...County, 133 US 496, 10 Sup. Ct. 341, 33 L. Ed. 687. In that case the United State« government had granted to the state of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad, every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, for 10 sections in width on each...

...that navigate the Mississippi River above the Rock River Rapids, in low water. Section 5. To grant to the state of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, all the land not heretofore sold to those sections and fractional...

...Michigan and is irrelevant to the issues before the Commission herein. Chapter 43 was a grant of lands "to the State of Wisconsin for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Madison, or Columbus, by way of Portage City to the St. Croix River or Lake between Townships twenty-five...

...cause was made in the halls of congress, and by an act approved June 3, 1856, the national government granted " to the state of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Madison or Columbus, by way of Portage City, to St. Croix river or lake, between the townships twenty-five...

...by the Senate and House of Representative! of tlie united Stale» of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the state...purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Madison or Columbue.by the way of Portage city to the St. Croix river or lake botween townships twenty-five...

...hundred and fifty-six, should any such deficiency exist. SEC. 2. And be il further enacted,Tbnt there he, and is hereby, granted to the state of Wisconsin,...of aiding in the" construction of a railroad from the town of Tomah, in the county of Monroe, in said state, to the Saint Croix river or lake, between...

...subject matter of the inquiry, are the following: By the first section of the act it is provided " that there be, and is hereby, granted to the State...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...

...by the Senate and Bintte of Representatives of the United Statet of America in Congress assembled. That there be, and is hereby, granted to the state...purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from a point on the St. Croix river or lake, between townships twenty-five and thirty-one, to the west end...

...DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, April 7, 1890. SIR: By the act of Congress approved June 3, 1856, it was provided, " That there be and is hereby granted to the State of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construe tion of a railroad from Madison or Columbus, by way of Portage City, to the St. Croix River...

...the legislature in 1865, the legislature accepted the grant in the following terms: " That the lands granted to the state of Wisconsin for the purpose of aiding in the construction of certain railroads within this state by virtue of an act of congress granting lands...