MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.
The lands granted to the plaintiff in error to aid in the construction of its line of railroad were swamp lands which had accrued to the State under the act of Congress of March 12, 1860. The granting act did not impose a gross receipt tax or purport to make any contract with reference to a tax of that character, but provided, in section 2, in express terms, that the lands granted should be exempt. The proviso...
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