MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
This case briefly stated is as follows:
On the 28th of September, 1850, what is now known as the swamp-land act, c. 8, 9 Stat. 519, was passed by Congress. By sections 1, 2, and 3 swamp lands were defined and a special
"That the provisions of this act be extended to, and their benefits...
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