Of Missodri, been applied in the eou-
s%truction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad Company, and the Pacific railroad
by the Pacific Railroad Company, 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 destru ction of
bridges, depots, and other property Of said
companies, and tile partial destruction of
said roads, and IN view of the pressing pub
lie necessities, the United States. not waiv-
ing the right to have their properly and
troops transported free from toll or other
charge BY said railroads, as contemplated
by the reservation aforesaid. have resolved
as follows Therefore be it
Resolved By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentattves Of the United States Of AmeTicq, ia
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Wa
is hereby authorized to maze such an adjust
ment with the Hannibal and Saint Joseph
Railroad Compary y and She Pacific Railroad
Company, forthe transportation, past and pros
of the property and troops OF the
Unired States, over said railroads during the
Of this rebellion, as in view of the
public exigency may be just and reasonable,
and liquidate the same Provided, however,
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 by the War Department on the
twelfth day of July, eighteen hundred and
SlNty-uue, lE transportation Dy TdlIOduSi
which adjustment and liquidation shall pre-
clude any further claim on behalf of such
companies against the Government for com
pensatiOn or damages previously accrued, or
for the military occupations Of the said roads
by the United States Government up to the
time Of the passage Of this act And provid-
ed further, That the Secretary Of War may,
. his discretion, withhold from time to time
such portion Of the moneys which may be due
to either Of said railroad companies, to indem-
Nifty the Government against any failure of
such company to promptly transport such
troops ana supplies /; but nothing herein shall
be so construed as to prevent the Secretary OF
Wal from taking possession of said railroads.
aud their appurtenances, and applying the
same to the exclusive use of The Govsrnmsnt
in his Judgment, the public interests
may require il, without, in such case, compen-
to saidc0mpan eS.
Approved March 6, 1862.