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Show ALIEN LAND LAW A dec s on as to the const tutionality of the Nebraska al en land law is ex pected to be handed down by the United States supreme court some time in March The Nebraska statute ante dates the al en land law Of Californ a by many years having been passed by the state legislature in 1889 Its pur pose was to prevent such men as Lord Scully who had already acquiied hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the Un ted States from gobbling up the a a lable vacant terr tory in Ne braska an 1 depriv ng prospective set tiers of all chance of secur ng a home The law was necessary as a measure of protect on and has been upheld by the Un ted States d strict couTt It is highly improbable that tl e supreme court w 11 hand down a decls on which will mean the holding of vast estates in th s country by fore gners, t tied or other vise at tho expense of the Amer can farmer and home b lder The r ghts of the c t zens of th s country and non res dent al ens are not the same and no amount of legal qu bbl ng can place them on an equal foot ng |