...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...

...railroad to the west line of the state by December 8, 1872. The act of 1863 contains this provision : "But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of said toad and branches are definitely fixed, sold any section or any part thereof...

...Helena, on the Mississippi River, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for 10 sections in width on each side of said road ; but in case it shall appear, when the line of said road is definitely fixed, that the United states have sold any sections or parts...

...agent for the government for its purposes. It provided that the lands, being "every alternate section, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of the roads," could be sold only in batches of sections, as building progressed, and that all lands •Read...

...aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said...

...aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said...

...aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches ; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said...

...the Illinois Central Railroad and its branches, "every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches," an amendment making similar grants to the States of Alabama and Mississippi for the...

...a state by the United States, in aid of the construction of a railroad, of every alternate section designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of the railroad, was a mere floating grant, and did not vest title to any particular section on the line...

...purpose of aiding in making the railroad aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of...the line or route of said road is definitely fixed by the authority aforesaid, sold any part of any section hereby granted, or that the right of preemption...