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Sol #1114 — Onondaga plank-road toll exemption (1848)

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New York’s 1848 chapter 36 (Feb 16) authorized the Syracuse and Tully Plank Road Company to take and occupy the existing highway through the Onondaga Indian reservation, lay its road, maintain gates, and collect tolls — but §2 immediately exempted “All Indians residing on said reservation, or belonging to the Onondaga tribe of Indians” so they may pass with teams and vehicles free of any charge of toll whatever.

The two qualifiers are residence on that reservation or membership in the named tribe. The statute is use-and-toll authorization, not a deed, survey, consent record, construction proof, or evidence that gates operated.

Stream separation
Distinct from Onondaga agent salary (#1107), annuity-distribution agent expenses (#1110), Hillis 1843 services (#1109), and all Shinecock/Stockbridge/Seneca streams. Statute ≠ construction ≠ toll practice ≠ title conveyance.

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