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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">It sounds like the value of the land grant was not determined or stipulated. And likewise, the amount of repayment was not determined or stipulated. Nevertheless, the land was given in exchange for payment. So, I don't think it is at all accurate to call it a grant. There was a quid pro quo, which a grant, by definition, cannot have.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">In addition to the payback in the form of transportation discounts for the government, it could also be argued that simply building railroads into areas prior to there being justifiable traffic in those areas would itself amount to a payback on the land grant. That too was a quid pro quo.</span></p> <p> </p>
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