...settlements had attached as aforesaid ; and, 2d, that lands previously reserved to the United States by an act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, were reserved from the operation of the...

...reservation previously referred to, of March 2, 1849, under the River grant, the proviso in the act of 1856, "that any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...of aiding in any object of internal improvement or any other object whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United States from the operation...

...the first proviso of the same section reserved and excepted from the operation of the act all lands reserved to the United States by any act of congress,...of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or any other purpose whatever. Of course, lands so reserved and excepted from the operation of the act...

...nearest the sections lost, of a like quantity of land within certain limits. It also contained a proviso: That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the...authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of interim! improvement, or other purpose whatever, be and the same are hereby reserved from the operation...

...previous reservation made in 1849, the grant by its terms excepting from its operation all lands reserved by "any act of Congress, or in any other manner by...competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any objects of internal improvements, or for any purpose whatsoever." It will be seen that this decision...

...to which the right of pre-emption or homestead had attached at date of definite location: Provided, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress or in other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement,...

...States for any purposes whatever," then other lands might be selected in lieu thereof: " 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...

...settlement or pre-emption had attached. But to the act a proviso was attached that any and all lands reserved to the United States by any act of Congress,...of aiding in any object of internal improvement or other purposes whatever, were reserved and excepted from the operation of the act, except so far as...

...settlement or pre-emption had attached. But to the act a proviso was attached that any and all lands reserved to the United States by any act. of Congress,...of aiding in any object of internal improvement or other purposes whatever, were reserved and excepted from the operation of the act, except so far as...

...is as follows: And pwridcd further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United Statrs by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by...of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or tor any other ]>urроне whatsoever, be, and the came are hereby reserved to the United States from...