...grant, which application was made pursuant to an act of congress "to provide for the adjustment of lamí grants made by congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lauds, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1887, (24 St. at Large, p. 55C,) the secretary of...

...exact nature of which titles plaintiff is ignorant ; that, under an act of March 3, 1887, providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, etc., the Secretary of the Interior ascertained that the lands described in the bill had been erroneously...

...exact nature of which titles plaintiff is ignorant; that, under an act of March 3, 1887, providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, etc., the Secretary of the Interior ascertained that the lands described in the bill had been erroneously...

...state as falling within the railroad grant, which application was made pursuant to an act of congress "to provide for the adjustment of land grants made...lands, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1887, (24 DS Stit. § 556,) the secretary of the interior decided (Dec. 26, 1889, 9 Dec. Dep. Int. 649) that...

...office discloses the fact that the above statement is true. The said act of March 3, 1887, supra, is " an act to provide for the adjustment of land grants...forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes." Section 3 provides — That if, in the adjustment of eaid grants, it shall appear that the homestead,...

...might recover from the railroad companies the purchase price thereof. The prime object of the act was to provide for the adjustment of land grants made...Congress to aid in the construction of railroads», and to recover lands erroneously patented to said companies. Congress contemplated the immediate adjustment...

...in this act contained shall be construed as limiting the rights granted purchasers or settlers by " An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants...unearned lands, and for other purposes," approved March 3d, 1887, or as repealing, altering, or amending said act, nor as in any manner affecting any cause...

...the rights granted to purchasers or settlers by "An act to provide for the adjustment of land gr.tuts made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads...unearned lands, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred aud eighty-seven, or as repealing, altering, or amending said act, nor as in...

...purchasers or settlers by "An act to provide for the adjustment of laud grants made by Congress to aid iu the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture...unearned lands, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or as repealing, altering, or amending eaid act, nor as in...

...paid by them. Approved, March 3, 1887. (24 Stat., 550.)' [No. 32.] ADJUSTMENT OF RAILROAD LAND GRANTS. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in tbe construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. Be...