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[CITE: 45USC81]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                  CHAPTER 5--GOVERNMENT-AIDED RAILROADS
 
Secs. 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 Repealed.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.
