IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 14, 1855. 



Kesclved, That there be printed, for the use of the House, ten thousand copies of the reports of surveys for a railroad to the 

 Pacific, made under the direction of the Secretary of War, embracing the report of F. W. Lander, civil engineer, of a survey 

 of a railroad route from Puget s Sound, by Fort Hall and the Great Salt lake, to the Mississippi river ; and the report of J. C. 

 Fre mont, of a route for a railroad from the head- waters of the Arkansas river into the State of California ; together -with the 

 maps and plates accompanying each of said reports necessary to illustrate them. 



Attest: J. W. FORNEY, 



Clerk of the Home of Representatives of the United States. 



THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION CHAPTER 98. 



SECT. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, under the direction cf the 

 President of the United States, to employ^such portion of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, and such other persons as he 

 may deem necessary, to make such explorations and surveys as he may deem advisable, to ascertain the most practicable and 

 economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean, and that the sum of one hundred and fifty 

 thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the 

 treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of such explorations and surveys. 



Approved March 3, 1853. 



THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION CHAPTER 60. 



Appropriation : For deficiencies for the railroad surveys between the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean, forty thousand 

 dollars. 



Approved May 31, 1854. 



THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION CHAPTER 267. 



Appropriation: For continuing the explorations and surveys to ascertain the best route for a railway to the Pacific, and for 

 completing the reports of surveys already made, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

 Approved August 5, 1854. 



IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 25, 1860. 



Rtsdved, That there be printed, for the use of this House, ten thousand extra copies, in addition to the usual number, of 

 Governor Steveng s final report of the exploration and survey of the northern route for a Pacific railroad. 



