08/08/1888
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"This grant was accepted on the 9th day of January, 1847, by the State of Iowa, as required by the act of Congress."
"It is by no means certain that this proposed legislation...would be upheld."
"Still another result would be to oblige the Government of the United States to enter the courts ostensibly to assert and protect its title to said land..."
"The advocates of this measure insist that a point in favor of the settlers upon these lands is found in the following language of the constitution of the State of Iowa..."