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July 1, 1836.

Chap. CCXXXVI.An Act to authorize the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the benefit of the general seminary of learning in said Territory.

Lands may be sold.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, for the benefit of the University of Florida, of which |Joseph M. White, R. K. Call, Thomas Randall, John G. Gamble, Thomas Eston Randolph, Louis M. Goldsborough, Ben. Chaires, Turbutt R. Betton, F. Eppes, E. Lockerman, Fitch W. Taylor, J. Loring Woart, Ashbeel Steel, and J. Edwin Stewart are trustees, any part not exceeding one half of the two townships of land heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress for the establishment and support of a seminary of learning1823, ch. 29, sec. 11. in the Territory of Florida, and to appropriate so much of the money arising from the sale thereof, as may be deemed expedient for the erection of commodious and durable buildings for said University; for the purchase of apparatus, and whatever else may be suitable for such University; and to invest the remainder in some productive funds, the proceeds of which shall be devoted for ever to the benefit of said University of Florida.

Approved, July 1, 1836.

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July 1, 1836.

Chap. CCXLVIII.An Act authorizing the Winnisimmet Company to lay out and make a way on lands of the United States, in Chelsea, in the State of Massachusetts.

A street may be laid out.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, the Winnisimmet Company, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered to lay out and make a way or street over lands of the United States situated in Chelsea, in said Commonwealth, in front of the United States marine hospital; said way or street to be in continuation of the marginal street of said company:Proviso. Provided, That said way shall not exceed fifty feet in width, and shall be so constructed, under the supervision of the collector for the district of Boston and Charlestown, as not to injure or prejudice the upland or wharf belonging to said hospital.

Approved, July 1, 1836.

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July 1, 1836.

Chap. CCXLIX.An Act to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry.

A bridge at Harper’s Ferry, on the land of the United States.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Shenandoah bridge company, at Harper’s Ferry, be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect a bridge across the river Shenandoah, on the lands belonging to the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry, and to connect the same, by a sufficient road or passway through the said lands, with the road on the east side of the said river, and the main street of the said town;Proviso. Provided, That in the construction of the said bridge, and the road or passway to and from it, the said company shall not, in virtue of this act, interfere with the rights or privileges of any individuals or existing corporation;Proviso. And provided, also, That the location of the said bridge upon the public lands aforesaid, shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, prior to the erection thereof.

May erect a toll-house.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on the said terms and conditions the said Shenandoah bridge company shall be, and they are hereby, empowered to erect a toll-house adjacent to the said bridge on