Mr. Justice Shiras, after making the' above statement, delivered the opinion of the court. On March 2, 1849, the Congress of the United States by an act of that date, c. 87, entitled “An act to aid .the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp land therein,” enacted : “ That to aid the State of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains to recla…
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