DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS TO THE SEVERAL STATES. 531 



From the foregoing table it will be seen that a large ma 

 jority of the States have, nominally at least, availed them 

 selves of the benefits of the act of Congress. It is greatly 

 to be regretted that the measures contemplated by the fram- 

 ers of the law have been, in many cases, carried out so im 

 perfectly, or not at all. 



