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TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 107, 108. 1828. 305 munitions of war of the United States, for the Mexican gulf frontier; ;%?*°" **1*; M°· and that {br these purposes the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the CQ; §;ysf°°°a same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 24, 1828. ";" Sr1n·m·s I. CHAP. CVII. t0n .12ct io authorize Me legislalure ey" the stale of Illinois io sell May 24, T828- and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said state for the use qf the Ohio Salim:. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United th§;$;?;“g“g¥l§f States 1y' America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the mis ,mh0,.md state of IIlin0i‘s shall be, and is herebyhauthorized and empowered to &¢., in cause to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and be S°]d¤ &°·# ‘. . . . . . part or parts ot 0OHd1[10HS, as sa1d legislature shall by law dxrect, such part or parts of the the tract of tract of land reserved and granted to said state, for the use and support land reserved of the salt works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county ‘*¤%S:‘=*;**°t£i *° of Gallatin, in the said state, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such ss; gf- gain objects as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct: Provided, works. That the legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand Proviso. acres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid. APPROVED, May 24, 1828.
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CHAP. CVIII.-—-An Act to aid lhe state of Ohio in extending the Mami canal May 24, 1828. from Dayton to La/cc Erie, and to grant a quanlily of lan l0 said state to aid " ` in the construction of the canals authorized by law ; and for making donations qf land lo certain persons in drkamas territory. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 30Ag3‘f •{ “““ States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, my ’ granted to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said state in cx- A quantity of tending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee ]““d‘°d*;° th route, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, on Egsgtiyozioia each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the for the purpose mouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same shall be located through the °* **id¥¤€ md public land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to the 1$,’§§jfffi‘ United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the general land ¤a¤a1fmmDay. office, under the direction of the President of the United States; and ***9 *° L°k** which land, s0 reserved to the United States, shall not be sold for less lglgiggghgum than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the state of Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That said Proviso. canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons iu their service, passing through the same : And provided, also, That the proviso, extension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years, Ad of Much and completed within twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay to 2, [833, 6h_ g-;_ the United States the amount of any lands previously sold; and that the title to purchasers, under the state, shall be valid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of said Duty of me canal shall be located, and agreed on by said state, it shall be the duty of :'}‘°" the governor thereof; or such other person or persons as may have been, said canal is or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said 1¤<>¤¢¢d· canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said state will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Vox., IV. 39 2 c 2
