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Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska.
(C.B & Q.R.R.Co., OWNER.)

OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER.

Omaha, March 17, 1887.

Dear Sir:

We are advised by counsel that the Inter-State Commerce
Law prohibits the granting of passes, expect to persons in the Railroad
service, and that this includes passes now outstanding, although issued
prior to the enactment of the law.

The penalties imposed for violation of the law are so severe,
that until it is otherwise construed, by the Commissioners of the
Courts, we do not feel justified in taking any risks; and I am com-
pelled, therefore, with great regret, to ask you to kindly return to me,
at the above address, by or before April 1, 1887, the annual sent you
for this year.

Yours truly,
signature
General Manager

To Prof. C.E. Bessey
Lincoln, Neb.