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pursuant to a speciEic piece of legislation b-y Congress which, in eEEect, told the government to set up a reserve on Rice Lake in northern Minnesota. The Am. Jur. article on eminent domain, 26 r Am. Jur. 2d Eminent Domain, Section 91, indicates that absent explicit statutory authority, the courts are split over the issue of whether the federal government can take land devoted to a pub- lic purpose, that is whether a federal purpose is always a su- perior purpose. I have reviewed some of the cases cited in the Am. Jur, article and also an annotation at 91 L.Ed. 221 and reach- ed the same conclusion. I also looked at some later cases from the Federal Digest and it indicates to me that this split is still in existence. However, I think there is a slight trend toward the rule that a specific grant of the power of eminent domain authorizes taking of public as well as private property, even without a specific statute saying go build a Post Office in Roseville, Minnesota, on the site of a former school." IV. WHAT IS GOING ON IN ROSEVILLE NOW. I spoke with Bruce Davison in the Local Post Office Eminent Domain and Real Estate Division. He told me that he knew nothing about any plans to acquire a school in Roseville for use as a Post Office. Davison indicated that any eminent domain activi- ties which would be going on in Minnesota would be handled through the regional office in Chicago. I called Nick Kline in Chicago. Kline told me that it was his office that would be han- dling any condemnation procedures of this nature and he knew noth- ing about any moves to condemn the Lexington School in Roseville. Davison's number is 851-1130 and Kline's number is (312)765-4988.. :4 �:i