Iowa v. McFarland
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. These were petitions filed in this court by each of the States •of Iowa and Illinois, at the relation of its governor, relying •upon the provision of an act of Congress relating to its admission into the Union, by which it was agreed that “ five per •cent, of the net proceeds ” of lands lying within the State, and afterwards “ sold by Congress,” should be appropriated for certain public uses of the State; contending that the State was thereby entitled to five per…
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ORIGINAL. These were petitions filed in this court by each of the States •of Iowa and Illinois, at the relation of its governor, relying •upon the provision of an act of Congress relating to its admission into the Union, by which it was agreed that “ five per •cent, of the net proceeds ” of lands lying within the State, and afterwards “ sold by Congress,” should be appropriated for certain public uses of the State; contending that the State was thereby entitled to five per cent, of the value, computed at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, of lands disposed of by Congress…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice G-ray
After stating the facts in the foregoing language, he continued :
The first question argued in each of these cases may be-shortly stated thus: Is the State, under the compact made with it by Congress at the time of its admission into the Union, by which “five per cent; of the net proceeds ” of public lands lying within the State, and “ sold by Congress ” after such admission, shall be reserved and appropriated for the benefit of the State, entitled to a percentage on the value of lands, not sold by the United States for cash, but disposed of by the United States in satisfaction of military…
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