Journal of the House of Representatives of the ... Regular Session of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa

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Page 17 - 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 19 - State only in manner following: that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty. sections for each of said roads, an,d inpluded within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of said roads...
Page 11 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 18 - ... 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 ; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which pre-emption rights have attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and...
Page 18 - ... be and remain public highways, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 18 - And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other...
Page 17 - But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections, or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful...
Page 17 - Morts, to the nearest point on said road, to be completed as soon as the main road is completed to that point, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 17 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from...
Page 35 - An act making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State...

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