...or agents, to be appointed by the governors of said States or Territories, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the...shall be equal to such lands as the United States Jiave sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption have attacJied as aforesaid;...

...interior, from the public lands of the United States nearest to the tier of sections above specified, as much land in alternate sections or parts of sections...have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of pre-emption or homestead has attached as aforesaid, which lands * * * shall in no case be...

...been preempted or sold, was equally precise, as such lieu lands were to be selected "from the lauds of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections...sections or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lauds as the United .States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of preemption...

...rights have attached to any of the land hereby granted, the Governor of Iowa may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the...nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, in alternate.sections, an amount of land equal to that so sold, &.C., and in lieu thereof. In case...

...lawful for any agent or agents, tobe appointed by the governor of said State, to select subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior from the...nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, -and not farther than 15 miles from the lino of the mail, so much land in alternate sections or parts...

...subject to the approval aforesaid, from the lands of the United States most contiguous to the tier of sections above specified, so much land, in alternate...sections or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such land as the United States have sold, or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid."...

...of the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be selected for the purpose aforesaid from the public lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of...above specified so much land in alternate sections, etc. There is no requirement that we shall go to Sheldon. The requirement is that the McGregor road...

...the Secretary of the Interior to nans« to be, selected for the purposes aforesaid, from the publie lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternat« sections or parts of sections, designated by odd numbers, as shall be equal to such lands...

...lawful for any agent or agents, to be appointed by the governor of the State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tier of sections above specified, so much land, in alternate sections or parts of sections, as shall...

...for any agent or agents of said State, appointed by the governor thereof, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tier of sections above specified, as much public land in alternate sections, or parts of sections,...