...of said roads; Provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States bv any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent...of aiding in any object of internal improvement or other purpose whatever, be and the same are hereby reserved and excepted from the operations of this...

...six sections in width on each side of the railroad, with a proviso that any and all lands theretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress,...of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be reserved from the operation of the act; and, further, if the railroad should not become...

...appropriated or disposed of for any other purpose whatsoever. * SEC. 2. And be it further enacted^ That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...or in any other manner by competent authority, for any public work, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the sam£ are hereby, reserved to the...

...oddnumbered, to make up for land so disposed of or reserved ; that if any land in the grant had already been reserved to the United States by any act of Congress...other manner by competent authority for the purpose of internal improvement, such reserved portions would be reserved from the operation of the Act, but that...

...the purpose of the construction and operation of said railroad, as provided by this act: Provided, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...of aiding in any object of internal improvement or other purpose whatever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and excepted from the operation of this...

...Grants, of May 15, 1856, relied upon to exclude the Railroads from acquiring title to these lands, viz. : "That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any objects of internal improvement, are reserved from the operation of this Act, except so far as it may...

...the work progresses. And all lands, before the passage of said act, reserved to the United States, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose, are reserved from the operations of said act. ' The lands granted are to be subject to the disposal...

...work progresses, and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever: And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operations of this act,...

...existing adverse rights. whether individual or corporate, if such there be, and does not include any lands " heretofore reserved to the United States by...of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever." In case of such reservation to said company, there is irranted only a right of way for...

...be appropriated or disposed of for any other purpose whatsoever. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...or in any other manner by competent authority, for any public work, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the...