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49th Congress > House > Vote 241

Date: January 22, 1887

Result: 151-61

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget Special Interest

Sponsor: LAFFOON, Polk (D-KY)

Bill number: HR3186

Description: TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3186 (24 STAT 291 THE NEW ORLEANS, BATON ROUGE AND VICKSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY APP 2/8/1887), DECLARING A FORFEITURE OF LANDS GRANTED TO AND CONFIRMING TITLE TO CERTAIN LANDS, WHICH AMENDMENT PROVIDES BETTER PROTECTION TO THE SETTLERS AND CONFIRMS MOST OF THE BACKBONE RAILROAD LAND GRANT.

Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 18-1, p. 914; House Journal vol. 49-2, p. 347;

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