...effect, by the Constitution, to a period of forty days, once in two years. A considerable portion cf the time of your last session was necessarily devoted...of great magnitude imperativelyrequire it. One of tbe most important measures of the last session, that of re-districting the State, for the Circuit...

...secretary of the interior, (6 Dec. Dep. Int. 814.) The act of July 27, 1S66, unlike almost all other grants of land made by congress to aid in the construction of railroads, does not in terms fix a lateral limit within which the land granted is to he t ing sections...

...Washington and before such committees of congress, as may be necessary, in all matters pertaining to grants of land made by congress to aid in the construction of railroads within the state of Kansas; and that in the execution of his Ascertain authority under this...

...the extension into Dakota Territory, now State-ч of North Dakota and South I >akotu, of the limits of the grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of the several lines of railroad now owned by the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company...

...extension into Dakota Territory, now States of North Dakota and South Dakota, of tho limits of tho grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of the several lines of railroad now owned by the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company...

...1875 509 1885 1,588 1895 757 1876 583 1886 1,323 1896 1,199 1877 565 1887 1.325 1897 i.«5 1898 1,625 The grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, were 1,032.534.84 acres, a decrease of over...

...Office the extension into Dakota Territory, now States of North Dakota and South Dakota, of the limits of the grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of the several lines of railroad now owned by the Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. was denied,...

...Office the extension into Dakota Territory, now states of North Dakota and South Dakota, of the limits of the grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction at the several lines of railroad now owned by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company...

...Office the extension into Dakota Territory, now States of North Dakota and South Dakota, of the limits of the grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of the several lines of railroad now owned by the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company...

...not say that the land shall revert. This language was not employed meaninglessly. In all the previous grants of land made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads the condition was clearly set forth, as well as the penalty for a breach and words of reverter...