Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific

by Stuart Daggett

[564] Laws of California, 1897, p. 581. Joint Resolution, adopted January 8, 1897.

[565] 54th Congress, 2d Session, January 7, 1897, Congressional Record, p. 559.

[566] United States v. Stanford, 161 U. S. 412 (1896). The United States sued the Stanford estate in this case for $15,237,000.

[567] See Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads, 1892, p. 141.

[568] 12 United States Statutes 489 (1862).

[569] 13 United States Statutes 356 (1864).

[570] United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Company, 99 U. S. 455 (1878). See also United States v. Denver Pacific Railway Company, 99 U. S. 460 (1878).

[571] 20 United States Statutes 56 (1878).

[572] 45th Congress, 2d Session, April 3, 1878, Congressional Record, p. 2229.

[573] Sinking Fund Cases, 99 U. S. 700, 721.