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GRANTS OF LAND. (See SEVERAL STATES.)

GRADUATION ACT,

Repealed, (No. 41 B,)

Certain entries in Missouri, confirmed, (No. 95 B,)

GRAND CHENIERE ISLAND, Louisiana,

Survey of, recognized, (No. 12 B,)

From foreign governments, how surveyed, (No. 40 B,)

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for railroad from Missouri River to Pacific Ocean, (No. 45 B,)

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HOMESTEADS,

H.

Act providing for, (No. 38 B,)

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Act amendatory of same, (No. 76 B,)

Act authorizing chiefs, &c., of Stockbridge Munsee Indians to enter,
(No. 135 B,)

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In Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, (No. 146 B,)
Lands excluded from sale as mineral, but not containing mines, may be
entered as, (No. 174 B,)

Act to provide Territorial Government for, (No. 71 B,)

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And Nebraska to constitute one surveying district, (No. 109 B,)

Act to facilitate telegraphic communication with, (No. 114 B,)
Act to establish land offices in, (No. 147 B,)

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Act to create office of Surveyor-General of, (No. 148 B,)

Allowance for rent for land office at Vincennes, (No. 51 B,)

Act to authorize selection of prison site in Ada County, (No. 229 B,)
ILLINOIS,

Act for relief of Township 2, Range 9 west, in Adams County, (No. 31 B,)
Act for relief of Township 6 south, Range 8 west, in Randolph County,
(No. 19 B,)

Kansas half-breed Indian lands, titles to, settled, (No. 4 B,)
Same Act repealed and modified, (No. 61 B,)

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Who have adopted habits of civilized life, to be protected in their allot-
ments of land, (No. 44 B,)

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Reservations in California to be reduced, (No. 48 B,)

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Lands to be set apart for certain Sioux Indians, who rescued whites from
massacre, (No. 62 B,)

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Act allowing chiefs of Stockbridge Munsee tribes to enter homesteads,
(No. 135 B,)

Mendocino reservation, in California, restored to public lands, (No. 218 B,)

IOWA.

Settlers on "Fort Atkinson," reservation allowed right of pre-emption,
(No. 7 B,)

Certain lands above "Raccoon Fork" relinquished to the State, (No. 35 B,)

Act for payment of awards for damages to Winnebago reservation, (No.
135 B,)

Act to pay for land in Washington Territory, taken for reservations, (No.
123 B,)

Winnebago reservation, pre-emptions on, (No. 54 B,)

Winnebago reservation, acts for sale of, and removal of Indians, (No. 63 B,)
Act to provide for extinction of Indian titles in Kansas, (No. 68 B,)
Act for removal of Dakota Indians from Minnesota and Dakota, (No. 72 B,)
Act relative to reservation and superintendency in California, (No. 77 B)
Act, same amended as to Hoopa Valley reservation, (No. 134 B,)
Act providing for sale of reservations in Utah, (No. 81 B,)
Act relating to Navajo reservation in New Mexico, (No. 100 B,)
Act to extinguish Indian titles in Utah, (No. 122 B,)

IOWA, Continued.

Five sections of land granted to the State, released from limitation, (No.
50 B,)

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Act giving consent of Congress to application of portion of Des Moines
grant to the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines, and Minnesota R. R., (No. 53 B,)
Act granting lands for railroad from Sioux City to Des Moines River, (No.
85 B,)

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Act granting land for Davenport and Council Bluff Railroad, (No. 88 B,) 101
Act for sale of Fort Crawford reservation, (No. 104 B,)

Act authorizing the Burlington and Missouri Railroad to change its location,
(No. 105 B,)

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117

Acts extending time for constructing said railroad, (Nos. 138, 181 B,) 150, 202
Act relinquishing certain coal-beds to the city of Des Moines (No. 118 B,) 136
Act extending time for completing and increasing grants of lands to certain
railroads in, (No. 129 B,)

Act abolishing office of Surveyor-General of, (No. 164 B,)

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Act to remove office of Surveyor-General of, to Nebraska, (No. 179 B,)
Act ratifying an ordinance of Burlington Council appropriating land for the
Burlington and Missouri Railroad, (No. 198 B,)

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213

Act extending time for completing the Du Buque and Sioux City Railroad,
(No. 202 B,)

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Act confirming the title to a tract of land in Burlington, (No. 210 ̊ B,)

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K.

Act respecting and modifying the same, (No. 61 B,)

KANSAS,

Act to settle title to lands set apart for half-breed Kansas Indians, (No.
4 B,)

Act for admission of Kansas into the Union, (No. 27 B,)

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Act granting lands, &c., to the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Rail-
road Company of, (No. 45 B,)

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Act granting lands to the State for certain railroad and telegraph lines in,
(No. 67 B,)

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Act granting lands to, for railroad from Emporia to near Fort Riley, (No.
106 B,)

Act authorizing treaties to be made with Indian tribes in, for the extinction
of their titles, (No. 68 B,)

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118

Act authorizing horse railway through Fort Leavenworth reservation, (No.
168 B,)

Act granting lands to aid in the construction of the Northern Kansas Rail-
road and Telegraph Line, (No. 167 B,)

Act granting lands to, for Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad and its ex-
tension to Red River, (No. 171 B,)

184

Act granting lands for Southern Branch Union Pacific Railroad from Fort
Riley to Fort Smith, Arkansas, (No. 175 R,)

Act to reduce the Military reservation of Fort Riley, (No. 197 B,)

212

Act granting the right of way over Fort Leavenworth Military reservation,
(No. 221 B,)

225

Act donating a portion of the Fort Leavenworth Military reservation for
a public road, (No. 222 B,)

"Columbia River" District in Washington Territory, created (No. 5 B,)
Additional district in Minnesota, created, (No. 216 B,)
Joint resolution explanatory of above act, (No. 237 B,)

“Grand Island” District in Nebraska, created, (No. 219 B,)

LAND OFFICES,

Act for consolidation of, (No. 28 B,)

Act providing when they may be discontinued, (No. 39 B,)

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LAND OFFICES, Continued.

Act establishing, for Colorado, (No. 41 B,)

To be established in Utah, Montana, and Arizona, (No. 193 B,)

LEAVENWORTH ISLAND (Missouri),

Certain entries on, legalized (No. 32 B,)

LOUISIANA,

Title to certain lands relinquished to Baton Rouge (No. 11 B,)
Survey of Grand Cheniere Island approved, (No. 12 B,)

Act for adjustment of private land claims in, (No. 20 B,)
Same act extended (No. 194 B,)

Certain lands granted to Point Coupee (No. 24 B,)

Acts respecting lands in the Las Ormigas and La Nana grants, (Nos. 37,
102 B,)

Act relating to homesteads in, (No. 146 B,)

M.

MAIL CONTRACTORS,

Act respecting pre-emption rights of, and repealing act of 3d March, 1855,
(No. 15 B,)

MEEKER'S ISLAND,

Grant of land for lock and dam at, (No. 214 B,)

MICHIGAN,

Part of Fort Gratiot reservation granted to city of Port Hudson, (No. 17 B,)
Missouri claims at Sault Ste. Marie, (No. 21 B,)

Act to enlarge the Lake Superior land district, (No. 57 B,)
Joint resolution relative to grant of lands for railroad from Marquette, (No.
59 B,)

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Act amending act granting right of way over reserve at Fort Gratiot, (No.
188 B,)

Act granting lands to Michigan and Wisconsin for military road, (No. 69 B,)
Time for completing said road extended, (No. 207 B,)

Act amending act granting lands for certain railroads, (No. 89 B,)
Same amended, (No. 130 B,)

Act granting portion of St. Clair River reservation for railroad purposes,
(No. 180 B,)

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206

Act providing for sale of Fort Gratiot military reservation, (No. 213 B,)
Acts extending time for completion of Marquette and Ontanagon Railroad,
(Nos. 93 and 119 B,)

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108, 136

Act granting lands for wagon roads, (No. 94 B,)

Act granting lands for harbor and ship canal at Portage Lake, Kessenaw
Point, (Nos. 127 and 152 B,)

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Act granting lands for railroad from Marquette to Ontanagon, (No. 128 B,) 163
Act extending time for reversion of lands granted to Pere Marquette and
Flint Railroad, (No. 137 B,)

150

Act extending time for completion of Amboy, Hillsdale, and Lansing Rail-
road, (No. 149 B,)

Act granting lands for ship canal from Lake Superior to La Belle, (No.
151 B,)

207

Joint resolution concerning certain lands granted to Michigan and Wiscon-
sin for railroads in, (No. 223 B,)

225

Act granting portion of military reservation at Sault Ste. Marie to Baptist
Mission Society, (No. 228 B,)

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MILITARY WAGON-ROADS,

Act granting lands to Michigan and Wisconsin for, (No. 69 B,)
Time for completing said road extended, (No. 207 B,)

Grant for road from Eugene City to eastern boundary of Oregon, (No.
110 B,)

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Grant for road from Acquinna Bay to Corvallis in Oregon, (No. 157 B,)

MILITARY WAGON-ROADS, Continued.

Grant for road from Albany to eastern boundary of Oregon, (No. 160 B,)
Grant for road from Dalles City to Fort Boise in Oregon, (No. 187 B,)
Grant for road from Coos Bay to Roseburg, (No. 235 B,)

MINERAL LANDS,

Reserved exclusively to the United States, (No. 136 B,)

Open to exploration and occupation of citizens, &c., (Ño. 174 B,)

MINING CLAIMS,

In Nevada, (No. 144 B,)

MINES AND MINING,

Act directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to transfer to
the Treasury Department certain money for, (No. 238 B,)

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MINING LANDS,

Lands excluded as such from sale, not containing mines, may be entered
under homestead act, &c., (No. 174 B,)

Possessory rights not to be affected by the fact that paramount title to the
lands is in the United States, (No. 124 B,)

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Legislatures of States and Territories may provide rules for working mines,
(No. 174 B,)

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MINNESOTA,

Swamp land act extended to, (No. 1 B,)

Act donating university lands to, (No. 31 B,)

Act for relief of settlers on Winnebago reservation, Blue Earth region, (No.
54 B,)

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Resolution authorizing change of line of branch railroads in, (No. 60 B,)
Act for removal of Winnebago Indians and sale of reservation, (No. 63 B,)
Act for disposal of lands of certain bands of Dakota Indians, and for re-
moval of said bands, (No. 72 B,)

Act extending time and increasing grant to State for certain railroads, (No.
129 B,)

Act granting lands for railroad from St. Paul to Lake Superior, (No. 82 B,)
Same amended, (No. 161 B,)

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Act making additional grants for railroad from Houston and Hastings, (No.
158 B,)

Act providing for payments of awards for damages on the Winnebago reser-
vation, (No. 135 B,)

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State may select lands for railroads in lieu of lands sold, &c., (No. 163 B,) 175
Act for relief of settlers on Sioux Indian reservation, (No. 205 B,)

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Act granting lands to State for improving the navigation of the Mississippi
River, (No. 214 B,)

Act providing that the grant to the Fon du Lac and Chicago and North-
western Railroad Company shall not be abridged, (No. 230 B,) .

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MISSISSIPPI,

Homesteads in, (No. 146 B,)

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MISSOURI,

Act for adjustment of private land claims in, (No. 20 B,)
Same act extended, (No. 194 B,)

Act legalizing certain entries on Leavenworth Island, (No. 31 B,)
Act extending time for completing railroad from St. Louis to the western
boundary of the State, (No. 42 B,)

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Act granting lands for railroad from Pilot Knob to Helena, Arkansas, (No.
155 B,)

Act relating to Hannibal and St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad, (No. 45 B,)
Grand Prairie common field granted to State for schools, (No. 91 B,)
Act confirming certain entries under the graduation act, (No. 95 B,)
Act quieting doubts as to locations under act of 1815, (No. 140 B,)
Act authorizing documentary evidence of titles to be furnished owners of
certain lands in St. Louis, (No. 144 B,)

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164

Act to revive the act granting lands for railroad from the Mississippi River
to the Texas boundary, (No. 178 B,)

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MISSOURI, Continued.

Act granting right of way over Fort Leavenworth military reservation to
Leavenworth and Des Moines Railroad Company, (No. 2211⁄2 B,)

MONTANA,
Temporary government for Territory provided, (No. 86 B,)
Montana and Dakota to constitute one surveying district, (No. 109 B,)
Surveyor-General to be appointed for and new land district constituted,
(No. 193 R,)

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NEBRASKA,

Act for admission of the State into the Union, (No. 79 B,)

Act to remove the office of the Surveyor-General of Iowa and Wisconsin to
Plattsmouth, (No. 179 B,)

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201

Act providing for geological survey of, (No. 191 B,)

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Act to confirm title to certain lands in Omaha, (No. 2161 B,)

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Same act extended to certain lands in Douglas County, (No. 226 B,)
Act to establish a new land district to be called "Grand Island," (No.
219 B,)

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NEVADA,

Act to organize the Territory of, (No. 33 B,)

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Surveying district of, united to California, (Nos. 36, 39, 125 B,). 44, 47, 189

And Idaho to constitute one surveying district, (No. 109 B,

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Act concerning boundaries of, (No. 143 B,)

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Act granting right of way to the Humboldt Canal Company, (No. 145 B,)

Surveyor-General for, to be appointed, (No. 156 B,)

Act granting A. Sutro, right of way, and to aid in construction of tunnel
to Comstock lode, (No. 173 B,)

Act to provide for giving effect to grants to, (No. 208 B,)
Act establishing Aurora land office, (No. 208 B,)

Act concerning university, internal improvement and other lands granted
to State, (No. 156 B,)

Temporary government for Arizona, (No. 64 B,)

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Act concerning reservation for Navajo Indian captives, (No. 100 B,)
And Arizona to constitute one surveying district, (No. 109 B,)

Act granting lands to, (No. 112 B,)

Act to amend an act to confirm certain private land claims in, (No. 227 B,)
Act to confirm certain private land claims in, (No. 236 B,)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,

Joint resolution extending time for completion of, (No. 182 B,)

OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY,

Act relating to arrearages of work at the land office, (No. 30 B,)
OHIO,

Act to quiet the title of certain occupants of lands in, (No. 177 B,)
Act in relation to lands in the Great Miami River, (No. 203 B,)

Act respecting the military reservation at the Dalles, (No. 14 B,)
Act respecting salt springs, &c., in, (No. 25 B,)

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