Schaeffer Act

The Schaeffer Act, officially known as the National Infrastructure Act for Economic Development, was an act of the Quentinian federal Congress enacted on September 4th, 1880, which provided federal funding and planning for national systems of railways, canals, and shipping routes. Named for Mortimus Schaeffer, longtime Secretary of Infrastructure, the act was a part of the Murphy Administration's infrastructure plan designed to expand commercial transportation in the nation in the form of railways, roads, and waterways. The other major related act in the administration's plan was the DuBuis Transportation Act, which was passed three years later in 1883.