Emigrant Co. v. County of Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Iowa. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
On tbe 28th of September, 1850, Congress passed an act (9 Stat. 519) granting all the swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, to the States in which they were situated. This grant was made to enable the states to reclaim those lands; and a proviso to the second section declares “ that the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.” The Secretary of the Interior was…
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