Protest of the Central Pacific Railroad Company Against..

1886. Beard, Henry. Protest of the Central Pacific Railroad Company Against in the Administration of its Land Grant by Executive Action or Decision Tending to Disturb the Limits of its Grant, as Heretofore Adjusted. [Washington, D.C.]: Judd & Detweiler, 1886. 19 pp. Disbound pamphlet in printed wrappers, leaves separated. Internally clean. $25. * Serves as a formal protest by the Central Pacific Railroad Company (CPRR) against actions taken by the executive branch of the U.S. government concerning the administration of its congressionally approved land grants. The core issue addressed in the document is the attempt by executive action or decision to alter or "disturb the limits" of the land grants that the CPRR believed had been previously and definitively "adjusted" or settled. The railroad company, represented by Henry Beard as its attorney, was asserting its established rights to the lands it had been granted to finance and build the transcontinental railroad, likely in response to a federal review, a dispute over land boundaries, or challenges from settlers. This was part of a larger historical context of numerous legal and political conflicts over the vast public lands allocated to railroad companies during this era.