, 1884-10-25
VOORHEES, ON NON-FORFEITURE.
An Unexpected and Appalling Legal
Opinion from the Democratic NOml-
nee for Delegate.

i
Viii, Co.. .a,,o n,
IN the ", THISeu r o'tIes .i laIiu oii,SV ~, ~
ColiaA, ". ,,Iin!I tne ii'1'eei TJd ~ ~ al az
appllcatloll ol w lillalil ?. IIauu " li,'
reISiliP Ptioi Z, ueelaI2sIIS I, ~ etHyJiii1t ~ ~
loL ~ 0i 5- . !. "IiG " ,c r. 1i ~ . - -, y y.
sectloh 20, township 10 n toi Gaiigs Tahg'
~ T., willamette herlulah-OuJee'
tlOn' , MA,
ZONES now the NoIIiieIIi Iaclii' .9.in
Tslllroau company, Dy = .. ooIlleGs. n !
us attorney, anu l3r o1Jection, " tI' VI,
aIioW9llce aIIi,oWS,9ilc,e Oh tne "DONe en'ltleu "P'
pliSa'lom says: -. -, ..,,..os.
by virtue oi az, az ny .! SOliB SClIB ~ ~
Passseu, Juiy :, loo1 10 2t"ti ooS ~ N
oIliISu .2ta'es SlanSeu " tile -Noi ",
eLh [aclic h .,i Iailroai company iy eNeIy
puuIhu,I,pgIeu st,rIioli " tie pull pull
lallus wltnih iI IaulIs oI lofty INIT llnd
on eacI slue oI me Illie D! s"II IVaJ
S. Msii' @ 1G Veitito.iss ~ omss V 'IS IA ,'n,
plaVeS, aliu 9eU "pulC tiiT olu H.,
Deleu s1y.ioiio VI ti'o Pupi,C i in'i9 y
hg Mlti!lh 9I IaIius vi 'ell illlIes NJ,
the limits oI s"iu sian1' ~ l,iuetg ,iith ~
salu company lur any iaI'us Ml'iii,'
,a5 tne lillios oi S'iu ~, ncstonG %no so saf
eINeu, occuPleu ~ i'OliIeov,is'u ~.
diSnosod r. Drinr 10 Tho witbdrav,oI
~ Ioid lands % .rronted from sale
section 25 oS Sforesaid. is enclosed
within Tho indamnitv limits of said
@rant
Attic data of the withdrawal from
sale nv the limited States. Of tbe
lands granted to the Northern PA.
cifIc railroad companv. as aforesaid
viz FEBRUARY 5I ig23wsaid section
55 was only confInpentlv Withheld
from the operation Of said grant nv
reason Of pre-emption claim of Chas,
s Chase. ms SET forth in pre- e-emntion
declaratory statement M. IOl5. Wal.
la Walla series, filed January 7, 1875,
alleging settlement November TO-
1871.
Subsequent to the date of said
withdrawal, the said Charles S. Chase
abandoned said pre-emption claim
on said section 25, and upon such
abandonment the interest of the
Northern Pacific railroad company
in said section attached and said sec
tiOn became part and parcel of the
lands granted to the company as
aforesaid.
In fine ease of the United States vs.
William Childers in the limited
Staies district court for the district
Of oregon rthe Reporter. Vol. 3. No,
% I II wos held that the grant of
lands TO the Northern Pacific rail-
road comDany. contained iny the act
of JnIv b 1854 ria stat AK. was NOT
a nresen2 grant of-ssid IaHds 10 said
cnmnanv. int only in effect an agree
ment or provision that the same shall
be conveyed to II absolutely when
and as fast as any twenty-five miles
of said road are constructed and ac-
cepted by the United States.
This decisiop 10 in accord with that
rondarod in Tho case of Ricav Roiis
roaJ comnanv n RIock II & 8 No
9Ss in which II was held that tbe
yyords of nrasent gTront tGtbara js
horeby graptoT y iS an act 9rontin9
Lands 10 the fe1ritnrv of Minnesota
to aid in the construction of n rail.
rood thorain takan in connection
with tho words Of the stotnte ra-
strainino tba words of nresent grant
10 fba atfact tbot notents sboni6 issne
nnINT tho RnTl1 nj of inT and
fanca hv tbe Secretarv of tba Inte-
rioT of twenty Ave miles Of road Wing
onnoeite to and coterminoUs With
lie lands far which natents wore do.
sired aid not vest the title To snch
lands in The territorv untiI eFter a
compIiance with tbis condition In
This connection Deadv. II in the
case of the limited States Va. William
Childprs. cited. saws.
uAl ,I.,,,,,,-,, u,
Iit; a ",v'iOuE. ~, ti 'iSTlo N 70 ~ ~
et thot ~ 81 ti,I I'o Iii w .t eViIio
49, sI,% .m niiI @ % tba noti @ NJ ~ ''lS 70
H. ~ ,"'o, rnsd nr I, mnrtionS @ 81 ~ ~ .ka O
Su2,.i Sho 49, stSi " 70 tioHo ~ ~, tIe
iesal eieeV al 'te elauses .heIelll,
VA Oti ~, ~ +i,Io H. 20 oOneJ ~ Ims anu
Of The road ,p or nortions mort M % of II II tbSs
Samo 60 ro - '' VI to' '''''' VI ~ 10 'i'o
% In tbis yiou tho Irritod stotos boIds
tbot S,i Said section % S5 % SnhSeanopt o roitS tn
tba av ohnndonmont I os ohny.o 5at 49, Tor,S ~
snbiact ~ tba orenf % T of lands 10 tha
Nogtborn NJ pa Pecif," raiiroad coOnanw @
ne aforesaid and nntil the claims ~
SoiJ cononanv ara satisfod said
tract connnt hs oIicnoted or dieDoSad
Of bv I tba iTnited states VI P0'eU
kgoin Gndga Desdv in tho coso
of t6s IrDite5 States Va WuIiano
Cbiiders verv nerfinsptIv sovs.
WSnheSonaSt fo the grant and tho
odontion df the line of 9ba road and
nridr ~ its constrnction Tho reI,tion
hatwomon h az tbo TIniteJ Statos and tba
cornoraiion S is anoIogons fo tbat vi ~
vendoT and vendea Tho Latter heina
in nossession nnder a Contract Is
nurrboso and racaive !. conyevonco
nnnn The navment Of tbe nurcbaso
Money or fbS narformance 6f the act
constitntinT tba considerstion 80
the SALE"
In the case of Tunison and Kenyon
VS.. Northern Pacific railroad com
pany, (Copp's Public Land Laws,
Decisions, Opinions and Instructions.
35l, J an appeal from the decision OF
the commissioner of the general land
office, Secretary Delano holds the
following language;
"In consequence Of your construc-
ton of the acts as given above. won
rejected the claims Of the appellnnfs
and directed the local officers at Van,