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TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 108. 1828.
Legislatureto havepower to sell,&c., after theselection bemade.
State of Indi-ana authorizedto convey, &c.,to the state ofOhio , all theright, &c.,granted to saidstate by an actof March 2,1827, ch. 56.
Act of March3, 1845, ch. 42.
500,000 acresof the landsowned by theUnited States ,within saidstate, to be se-lected as here-inafter direct-ed, for the pur-pose of aidingthe state ofOhio in thepayment of thedebt, &c.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Act of March2, 1833, ch. 87.
Proviso.
Act to takeeffect, providedthe legislature ,of Ohio shallexpress the as-sent of the stateto the severalprovisions andconditionshereof, &c.
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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the state of Ohio , under theauthority of the legislature thereof, after the selection shall have beenso made, as aforesaid, shall have power to sell and convey the whole, orany part of said land, and to give a title, in fee simple, therefor to thepurchaser thereof.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the state of Indiana be, andhereby is, authorized to convey and relinquish to the state of Ohio , uponsuch terms as may be agreed upon by said states, all the right and interestgranted to the state of Indiana , to any lands within the limits of the stateof Ohio , by an act, entitled “ An act to grant a certain quantity of landto the state of Indiana , for the purpose of aiding said state in opening acanal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with those of Lake Erie, ”approved on the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twen-ty-seven ; the state of Ohio to hold said land on the same conditionsupon which it was granted to the state of Indiana , by the act aforesaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, grant-ed to the state of Ohio , five hundred thousand acres of the lands ownedby the United States , within the said state, to be selected as hereinafterdirected, for the purpose of aiding the state of Ohio in the payment ofthe debt, or the interest thereon, which has heretofore been, or whichmay hereafter be, contracted by said state, in the construction of thecanals within the same, undertaken under the authority of the laws ofsaid state, now' in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, for the exten-sion of canals now making; which land, when selected,shall be disposedof by the legislature of Ohio , for that purpose, and no other : Provided,The said canals, when completed or used, shall be, and for ever remain,public highways, for the use of the government of the United States ,free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the UnitedStates , or persons in their service passing along the same: And providedfurther, That the said canals, already commenced, shall be completed inseven years from the approval of this act; otherwise the state of Ohio shall stand bound to pay over to the United States the amount which anylands, sold by her, within that time, may have brought; but the validityof the titles derived from the state by such sales, shall not be affected bythat failure.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the selection of the landgranted by the fifth section of this act, may be made under the authority,and by the direction of the governor of the state of Ohio , of any landsbelonging to the United States within said state, which may at the timeof selection be subject to entry at private sale, and within two yearsfrom the approval of this act: Provided, That, in the selection of thelands hereby granted, no lands shall be comprehended which have beenreserved for the use of the United States , as alternate sections, in thegrants hitherto made, or w'hich may be made during the present sessionof Congress, of lands within the said state, for roads and canals : Andprovided, That all lands so selected shall, by the governor of said state,be reported to the office of the register of the district in which the landlies, and no lands shall be deemed to be so selected till such report bemade, and the lands so selected shall be granted by the United States to the state of Ohio .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall lake effect, Pro-vided, The legislature of Ohio , at the first session thereof, hereafter tocommence, shall express the assent of the state to the several provisionsand conditions hereof: and unless such expression of assent be made,this act shall be wholly inoperative, except so far as to authorize thegovernor of Ohio to proceed in causing selections of said land to be madeprevious to the said next session of the legislature.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That each head of a family, widowor single man, over the age of twenty-one years, actually settled on that