...mentioned in said act, (to which act reference is hereby made, for a particular description thereof,) every alternate section of land, designated by odd...numbers, for six sections in width, on each side of said roads and branches, except in cases where it should appear that the United States had, when the...

...the most practicable route, to the eastern line of said Territory, in the direction of Lake Superior, every alternate section of land, designated by odd...numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road within said Territory ; but in case it *hall appear that the United States have, when the...

...have their right and title to the lands. The lauds so granted, were embraced in the alternate sections designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads; with the further provision that, if it should appear that any of said odd sections had...

...Iowa Central Air-Line Ruilroad, near Maqnokcta, and thence to the Missouri River, alternate sections of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of the road, to be selected within fifteen miles therefrom, with a provision that if if should appear,...

...river, * * * every alternate section of land, The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Co. v. Hayne. designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on .each side of said road, &c. This is not unlike a class of grants made by congress which have often received a judicial...

...Bay; also from Grand Haven and Pere Marquette to Flint, and thence to Port Huron, every alternate 1 section of land designated by odd numbers; for six...sections in width on each side of each of said roads; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are...

...valley of Root River, to a point of junction with the last mentioned road, east of range seventeen, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections hi width on each side of each of said roads and branches. The same act grants to the State of Alabama,...

...1857, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of certain railroads, every alternate section, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width, on each side of the respective railroads therein mentioned, and their branches, and the respondents claim title to...

...or near Traverse Bay ; also from Grand Haven and Pere Marquette to Flint, and thence to Port Huron, every alternate section of land designated by odd...sections in width on each side of each of said roads ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are...

...certain railroads in said State," being the vacant and unappropriated lands in the alternate sections designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of the railroad, "from Burlington, on the Mississippi river, to a point on the Missouri river near the...