45th Congress · Public law
20 Stat. 56
An act to alter and amend the 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", approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and also to alter and amend the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in amendment of said first-named act.
May 7, 1878date on the GovInfo record
20 Stat. 56Statutes at Large
3roll calls on its bill in our archive
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- Statutes at Large on GovInfo: 20 Stat. 56 ↗
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Where it came from
The bill
GovInfo's record for this law names S. 15 of the 45th Congress as its bill (record ↗).
How it passed
Recorded votes on the bill
Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · April 9, 1878
Recorded vote (23–35)
Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · April 9, 1878
Recorded vote (40–20)
House recorded vote (45th Congress) · April 24, 1878
Recorded vote (243–2)
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