...Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad, * * * every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road within said Territory, * * * which land shall be held by the Territory of Minnesota for the u<e and...

...also, from Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, northerly to the state line, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads, respectively. " Under the provisions of this grant the State legislature delegated the work...

...Territory, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of certain railroads, "Every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads." If, when the lines of a road were definitely fixed, it should appear that any...

...and also from Fond du Lac on Lake Winnebago, northerly to the state line, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections in width on each side of said roads respectively. But in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes...

...said railroad on the lino thereof, within the state of Minnesota ;-but in case it shall appear tlmt the United States have, when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, Reserved or sold, appropriated, reserved, or otherwise disposed of any sections, or any preempted lands....

...of June 3, 1856 (11 Stat. 18), which granted to the State of Louisiana "every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of" a railroad to be constructed from the Louisiana-Texas line west of Greenwood to a point on the Mississippi...

...succeeded) five alternate sections of land on each side of what is now plaintiff's road; and provides that "in case it shall appear that the United States have,...when the line or route of said road is definitely located, sold any section or part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption or...

...of the territory, in the direction of the mouth of the Big Sioux river, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections In width. on each side of said road ; but in case it should appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road was definitely fixed,...

...purpose of aiding in making the railroad, . . . every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road . . . ." Similar provisions were made for Alabama and Mississippi, in order to subsidize extension...