 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 688 pages
...Congress. The first section of the act of Congress of 1849 declares, " that to aid the State of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains to reclaim 'the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of the swamp and overflowed lands which are or may be found unfit for cultivating,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 732 pages
...of the Engineers, in their respective districts, to determine the locality, extent and dimensions of the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands of the State. It is admitted by the parties, " that the defendants, under a contract with the Swamp... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pages
...Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, to aid the State of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, which may be or are found unfit for cultivation,... | |
 | William Wharton Lester - Land tenure - 1860 - 786 pages
...Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, to aid the State of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, which may be or are found unfit for cultivation,... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly - Law - 1860 - 1322 pages
...Lands" within their limits. Sec 1. Be it enacted, $c., That to enable the State of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overbowed lands, made- unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall... | |
 | California. Legislature - California - 1860 - 561 pages
...general grant of 28th September, 1850, to enable the States entitled to its ben eat 8, "to construct the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the Swamp and Overflowed Lands therein," with an express stipulatioa, that the proceed» should be exclusively applied to that end.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1862 - 966 pages
...located, and limiting the period within, which selections are to be made, The grant, by act of IS 19, was limited to the State of Louisiana. Its purpose...overflowed lands," by granting her lands of that class t'"iiinl unfit for cultivation. It contémplate« a careful examination of such lands t" (¡»-termine... | |
 | Louisiana. Constitutional Convention - History - 1864 - 384 pages
...States is written. Art. 39. None of the lands granted by Congress to the State of Louisiana for aiding in constructing the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands in the State, shall be diverted from the purposes for which they were granted. Respectfully submitted,... | |
 | Louisiana. Constitutional Convention, Albert P. Bennett - History - 1864 - 644 pages
...United States. Art. 39. None of the lands granted by Congress to the State of Louisiana for building or constructing the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands in the State, shall be diverted from the purposes for which they were granted. Art. 40. The Legislature... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1864 - 810 pages
...followed the law of September 28, 1850, extending the grant to enable the "State of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein," the fourth and bist section of which enlarged the grant во as to embrace "each of the other... | |
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That to enable the state of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage... 
