45 U.S.C. § 81 : US Code - Section 81 TO 92: Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379

Search 45 U.S.C. § 81 : US Code - Section 81 TO 92: Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379

Section 81, R.S. Sec. 5256; Nov. 6, 1978, Pub. L. 95-598, title
III, Sec. 322(g), 92 Stat. 2679, related to Union Pacific Railroad
Company, its books, records, correspondence, other documents,
dividends, stock issuance, mortgages or pledges, and directors or
officers.
Section 82, R.S. Sec. 5257, provided for connection of other
roads with Union Pacific Railroad or any of its branches.
Section 83, acts July 2, 1864, ch. 216, Sec. 15, 13 Stat. 362;
June 20, 1874, ch. 331, 18 Stat. 111; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec.
291, 36 Stat. 1167, provided that companies authorized by Pacific
Railroad Acts to construct railroads were required to operate roads
and telegraphs as one continuous line and to afford equal
advantages and facilities as to rates, time, and transportation to
the other companies without discrimination.
Section 84, R.S. Sec. 5258, authorized interstate transport by
railroads.
Section 85, R.S. Sec. 5259, related to compensation of directors,
engineers, commissioners, or other agents appointed by the United
States to examine roads or to act in conjunction with other
officers of railroads or other corporations receiving land grants
or other subsidies.
Section 86, R.S. Sec. 5260, related to withholding by Secretary
of the Treasury of payments to certain railroads.
Section 87, R.S. Sec. 5261; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 4, 62
Stat. 986; Apr. 2, 1982, Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 161(8), 96
Stat. 49; Oct. 29, 1992, Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, Sec. 902(b)(2),
106 Stat. 4516, provided that companies from whom payments for
freight and transportation had been withheld under provisions of
section 86 of this title could sue in Court of Federal Claims.
Section 88, R.S. Sec. 5262; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36
Stat. 1167, related to jurisdiction of proper United States
district court to hear and determine all cases of mandamus to
compel Union Pacific Railroad Company to operate its road.
Section 89, acts June 22, 1874, ch. 414, 18 Stat. 200; Mar. 3,
1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167, directed Secretary of the
Treasury to require that railroad companies, their successors and
assigns, pay United States a percentage of net earnings as provided
for by law.
Section 90, act Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 183, Sec. 1, 20 Stat. 420,
authorized Secretary of the Treasury to settle accounts of Union
Pacific, Central Pacific, Kansas Pacific, Western Pacific, and
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Companies for services provided to
Government in transporting the Army and mails.
Section 91, act Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 386, 29 Stat. 663, provided
that provisions of section 90 of this title were extended and made
applicable to Navy and Marine Corps transportation.
Section 92, act Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 831, Sec. 1, 31 Stat. 1023,
authorized and directed Secretary of the Treasury to settle claims
stemming from Government transportation over non-bond-aided lines.
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Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 53, 70A Stat. 641

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