IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— February 14, 1855. 
Resolved, That there he 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. Frdmont, 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, 
Cleric qf the House of Representatives of the United States. 
THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION— Chapter 98. 
Sect. 10. And he it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized, under the direction of 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 he 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 thou¬ 
sand 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 6um of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars- 
Approved August 5, 1854. 
