Excerpt from Report of the Select Committee to Which Was Referred the Petitions for State Aid to the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company: Transmitted to the Legislature January 25, 1861 If these allegations on the part of the petitioners are well: founded, it will not be denied by any unprejudiced mind that the. State owes them full reparation; and that no considerations of mere convenience should longer delay the payment of so just a debt. Your committee have examined the evidence upon which these allegations rest, and are compelled to admit that they are fully and amply sustained by the facts of the case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.