John McLean

“ If, therefore the quarter section in dispute was legally selected for school purposes, the legal title became vested in the Legislature of Ohio.
The general duties of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office are required to be performed 'under the direction of the head of the Treasury Department.' And where a duty is especially enjoined on the Secretary of the Treasury, although he may perform it through the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, who may well be presumed to act under his authority where the contrary does not appear ”

“ Where good land could not be procured in the township, the selection was authorized to be made in the nearest adjacent township which contained good land. The land above selected is not in township No. ”