Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture

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Page 410 - Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad" from and to the points above mentioned, "every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections in width on each side of said roads respectively.
Page 407 - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this act, to make out an accurate list and plats of the lands described as aforesaid, and transmit the same to the Governor of the State...
Page 407 - ... shall be included in said list and plats; but when the greater part of a subdivision is not of that character, the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom.
Page 410 - ... competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the...
Page 410 - State to select subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached as aforesaid...
Page 416 - Where settlements with a view to pre-emption or homestead have been, or shall hereafter be made, before the survey of the lands in the field...
Page 411 - ... shall be authorized to locate a quantity of like amount, upon any of the public lands subject to entry, at one dollar and a quarter per acre, or less, and patents shall issue therefor, upon the terms and conditions enumerated in the act aforesaid: Provided, however, That the said decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 407 - That to enable the State of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby, granted to said State.
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Page 410 - ... attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid) shall be held by the State of...

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