United States v. Wallamet Val. & C. M. Wagon-Road Co.

"Ohapy, J.

By the act of July 5,1866, (14 St. 89,) congress made a grant to the state of Oregon, to aid in the construction of a military wagon-road from Albany to the eastern boundary of the state, of the odd sections of the public lands, equal to three sections per mile of said road, to be selected within six miles thereof, together with the right of way for the same. The legislature of the state was authorized to dispose of the lands for the construction of the road, as the work progressed, and the governor of the state certified “to the secretary of the interior” that any 10 miles of the…