, 1875-08-18
The s'a'e Of Iowa Claims Oartain
Lands Granted to thp Rail.
road Companies,
On tlc t'round Of Thcfr Being Swamp
Lands, md Therefore Incapable
Of Alienation from
the Slate.
Tho land.0fco Decides that Patents Can 81
Cancelled When Shown 10 Hayo Been
Issued Erroncous'y
And Allows an Investigation to Dis
covor Whether the States
Claim Is Valid.

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n!se,"t ."'e''"""'"ee a"t ,' u''faa' t7'o9"e.
ohh '.o.HEs' i".' A"e' l"'-lno "o'eT1soe naa
received lilo tecision Of tho Commissioner Of lilo
Tinted Htntcs Land Ol1ico ut Washington, In tho
case of A cor,a,n Iand.craut ma1o nv Conurc.a
=, .,,a r,l,,... T. 49, ~. t,oit.,.a Ca.,.c..
~ 'ne Doo"lao " oo"A eity As*'1oau ton'f"uy.
suveral couns1ea a!ons tue limo Of tho road
ciR! III behnlf Of tho State, that portion OF tho
fa1ds granted antl certified to tho Con1nany aro
svnmn.lanfs md ho1onc In tho stnte. thai tho
I,ornr,r,a,,t Lad W. tit,o r., linn, an5 tl,oro.
A"'' w WI" 80 'no'',, at''' l.'..o-
iofo, no fo~or 10 convoy thehs. Inc couattes
petition tho DeTbrtmcnt to mako nn tnveHtiEn-
tiun AMI rcsuryey Of tho land, aud flo their
CHIN, TINT tho paturo Ut tho lind m,y DO actof-
-, nj. ,,','., - sHe ." ,'..1 ~
n'ns"' ,s., Inv hnaa'o"o company neh'nt 10 .ho
petition, R"ti deny tho elaims-hoaing that tho
Government lna no powor now to do wtnt iB TO.
quostod; that, having granted and certified the
1an,s n t,,em' mi ,i'ir,i n,rt:c, having rrr.
chased landh ol tua Aall'oad COMPANY. and
made improvements thereon, tho grant ls bn-
inX upon tho Government, and 1t Is cAtopped
from ans resuryey or iuyeslicatlon.-tho tit]n
and ,,onaeaniou having naspcd frnm tbo {;oxern.
'n1mt. ,;s
Tho CommIfsionar T. holds TINT. u tho grant Of
M 10 t!o Ply vas .ns'o li.hs " .o
slaht 70 tno Nailrosu tomphny, the ttle 20 INC
sonlt hot convey 10 tue eomPanY WHAT
u uia nos posseas. nnch esane Is fo'n, ~ nas
neeh aec'oha w t1o ont'!enie enuss ano C9m,
Tauf "e'iu!ttu un's nn"t tno .osettaent nRa
tItlr tbo f;otn,,any rot noo. auti ro too. ti.r,I
PARTIES, purchasers VI tne tna,pal5. can nave 20
moro titlo tl'an *aa Seatea ~ tholr gransos, IAe
Commissioner Meslaes tnat ilio con''ee nave the
ly rlIowsnr them to be- swau,p.lar,ds within liz
mcon,uv n I'm mi ~ I'nn.Tnsa
horetofore % n,a,s by tic General I,sut, ottjco. il
~ ~ ears1t .rda t the eso y not s nder eGntfo
retn5uina rsason md t,stien. '' N"A 40 - ''S' -
ties in nj ierost % Ind az It tates 81 eptlroIy rev now now
rr@rn,1 in tiis ,nattrr civo Il in fHit. Nv"
nr..nTwrsr nv is1t,'on f;rsru.,, Lawn
o1rtrr Waam,saros. r. a. Univ J. 1s75.MW
+. httiaer Esg.' dasut of io,oa j,aitroad Com.
ts .v a snJ mJ 81 5s5 IL hayo ieen reesiyeS a1an
~, 70 s Isr ,ma,esi"a n n,.te a,au
Tue % r caon n,
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T,st I iho l.nas j. question ha.o besn m certl.
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