Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-04-04


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ana "a Withdraw aAeas sEosa sale This
was aaas, IL No are eorEaosy in9oFmsds
aaous shs asd day d Sept, ass4
In MAJ. 1sass CengEsas maas ) grAna
ca land 20 sAe State 10 AID ii ne eoa-
sssaesi0u og certain railroads. AZ she
sane session an ass wsa pAsasd approx
lag and eonaralng the selections Of
swamp ianass and virtually declaring
By thai act that che swamp lands asls0s-
ed before the passage II tbs act making
grant 10 aid IN the construction o.
railroads, we're 10 rezaain undislurbeds
and no portion Of them could by any
construction be included in the railroad
grant. But, notwithstanding these So
lselions we're made in conformity wish
lnstraesions from the General Land Of
kes-~-noswishssaadiog they had been ap-
proved by she Surveyor General and By
shs Commissioner Of she General Laad
OHee, and By his order entered upou
the sracs books and plsts Of tbs Council
| Blaaa Land 0aiee, and Notwithstanding
shas they wese approved and confirm ed
| By N aes 81 Congress- We understand
the present Damaaissianar has decides
that natsnss shall only be issaed % th'
skate for such even numbered sections
uighin ls miles 81 any Of tbs land gran
irailroaa Iinas, IS ere shewn TO ha OYER
aswsd or swamp lands hy tAs plass ans
6sla notes 1aada IS the gsveEnuaans saF.
veyors, and that those even numbers
actions selected and MT so sh0wn b b
ovaraowed or awamp lands snail be pas
ented 10 the railroad companies.
II If such dssision has been made, VI
regard il rs q gross asurpasion Of "a,
tb.asity, and violation Of she act Of ID
! 18th Sept, 1850. II the lands seiectss
are oyerHswed Or swaaap lands, they be
came absolutely the property Of th'
/ State The day the aes vas approved
That they are sach Ia proved Ia che yer.
manner the Commissioner requird th
? proof to be made, and having require
. this kind Of testimony to be pxodaesn
and having approved Vas selections upol
this testimony, we think he cannot, !
Justice to The counties, fall back upo
~@ysrs :. ii he pstsots SsFs g iss Sd 90 90
: liy for such lands as were shown 20 b
1 aEaEaawed or swamp lands By the eel
o notes Of the eoyernmens Surveyors wh
l. were the eounties reqaired At great sx
q peuse TO 60 through the farce Of maxim
d selections ~
p We take Ehs bread ground that the se
:. lecaions having been made in accord
Is anee with the requirements OF the Con-
:. missioner of chs General Land Ones
q and having been approved by ths SaE
p Teyog General, and marked upoa sh
If plass and catered upon tha tysss book
4 and Withdrawn from market By the o.
der Of the Commissi oDer bstors the pas
J. sage OF the ast granting lands 20 "a
o State to aid Ia the construction Of Eatl
,. roads, that the right Of the State an
. through il the right OF the counties t
~ all aas Iazads selected became vested /
,e the counties, and the act making th
y grant for railroad purposes cannot rese
b any 81 the lands selected bsfsrs ita pas
ksage. s ass ~-
II If In fact the two grants may be con
y asdersd as covering the same land ID
/, rights Of the two willedepend upon th
a facts in Ahs esssy which bsesms the sub
Il iects of tsa6icidI investigation and ds
v eislon. The iaw grants all the swan
and eveEHowed lands to the State~sh
II State has transferred them 10 She oous
$ ties, and the coantisa have sold them /
individuals, and have expended the pro
eeeda Of the sale In draining shs landa
lhus earFying Oua shs inssntion of Con
= gress il making the grant. Under 81
The esrcuass sAss rs A.sisssvw ~ 20 2
The duty oE the Executive officers, 10 il
+ sue the patents for az ihs laada sslecge
. under the swamp land Sc, and II th
railroad company have any righs 70 az
e portion Of than, let their rights be de
y scEIained BIZ the Judicial tribunals Of b
country.
. We sincerely deprscate what appeas
. TO as TO be strongly Developed dispo
: sition on The part Of the Exssusivo OF
eeEs Of oar governments, 50 uHnrp h
y pTegegasives and powers OF the Judieia