The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-10-26
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES:
IMPORTANT HoHEsrEAD DECISION

Of SEQ IL, tewnship 1O4. range "a,
Worthiugton, Nina but Indirectly involved
the title TO millien acrSs q more In that
Slate and many niiilions mors oleswhere con.
tatned 10 various t,iltSad la1A grsnts. The
commissioner pef1aittsd KA6fusr to make q
homestead entry of his ttsk The secretary
reversed the const y railing. Every
Minnesota rSilroSd an1 tsisr land grant rnii.
road companies sses Gnsest interes, ed in the
principles involvedd dl ~ spefstary's decision,
The decision reoit6 1:s
The land dsscrihea ~ sitk1l The tsn.mtle or
primary limit .oe the llnt q July 4, 1866 III
Stat ea go m.ktes saa4sls.ossl ssaut Of lands to
gs:s 'S;i T.s s sssD'is 6: I sss.s: e e
s&estive. Nh. 9zSl86&. =. A. lil1nsy; sall1
homesssad entry lS78 q tho tract ID question,
Il vas cancelled: Kaufnar settled upon tho land
10 October, 1867. and since then has lived upon
and cnlsivs,ed ihs s.%S
applied to enter lhe land as . homestead and paid
Sl8 for fess and commissions The local Officers
informed him that they would send him . receipt
:sn :s eap9ss sssss so%s Ps
receipt. he wrote to yonr oftce. and in reply was
informed that the land had been awarded 10 the
said compsny. On March Q, 1870. the tract was
bsnent OF the railroad above named. You hold
that the Qualification was erronrous, because
Hoveys entry excepted the land from the operation
of the grant, and that, since the land must be con.
veyed BY patent 1t Is still under the control of the
land department. and direct that Ksufner be al.
lowad to make complete. dual Homestead proof,
The case thus presents for my consideration
TWO IMPORTANT QUEsTIoNs:
First-Was patent necessary for the purpose of
vesting title. or did the title. by virtue Of the
for the use Of the said company? ~ - ' s''~''
6econd-The lands having been awarded to the
COMPANY and certified TO the State in s78, should
your Office: when the fact. disclosed BY the record
rhe ianguase Of the grant before cited is that Of
s,.t. That there BE- and hereby
rule undoubtedly is that title to the public lands Of
the most marked exception to that rule Is that Of
s s:as' Dfs;s' sls T ":
court says: ave think II unnecessary to to
30 Into detailed examination Of the various acts
o m of rns .. ownS wat We
hat, with the exception OF few cases, nothing
but . patent passes q perfect and consummate
title: One class Of cases to be excepted &
the present grant When The lang language re-
imports present grant It is well settled that tho
and such title becomes complete and perfect When
precision and identity are given to the particular
tract By selection or location Of tho land. Alh
the grant 10 present one, It ia undoubtedly COM
title, and direct at what time aud in what manner
It should vest It becomes necessary. therefore, to
e1.%oe tho .G. Relating the grant
whether there are any provisions restraining
the operation Of tho words Of present grant
Bee. of the act Of july 4. 1896, provides "That
the said state for tho purpose aforesaid only, aud
tn the manner following. namely: When the gov.
of the said State sha certify to the secretary
aooa Substantial sa and mapue1 IN
M z nrst-class rai!road. then the secretary
Of the interior shall issue to the State patents fol-
all the lands 10 tho alternate sections OF parts Of
sections designated by odd numbers, situated
within twenty miles OF the roAl 30 completed and
lying coterminous to the said completed section Of
benefit of the road having completed.
THE TEN CONSECUTIVE NILES,
g g Aforesaid. When the government Of the said
consecutive mcs snail have been completed n
Aforesaid. Tien tho secretary Of tho Interior shall
issue patents to the said State in like manner for
plstiou Of additional sections Of ten consecutivs
time s to time ' made '''s =. ''s siore.sid, ..G%
additional sections OF lands shall be patented a.
the whole OF the lands hereby granted shall be
patented to the State for tie uses aforesaid and
none other: % provided that II said roads are not
this grant the safd lands hereby aranted and not
patented shalt revert to the United States I"
do not mean TO bs understood
.oS s1G5Ss,snE sd, {. ,,t the opinion tha. Tho
sionAl grant in prsserti. although the act might
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