[521] The Central Pacific Railroad Company in equitable account with the United States. A review of the testimony and exhibits presented before the Pacific Railway Commission, appointed according to the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1887, by Roscoe Conkling and William D. Shipman of Counsel for the Central Pacific R. R. Co., New York, 1887.
[522] Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1877, p. xxviii.
[523] Report of Mr. Thurman from the Committee on the Judiciary (45th Congress, 2d Session, March 4, 1878, Senate Report No. 111, p. 8).
[524] 16 United States Statutes 225 (1871).
[525] 17 United States Statutes 485, 508 (1873).
[526] United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 91 U. S. 72 (1875).
[527] Ibid., 98 U. S. 569 (1878).
[528] Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States, 99 U. S. 402 (1878).
[529] The Congressional history of the Thurman bill is as follows: Introduced, October 16, 1877, and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (45th Congress, 1st Session, Congressional Record, Vol. 6, p. 58); reported back from Committee March 4, 1878 (45th Congress, 2d Session, ibid., Vol. 7, p. 1445); debated in Senate March 12 to April 9 (ibid., pp. 1688-2384); passed by Senate April 9 (ibid., pp. 2779-90); approved by President, May 8 (ibid., p. 3257).
[530] Speech of Senator Thurman of Ohio (45th Congress, 2d Session, March 12, 1878, Congressional Record, Vol. 7, p. 1690).