Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-04
[PUpLrC RIsoLUrrox-No. 15.7
JOINT RESOLUTION In relation to certain railroad
In the State of Misaourf

JOINT RESOLUTION IN relation TO certain railroads
in the State of Missouri.
Whereas by the fourth section Of an act of Congress
entitled IAN act gr1 ting the right of way 70 the
state ot Missouri, and portion OF the public ands
TO aid IN the construction OF certain railroads in
said State, approved June the tenth, eighteen
hundred and dIty-tWO, 1t is provided as follows
THAT the said lands hereby granted to the aid
State shall be subject to the dlsposol of the Ie1i
Ature thersot for the purposes aforesaid, aud no
other; and the said railroads shall e and re ain
pubic highways tor the use ofthe Government OF
the Unit ed States, free from toll or other charge
upon the transportation of any property or troops
Of the United States and whereas the said grant OF
ian1s has, by virtue Of said act, and Of act OF
tho Legislature OF the State OF Missouri been an.
piled In the construction Ofthe Hannibal and Saint
Joteph railroad, constructed and owned by the
hannibal aud Saint Joseph Railroad Company,
and the Pacific RailtOad Company which InSt.
mentioned road Is finished and running from Saint
Louis TO ROlla; and whereas the ability Of said
railroad companies to transport the properly and
troops of the United States tueir respective
railroads has bOen greatly impaired by the des.
tructiOn of bridges, depOts, and other property oT
said compantes and the partial destruction OF said
roads and IN view Of the pressing public necessi-
ties the United States; not WaivIng the right to
have their property and troops transported free
from toll or other charge by said railroads, as con.
templAtsd by the reservation aforesaid have re-
solved as follows: Therefore be 1t
Resolved by the senats and House Of Repr.,.nt,.
tves OF the United States Of America in Congress
sembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby an
thOEEed to make such an adjustment with tIie iTST
nibal aud Saint Joseph Railroad Company and the
Pacific Railroad Company, for the transportation,
past and prospective, Gf the property and troops OF
the United States said railroads during the ex-
istence Of this rebellion as in VIewof the p1bc ext
gency may be just and reasonable and Iquidate the
same Provided, however, That the sums paid to
said companies shall be as near may be the cost Of
transporting such property and troops, aud not ex-
ceedtng the prices fixed by the War Department on
the twelfth day Of JULY eighteen hundred and sixty
one for transportation by railroads, which adjust.
ment and liquidation shall preclude further claim
ON behalf Of such com sanes against the Government
a1NF
for the military occupation Of the said rOads by the
United States Government to the time the pas
sage OF this act : And provided further, That the
Secretary OF War mac, in his discrettOa, withhold
from time to time such portion fthe moneys which
may be due to either OF said railroad companies to
indem .iEy the Government against any failure Of
such company to promptly transport such troops and
supplies but nothing herein shall be so construed ns
to prevent the Secretary OF War from taking poss.
esion Of said railroads and their apputenances and
apply the same to the exclusive use ofthe Govern
ment whenever, in his Judgment, the public inter-
terests may require It, without in such case compen
Batt0n to said companies. TE a.sIT
Approved, March 6, 1869.