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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to causethe proper plats of the surveys of the said districts to be deposited inthe land offices intended for them, respectively; and he is herebyauthorized to allow and pay out of the proceeds of the sales of thepublic lands the reasonable expenses which may be incurred in carryinginto effect the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the lands which were cededto the United States by the treaty made with the confederated tribes ofSac and Fox Indians at Fort Armstrong, in the State of Illinois , on thetwenty-first day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, andthe same are hereby, attached to, and made a part of, the Wisconsin land district, in the Territory of Michigan; and that said lands shall beliable to be surveyed and sold at Mineral Point, or wherever the Presi-dent may direct, in the same manner as other public lands of the district.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect andbe in force from and after the first day of August next.
Approved, June 15, 1836.
Chap. XCIX.— Jin Act, to establish the northern boundary line of the State of
Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union
upon the conditions therein expressed, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the northern boundaryline of the State of Ohio shall be established at, and shall be a directline drawn from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan , to the mostnortherly cape of the Maumee (Miami ) bay, after that line, so drawn,shall intersect the eastern boundary line of the State of Indiana ; andfrom the said north cape of the said bay, northeast to the boundary linebetween the United States and the province of Upper Canada, in LakeErie ; and thence, with the said last mentioned line, to its intersectionwith the western line of the State of Pennsylvania .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the constitution and State Go-vernment which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves be,and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed ; and that thesaid State of Michigan shall be, and is hereby, declared to be one of theUnited States of America , and is hereby admitted into the Union uponan equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever:Provided always, and this admission is upon the express condition, thatthe said State shall consist of and have jurisdiction over all the territoryincluded within the following boundaries, and over none other, to wit:Beginning at the point where the above described northern boundary ofthe State of Ohio intersects the eastern boundary of the State of Indiana ,and running thence with the said boundary line of Ohio , as describedin the first section of this act, until it intersects the boundary linebetween the United States and Canada, in Lake Erie ; thence, with thesaid boundary line between the United States and Canada through theDetroit river, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior , to a point where thesaid line last touches Lake Superior ; thence, in a direct line throughLake Superior, to the mouth of the Montreal river; thence through themiddle of the main channel of the said river Montreal , to the middleof the Lake of the Desert; thence, in a direct line to the nearest headwater of the Menomonie river; thence, through the middle of that forkof the said river first touched by the said line, to the main channel ofthe said Menomonie river; thence, down the centre of the main channelof the same, to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the Greenbay of Lake Michigan ; thence, through the centre of the most usual
Proper platsand surveys tobe deposited inthe land offices.
Act to takeeffect on the 1stof August,1836.
Statute I.
June 15,1836.
Act of June33,1836, ch.121.
Northernboundary line.
Act of Jan.26, 1837, ch. 6.
Proviso.
(o) See notes to the act of February 16, 1819, ch. 22, for the acts relating to the Territory of Michigan.Von. V.—7 E