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No. 7.—Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States and corporations, &c.—Continued.

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for the year ending Number of acres certified or patented June 30, 1878.

Number of acres certified or patented up to June 30, 1878.

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Act extending the time for completion of road ten years.

Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern

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July 28, 1866

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July 4, 1866

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Iowa

May 15, 1856

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Resolution extending the time for completion of road. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.

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Act extending time for completion of first twenty miles of road.

76 Act repealing provision in act of April 10, 1869, as to mode of sales of land. 155 Memphis and Little Rock.

Saint Louis and Iron Mountain.

Southwest Branch of the Pacific Road.

Hannibal and Saint Joseph.

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June 2, 1864

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Jan. 31, 1873

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Act to quiet the title to certain lands in the State of Iowa.

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June 15, 1878

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Act to restore certain lands in Iowa to settlement under the homestead law, &c.

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Act extending the time for completion of road to January 1, 1872.

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Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul, formerly McGregor and Missouri River.

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May 12, 1864

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Sioux City and Saint Paul.

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Michigan

June 3, 1856

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Port Huron and Lake Michigan

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June 3, 1856

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Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw.

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July 3, 1866

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Act extending the time for completion of road seven years, &c.

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Mar. 2, 1867

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Act extending the time for completion of first twenty miles of road.

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Mar. 3, 1871

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Act authorizing change of northern terminus from Traverse Bay to Straits of Mackinaw, and for other purposes.

June 3, 1856

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Flint and Pere Marquette

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Feb. 17, 1865

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Resolution extending time for completion of road.

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July 3, 1866

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Mar. 3, 1871

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Act authorizing the company to change its western terminus of road. Act extending time for completion of road five years.

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Grand Rapids and Indiana, from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Grand Rapids.
Act extending time for completion of road eight years.
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon.

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Resolution extending time for completion of road, &c.

Act authorizing the Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad Company to resurvey and locate anew a part of its road.

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Chicago, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, formerly the West Wisconsin.

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Act to quiet the title to the lands of the settlers on lands claimed by the West Wisconsin Railway Company.

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Authorizing selections of lands along the full extent of original route of road.
Wisconsin Central.

Resolution explanatory of the act of May 5, 1864, and authorizing certain changes
of width, in accordance with the act of the State legislature.
Act to extend the time for completion of road to December 31, 1876.
First Division Saint Paul and Pacific.

17 631 Act extending time for completion of road nine months.

Western Railroad, formerly Brainard Branch, Saint Paul and Pacific. ..do ...

Resolution authorizing the State to change the branch line under certain conditions.

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Mar. 3, 1871

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Saint Vincent Extension Saint Paul and Pacific, south terminus changed from Crow-Wing to Saint Cloud.

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Act extending time for completion of road to March 3, 1876, &c.

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* Includes 35,685.49 acres of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad; 109,756,85 acres of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad; and 77,535.22 acres of the
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad, situated in the old Des Moines River grant of August, 1846, which amounts are a loss to the roads by the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company vs. Litchfield, 23 Howard, p. 66.

States and Territories.

No. 2.-Statement of public lands sold for cash, and entered under the homestead and timber-culture acts, &c.—Continued.

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Quantity of land entered under the homestead act, with the amount of government fees and registers' and receivers' commissions received thereon.

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No. 2.-Statement of public lands sold for cash, and entered under the homestead and timber-culture acts, &c.-Continued.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, October 28, 1878.

J. A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner.

States.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Florida..

Illinois

Indiana

Towa

Louisiana (act of 1849)
Louisiana (act of 1850)

Michigan..

Minnesota

Mississippi.

Missouri

Ohio

Oregon

Wisconsin

Total.

States.

SWAMP LANDS.

No. 3.-Statement exhibiting the quantity of land selected for the several States under acts of Congress approved March 2, 1849, September 28, 1850 (Revised Statutes of the United States, section 2479), and March 12, 1860 (Revised Statutes of the United States, section 2490), up to and ending September 30, 1878.

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No. 4.-Statement exhibiting the quantity of land approved to the several States under acts of Congress approved March 2, 1849, September 28, 1850 (Revised Statutes of the United States, section 2479), and March 12, 1860 (Revised Statutes of the United States, to and ending September 30, 1878.

section 2490), up

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Alabama

Arkansas

40.00

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Acres.

40.00 42, 318. 85

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680.00 112,047. 26

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Acres.

400, 434. 78 7,625, 877. 68 1,592, 051. 68 11, 797, 436. 98

1, 492, 979. 43 1,263, 952. 97 924, 232. 53 8, 291, 225, 31 239, 731.58 5, 720, 996. 63 1, 473, 172. 39 3,068, 642. 31 4, 441, 840. 06 25, 660. 71 4,449. 54

3, 139, 719. 24

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Total since date

of grant.

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