TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 107,108. 1828.

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munitions of war of the United States , for the Mexican gulf frontier ;and that for these purposes the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and thesame is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated.

Approved, May 24, 1828.

Chap. CVII. — An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Illinois to selland convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said state for the use ifthe Ohio ' Saline.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United,States of America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of thestate of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered tocause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms andconditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of thetract of land reserved and granted to said state, for the use and supportof the salt works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the countyof Gallatin, in the said state,and to apply the proceeds of such sale to suchobjects as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct: Provided,That the legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousandacres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid.Approved, May 24, 1828.

Chap. CVIII. — An Act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canalfrom Dayton to Lake Erie , and to grant a quantity of land to said state to aidin the construction of the canals authorized by law ; and for making donationsof land to certain persons in Arkansas territory.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby,granted to the state of Ohio , for the purpose of aiding said state in ex-tending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie , by the Maumeeroute, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, oneach side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at themouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same shall be located through thepublic land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to theUnited States , to be selected by the commissioner of the general landoffice, under the direction of the President of the United States ; andwhich land, so reserved to the United States , shall not be sold for lessthan two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby grantedto the state of Ohio , to be subject to the disposal of the legislature ofsaid state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That saidcanal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway,for the use of the government of the United States , free from any toll orother charge, whatever, for any property of the United States , or personsin their service, passing through the same: And provided, also, That theextension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years,and completed within twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay tothe United States the amount of any lands previously sold; and that thetitle to purchasers, under the state, shall be valid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of saidcanal shall be located, and agreed on by said state, it shall be the duty ofthe governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been,or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of saidcanal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the saidstate will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the sameto the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States .

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waters of Mo-bile or Pensa-cola bays.

Statute I.May 24, 1828.

Legislature ofthe state of Illi-nois authorized,&c., to cause tobe sold, &c., apart or parts ofthe tract ofland reservedand granted tosaid state forthe use of saltworks.

Proviso.

Statute I.May 24, 1828.

Act of June30,1834,ch.137.

A quantity ofland to begranted to thestate of Ohio ,for the purposeof aiding saidstate in extend-ing the Miamicanal from Day-ton to LakeErie by theMaumee route.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Act of March2, 1833, ch. 87.

Duty of thegovernor whenthe route ofsaid canal islocated.