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Statute I.May 23, 1828.
400,000 acresof relinquishedlands in certaincounties in Ala-bama granted tosaid state, to beapplied to navi-gation.
Price atwhich the landshall be sold.
Improvement.
Grant of alllands to becomenull and void,if applied toany other objectwhatever.
Improve-ments of saidnavigation shall
be commenced,&c.
Proviso.
Surplus ofsaid grant, tobe applied, &c.
Chap. LXXV.— An Ad to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands tothe state of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Ten-nessee , Coosa, Cahawba , and Black Warrior rivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That four hundred thousandacres, of the relinquished lands in the counties of Madison, Morgan,Limestone, Lawrence, Franklin, and Lauderdale, in the state of Alabama ,be, and the same is [arejhereby, granted to said state, to be applied to theimprovement of the navigation of the Muscle Shoals , and Colbert’s Shoals,in the Tennessee river, and such other parts of said river within saidstate as the legislature thereof may direct: But if there shall not be fourhundred thousand acres of relinquished unappropriated land in saidcounties, the deficiency to be made up out of any unappropriated landsin the county of Jackson, in said state.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said state of Alabama , shallhave power to sell, dispose of and grant said land, for the purposes afore-said, at a price not less than the minimum price of the public lands ofthe United States , at the time of such sale.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said state of Alabama shallcommence said improvements within two years after the passage of thisact, and complete the same within ten years thereafter.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if said state of Alabama shallapply the lands hereby granted, or the proceeds of the sales, or any partthereof, to any other use or object whatsoever, than as directed by thisact, before said improvements shall have been completed, the said grantfor all lands then unsold shall thereby become null and void; and the saidstate of Alabama shall become liable and bound to pay to the UnitedStates the amount for which said land, or any part thereof, may have beensold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling the same.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the improvements of saidnavigation shall be commenced at the lowest point of obstruction in saidriver, within said state, continued up the same until completed, and becalculated for the use of steamboats, according to such plan of construc-tion as the United States ’ engineers, appointed to survey and reportthereon, may recommend, and the President of the United States ap-prove : Provided, That such plan shall embrace, if practicable, a con-nection of the navigation of Elk river, with the said improvements.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the completion of saidimprovements, the surplus of said grant, if any, shall be applied to theimprovement of the navigation of the Coosa, Cahawba , and Black War-rior rivers, in said state, under the direction of the legislature thereof.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said rivers, when im-proved as aforesaid, shall remain forever free from toll for all propertybelonging to the government of the United States , and for all persons intheir service, and for all the citizens of the United States , unless a tollshall be allowed by act of Congress .
Approved, May 23, 1828.
Statute I.May 23, 182S.
[Obsolete.]
Breakwaterto be made nearthe mouth ofDelaware bay .
250,000 dol-lars appropria-ted.
Chap. LXXVI.— An Act making an appropriation for the erection of a break-water near the mouth of Delaware bay .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States cause to be made near the mouth of Delaware bay , abreakwater .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred andfifty thousand dollars be, and it hereby is, appropriated, towards the ac-