...council of Fond da Lac, St. Louis county, Minnesota, and as the proper corporate authorities thereof, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof," etc. Prior to September 1, 1867, Carlton and Alexander died, and their offices do not appear to have...

...limited a meaning. The only place in the act where the word "lot" is used, is in the following clause: "The execution of which trust, as to the disposal...conducted under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the legislative authority of the state or territory in which the same may be situated."...

...which a patent was issued by the United States, October 26, 1888, to the superior judge of said county, "in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants...proceeds of the sales thereof, to be conducted under such regulations as may be prescribed by the legislative authority of the state or territory in which the...

...for the county in which such town is situated, to enter at the proper land-office, and at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied, in trust...interests; the execution of which trust as to the disposaf of the lots in such town and the proceeds of the sale thereof to be conducted under such regulations...

...county in which such town may be situated, to enter, at the proper land office, and at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied, in trust,...thereof, according to their respective interests; the'execution of which trust, as to the disposal of the lots in such town, and the proceeds of the...

...Congress referred to provided that the corporate authorities in such cases might enter the lands " in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants...thereof, according to their respective interests." The board, therefore, was a mere trustee for the occupants, and by the terms of the act of Congress was...