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39th Congress · 1865–1867
S. 83
An Act To extend the time for completing certain land-grant railroads in the States therein named.
Senate
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back with an amendment in the nation of a substitute, ordered to be printed, an… · April 25, 1866 Understand the measure
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Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back with an amendment in the nation of a substitute, ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to the 9th of April, after the morning hour. Ordered to be printed as corrected, and recommitted to the Committee on Pacific Railroad.
Recorded April 25, 1866, as the clerk wrote it
Recorded votes
2 on this measure
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Official records
Every recorded vote on S. 83
DateQuestion
TallyOutcome
April 24, 1866
TO RECOMMIT S. 83 AND AMENDMENT TO COMMITTEE ON PACIFIC RAILROADS. S. 83 IS AN ACT TO … House recorded vote (39th Congress)
68–0
AGREED
April 24, 1866
TO ORDER A CALL OF THE HOUSE WHILE S. 83 WAS BEING CONSIDERED. S. 83 IS AN ACT TO EXTE… House recorded vote (39th Congress)
71–13
AGREED