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Batcheller, John Bailey, jr., Frederick H. Baldwin, George A. Ballard, J. Warren Barnes, Fayette Barney, George Barrett of Weathersfield, Jonas R. Bartlett, William H. Bebee, Julius B. Benedict, George Benton, John Bigelow, Lewis H. Bisbee, Saul Bishop, George 0. Boyce, Caleb R. Brewer, George B. Brewster, Sumner Briggs, Asa Brigham, Charles W. Brigham, Jerome B. Bromley, Ebenezer B. BroWn, William C. Brown, Horatio N- Bull, Oscar E. Butterfield, James Cardell, Hiram Carleton, Benjamin F. D. Carpenter, Charles Chamberlin, Charles Chase, T. Abel Chase, Howard Clark, Nathan S. Clark, Jason Clark, Lewis Cobb, James A. Coburn, Mason S. Colburn, Chauncey H. Conkey, David Cook, Edwin S. Cook, Seth F. Cowles, Sumner Curtis, Ezra F. Darling, Leonard W. Day, William Deming, Asa M. Dickey, Jonathan B. Dike, Josiah B. Divoll, Chester B. Dow, William P. Downing, Stephen L. Dutton, Frederick P. Eaton, Alanson Edgerton, Ezra Edson, Jacob Estey, Edson Farman, Jona B. Farnsworth, John Farrar, Joseph C. Fenn, James K. Foster, George P. Foster, EzraS. Freeman, Barnes Frisbie, John H. Gambell, Nelson Gay, David N. Gibb, George Giffin, jr., Philip K. Gleed, William GofT, George Goodell, George S. Goodrich, Henry H. Goodsell, Marcus D. Grover, Emerson Hall, Josiah L. Hamblet, John 0. Hamilton, Samuel Harrington, Royal D. Pledden, Rufus N. Hemenway, Charles Hewitt, Ansel L. Hill, Calvin Hill, Lyman G. Hinckley, Charles B. Holden, William C. Holman, Benjamin A. Holmes, Lyman W. Holmes of Waterville, Joel Holton, Orman P. Hooker, Heman Hopkins, jr., John P. Hoskison, A. S. Howard, Asahel H. Hubbard, Julius A.'Humphrey, Samuel S Hunt of Guilford, Loyal Huntington, Elisha B. Plurd, Luther H. Hurlburt, John V. S. Isham, Lyman Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Samuel R Jenkins, Elias L. JeWett, John Johnson, William Johnson, Charles H. Joyce, George B. Keeler, Phineas A. Kemp, Isaac K. Kenaston, Silas G. King, Aaron N. King, Harvey N. Kingsbury, John Kinsley, Alfred H. Knapp, Willard Kneeland, Melvin A. Knowlton, Charles I. Ladd, James R. Langdon, Jabez W. Langdon, Martin Leonard, Joseph P. Long, Joel Lyman, Isaac A. Manning, Augustus M. Marsh, John L. Mason, Nathaniel G McKnight, Gardner Merrill, Timothy C. Miles, Ephraim Moore, Ira A'. Morse, Lucius P. Mo wry, Isaac J. Nichols, Luther A. Nichols, Joseph Nickerson, Julius N. North, George N.Ober, Frank E.Ormsby, Carrol S. Page,

Paine, Harry B. Parker, James Parker,

Daniel P. Peabody, Francis Phelps, Horatio S. Pierce, Milo Pierce, Joseph H. Pratt, Joseph Purmort, Marcus S. Reed, Philemon Remington, Edward J. Reynolds, Jotham S. Rice, Lorenzo Richmond, Jesse J. Ridley, Henry B. Ripley, Oscar P? Rixford, Abraham R. Ross, Noah B. Safford, Charles A. Scott, George Severance, William H. Silsby, Isaac M. Smith, Oliver Smith, Homer H. Southwick, Eugene H. Spaulding, Marshal W, Stoddard, Alpheus H. Stone, Cyrus W. Strong, Andrew J. Taylor, Albin L. Thompson, Joseph Underwood, Asahel Upham, Torrey E. Wales, William W. Walker, Henry A. Walker, George B. Warner, Edwin W. Washburn, Frederick A. Way, Walter A. Weed, Merrick Wentworth, Farwell Wetherby, Samuel E. Wheat, Eugene P. Wheeler, Joseph W. Wheelock, Edwin C. White, Jame^. E. White, Erastus Whitney, John Willey,

Henry B. Williams, Horace G. Wood, Albert Worcester, Pliney Wright, George W. Grandey, Speaker—196.

Nays—Messrs. G. W. Aiken, Patrick Barrett, Josiah F. Brigham, Almon L. Clark, Channingk Hazeltine, Rollin W. Holbrook, Abial C. Palmer, Fred. Parks, James M. Peak, Thomas Pollard, James M. Soule, George Wooster of Marshfleld— 12.

Virginia.

Senate, October 8,1869.

Yeas—Messrs. Abner Anderson, William A. Anderson, William P. Austin, R S. Beazley, J. W. D. Bland, Charles Campbell, David G. Carr, A. R. Courtney, A. M. Davis, Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, James Milton French, James S. Greever, D. A. Grimsley, Marcus A. Harris, F. W. Haskell, Charles Herndon, George H. Kindrick, T. N. Latham, Meriwether Lewis, William T. Martin, E. W. Massie, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, Robert L. Owen, James Patterson, W. K. Perrin, John E. Penn, Washington L. Riddick, John Robinson, John E. Roller, J. Ambler Smith, Normand Smith, William D. Smith, Edgar Snowden, jr., Thomas E. Taylor, W. H Taylor, George Teamoh, William R. Terry, Joseph Waddell, Franklin Wood—40.

Nays—Messrs. Abel T. Johnson, Isaiah L. Lyons—2. House Of Representatives, October 8, 1869.

Yeas—Messrs. William H. Andrews, W. W. Arnett, John W. Ashby, George R. Atkinson, Jacob S. Atlee, Edmund R. Bagwell, William Bartlett, Henry Bell, H. M. Bell, Augustus Bodeker, Stith Boiling, Henry Bowen, Henry M. Bowden, Philo Bradley, Cary Breckinridge, William II. Brisby, L. C. Bristow, Lewis H. Bryant, William A. Bryant, Lsaac D. Budd, John W. Bullman, Richard U. Burgess, Robert C. Burkholder, Josiah L. Campbell, J. T Chase, M. PL Clark, A. B. Cochrane, Walter Coles, Henry Cox, John B. Crenshaw, John W. Daniel, Addison Davis, S, M. Dodge, John Dugger, Lsaac Edmundson, B. T. Edwards, George Fayerman, L. H. Frayser, A. N. Fretz, /. H Fulton, W. J. Fulton, George K. Gilman, T. H. Qosney, George Graham, G. W. Graham, George H. T Greer, Marshall Hanger, Benjamin H. Hatcher, Job Hawxhurst, B. G. Haynie, Henry B. Hamsberger, J. C. Hill, James 0. Hensley, John Hen^ son, C. E. Hodges, John Q. Hodges, John M. Hudgin, Thomas P. Jackson, Reuben Johnson, B. F. Jones, James D. Jones, R. G. W. Jones, A.M. Keiley, James Keith, John A. Kelly, J. H. Itelly, Luther *Lee, jr., Frank W. Lindsey, James Lipscomb, William Lovenstein, P. W. Mahood, F. L. Marshall, Stephen Mason, Joseph HM Massie, William Matthey, J. A. McCaull, Bernard McCracken, William McDo/iald, William McL,aughlin, Robert A. Miller, David J. Miller, J. B. Miller, jr., Peter G. Morgan, Samuel B. Morrison, John R. Moss,. Benjamin H Moulton, Rufus A. Murrell, J. H. Noble, F. S. Norton, Robert Norton, Alexander Owen, David Pannill, Thomas C. Parramore, Robert 0. Peatross, Caesar Perkins, F. M. Perkins, t Robert B.Poore, John R. Popham, W. A. J. Potts , William H, Ragsdale, George L. Seaton, Arthn r S.Segar, Thomas M. Shearman, John H A.Smii.\ G. EC. Southall, S. V. Southall, J. C. Shelton, L. 7 ft. Stewart, John R. Strother, Josiah Tattum, W illiam F. B. Taylor, John F. Terry, E. F. Tiller, James C. Toy, David Thayer, C. Y. Thomas, John R. Thurman, Smith S. Turner, George Walker, James W. Walker, jr., William J. Wall, John Watson, Watson R. Wentworth, D. B. White, Ellis Wilson, William L. Williams, W. R. Winn, W. W.

Wood, B. L. Woodson, A. L. Woodworth, George

Young, Zeph. Turner, Speaker—132.
Nays—0.

VOTES OF NEW YORK AND OHIO, THE FOR-
MER ON RESCINDING A PREVIOUS RATIFI-
CATION AND THE LATTER ON RATIFICA-
TION AFTER A PREVIOUS REJECTION.*

New York.

Senate, January 5, 1870.

Yeas—Messrs. A Bleecker Banks, Isaiah Blood, John T. Bradley, William Cauldwell, Thomas J. Creamer, Samuel H Frost, Henry W. Genet, William M. Graham, John F. Hubbard, jr., Jarv. Lord, George Morgan, Henry C. Murphy, Christopher F. Norton, Michael Norton, George H. Sanford, William M. Tweed—16.

Nays—Messrs. George Bowen, William H. Brand, Orlow W. Chapman, Augustus R. Elwood, George N. Kennedy, Loren L. Lewis, Theodore L. Minier, Abraham X. Parker, Allen D. Scott, Francis S. Thayer, Norris Winslow, James Wood, William B. Woodin—13.

Assembly, January 5, 1870,

Yeas—-Messrs. Seymour Ainsworih, Orson M. Allaben, Francis B. Baldwin, George J. Bamler, Gershon Bancker, Daniel D. Barnes, James G. Bennett, William G. Bergen, John J. Blair, John Brown, Dennis Burns, Timothy J. Campbell, John Carey, Owen Cavanagh, Hugh M. Clark, William, W. Cook, William C Coon, Henry J. Cullen, jr., John Davis, Daniel G. Dodge, Joseph Droll, John F. Empie, John L. Flagg, Richard Flanagan, Patrick J. Flynn, Alexander Frear, Isaiah Fuller, Abraham E. Hasbrouck, Odell S. Hathaway, Bernard Haver, John R. Hennessey, Morgan Horton, Abraham Howe, James Irving, John C. Jacobs, St. Perrie Jerred, William C. Jones, Lawrence D. Kiernan, Charles II. Krack, -jr., John L. La Moree, Thomas J Lanahan, Edward D. Lawrence, Thomas J. Lyon, Godfrey R. Martine, Peter Mitchell, James J. Mooney, William W. Moseley, Michael C. Murphy, Ovjen Murphy, William D. Murphy, Martin Nachtmann, James M. Nelson, Dennis CKeeffe, Edward L. Patrick, Lewis S. Payne, Jam.es B. Pearsall, George W. Plunkitt, Harry B. Ransom,, Edward D; Ronan, James Shanahan, Brinley D. Sleight, William W. Snow, Robert R. Steele, Edward Sturges, Silas Sweet, John Tighe, Hiram Vom Steenburgh, James Young, William Hitchman, Speaker—69.

Nays—Messrs.* Thomas G. Alvord, Isaac V. Baker, jr., Matthew P. Bemus, John Berry, Albert H. Blossom, Alpheus Bolt, William Bradford, Samuel L. Brown, Volney P. Brown, William W. Butterfield, J. Thomas Davis, Clayton PI. De Lano, John H. Deming, Jay Dimick, William H. Eaker, William M. Ely, Charles N. Flanagin, Charles Foster, James Franklin, George M. Gleason, James S. Graham, Stephen S. Green, Amasa Hall, Stephen S. Hewitt, Marcus A. Hull, James W. Husted, Eugene Hyatt, Richard Johnson, Xeonard C. Kilham, DeWittC. Littlejohn, Sam

* See pp. 495 and 496, Manual of 1869.

uel S. Lowery, Samuel T. Maddox, J. Warren Merchant, David M. Miner, David IT. Mulford, Daniel A. Northrop, Lyman Oatman, Julius M. Palmer, John Parker, Jay A. Pease, Jarnes H. Pierce, Henry R>ay, Wrilliam T. Remer, James Roberts, Lee R. Sanborn, James A. Seward, Gustavus Sniper, Thomas Stevenson, Nathan R. Tefft, Edward C. Walker, George N. We3t, John H. White, David E. Wilson, Orange S. Winans, Anson S. WTood, Charles S. Wright—5Q.

Ohio.

Senate, January 14, 1870.

Yeas—Messrs. John Bartram, James A. Bell, Abel M. Corey, Jerry Dunbar, Homer Everett, Moses D. Gatch, Michael Goepper, A. P. Howard, Homer C. Jones, Henry McKinney, Peter Odlin, Benjamin F. Potts, Joseph M. Root, Rodney M. Stimson, Worthy S. Streator, Deciers S. Wade, Thomas A. Welsh, Laurin D. Woodworth, Thomas H. Yeatman—19.

Nays—Messrs. James 0. Amos, Charles Boesel, James M. Burt, Lewis D. Campbell, John Cowan, M. A. Daugherty, James Emmitt, Samuel T. Hunt, Adin G. Hibbs, William II. Holden, James R. Hubbell, James B. Jamison, A. E. Jenner, L. B. Leeds, Nathan C Lord, Hinchman S. Prophet, John L. Winner, John Woodbridge—18. House Of Representatives, January 20, 1870.

Yeas—Messrs William Adair, R. W. Anderson, Bethel Bates, H. M. Bates, M. W. Beach, S. E. Blakeslee, E. Bogardus, A. H. Brown, Samuel C. Bowman, James Bradbury, George W. Brooke, John A. Brown, R. P. Cannon, A. J. Cunningham, H. W. Curtiss, R. B. Dennis, Joseph H. Dickson, William' H. Enochs, Ed. H. Fitch, Samuel H. Ford, Robert C. Fulton, Thomas Geffs, Elijah Glover, Wilson W. Griffith, Samuel Hay ward; A. Hill, B. L. Hill, George II. Hill, Peter Hitchcock, George A. Hubbard, William N. Hudson, Ellis N. Johnson, jr., Thomas F. Joy, E. F. Kleinschmidt, A. P. Lacey, John Little, J. K. Mower, A. Munson, W. O. Parker, William Park, John A. Price, William Ritezel, James Sayler, R. M. Stanton, George W. Steele, James A. Sterling, Jarnin Strong, jr., Samuel N. Titus, J. C. Ullery, N. H. Van Vorhees, M. J. Williams, William; S. Williams, John P. Williamson, William W. Wilson, J. K. WTing, Alfred Wolcott, G. I. Young—57.

Nays—Messrs. William T. Acker, William Armstrong, Isaac Anstill, R. P. L. Baber, George S. Baker, John Baker, Edward Ball, John Bettelon, Daniel J. Callen, William T. Cessna, Joseph R. Cockerill, James E. Chase, Levi Colby, William T. Conkling, Thomas A. Corcoran, James W. Devose, Ozro J. Dodds, Elias Ellis, E. H. Gaston, Lewis Green, Thomas I. Haldeman, James H. Hambleton, S- M. Heller, John L. Hughes, John D. Kemp, A. C. Ki\e, John Kisor, lesse Leohner, John K. Love, John G. Marshall, Jason McVey, William Milligan, Samuel R.Mott, jr., William Pace, Thomas W. Peckinpaugh, Michael V. Ream, James Robinson, Henry Schirck, Henry Schoenfeldt, John Seitz, Aaron B. Shafer, William Shaw, Lewis W. Sifford, Garret B. Smith, A. Soule, E. T Stickney, W. Stillwell, John D. Thompson, E. M. Walker, A. Ward, John A. Weyer, Clark White, John C. Waldron, William R. Wilson^ Hiram W. Winslow—55.

LIV.

LAND SUBSIDIES, 1827-1870.

Grant to tne State of Indiana in aid of the Wabash and Erie Canal.

The first grant of public lands for the purpose of aiding internal improvements was made to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie canal, in 1827, by an act entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie."*

It provides: "That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a canal to unite at navigable points the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie, a quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of said canal, and reserving each alternate section to the United States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Land Office, under the direction of the President of the United States, from one end thereof to the other; and the said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said State for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: Provided, That said canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed in twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid."

This act granted to the State of Indiana 1,439,279 acres.f The bill was reported from the Committee on Roads and Canals by William Hendricks, of Indiana, and passed both Houses by the following vote (politics not indicated): Is Senate, February 13, 1827. Yeas—Messrs. David Barton, Ephraim Bateman, Samuel Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Dominique Bouligny, Ezekiei F. Chambers, Dudley Chase, John H. Eaton, William Henry Harrison, William Hendricks, John HMmes, Richard M. Johnson, Josiah S. Johnston, Elias K. Kane, William Rufus King, Nehemiah R. Knight, John McKinley, William Marks, James Noble, Thomas B. Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Asher Robbins, Benjamin Ruggles, Horatio Seymour, Nathaniel Silsbee, Samuel Smith, Jesse B. Thomas, Calvin Wiiley— 28.

Nays—Messrs. John Branch, John Chandler, Thomas Clayton, Thomas W. Cobb, Mahlon Dickerson, Henry W.Edwards, William Findlay.. Robert Y. Hayne, Nathaniel Macon, John Randolph, Nathan Sauford, William Smith, Littleton W. Tazewell, Levi Woodbury—14.

Ik House Of Representatives, March 2, 1827.

The bill passed without a division, the yeas and

nays having just before been taken on a precisely

similar proposition, granting lands to aid in the

*4U.S.Stats.,p. 236. f Rep. Com.Land Office 1867,p. 257.

construction of a canal between the Illinois river and Lake Michigan, which vote was as follows:

Yeas—Messrs. Parmenio Adams, Adam R. Alexander, Luther Badger, Mordecai Bartley, John Barney, Rati iff Boon, William L. Brent, Richard A. Buckner, John W. Campbell, James Clark, Lewis Condict, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Clement Dorsey, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel Edwards, Edward Everett, John Findlay,James Findlay, Chauncey Forward, Henry H. Gurley, Abraham B. Hasbrouck, Moses Hayden, John F. Henry, Ebenezer Herrick, George Holcombe, Samuel Houston, Daniel Hugunin, jr., Charles Humphrey, Ralph J. lngersoll, Jacob C. Isacks, Jonathan Jennings, Joseph Johnson, Francis Johnson, Samuel Lathrop, Joseph Lawrence, Joseph Lecompte, Robert P. Letoher, Peter Little, John Lock, Rollin C. Mallary, John H. Marable. Henry C. Martindale. Dudley Marvin, Robert McHatton, Samuel McKean, William McLean, Ezra Meech, Charles F. Mercer, Orange Merwin, Thomas Metcalf, John Miller, James S. Mitchell, John Mitchell, George E. Mitchell, James C. Mitchell, Thomas P. Moore, Thomas Newton, George W. Owen. George Peter. Timothy H. Porter, Alfred II. Powell, John Reed, Robert S. Rose, Henry II. Ross, Joshua Sands, John Scott, Thomas Shannon, Thomas H. Sill, John Sloane, Andrew Stewart, James Strong, Samuel Swan, John Test, Gideon Tomlinson, David Trimble, Ebenezer Tucker, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, George E. Wales, Aaron Ward, Daniel Webster, JohnC. Weems, Thomas Whipple, jr., Barton White, Elisha Whittlesey, Charles A. Wicklirre, James Wilson, John Woods, John C. Wright, William S. Young—90.

Nays—Messrs. William Addams, Mark Alexander, Willis Alston, William G. Angel, Henry Ashley, John Bailey, John Baldwin, Ichabod Bartlett, Noyes Barber, John S Barbour, Francis Baylies. John Blair, Titus Brown, Joseph H. Bryan, James Buchanan, William Burleigh, Samuel P. Carson, George Cary, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, John Cocke, Henry W. Conner, George W. Crump, Thomas Davenport, William Deitz, William Drayton, Nehemiah Eastman, John Forsyth, Andrew R. Govan, Robert Harris, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Richard Hines, Aaron Hobart, Michael Hoffman, Jeromus Johnson, David Kidder, Thomas Kittera, Jacob Krebs, Edward Livingston, John Long, William McCoy, George McDuffie, William McManus, James Merriwether, Daniel 11. Miller, Charles Miner, Jeremiah O'Brien, Robert Orr, Elisha Phelps. George Plumer, James K. Polk, James W. Ripley, William C. Rives, Lemuel Sawyer, James S. Stevenson, John Taliaferro, Starling Tucker, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Elias Whittemore, Lewis Williams. John Wilson, George Wolf, Silas Wood, John Wurts—67.

It was then signed by the President, John Quincy Adams, on the same day.

Grant to the State of Illinois in aid of the Illinois Central Railroad.

The first grant of public lands in aid of the construction of railroads was that made by "An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Chicago to Mobile," in 1850.*

This act provided (sec. 2) "That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches." It also provided, that in case any of the land so

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granted should have been sold, or the right of pre-emption should have attached, before the line of the road was definitely ascertained, agents appointed by the Governor of Illinois should select other lands; none of such lands, however, to be farther than fifteen miles from the line of the road."

Sec. 3 provided that the land which shall remain "to the United States within six miles on each side of said road and branches shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands."

Sec. 4 reserved the right to the United States to use the said road free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.

Sec. 7 extended the provisions of the act to the States of Alabama and Mississippi to aid in the continuation of the Central railroad from the mouth of the Ohio river to Mobile.

The estimated amount of land inuring under this grant was 2,595,053 acres,* all of which has been certified.

The bill was introduced by Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, reported from the Committee of Public Lands by Mr. Shields, of Illinois, and passed both houses by the following vote:

In Senate, May 2, 1850.

Yeas f—Messrs. David R. Atchison, George E. Badger, John Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Solon Borland, Jesse D. Bright, Lewis Cass, Thomas Corwin, Jefferson Davis, Henry Dodge, Augustus C. Dodge, Stephen A Douglas, Solomon U. Downs, Henry S. Foote, Samuel Houston, George W. Jones, William Rufus King, Willie P. Mangum, Jackson Morton, William K. Sebastian, William H Seward, James Shields, Truman Smith, Daniel Sturgeon, Joseph R. Underwood, Isaac P. Walker—26.

Nays—Messrs. James W. Bradbury, Andrew P. Butler, Salmon P. Chase, John H. Clarke, William C. Dawson, William L. Dayton, Robert M. T. Hunter, Jacob W. Miller, Moses Norris,jr., Samuel S. Phelps, Thomas G. Pratt, Hopkins L. Turney, John Wales, David L. Yulee—14.

Not Voting—Messrs Roger S. Baldwin, John MeP. Berrien, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jere. Clemens, James Cooper, John Davis, Daniel S. Dickinsoyi, Alpheus Felch, Albert 0. Greene, John P. Hale, Hannibal Hamlin, James M. Mason, James A. Pearce, Thomas J. Rusk, Pierre Soule, Presley Spruance, William Uphani, Daniel Webster, James Whitcomb—20.

Of those not voting Messrs. Greene and Spruance voted "aye" on the same proposition two years before, 'and Messrs. Calhoun and Hale voted "no."

In House Of Representatives, Sept. 17, 1850.

Yeas—Messrs. Nathaniel Albertson, Charles Allen, William J. Alston, Josiah M. Anderson, George R. Andrews, George Ashmun, Edward D. Baker, Kingsley S. Bingham, William H. Bissell, David A. Bokee* Franklin W. Bowden, Richard I. Bowie, James B. Bowlin, George Briggs, James Brooks, Albert G. Brown, William J. Brown, Alexander W. BueL Lorenzo Burrows, Thomas B. Butler, E. Carrington Cabell, Samuel Calvin, Joseph Casey, Joseph R. Chandler, Chauncey F. Cleveland, Thomas L. Oiingman, Williu7nson R. W. Cobb, Orsamirs Cole, Moses B. Corwin, John Crowell, James Duane Doty^ James H. Duncan, Cyrus L. Dunham, Charles Durkee, Samuel A. Eliot, Winjield 8. Featherston, John Freedley, Meredith P. Gentry, Edward Gilbert, Willis A. Gorman, Daniel Gott, Herman D. Gould, James S. Green, Joseph Grinnell, Willard P. Hall, Ransom Halloway, Andrew J. Harlan, Sampson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris, Andrew K. Hay, Thomas S. Haymohd, Moses Hoagland, Volney E. Howard, David Hubbard, Samuel W- Inge, Joseph W. Jackson, Robert W. Johnson, George W. Julian, David S. Kaufman, James G. King, John A. King, Emile La Sere, Shepherd Leffler, Horace

*Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 253. fDemocrats in italics, Whigs in roman, Freesoilers in SMALL CAPS.

Mann, Orsamus B. Matteson, John A. McClernand, Robert M. McLane, William Mc Willie, Charles S. Morehead, Isaac E. Morse, James L. Orr, John Otis, John S. Plielps, J. Phillips Phoenix, Charles W. Pitman, Harvey Putnam, William A. Richardson, Elijah Risley, John L. Robinson,Robert L.Rose, Abraham M. Schermerhorn, John L. Schoolcraft, Elbridge G. Spaulding, William Sprague, Edward Stanley, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton, Alexander H. Stephens, John L. Taylor, Jacob T/wriipaon, John R. Thurman, Walter Underhill, Hiram Walden, Loren P. Waldo, John Wentworth, Hugh White, William A. Whittlesey, Christopher H. Williams, Amos E. Wood, George W. Wright, Timothy R. Young.—* 101.

Nats—Messrs. Henry P. Alexander, William S. Ashe, Thomas H. Averctt. James M. H. Beale, Walter Boothe, Armistead Burt, Joseph Cable, Joseph P. Caldwell,.Lewis D. Campbell, David K. Oartter, Charles E. Clarke, William F. Colcock, Jesse C. Dickey, Milo M. Dimmick, David T. Disney, Nathan F. Dixon, William Duer, Henry A. Edmundson, Alexander Evans, Nathan Evans, Orin Fowler, Thomag J. D. Fuller, Elbridge Gerry, Alfred Gilmore, William T. Hamilton, Moses Hampton, Hugh A. Haralson, Isham G. Harris. Harry Hibbard, Alexander R. Holladay, John W. Howe, William F. Hunter, William T. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, George IF". Jones, John B. Kerr, George G. King, Preston King, Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Job Mann; Humphrey Marshall, James McDowell, Edward W. McGaughey, Thomas MeKissock, James X. McLanahan, Fayette McMullen, John McQueen, John K. Miller, JohnS. Millson, Henry D. Moore, Jonathan D. Morris. William Nelson, David Outlaw, Richard Parker, Charles H. Peaslee, Emery D. Potter, Robert R. Reed, John Bobbins, jr., Thomas Ross, David Rumsey, jr., John H. Savage, CuUen SawteUe, Robert C. Schenck, James A. Sedd'on, Augustine H. Shepperd, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Stetson, James H. Thomas, James Thompson. Abraham W. Venable, Samuel F. Vinton, Daniel Wallace, Albert G. Watkins, Isaac Wildrick, Joseph A. Woodward.—75.

The bill was signed by the President, Zachary Taylor, September 20, 1850.

Grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

The first grant of lands made to any corporation to aid it in building its railroad was to the Union Pacific Railroad, in 1862, by an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes."

Section 1 creates the corporation and provides regulations for its government.

Section 2 provides "That the right of way through the public lands be, and trie same is hereby, granted to said company for the construction of said railroad and telegraph line; and the right, power, and authority is hereby given to said company to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of said road earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the construction thereof; said right of way is granted to said railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad where it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, and depots, machine-shops, switches, side tracks, turntables, and water stations. The United States shall extinguish as rapidly as may be the Indian titles to all lands falling under the operation of this act and required for the said right of way and grants hereinafter made."

Section 3 provides "That there be, and is hereby, granted to said company, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of {war, and public stores thereon, every alternate section of public land designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road, not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed: Provided, That all mineral lands shall be excepted from the operation of this act; but where the same shall contain timber, the timber thereon is hereby granted to said company. And all such lands so granted by this section, which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and preemption, like other lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, to be paid to said company."

Section 5 authorizes the issue of bonds to the amount of $16,000 per mile, which shall constitute a first mortgage on the road.

Section 6 provides that all compensation for services rendered for the Government shall be applied to the payment of the bonds and interest, and that at least five per cent, of the net earnings of the road shall be applied annually to payment of the same.

Section 18 provides that when the net earnings of the road shall exceed ten per cent., exclusive of the five per cent, to be paid to the United States, Congress may reduce the rates of fare thereon.

It is estimated* that there inures to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, under this grant, 35,000,000 acres.

This act was reported in the House by Mr. Campbell, of*Ohio, from the Pacific Railroad Committee, and passed both Houses by the following vote:

In House Of Representatives, April 8, 1862.f

Yeas—Messrs. Cyrus Aldrich, William Allen, John B. Alley, Isaac N. Arnold, James M. Ashley, Fernando C. Beaman, Charles J BiddU, John A Bingham, Francis P. Blair, jr., Harrison G. Blake, William G. Brown, James II. Campbell, Andrew J. Clements, Schuyler Colfax, Erastus Corning, John Covode, William P. Cutler, William Morris Davis, Isaac C. Delaplaine, R. Holland Duell, George W. Dunlap, Sidney Edgerton, Thomas D. Elliot, Alfred Ely, Reuben E. Fenton, Samuel C. Fessenden, George P. Fisher, Richard Franchot, Augustus Frank, Daniel W. Gooch, John N> Goodwin, Bradley F. Granger, John A. Gurley, Edward Haight, William A. Hall, Samuel Hooper, Valentine Horton, John Hidchins, George W. Julian, William D Kellev, Francis W. Kellogg, John W. Killinger, William E. Lansing, Cornelius L. L. Learj\ William E. Lehman, Dwight Loomis, John W. Menzies, James K. Moorehead, Anson P. MorrilJ. John T. Nixon, John W. NoeJl, Elijah H. Norton, Abraham B. Olin, Nehemiah Perry, Timothy G. Phelps, Thomas L. Price, Alexander H. Rice, Albert G Riddle, James S. Rollins, Aaron A. Sargent, Charles B. Sedgwick, Samuel Shellabarger, John B. Steele, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles R. Train, Rowland E. Trowbridge, Burt Van Horn, John P. Verree, John W. Wallace, Charles W. Walton, Elijah Ward, Ellihu B. Washburne, Edwin H. Waster, William A. Wheeler, Kellian V. Whaley, James F. Wilson, William Windom, Samuel T. Worcester—79.

Nats—Messrs. Sydenham, E. Ancona, Elijah Babbitt, Joseph Bailey, Stephen Baker, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, James Buffinton, Charles B. Calvert. Jacob P. Chamberlain, George T. Cobb, Frederick A. Conkling, SamvM S. Cox, James A. Cravens, John W. Crisjield, John

* Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 255. fThis was the test rote, on the first passage of the Gill in the House.

J. Crittenden, Alexander S. Diven, W. McKee Dunn, James E. English, Henry Grider, Aaron Harding, Richard A. Harrison, Philip Johnson, William Kellogg, Anthony L. Knapp, John Law, Owen Lovejoy, Robert McKnight, Robert Mallory, Justin S. Morrill, James R. Morris, Warren P. Noble, Moses F. Odell, Frederick A. Pike, Albert G. Porter. William A. Richardson, James C. Robinson, John P. C. Shanks, William P. Sheffield, William G. Steele, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Carey A. Trimble, Clement L. Vallandigham, Daniel W. Voorhees, William H. Wadsworth, E. P. Walton, Albert S. White, Charles A. Wickliffe, George C. Woodruff-49.

In Senate, June 20, 1862.

Yeas—Messrs. Henry B. Anthony, Orville H. Browning, Zachariah Chandler, Daniel Clark, Jacob Collamer, Edgar Cowan, Garrett Davis, James Dixon, James R. Doolittle, Solomon Foot. Lafayette S. Foster, James W. Grimes, John P. Hale, James Harlan, Ira Harris, John B. Henderson, Jacob M. Howard. Anthony Kennedy, Henry S. Lane, James H. Lane, Milton S. Latham, Joseph A. McDougall, Lot M. Morrill, George W Nesmith, Samuel C. Pomeroy. Henry M. Rice, John Sherman, Benjamin Starlc, Charles Sumner, Lyman Trumbull, Benjamin F. Wade, Waitman T. Willey, David Wilmot, Henry Wilson, Robert Wilson—35.

Nays Messrs. Timothy O. Howe, Preston King, James A. Pearce, Morton S. Wilkinson, Joseph A. Wright —5.

Grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad.

In 1864 an act was passed granting to the Northern Pacific railroad the right of way over the route proposed, and every alternate section, designated by odd numbers," to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of the road wherever the route lies through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections per mile wherever the route lies through any State. It provided that no money should be drawn from the treasury of the United States to aid in the construction of the said road, and "that no mortgage or construction bonds shall ever be issued by said company on said road, or mortgage or lien made in any way, except by the consent of the Congress of the United States."

The route proposed was from a point on Lake Superior, in the State of Minnesota or Wisconsin, by the most eligible railroad route, within the territory of the United States, on a line north of the 45th degree of latitude, to some point on Puget's sound, with a branch, via the valley of the Columbia river, to a point at or near Portland, in Oregon, leaving the main trunk line at the most suitable place, not more than one hundred miles from its western terminus.

This bill passed both houses by the following vote:

In House Of ^representatives, May 31, 1864.

Y&as—Messrs. James C. Allen, Wrilliam B. Allison, Lucien Anderson, Augustus C. Baldwin, John D. Baldwin, Fernando C. Beaman, James G. Blaine, Jacob B. Blair, Sempronius H. Boyd, John M. Broomall, James S. Brown, Amasa Cobb, Alexander H. Coffro'th, Cornelius Cole, John A. J. Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Ignatius Donnelly, John F. Driggs, John R. Eden, Charles A. Eldridge, John F. Farnsworth, Augustus Frank, James A. Garfield, Daniel W. Gooeh, Josiah B. Grinnell, James T.Hale, William A. Hall, William Higby, Giles W. Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard. John II. Hubbard, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Austin A. King, Anthony L. Knapp, Jesse Lazcar, Benjamin F. Loan, John W. Longyear, James M. Marvin, Archibald McAllister, Joseph W. McClnrg. Daniel Morris, Leonard Myers, Homer A. Nelson, Warren P. Noble, Moses F. Odell, Charles O'Neill, James \V. Patterson, Sidney Perham, Hiram Price, John V. L. Pruyn, William H. Randall, Alexander II. Rice, John II. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Jnnies S. Rollins, John G. Scott, Thomas B. Shannon, Itnamar C. Sioan, John £. Steele, William G, Steele, Thaddeus Stevens, Lorenzo D.

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