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land grant

A grant of public lands by the government, usually for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges.

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Instead, they published a notification saying, "The chairman of the Badr municipality urges interested applicants for plots to contact the land grant committee to participate in a draw which will be held during normal working hours.
Corruption unearthed in granting of land meant for the poor
Westland was formerly called the Town of Atrisco, a community land grant which was the successor to the Spanish Land Grant, called the Atrisco Grant.
Westland Signs Plan of Merger with SHNM Acquisition Corp., and Terminates Amended and Restated Plan of Merger with ANM Holdings Inc
Budget Director, Ann Visalli, questioned the university s request of $1 million to match the federal level s 1890 land grant funding came just a year after the agency was awarded $600,000 for land grant funds.
United States : DSU presents $85 million operating and capital BUDGET request
Pursuant to a state statute passed in 1967, the former Town of Atrisco community land grant corporation converted to a for-profit business corporation named Westland Development Co.
State Securities Division Concludes Probe of Insider Trading in Westland Stock Deal
The adobe had served as headquarters of El Rancho Simi, a 113,000-acre land grant from Gov.
STRATHEARN HOME TO REOPEN AFTER QUAKE DAMAGE REPAIRS : PRESERVING A PIECE OF SIMI'S PAST
The area was the northern part of the land grant owned in the 1840s by Swiss pioneer John A.
SACRED MOUNTAINS : FOUNDATION PROTECTS, PRESERVES PRIVATELY OWNED SUTTER BUTTES
In 1839, del Valle received the asistencia and the surrounding 46,000 acres of Rancho San Francisco as part of a Spanish land grant.
DEVELOPER MAY DONATE HISTORIC MISSION OUTPOST
It was the original headquarters of El Rancho Simi, a 113,000-acre land grant from Gov.
RARE HOME UNDER REPAIR AFTER QUAKE
The University today is part of the only historically black Land Grant university system in the United States.
Freescale and Southern University-Baton Rouge Team up on Senior Electronic Engineering Design Projects; Donations Allow Students to Conduct 'Real Life' Digital Electronics Laboratory Experiments
A TIF application is pending for up to $9 million in benefits, as are applications for land grant funding.
Inland Real Estate Auctions To Auction Historic Rosenwald Apartments; Nationally honored Bronzeville complex comes with city-approved condo conversion plan
Established as a Land Grant University under the Morrill Act in 1862, UMaine was accorded Sea Grant College status by the Federal Government in 1980.
University of Maine chooses EatecNetX from Eatec Corporation as its Back-Office Software Solution
INDI) (OTCBB:IDUL), a leading manufacturer and distributor of communications-related technology and lithium batteries in China, today announced that it has received nearly 14 acres of public land, through a government land grant, enabling the Company to move ahead with an expansion of its battery production in the face of rising customer demand.
Industries International Receives Government Land Grant for Expansion of Battery Production
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