 | United States - 1897 - 255 pages
...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... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1898
...acquire in, to or respecting any of the lands hereinbefore described, in virtue of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of...lands, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1887. In the decision of the supreme court (108 US, 1) the decree of the circuit court of appeals was affirmed... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1898
...But it is contended by the plaintiffs that the act of March 3, Opinion of the Court. 1887, c. 376, entitled " An act to provide for the adjustment of...forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes," 24 Stat. 556, the act of March 2, 1896, c. 39, 29 Stat. 42, and the concurrent resolution of June 10,... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1898 - 772 pages
...acquire in, to or respecting any of the lauds hereinbefore described, in virtue of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of...construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of xinearned lands, and for other purposes,'' approved March 3, 1887. In the decision of the supreme court... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1898
...acqnire in, to or respecting any of the lands hereiubefore described, in virtne of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the constrnction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other pnrposes," approved... | |
 | 1898
...character of the lands. KAILROAD LAND GRANTS. There have been certified and patented under the several land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, 1,032,534.84 acres of land, a decrease of 4,069,434.47... | |
 | United States. General Land Office - 1899 - 328 pages
...paid by them. Approved, March 3, 1887. (24 S tat., 550.) [No. 31.] ADJUSTMENT OF RAILROAD LAND GRANTS. AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land grants...forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. Bе it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress... | |
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AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. 
