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THIRTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 62, 63. 1850. 467 Sec, 4. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby Lands granted granted to the said State shall be subject to the disposal of the legis. I l;§€“"f1d lature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other ; and the said amesairli rliiailmilroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the ;<>¤dS *0 bfé free use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other °(,fg(§: charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. States. See. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said railroad shall If not c¤m— not be completed within ten years, the said State of Illinois shall be PL22d bound to pay to the United States the amount which may be received hay nie U. States upon the sale of any part of said lands by said State, the title to the th? $m¤¤¤:l wi; purchasers under said State remaining valid ; and the title to the resi- $3:1; °§yS shit due of said lands shall reinvest in the United States, to have and hold State, and the the same in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. l;‘;g;‘t“”“°1‘1 ’°` Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail Transportation shall at all times be transported 0n the said railroad under the direc- °* U- S- mailtion of the Post-Ollice Department, at such price as the Congress may by law direct. Sac, 7. And be it further enacted, That in order to aid in the con- All thqrishtsi tinuation of said Central Railroad from the mouth of the Ohio River to the city of Mobile, all the rights, privileges, and liabilities hereinbe- shan be granted fore conferred on the State of Illinois shall be granted to the States of §i£:;g“'l° ***3 Alabama and Mississippi respectively, for the purpose of aiding in the aid in cggsimct. construction of a railroad from said city of Mobile to a point near the ing a railroad mouth of the Ohio River, and that public lands of the United States, g;’;“0h1;g°1l§f:$“?° to the same extent in proportion to the length of the road, cn the same terms, limitations, and restrictions in every respect, shall be, and is hereby, granted to said States of Alabama and Mississippi respectively. Approved, September 20, 1850. Cru?. LXII. —An Act giving the Assent of the United States ta an Act of the Sept. 20, 1850. General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the December Session, eighteen hun- *··—* drcd and fcrtyfour, chapter two hundred and eighty-se·v¢1r.. Bc it enacted by the Senate and Hwse of Representatives of the _ lbzited States of America in Cangvess assembled, That the assent of C5°1*t";§*° lhs the United States be, and the same is hereby, given to the act of the ohggagsmgegga,. general assembly of Maryland, passed at its December session, eigh- P¤¤7· teeu hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act supplementary to an act entitled ‘ An Act to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,' passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter two hundred and ninety-seven," and to each and every provision thereof; and that the same be, and are hereby, extended to so much of the said canal as lies within the District of Columbia, in as full and effectual a manner as if the several provisions aforesaid were hereby formally enacted. Approved, September 20, 1850. Gun. LXIII. —An Act to suppress the Slam: Trade in the District of Sept. 20, 1850. Columbia. i·—·——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House cj Representatives ry' the United States of America in Gmgress assembled, That from and after No slaye to be the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, it shall not be lg? gl: lawful to bring into the District of C0lumbia‘any slave whatever, for Iumbin. to be the purpose of being sold, or for the purpose of being placed in depot, °°M·
