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The presidents since its organization have been:
Amos Dean, of Albany, N. Y., elected July 16, 1855.
Silas Totten, D. D., LL.D., elected Oct. 25, 1859.
Professor Oliver M. Spencer, elected August 19, 1862.
Professor Nathan R. Leonard, elected June 26, 1866, as president pro tem., during absence of President Spencer in Europe fifteen months by leave of the board.
James Black, D.D., elected March 4, 1868.
Rev. George Thacher, elected March 1, 1871.
O W. Slagle, of Fairfield, elected president pro tem., June, 1877.
J. L. Pickard, elected in 1878.
The faculty of the University consists of the president, nine professors in the collegiate department, one professor and six instructors in military sci- ence; chancellor, three professors and four lecturers in the law department; eight professor demonstrators of anatomy; professor of surgery and two lecturers in the medical department, and two professors in the homeopathic medical department.
The law department was established in June, 1868; the medical depart- ment in 1869; the chair of miltary instruction in June, 1874, and the depart- ment of homeopathy in 1876.
From 1858 to 1876, inclusive, the General Assembly has made appropria- tions for buildings, and for the support of-the University, sums aggregating 8264,757. The Seventeenth General Assembly, by an act approved March 22, 1878, made an appropriation, as an endowment fund, of $20,000 annually, and an additional appropriation of $10,000 for repairs of buildings, fences, walks and other purposes. On the 30th of September, the University held interest bearing mortgage notes amounting to $195,423.13; contract notes amounting to $10,357.74, and a fund known as the Saline fund, amounting to $4,106.85. These amounts, aggregating $209,887.72, constitute a per- manent fund, the interest of which goes to the support of the University. There were also, September 30, 1877, remaining unsold, 2,059.70 acres of University lands, and 3887.10 acres of Saline lands, making a total of 5,946.80
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he proceeds of which when sold, will go to increase the permanent Bity fund. At five dollars per acre these lands will add to the parma- nd $20,734, which amount added to the above will give to the Uni- a permanent endowment fund of $239,621.72.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
in act of Congress passed in 1862, a grant of 240,000 acres of land de to the State for the endowment of schools of agriculture and the Lical arts. Under this act 240,000.96 acres were appropriated to the but as 35,691.66 acres were located within railroad limits, which were ted at the rate of two acres for one, the actual number of acres in the was 204,309.30. In addition to this grant Congress also gave its to the State to use for the same purpose the five sections of land in county, which had been selected for the seat of government of the There were also donated in Story and Boone counties for the use of titution 921 acres, making a grand total of 208,430.30 acres. This nation of 921 acres was made by citizens of Story and Boone counties. General Assembly passed an act which was approved March 22, 1858, hing the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm. Under this board of trustees was appointed, which at a meeting in June, 1859, d propositions for the location, and in July the offer of the present 1 in Story county, was accepted. In 1864 the General Assembly ap- ted $20,000 for the erection of a College building, and in 1866 itional appropriation of $91,000 was made. The building was com- in 1868. An office was opened in Fort Dodge for the sale of the Col- ids, and Hon. George W. Bassett was appointed agent for their sale. the establishment of this agency in August, 1865, to November 1, ne amount received on sales of lands was $68,782.81, and the amount rest collected on leases for the same time was $338,931.78, making a $406,714.65, which is a permanent endowment fund.
courses of study in the College, as revised in 1877, are as follows: : Course in Science as related to Agriculture. 2-The Course in lical Engineering. 3-The Course in Civil Engineering. 4-The Course in Science. 5-Course for Juniors and Seniors in Special ial Sciences. 6-Post-graduate Courses of Study. 7-The Prepar- Jourse.
nal labor is required of students, but no student can pay more than f his expenses in work. This labor is divided into two classes; one ch wages are paid, which applies only to students whose sole purpose acquisition of skill and practice. The unpaid labor applies to work seernes solely to the benefit of the College.
four courses are divided into twelve schools, each embracing a prom- sience, to-wit: 1-School of Agriculture. 2-School of Horticulture. ool of Veterinary Science. 4- School of Domestic Economy. 5 .- of Military Science. 6-School of Literature and Language. ool of Mathematics and Physics. 8-School of Chemistry. 9- of Biology. 10-School of Philosophy. 11-School of Mechanical ering and Architecture. 12-School of Civil Engineering.
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By the terms of the law, tuition in the Agricultural College is made forever free to pupils from the State, over sixteen years of age, who have resided in the State six months prior to their admission. Each county in the State has a prior right of tuition for three pupils, and additional pupils . to the extent of the capacity of the College are distributed by the board of trustees among the counties in proportion to the population.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The State Normal School was established by the General Assembly, at Iowa Falls, in 1876, and under the law the property of the Orphans' Home, at that place, was transferred for the use of the Normal School. The first Board of Directors organized June 7th, of that year. H. C. Hemenway was chosen President; J. J. Tolerton, Secretary, and E. Townsend, Treasurer. At the same meeting, Prof. J. C. Gilchrist, A. M., was elected Principal of the school.
The course of study consists of two classes, scholastic and professional: The first embraces English Literature, Mathematics, Science, History and Art. The second embraces Practice Teaching Classes, The Theory of Education, School Management, Instruction, School Economy, How to Teach, School Laws of Iowa, General Laws and Decisions, Classification of Knowledge, Genesis of Knowledge; Educational- Character of, Branches of Study, Methods of Advanced Classes, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Lives of Great Educators, Graded Schools, Institute Work.
Students completing the Elementary or Didactic Course receive certifi- cates showing the course completed by the student, and those graduating in the Scientific Course receive diplomas, with the degree " Bachelor of Didac- tics."
A student must be eighteen years of age and have attended this school one year, before he will be entitled to receive either a certificate or diploma. Before receiving certificate of examination in the Elementary Didactic Course, the applicant must have had at least two terms of successful experi- ence. in teaching, and before graduating in the Scientific Course he must have had at least one year of such experience.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
COUNTY.
LOCATION.
TITLE.
Des Moines
Burlington
[Burlington University
Fayette
Fayette.
Upper Iowa University ..
Fremont.
Tabor.
Tabor College ...
Henry
Mount Pleasant
lowa Wesleyan University.
Henry .
Salem.
Whittier College ..
Humboldt
Humboldt
Humboldt College
Jefferson
Fairfield
Parson's College.
Linn
Mount Vernon
Cornell College.
Linn . ..
Western.
Western College.
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa College
Mabaska
Oskaloosa
Penn College.
Marion
Pella
Central University of Iowa
Milli
Malvern.
Baptist College.
Page .
College Spring
Amity College.
Polk
Des Moines.
University of Des Moines
Poweshiek
Grinnell
Iowa College ...
Scott ...
Davenport
Griswold College
Warren
Indianola.
Simpson Centenary College
Winnenhiek
Decorah
Luther College ...
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ACADEMIES AND OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.
FUNTY.
LOCATION.
TITLE.
ikee .... : |Waukon.
Waukon Seminary.
ikea .. ..
Lansing ..
Sisters' School .......
ikee.
Langing
Mrs. Houghton's School.
Moulton.
Moulton Normal School.
0008. Centerville
Centerville Academy ..
1
Blairstown.
Blairstown Academy.
1
Vinton.
Eclectic Institute ..
Hawk.
Waterloo
Conservatory of Music.
Hawk.
Waterloo
Cedar Valley Institute.
Hawk
Waterloo
Prairie Home Seminary
Hawk
Waterloo
Our Lady of Victory.
can.
Independence
Notre Dame ..
Bradford Academy.
Fredericksburg
Select School.
Murray.
Graded School.
Osceola.
Osceola Private School.
Sisters' School.
1
Lyons
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels ..
1
Lyons
Latin School ...
1
Clinton
Business College
1
De Witt.
Sisters' School.
1
Olive Township.
Norwegian.
Bloomfield
Southern Iowa Normal and Scientific Institute.
Troy.
Troy Normal and Classical Institute:
Hopkinton.
Lenox Collegiate Institute. ...
are
Petersburg.
Petersburg Catholic School.
Loines
Burlington.
Mr. Gordon's School for both sexes.
foines.
Kossuth.
Kossuth Academy.
oines .....
Burlington.
Graff's School ..
oines ....
Burlington
Young Ladies' School.
.oines ..... Burlington
German-American School.
oines .....
Burlington
German' Evangelical Zion School.
oines.
Burlington
St. Paul's School ..
lomes
Burlington
St. Patrick's School ..
ne
Dubuque.
German Theological Seminary
De .
Dubuque
St. Joseph's College.
Dubuque.
St. Joseph's Academy
Dubuque.
St. Mary's School.
Dubuque.
St. Patrick's School.
Dubuque
Academy of Visitation
Dubuque
St. Maria, (German).
no
Dubuque
Private Primary ..
Dubuque.
Private Boarding School.
Dyersville
St. Francis
'New Vienna.
St. Boniface
'Cascade. .
Church School
Table Mound.
Church School
Dubuque
Church School
St. Peters'.
Epworth
Epworth Seminary
Farley.
Church School ..
Jefferson ..
Jefferson Academy.
Grundy Center.
Grundy Center Academy
Panora. .
Guthrie County High School.
Webster City.
Webster City Academy ...
Catholic School ..
1 Ackley
St. John's Convent.
.oines. ..
Burlington
First German Evangelical School
Loines ....
Burlington
Sisters' School
Guttenburg.
McGregor ...
Sisters' School
Clayton Center.
German School ..
Lyons.
Riverside . Institute.
Irving Institute.
Vinton.
Tilford Academy.
West Irving.
Bradford
Elkader.
Sherrill's Mount
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ACADEMIES AND OTHER PRIVATE INSTIUTIONS-Continued.
COUNTY.
LOCATION.
TITLE.
Hardin
Alden ..
Private School
Hardin
New Providence.
New Providence Academy.
Hardin
Eldora .......
Eldora Academy ... .....
Henry
Mt. Pleasant ..
Female Seminary, and Howe's Academy.
Henry
Mt. Pleasant ..
German College ..
Henry
Mt. Pleasant.
German Primary
Henry
New London.
Academy ...
Howard
Cresco.
Private School.
Iowa ..
Marengo.
Root's Winter School.
Iowa .
Lytle City
Catholic School ..
Jasper
Lynnville.
Lynnville Seminary ..
Jasper
Prairie City.
South Side Academy.
Jasper
Newton ...
Hazel Dell Academy ...
Jefferson
Pleasant Plaine.
Pleasant Plaine Academ
Jefferson
Fairfield.
Fairfield Academy, and Private School. ..
Jefferson
Fairfield.
High School ......
Johnson
Iowa City
McClain's Academy, and St. Joseph's Institute St. Agatha's Seminary.
Jone
Anamosa.
Anamosa Academy ..
Jones.
Olin.
Olin High School.
Keokuk
Baden.
Baden Select School.
Keokuk
Coal Creek.
Friends' Select School.
Keokuk
German Township.
German Lutheran School.
Kossuth
Algona
Algona College ...
Lee ...
Denmark
Denmark Academy.
Linn ..
Cedar Rapids.
Collegiate Institute.
Louiss.
Grand View.
Eastern Iowa Normal School.
Lucas ..
Chariton.
Chariton Academy.
Mahaska
Hopewell.
Hopewell Academy
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Select School.
Mahaska
Rose Hill
Select School.
Marion.
Knoxville.
Knoxville Academy
Marshall.
Albion .
Albion Seminary
Marshall.
Le Grand.
Le Grand Christian Institute.
Marshall.
Le Grand.
Le Grand Institute.
Marshall
Stanford.
Stanford Institute.
Mills.
Glenwood.
Private School ..
Mitchell
Osage
Cedar Valley Seminary.
Muscatine
Wilton
Wilton Seminary, and Collegiate Institute.
Muscatine Muscatine
Sisters' School, and German School ..
Muscatine
Muscatine
Business College.
Pocahontas
Fonda ..
Teachers' Normal.
Polk
Des Moines
St. Ambrose School.
Polk.
Des Moines
St. Mary's School, (German).
Polk
Des Moines.
Business College.
Polk
Mitchellville.
Mitchell Seminary.
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
St. Francis' Boys' School.
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs.
St. Francis' Girls' School
Pottawattamie.
Council Bluffs
German School ...
Scott ..
Davenport
St. Margaret's, and Sisters' Academy.
Scott
|Davenport
St. Cunigundus'
Scott ..
Davenport
St. Anthony's, and Business College.
Wapello.
Ottumwa
Convent of St. Joseph, and Commercial College.
Wapello
Ottumwa
Female Seminary, and Pecks' Normal.
Warren.
Ackworth.
Ackworth Seminary.
Washington
Washington
Washington Academy.
...
Webster.
Fort Dodge.
Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Webster .. Fort Dodge.
German School ...
Winneshiek.
Decorah .
Decorah Institute, and Business College ...
Winneshiek
Spillville.
Catholic School.
Woodbury
Sioux City.
German School.
Van Buren
Birmingham
Birmingham Academy
Van Buren
Farmington
Select School ....
Jobnson
lowa City
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
mitals for the Insane-College for the Blind-Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb -- Or- w' Homes --- Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children-The Penitentiary-The Additional Penitentiary-State Reform School-State Historical Society.
DOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, MT. PLEASANT, HENRY COUNTY.
Tus General Assembly, by an act approved January 24, 1855, appropri- ed $4,495 to purchase a site for a Hospital for the Insane, and 850,000 for o crection of a building. Edward Johnston, of Lee county; Charles S. irke, of Henry conuty, and the Governor (Grimes), were appointed to se- t the location and superintend the erection of a building. " They made , location at Mt. Pleasant, Henry county, and adopted a plan with suffi- at capacity to accommodate three hundred patients. Henry Winslow I appointed to superintend the erection of the building. The building I not ready for occupancy until March, 1861. Within the first three aths about one hundred patients were admitted. Richard J. Patterson, D., of Ohio, was appinted Superintendent, and in 1865 he was succeeded Dr. Mark Ranney. From the opening of the Hospital to the 1st of No- aber, 1877, there had been admitted 3,584 patients, of whom 1,141 had a discharged recovered,.505 improved, 589 unimproved, and one died. total number discharged was 2,976, leaving 608' under treatment.
HOSPITAL FOR THE INRANK, INDEPENDENCE, BUCHANAN COUNTY.
[ 1868 a bill passed the General Assembly making an appropriation of 15,000 for the erection of an additional Hospital for the Insane, at Inde- dence, Buchanan county. A board of commissioners was appointed, commenced their duties June 8, 1868. They made the location about ile from Independence, on the west side of the Wapsipinicon river, and at one mile from the river. The building was ready for occupancy ril 21, 1873. On the 1st of October, 1877, the Superintendent, Albert molds, M. D., reported 322 patients in the hospital.
COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND, VINTON, BENTON COUNTY.
In August, 1859, Prof. Samuel Bacon, himself blind, established an in- ation at Keokuk for the instruction of the blind. In January, 1853, the seral Assembly passed an act by which the State adopted the institution Keokuk, and on the 4th of April, of the same year, it was opened for the eption of pupils, at lowa City. A board of trustees was appointed, with thority to receive propositions and make a permanent location. Liberal ations were made by citizens of Vinton, Benton county, and that place selected. In October, 1862, the institution was opened at Vinton with enty-fonr pupils. Up to 1878 about $285,000 have been expended in idings and improvements connected with this institution. During the riod of two years, ending November 6, 1877, about 185 pupils were attendance. The faculty is presided over by Rev. Robert Carothers, A. , Principal.
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LXUTIICTION FUR THE DEAF AND DEMB, COUNCIL RLCTTL, POTTAWATTAMIE COCSTI.
This institution was established first at Iowa City, by an act of the Gen- eral Assembly, approved January 24, 1855. W. E. Ijams was the first Principal. He resigned in 1862, and the board of trustees appointed Ben- jamin Talbot his successor. In 1868 commissioners were appointed to re- locate the institution and superintend the erection of a building, and the sum of $125,000 was appropriated to commence the work. It was located about two miles south of Council Bluffs, and connected with it is a tract of about ninety acres of ground. The main building and one wing were com- pleted October 1, 1870, and immediately occupied. On the 25th of Feb- ruary, 1877, the main building and east wing were destroyed by fire, and and on the 6th of August, of the same year, the roof of the new west wing was blown off and the walls partially injured by a tornado. About 150 pupils were in attendance at the time of the fire. About half of the classes were dismissed, reducing the number to about seventy. The institution re- mains in charge of Benjamin Talbot as Superintendent. By an act of the General Assembly, approved March 25, 1878, the sum of $40,000 was ap. propriated for the purpose of rebuilding and completing in a plain and sub- stantial manner the main building.
SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOMES, DAVENPORT, CEDAR FALLS, GLENWOOD.
In 1866 the General Assembly passed an act establishing three Homes for the soldiers' orphans, as follows: located at Davenport, Cedar Falls, and Glenwood. This was the result of a movement inaugurated by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, during the civil war. In October, 1863,. she called a convention at Davenport, to devise measures for the support and education of the orphan children of Iowa soldiers who had fallen in the na- tional defense. An association was formed, and provision made for raising funds. A sufficient amount of funds was raised to open the Home, and at a meeting of the Trustees in March, 1864, they decided to commence op- erations at once. ' A large brick building in Van Buren county was secured, and on the 13th of July, of the same year, the executive committee re- ported that they were ready to receive pupils. In little more than six months seventy pupils were in attendance. The Home continued to be sus- tained by voluntary subscriptions until 1866, when it was assumed by the State and the three Homes established as above stated. In 1876 the Homes at Cedar Falls and Glenwood were discontinued, and the pupils remaining in them removed to the Home at Davenport. The buildings at Cedar Falls were appropriated to the use of the State Normal School, and those at Glen- wood to the use of the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. September 80, 1877, there were in attendance at the Home in Davenport 139 col- diers' orphans, and forty-one indigent children, the Sixteenth General As- sembly having passed an act opening the Home for the admission of in- digent children.
ASYLUM FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN, GLENWOOD, MILLS COUNTY.
By an act approved March 17, 1876, an Asylum for Feeble- Minded Children was established at Glenwood, Mills county. The buildings and grounds for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home were by the same act transferred
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to the use of the new institution, which was placed under the management of three trustees, who held their first meeting at Glenwood, April 26, 1876. The property having been repaired, the Asylum was opened September 1, 1876, and the school organized on the 6th with only five pupils. In Novem- ber, 1877, the number had increased to eighty-seven.
THE PENITENTIARY, FORT MADISON, LEE COUNTY.
The Territorial Legislature by an act approved January 25, 1839, provided for the election by joint ballot of the Council and House of Representa- tives of the Territory, of three directors to locate the Penitentiary within one mile of the public square in the town of Fort Madison, and provided further, limiting the cost of the Penitentiary to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars. The same act authorized the Governor to draw the mum of twenty thousand dollars which had been appropriated by Congress for the erection of public buildings in the Territory of Iowa, to pay for materials and work on the building. The location at Fort Madison, how- over, was coupled with a proviso that the citizens of that place and Lee county should execute to the directors a deed for ten acres of ground All the conditions were complied with, and the erection of the building was commenced July 9, 1839. The main building and warden's house were completed in the autumn of 1841. Since that time additions and other im- provements have been made.
ADDITIONAL PENITENTIARY, ANAMOSA, JONES COUNTY
The Additional Penitentiary at Anamosa was established under an act of the General Assembly approved April 3, 1872. Three commissioners were appointed to make the location and provide for the erection of the necessary buildings. They met at Anamosa, June 4, 1872, and made selection of a site donated by the citizens. Work was commenced on the building Sep- tember 28th of the same year, and May 13, 1873, twenty convicts were transferred from the Penitentiary at Fort Madison to Anamosa. The entire enclosure embraces fifteen acres.
THE STATE REFORM SCHOOL, ELDORA, HARDIN COUNTY.
On the 31st of March, 1868, an act of the General Assembly was approved establishing a State Reform School near the town of Salem, Henry county. A board of trustees, consisting of one from each Congressional district, was appointed. A proposition was accepted for the lease of White's Iowa Man- mal Labor Institute at Salem, the buildings fitted up, and on the 7th of Octo- ber, 1868, the first inmate was received from Jasper county. In 1872, an act was passed and approved providing for the permanent location, and $45,000 appropriated for erecting the necessary buildings. The permanent location was made at Eldora, Hardin county. Inmates are admitted at ages over seven and under sixteen years. 'The object of this school is the reformation of juvenile offenders. The school for girls is located at Mitchellville, Polk county.
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
This society was organized in 1856, under an act of the Sixth General As sembly, "for the purpose of collecting, arranging and preserving books pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary, and other
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materials illustrative of the history of this State; and also to preserve the memory of the early pioneers of Iowa, their deeds, exploits, perils, and adven- tures; to secure facts relative to our Indian Tribes; to exhibit faithfully the antiquities, and to mark the progress of our rapidly increasing common- wealth; to publish such of the collections of the society as it shall from time to time deem of value and interest; to bind such publications and other books, pamphlets, manuscripts and papers as they may publish or collect; and to aid in all respects as may be within its province, to develop the his- tory of this State in all its departments." At that time the sum of $3,000 per annum for two years was appropriated. The society is under the man- agement of a board of Curators, consisting of one member appointed by the governor from each congressional district, and of nine additional members elected by the society. The officers consist of a president, secretary, treasurer and librarian.
RAILROADS.
In May, 1854, the first rail was laid in Iowa, at or near high water mark on the bank of the Mississippi, in the city of Davenport. That year the road was completed to Iowa City, a distance of about 542 miles. The first loco- motive in Iowa was landed at Davenport in July of the same year, and was called the "Antoine LeClaire." The road was then called the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad. The first rail was laid at Keokuk, on what was then called the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Minnesota Railroad, on the 9th day of September, 1856, and in October of the same year two locomotives for the road were landed at Keokuk from a barge which arrived from Quincy. They were called the "Keokuk" and the "Des Moines."
In the meantime several lines of railroad had been projected to cross the State from points on the Mississippi. On the 15th of May, 1756, an act of Congress was approved making a grant of land to the State to aid in the construction of railroads from Burlington to the Missouri river, near the mouth of Platte river; from Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines to Council Bluffs; from Lyons northeasterly to a point of intersection with the main line of the Iowa Central Air Line Railroad, near Maquokets thence on said main line, running as near as practicable on the forty-second parallel across the State to the Missouri river, and from Dubuque to a point on the Missouri river at or near Sioux City. The grant embraced the sections designated by odd numbers six miles in width on each side of the four roads named. Where lands had been sold the State was authorized to select other lands equal in quantity from alternate sections or parts of sections within fifteen miles of the lines located. The law provided certain conditions to be observed by the State in disposing of the lands to the railroads for which they were granted. In consequence of this grant the governor called a spe- cial session of the General Assembly which convened at Iowa City in July of that year, and on the 14th of the same month an act was approved accepting the grant, and regranting the lands to the railroads named, on certain speci- fied conditions. The roads, with the exception of the Iowa Central Air Line, accepted the several grants, and located their lines before April 1, 1857, that being a stipulation in the act of July 14th. The lands granted to the Iowa Central Air Line road were again granted to the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company. The act of Congress making this grant named no companies, but designated certain lines, in aid of which they should be
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