Parties initiating a contest must make provision for defraying the expenses thereof, but when the case comes before you for trial you can apportion the costs according to the equities of each case. You will in no case allow a filing or entry on the class of lands covered by these regulations without having first had a hearing thereunder. Whenever an application to file or enter is presented, which it becomes your duty, upon examination, to reject, you will indorse upon such application the date of its presentation and your reasons for rejection; and upon appeal being taken from your decision in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the department, you will forward the rejected application as a basis for your report to this office, together with the appeal and other papers which may be filed with you for that purpose. Your report should set forth in full the status of the land as shown by your records, including all filings, entries, remarks and notes found thereon, or such reference to the same as will present the entire case to the attention of this office. LAND GRANTS FOR RAILROAD AND WAGON-ROAD PURPOSES. Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations for railroad and military wagon-road purposes from the year 1850 to June 30, 1875. Arkansas... Feb. 9, 1853 10 155 Little Rock and Fort Smith..... Missouri.... Do..... Do.. 512,529.38 629,182.62 629,182.32 531,200.00 215,431.97 *In the adjustment of this grant the road was treated as an entirety, and without reference to the State line; hence, Alabama has approved to her more and Mississippi less land than they would appear to be entitled to in proportion to the length of road line in the respective States. not been restored to the mass of public lands, Congress having taken no action to that end. +No evidence of the construction of any part of these roads, as required by the acts, has been filed in the General Land Office, but the lands have Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations, &c.-Continued. 66 Wisconsin Central, formerly the Portage, Winnebago and Superior. 14 360 Resolution explanatory of the act of May 5, 1864, and authorizing certain changes of width in accordance with the act of the State legislature. 28 An act to extend the time for completion of road to December 31, 1876. 18 511 An act authorizing the company to straighten the line of their road i between Portage City and Stevens Point. Do...... Minnesota... Mar. 3, 1857 111 195 Saint Paul and Pacific.. 13 626 6 and 15 10 and 20 1,248,638.95 1,217,827.31 17 631 Act extending time for completion of road nine months....... 11 195 Branch Saint Paul and Pacific............... 6 and 15 10 and 20 1,475,000.00 522,925.98 16 588 Saint Vincent extension of Saint Paul and Pacific; south terminus changed from Crow Wing to Saint Cloud. 17 10 and 20 2,000,000.00 1,501,159.45 18 203 Act extending time for completion of road to March 3, 1876, &c. Mar. 3, 1857 11 Do.... Mar. 3, 1865 13 6 and 15 10 and 20 643,403.00 178,978.88 Do. Mar. 3, 1857 11 6 and 15 Do.. Mar. 3, 1865 13 10 and 20 1,410,000.00 1,609,748.36 Do. July 13, 1866 14 97 Act allowing selections within twenty miles of road in lieu of lands sold after definite location but prior to withdrawal, &c. Do....... Jan. 13, 1873 17 409 Act extending the time for completion of road......... Do....... Mar. 3, 1857 11 195 Saint Paul and Sioux City. 713434 6 and 15 10 and 20 1,010,000.00 916,416.69 10 and 20 920,000.00 710,885.80 79 Act authorizing location of Union Pacific Railroad, from Omaha westward. 367 Resolution granting right of way through military reserve, &c. 56 Resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads, and providing that the common terminus of the road shall be at or near Ogden, Utah territory, &c. 121 Act fixing the point of junction of the Union Pacífic and Central Pacific Railroads, &c. 12 489 Central branch, Union Pacific....... *No evidence of the construction of any part of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad and branch, as required by the act, has been filed in the General Land-Office; but the lands have not been restored to the mass of public lands, Oongress having taken no action to that end. 10 20 245,166.00 186,453.28 |