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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · April 29, 1836 · Chapter LVIII

Chapter LVIII. *to authorize the construction of a railroad, through lands of the United States in Springfield, Massachusetts.* April 29, 1836.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Western RailroadThe Western Railroad

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Chap. LVIII.— An Act *to authorize the construction of a railroad, through lands of the United States in Springfield, Massachusetts.* April 29, 1836.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Western RailroadThe Western Railroad may pass through the lands of the United States. corporation be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct a railroad on lands belonging to the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and take for the security and accommodation of said railroad, or the accommodation of the business thereof, a strip of land through or over said land of the United States, not exceeding eighty feet in width; *Provided,* That the location of said railroad, through said land of theProviso.
United States, shall be submitted to, and approved by the Secretary of War, prior to the construction thereof; *And provided, also,* That wheneverProviso. said strip of land shall cease to be improved for the purposes of a railroad, or the accommodation of the business thereof, that the same shall revert to the United States. Approved, April 29, 1836. Chapter LVIX: making appropriations far the civil and diplomatic expenses if Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 5 Stat. 17 1836-05-09 Chapter LVIX Charles C.
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