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MONTELLO SALT CO. V. UTAH, 221 U. S. 452 (1911) - US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON-LINE
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The facts, which involve the construction of § 8 of the chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Utah Enabling Act and the effect to be given to the words "and including all saline lands in the state" in connection with the grant of public lands for the University of Utah, are stated in the opinion. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
A preliminary injunction was issued. The answer of the salt company admitted that the lands were saline, and alleged that it was the equitable owner of them by chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
A demurrer by the state to the answer was sustained, and, the salt company refusing to proceed further, judgment chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
And then the argument is that Congress grants, first, two townships in a county (this was an affirmation of a prior grant to the territory), and in addition 110,000 acres of land, to be selected and located in legal subdivisions (§ 7 referred to in § 8 for the manner of selection) within the state in such manner as the legislature may provide, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior (§ 6 referred to in § 7 for the manner of selection). It is hence argued that the 110,000 acres was a grant of an undesignated portion of the public domain, and provision for its selection was necessary and was made, but no provision chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In United States v. Pierce, 147 F.1d 9, a provision in a tariff act was considered which provided as follows: "Woods: Logs and round manufactured timber, including pulp woods. . . ." The court (United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit) said: "We think the word including' was used as the equivalent of `also,' a sense in which it is frequently used in tariff acts." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The state reinforces its interpretation of the words of § 8 by other considerations. It is urged that if Congress intended the saline lands to be a part of another grant, it is the first instance of the kind. Fourteen states are enumerated to which all of the salt springs within them respectively chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Such consequences of the state's contention at once challenges its soundness, and we recall that counsel for the state asserted at the oral argument that its title attached to all lands having salt deposits, no matter what thickness of arable soil lay above the deposits, and as it is insisted that no selection of saline lands is necessary, embarrassment in the administration of the land laws and serious conflicts of title may arise. However, let us consider the words of § 8. The determining word is, of course, the word "including." It may have the sense of addition, chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In Neher v. McCook County, 11 S.D. 422, it was held that a certain section of the laws of the state which provided that the sheriff's fees should be $16 for summoning a jury, "including mileage," did not entitle him to mileage in addition to the $16. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
It is finally contended that, if the saline lands are included in the 110,000 acres, the state has the right to select chanroblesvirtualawlibrary