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Statute II.Feb. 27, 1841.
Proviso.
Statute II.Feb. 27, 1841.[Expired.]
Further conti-nuation of act ofJan. 18, 1837,ch. 5, for twoyears.
1838, ch. 177.
Statute II.March 2,1841.[Obsolete.]
Appropriation.
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 12,13,21. 1841.
the adjacent country, which separates the States of Maine and NewHampshire from the British provinces.
Approved, February 27, 1841.
Chap. XII.— An Jlct to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by herfor that portion of the Wabash and Erie canal which lies between the m uth ofthe Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute , and for other purposes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, andthere hereby is, confirmed to the State of Indiana , the land selected byher, under the provisions of the act of second of March, eighteen hun-dred and twenty-seven, entitled “ An act to grant a certain quantity ofland to the State of Indiana , for the purpose of aiding the State in open-ing a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash with those of LakeErie, ” for that portion of the canal between the mouth of the Tippeca-noe river and Terre Haute , as returned by said State to the Secretaryof the Treasury.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That should any of said lands,at the time of their selection and location by the State, have been sub-ject to any right of pre-emption, or other legal incumbrance, the StateoMndiana shall be, and she hereby is, authorized to select, of any landssubject to private entry in said State, other lands in lieu of so muchthereof as may be so incumbered, and, upon return of a description ofthe same to the Secretary of the Treasury, the same shall be, andhereby is, confirmed to the State: Provided, That no more land shallbe selected, or hereby confirmed, than a quantity equal to one half offive sections in width on each side of said canal, from the mouth of theTippecanoe river to Terre Haute .
Approved, February 27, 1841.
Chap. XIII. — An Act further to continue in force the act for the payment ofhorses and other property lost in the military service of the United States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled“An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost ordestroyed in the military service of the United States, ” approved on theeighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, andwhich was continued in force for two years from the end of the secondsession of the twenty-fifth Congress , by an act entitled “An act to con-tinue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lostin the military service,” approved on the seventh of July, eighteen hun-dred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, further continued inforce for two years from the end of the present session of Congress .
Approved, February 27, 1841.
Chap. XXI.— An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a delega-tion of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi to Florida , and for otherpurposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum offifteen thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Trea-sury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of a delegationof the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi ; and other agents