Pacific Railroad Act of 1862

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1864
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States 1862 in American law
gptkbp:citation	12 Stat. 489
gptkbp:dateEnacted	July 1, 1862
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	enabled the completion of the first transcontinental railroad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:longTitle	An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes.
gptkbp:provides	land grants government bonds
gptkbp:purpose	to promote the construction of the transcontinental railroad
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:First_Transcontinental_Railroad
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1863 gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1864 gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad_(original_railroad_company)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7