...Missouri River. The act of Congress of May 15, 1856, c. 28, under which the company claimed the lands, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding...Missouri River, near the mouth of the Platte River," &c., " every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each...

...improvement was that known as the "Railroad Grant," by act of Congress approved May 15, 1856. This act granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding...to a point on the Missouri River, near the mouth of Platte River; from the city of Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines to Council Bluffs ; from...

...72. So much of the first section as Is material for the question here involved Is as fot lows: "That there be, and Is hereby, granted to the state of Iowa, for the purpose of aidtag ta the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, ta said state, to the south line of the state...

...conferred, in pursuance of the act of congress aforesaid, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Burlington, on the Mississippi river, to a point on the Missouri near the mouth of the Platte river, are hereby disposed of, granted, and conferred upon the Burlington...

...in Cangrene ateembled, That there be, aud is hereby, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpoHe of aiding in the construction of railroads from Burlington,...Missouri River, near the mouth of the Platte River; from the city of Davenport, via Iowa City aud Fort Dee Moines, to Council Bluffs; from Lyons City northwesterly...

...to Iowa for rail- Iowa, for tho purpose of aiding iu the construction of railroads from тоа"а- Burlington, on the Mississippi River, to a point on...Missouri River near the mouth of the Platte River ; from the city of Davenport, via Iowa City and Fort Des Moines, to Council Bluffs; from Lyons City...

...Court in the State of Iowa. The present plaintiffs by petition set forth that in May, 1856, Congress granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in constructing a railroad from Dubuque to Sioux City, every alternate section of land designated by odd...

...Court in the State of Iowa. The present plaintiffs by petition set forth that in May, 1850, Congress granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in constructing a railroad from Dubuque to Sioux City, every alternate section of land designated by odd...

...same under the settlement laws of the United States. Section one of said act of 1864 enacts : That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City, in said State, to the south line of the State of Minnesota,...

...is, when did the grant vest the title in the State ? The first section of the act of May 15, 1856, granted to the State of Iowa, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of certain railroads mentioned therein, every alternate section of land designated by...