...was finished; and it also provides that, if the road is not completed in ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. Comparing the several provisions togethei, it is not perceived that they are in any respect inconsistent,...

...fixed by law, "no further patents shall be issued to said company for said lands, and no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." The last part of said section, declaring that " no further sale shall be made and the lands unsold...

...manner sales shall be made, and enacts that if the road be not completed within ten years "no further sales shall be made and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." The power of disposal and the provision for the lands reverting both imply, what the first section...

...provided herein, no further patent shall be issued to said company for said lands, and no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." By the act of Congress of April 9, 1874, the time for the completion of the road and for the reversion...

...provided herein. no further patent shall be issued to said company for said lands, and no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." By the act of Congress of April 9, 1874, the time for the completion of the road and for the reversion...

...granted." A further provision was that if the road be not completed within ten years, " no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." The railroad was not completed within the time specified. Thereafter timber was cut and removed from...

...time until said roads are completed, and if said roads are not completed within ten years no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." On March 11, 1857, the State of Louisiana accepted the grant, and undertook the trust contained in...

...time until said roads are completed ; and if said roads are not completed within ten yeaie no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the I'nited States. The forfeiture act of September 29, 1890 (26 Stat., 406), contains in section 1 the...

...road was completed, it was enacted that " if said road is not completed within ten years no further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." No part of the road having been built at the expiration of the period limited in the grant, it was...

...said roads are completed; and if any of said roads is not completed within ten years, no further sale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States." 11 Stat. at L. 17, chap. 41. The material part of the act of 1890 is as follows: "Be it enacted, That...