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ROADS, RAILROADS, HARBORS, AND OTHER PURPOSES,
Collected and Arranged in Pursuance of a Resolution of the Senate of January 9, 1867
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OF THE UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS.
ACT OP JUmE 23, 1836-5 U.S. SrATUTES AT LAGE, t9.
AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act to establish
the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to pro      vide for the admission of sthe State of Michigan into the
Union on certain conditions."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in
lieu of the proposition submitted to the Congress of the United
States by an ordinance passed by the convention of delegates
at Detroit, assembled for the purpose of making a constitution
for the State of Michigan, wvich are hereby rejected; and that
the following propositions be and the same are hereby offered
to theoegislature of the State of Michigan, for their acceptance
or rejection, which if accepted, under the authority conferred
on the said Legislature by the convention which framed the
constitution of the said State, shall be obligatory upon the
United States.
First. That section numbered sixteen in every township of
the public lands, and where such section has been sold or other wise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contig   uous as may be, shall be granted to the State for the use of
fischools.
Second. That the seventy-two sections of land set apart and
:   reserved for the use and support of a University by an act of
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Congress approved on the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act concerning a seminary of
learning in the Territory of Michigan," are hereby granted
and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use
and supUt of such university, in such manner as the Legislature mayrescribe: And provided, also, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to impair or affect in any
way the rights of any person or persons claiming any of said
seventy-two sections of land, under contract or grant from said
university.
Third. That five entire sections of land, to be selected and located under the direction of the Legislature, in legal divisions
of not less than one-quarter section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the United States within the said
State, are hereby granted to the State for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said State, or for the erection
of public buildings at the seat of Government of the said State,
as the Legislature may determine and direct.
Fourth. That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding
twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to the said State
for its use, the same to be selected by the Legislature thereof,
on or before the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty;
and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, con(litions and regulations, as the Legislature of the sai- State
shall direct-. Provided, That no salt spring, the right whereof is
now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any indivi*al or individuals,
shall, by this section, be granted to said State: And provided, also,
That the General Assembly shall never sell or lease the same, at
any one time, for a longer period than ten years, without the
consent of Congress.
Ffth. That five per cent. of the nett proceeds of the sales of
all public lands lying within the said State, which have been or
shall be sold by Congress, from and after the first day of July,
eighteen-hundred and thirty-six, (after deducting all the ex
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penses incident to the same,) shall be appropriated for making
public roads and canals within the said State, as the Legisla   ture may direct: Provided, That the five foregoing propositions
herein offered are on the condition the Legislature of the said
State, by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by the conven   tion which fiamed the constitution  of the said State, shall
provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the con   sent of the United States, that the said State shall never
interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the
same by the United States, nor with any regulations Con   gress may  find  necessary  for securing  the  title in such
soil to the bonafide purchasers thereof; and that no tax shall be
imposed on lands the property of the United States; and
that in no case shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher
than residents; and that the bounty lands granted, or hereafter
to be granted, for military services during the late war, shall,
whilst they continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs,
remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the author   ity of the State, whether for State, county, township, or any
other purpose, for the term of three years from and after the
date of the patents respectively.
Approved, June 23, 1836.
ACT OF MAY 20, 1826-4 U.S. STATUTiES AT LARGE, 179.
AN ACT to appropriate lands for the support of Schools in
certain townships and fractional townships, not before
provided for.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houe of Representatives of the
United Stes of America, in Congress assembled, That to make
provision for the support of schools, in all townships or frac tional townships for which no land has been heretofore appro   priated for that use in those States in which section number
sixteen, or other land equivalent thereto, is by law directed to
be reserved for the support of schools, in each township, there
shall be reserved and appropriated, for the use of schools, in
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each entire township, or fractional township, for which no land
has been heretofore appropriated or granted for that purpose,
the following quantities of land, to wit: for each township or
fractional township, containing a greater quantity of land than
three-quarters of an entire township, one section; for a fractional township, containing a greater quantity of land than onehalf, and not more than three-quarters of a township, threequarters of a section; for a fractional tomship, containing a
greater quantity of land than one-quarter, and not more than
one-half of a township, one-half section; and for a fractional
township, containing a greater quantity of land than one entire
section, and not more than one-quarter of a township, onequarter section of land.
SEc. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That the aforesaid tracts of
land shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of
any unappropriated public land within the land district where
the township for which any tract is selected may be situated;
and when so selected, shall be held by the same tenure, and
upon the same terms, for the support of schools, in such
township, as section number sixteen is, or may be held, in the
State where such township shall be situated.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
X ACT OF MAY 20, 18-4 U.S. STATUTE AT IARGE, 180. 
AN ACT concerning a.Seminary of Learning in the Territory
of Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to set
apart and reserve from sale, out of any public lands within the
territory of Michigan, to which the Indian title may be extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a quantity of land, not
exceeding two entire townships, for the use and support of an
University within the territory aforesaid, and for no other use
or purpose whatsoever, to be located in tracts of land corres
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ponding with any of the legal divisions into which the public
lands are authorized to be surveyed, not less than one section,
one of which said townships, so set apart and reserved from
sale, shall be in lieu of an entire township of land, directed to
be located in said territory for the use of a seminary of learning
therein, by an act of Congress entitled " An act making provis —
ion for the disposal of the public lands in the Indian territory,
and for other purposes," approved March twenty-sixth, one
thousand eight hundred and four.
Approved, May 20, 1826.
ACT OF JA-. 13,1830-4 U.S. STATUTeS AT LARGEa, 370.
AN ACT to authorize the exchange of certain lots of land be  tween the University of Michigan territory, andl MartinBaum
aEd others.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Trustees of the University of Michigan be, and they are hereby, authorized to exchange with Martin Baum and others, the tracts
of - land designated as river lots, number one and two, in the
United States' reserve of twelve miles square, on the Mhiami of
Lake Erie, heretofore purchased from the United States, and
which, having been relinquished by the said Martin Baum under the provisions of the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands, were -afterwards selected by the
Secretary of the Treasury, for the said University, under the
provisions of the act of the twentieth of May, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An  act concerning  a
seminary of learning in the territory of Mlichigan," for such
other lands as may be agreed upon by them; and the President
of the United States, upon being advised by the said Trustees
that such exchange has been made, is hereby authorized and
required to issue patents in such manner as may be necessary
to carry this act into full effect.
Approved January 13, 1830.
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AcT OF MARCH 3, 1847-9 U. S. ST.TUTES A,T LARGE, 181.
AN ACT to give the consent of Congress to the sale of
certain Salt Spring Lands, heretofore granted to the State 
Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Uniited States of Amnerica, i, Congress assembled, That the State
of Michigan shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered
to sell, in such manner as the Legislature of said State shall
by law direct, the Salt Spring lands granted to said State for
its use, by an act entitled  " An act- supplementary to the act
entitled an 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, on certain conditions, approved June
23, 1836.
Approved March 3, 1847.
[45,346.15 Acres, applied to Asylum and NormalSchool Fund.]
ACTr OF AUGUST 25, 1852-10 U. S. STATUTES AT IARGE, 30.
AN ACT to confirm to the State of Michigan certain lands
selected for saline purposes.
Be it eniacted by the Senate and  House of Representatives of
the United States of Amnerica, in Congress assembled, That the
selections and locations by the State of Michigan, of the lands
lying in said State, described as sections numbered two, three,
four, five, eight, nine, ten, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-one
and twenty-two, in Township seven Nortlh, of Range fourteen
East, heretofore made under and by virtue of the fourth
proposition contained  in the first section of an act entitled
"An act supplementary to the act entitled' An 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 on
certain conditions,'" approved June 23d, 1836, be, and the same
are hereby, recognized as valid, and confirmed to said State, in
lieu of twelve other sections which were incorrectly noted as
confirmations under said act, by reason of an erroneous inter
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pretation given at the General Land Office, to the original list 
of selections.
Approved.August 25, 1852. 
ACT oF MvARC 3, 1835-6 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 616.
AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain lands belonging to the
University of Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That William
Woodbridge, John Biddle, and the Governor of the Territory
of Michigan, Trustees of the University of said Territory, be,
and they are hereby, authorized to sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, after sixty days previous notice of the time
and place, in three of the newspapers of said Territory, the
following tracts of land belonging to said University, and lying
near Toledo, on the  Maumee  river of  Lake  Erie,  to-wit:
Tracts number three and four, the south-west quarter of section
number two, and the west half of section number three, in
township number three, within the "Twelve mile Reservation,"
at the foot of the rapids of the said Maumee river, and the
said,Trustees are hereby authorized to make good and sufficient
conveyances of said lands; and the product aris'ming from the
sale thereof, shall be considered and shall constitute a part of
the general land appropriated for the benefit of the University
of Michigan.
Approved March 3,1835.
ACT OF JULY 2, 1862.-12 U. S,STATUTES AT LARGE, 503.
AN ACT donating public lands to the several States and Terri  tories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be
granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter ien              2.
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tioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each
State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator
and Representative in Congress to which the States are respect      ively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen
hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be
selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. And be it fitrther enacted, That the land aforesaid, after
being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in
sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of
a section; and whenever there are public lalids in a State sub      ject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall
be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and
the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each
of the States in which there is not the quantity of publiclands
subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the
provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the
deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said
States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and pur      poses prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose
whatsoever: Provided, That in no case shall any State to which
land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same
within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the
United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land
scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States
subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five
cents, or less, per acre: And provided, further, That not more
than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any
one of the States: And provided, further, That no such location
shall be made before one year from the passage of this act.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of
management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection
of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred
in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may
be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they
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may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without
any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That all moneys derived
from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the
lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United
States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks, yielding not
less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks;
and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual
fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished,
(except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act,)
and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by
each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to
the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other
scientific and classic studies, and including military tactics, to
teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of
the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the
liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the
several pursuits and professions in life.
SEc. 5. Aind be it further enacted, That the grant of land and
land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following
conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore
contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be
signified by legislative acts:
First. If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the
foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall,
by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be
replaced by the State to whicl~ it belongs, so that the capital of
the fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual
interest shall be regularly applied without diminution to the
purposes mentioned in the fourth section of this act, except
that a sum, not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be
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expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental
farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of
said States.
Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon,
shall- be applied, directly -or indirectly, under any pretence
whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of
any building or buildings.
Third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of
the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at
least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section
of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease; and said
State shaU be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to
purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements or experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matter,
including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be
supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by
mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the
Secretary of the Interior.
Fith.'When lands shall be selected from those which have
been raised to double the minimum  price, in consequence of
railroad grants, they shall be computed to the State at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionately  diminished.
Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the govelrnment of the United States shall be entitled to the benefits of this act.
Seventh. No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act
unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its Legislature
within two years from the date of its approval by the President.
SEC. 6. And be itfurther enacted, That land scrip issued under
the provisions of this act shall not be subject to location until
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after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three.
SEc.. Arid be it further enacted, That the land officers shall
receive the same fees for locating land scrip issued under the
provisions of this act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing law: Provided, Their
maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased.
SEc. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the
several States to which scrip shall be issued under this act shall
be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of
such scrip until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of
the proceeds.
Approved July 2, 1862.
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~t~ ACe~AT OF SEPT. 4, 1841-5 U.S. STATUTErs AT LAROE, 453.
AN ACT to appropriate the proceeds of the sale of public lands,
and to grant preemption rights.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repeesentatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and
after the 9ihhy-first day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, there be allowed
and paid to each of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Tllinois, Ala      bama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Michigan,
over and above what each of the said States is entitled to by
the terms of the compacts entered into between them and the
United States, upon their admission into the Union, the sum of
ten per centum upon the nett proceeds of the sales of the public
lands, which, subsequent to the day aforesaid, shall be made
within the limits of each of said States respectively: Provided,
That the sum so allowed to the said States, respectively, shall
be in no wise affected or diminished on account of any sums
which have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, applied to the
construction or continuance of the Cumberland road, but that
the disbursements for the said road shall remain, as heretofore,
chargeable on the two per centum fund provided for by com     pacts with several of the said States.
SEc. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be granted
to each State specified in the first section of this act, five hun     dred thousand acres of land for purposes of internal improve     ment: Provided, That to each of the said States which has
already received grants for said purposes, there is hereby
granted no more than a quantity of land which shall, together
with the amount such State has already received as aforesaid,
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make five hundred thousand acres, the selections in all of the
said States, to be made within their limits respectively in such
manner as the Legislatures thereof shall direct; and located in
parcels conformably to sectional divisions and subdivisions, of
not less than three hundred and twenty acres in any one location, on any public land except such as is or may be reserved
from sale by any law of Congress or proclamation of the President of the United States, which said locations may be made at
any time after the lands of the United States in said States
respectively, shall have been surveyed according to existing
laws. And there shall be and hereby is, granted to each new
State that shall be hereafter admitted into the Union, upon
such admission, so much land, including such quantity as may
have been granted to such State before its admission, and while
under a Territorial Government, for purposes of internal improvement as aforesaid, as shall make five hundred thousand
acres of land, to be selected and located as aforesaid.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the lands herein granted
to the States above named shall not be disposed of at a price
less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, until otherwise authorized by a law of the United States; and the nett
proceeds of the sales of said lands shall be faithfully applied to
objects of internal improvement within the States aforesaid,
respectively, namely: roads, railways, bridges, canals and improvement of water-courses, and draining of swamps; and such
roads, railways, canals, bridges and water-courses, when made
or improved, shall be free for the transportation of the United
States mail, and munitions of war, and for the passage of their
troops, without the payment of any toll whatever.
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ACT OF MAY 26, 1824-4 U.S. STATUTEs AT LARGE, 50.
AN ACT granting to the counties or parishes of each State and
Territory of the United States, in which the public lands are
situated, the right of pree'mption to quarter sections of land,
for seats of justice within the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be
granted to the several counties or parishes of each State and
Territory of the United States, where there are public lands, at
the minimum price for which public lands of the United States
are sold, the right of preemption to one quarter section of land,
in each of the counties or parishes, of said States or Territories,
in trust for said counties or parishes, respectively, for the establishment of seats of justice therein: Provided, The proceeds of
the sale of each of said quarter sections shall be appropriated
for the purpose of erecting public buildings in the county or
parish for which it is located, after deducting therefrom the
amount originally paid for the same: And provided, further,
Ihat the seat of justice for said -counties or parishes, respectively, shall be fixed previously to a sale of the adjoining lands
within the county or parish for which the same is located.
SEC. 2. And be it futrther enacted, That so much of such acts,
heretofore passed, granting to States rights of preemlption, for
county or parish purposes, as require said seats of justice to be 
continued at or near the centre of each of said counties or parishes, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved MIay 26, 1824.
[See 1 Comp. Laws M.ch., 183.]
AcT OF AUo. 3, 185S10 U.S. STATUTTES AT LARGE, 346.
AN ACT to vest in the several States and Territories the title
in fee of the Lands which have been or mluay be certified to
them.
Be it enacted by the Senate and IIouse of Representatives of the
United States of Amersica, in Coingress assenmbled, That in all cases
where lands have been, or shall hereafter be, granted by any
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law of Congress to any one of the several States and Territories;
and where said law does not convey tht fee-simple title of such
lands, or require patents to be issued therefor; the lists of such
lands which have been, or may hereafter be certified by the
Cormmissioner of the General Land Office, under the seal of
said office, either as originals, or copies of the originals or
records, shall be regarded as conveying the fee simple of all
the lands embraced in such lists that are of the character contemplated by such act of Congress, and intended to be granted
thereby; but where lands embraced in such lists are not of the
character embraced by such acts of Congress, and are not
intended to be granted thereby, said lists, so far as these
lands are concerned, shall be perfectly nuLll and void, and
no right, title, claim, or interest shall be conveyed thereby.
Approved August 3, 1854.
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Act oF SEPT. 28, 1850-9 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 519.
AN ACT to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to
reclaim the "Swamp Lands" within their limits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bep)-esenitatives of the
United States of Amnierica, in Congr-ess assemnbled, That to enable
the State of Aakansas to construct the necessary levees and
drains to reclaim the swamps and overflowed lands therein, the
whole. of those swamp and overflowved lands, made unfit thereby
for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this
act, shall be, and the same are hereby, granted to said State.
SEc. 2 AJnd be itfurthee enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this act, to make out an accurate list of the
plats of the lands described as aforesaid, and transmit the same
to the Governor of the State of Arkansas, and, at the request of
said Governor, cause a patent to be issued to the State therefo;
and on that patent, the fee simple to said lands shall vest in the
said State of Arkansas, subject to the disposal of the Legislature thereof: Provided, however, That the proceeds  of said
lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall
be applied exclusively, so far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the letes and'drains aforesaid.
SEc. 3. Arid be it further eiacted, That in making out a list
and yplats of-the land aforesaid, all legal subdivisions, the greater
portion of which is "wet and unfit for cultivation," shall be included in said list and plats; but when the greater part of a
subdivision is not of that character, the whole of it shall be
excluded therefrom.
SEc. 4. And be itfurther e)nacted, That the provisions  of this
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of the other States of the Union, in which such swamp  and
overflowed lands, known  as designated as aforesaid, may be
situated.
Approved September 28, 1850.
[ The State of Michigan received 5,891,598.34 Acres under this act.]
ACT OF LIARCH 3, 1857-11 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 251.
AN ACT to confirm to the several States the Swamp and over  flowed Lands selected under the act of September twenty  eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the act of the second
March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of Amnerica, in Congress assembled, That the selection of swamp and overflowed lands granted to the several
States by the act of Congress, approved September twentyeight, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to enable
the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
lands within their limits," and the act of the second of March,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to aid the
,State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein," heretofore made and reported to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, so far as the same shall remain vacant and unappropriated, and not interfered with by an actual settlement
under any existing law of the United States, be and the same
are hereby confirmed, and shall be approved and patented to
the said several States, in conformity with the provisions of the
act aforesaid, as soon as may be practicable after the passage
of this law: Provided, however, That nothing in this act con.tained shall interfere with the provisions of the act of Congress
entitled "An act for the relief of purchasers and locators of
swamp and overflowed lands," approved  March the second,
eighteen hundred and fifty-five, which shall be and is hereby
continued. in force, and extended to all entries and locations of
lands claimed as swamp lands made since its passage.
Approved March 3, 1857.
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ACT OF AIARCH 2, 1855-10 U.S. SATUTES &T LARGE, 034.
AN ACT for the relief of Purchasers and Locators of Swamp
and Overflowed Lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
U'tited States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States cause patents to be issued, as soon
as practicable, to the purchaser or purchasers, locator or locators, who have made entries of the public lands, claimed as
swamp lands, either with cash, or with land warrants, or with
scrip, prior to the issue of patents to the State or States, as
provided for by the second section of the act approved September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act
to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
swamp lands within their limits," any decision of the Secretary
of the Interior, or other officer of the government of the United
States, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That in all
cases where any State, through its constituted authorities, may
have sold or disposed of any tract or tracts of said land to any
individual or individuals prior to the entry, sale, or location of
the same, under the preemption or other laws of the United
States, no patent shall be issued by the President for such tract
or tracts of land, until such State, through its constituted authorities, shall release its claim thereto, in such form as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided, fur(her, That if such State shall not, within ninety days from the
passage of this act, through its constituted authorities, return
to the General Land Office of the United States, a list of all the
lands sold as aforesaid, together with the dates of such sale, and
the names of the putrchasers, the patents shall be issued immediately thereafter, as directed in the foregoing section.
SEC. 2. And be itfurtter enacted, That upon due proof, by the
authlorized agent of the State or States, before the Commissioner
of  e General Land Office, that any of the lands purchased
were swamp lands, within the true intent and meaning of the
act aforesaid, the purchase money shall be paid over to the
said State or States; and where the lands have been located by
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warrant or scrip, the said State or States shall be authorized to
locate a quantity of like amount, upon any of the public lands
subject to entry, at one dollar and a quarter per acre, or less,
and patents shall issue therefor, upon the terms and conditions
enumerated in the act aforesaid: Provided, however, That the
said decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved March 2, 1855.
AcT OF MARCH 12, 18~0-12 U.S. STATUTES AT LA.GE, 8.
AN ACT to  extend the Provisions of "An act to enable the
State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the Swamp
Lands within their limits" to Minnesota and Oregon, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Seiate a)id Ihouse of Representatives of the
U:iited States of Am)erica, iii Conjress a.ssemnbled, That the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the
State 6f Arkansas and other States to reclaim the' swamp lands'
within their limits," approved September twenty-eight, eighteen
hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, extended to
the States of Minnesota and Oregon: Provided, That the grant
hereby made shall not include any lands which the government
of the United States may have reserved, sold, or disposed of
(in pursuance of any'law heretofore enacted) prior to the confirmation of title to be made under the authority of the said
act.
SEc. 2. And be it further eniacted, That the selection to be
made from lands already surveyed in each of the States, including Minnesota and Oregon, under the authority of the act
aforesaid, and of the act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein, approved March  second one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, shall be made within
two years from the adjournment of the Legislature of each
State at its next session after the date of this act; and, as to all
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lands hereafter to be surveyed, within two years fi-om such
adjournment, at the next session, after notice by the Secretary
of the Interior to the Governor of the State, that the surveys
have been completed and confirmed.
Approved Siarch 12, 1860.
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ACT OF AUG. 26) 1852-10 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGEI, 35.
AN ACT granting the State of Michigan the Right of Way, and
a Donation of Public Lands for the Construction of a Ship
Canal around the Falls of St. Mary's, in said State.
Be it enated by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
i:nited States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be,
and is hereby, granted to said State, the right of locating a
canal through the public lands, known as the military reserva    tion at the Falls at St. Mary's River in said State; and that
four hundred feet of land in width extending along the line of
such canal be, and the same is hereby granted, to be used by
said State, or under the authority thereof for the construction
and conveniencef such canal, and the appurtenances thereto,
and the use thereof is hereby vested in said State forever, for
the purposes aforesaid, and no other Provided, That in loca    ting the line of said canal through said military reservation, the
same shall be located on the line of the survey heretofore made
for that purpose, or such other route between the waters above
and below said falls, as under the approval of the Secretary of
War may be selected: And provided further, That said canal
shall be at least one hundred feet wide, with a depth of water
twelve feet, and the locks shall be at least two hundred and
fifty feet long, and sixty feet wide.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby
--- is granted to the said State of Michigan, for the puipose of
aiding said State; in constructing and completing said c.anal,
seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of public lands, to be
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selected in subdivisions, agreeably to the United States surveys,
by an agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor of said
State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
from any lands within said State, subject to private entry. 
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby
granted, shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of
the State for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said
canal shall be, and remain a public highway for the use of the
Government of the United States, free from toll or other charge
upon the vessels of said govelrnment engaged in the public
service, or upon vessels employed by said government in the
transportation of any property Qproops of the United States.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the said canal shall
not be commenced within three and completed within ten years,
the said State of Michigan shall be bound to pay to the United
States, the amount which may be received upon the sale of any
part of said lands by the State not less than one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, the title to the purchasers under said
State remaining valid.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Legislature of said
State shall cause to be kept, an accurate account of the saIes
and nett proceeds of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction repairs, and operating of said canal,
and of the earnings thereof, and shall return a statement of thesame annually to the Secretary of the Interior; and whenever
said State shall be fully reimbursed for all advances made for
the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, with legal
interest on all advances, until the reimbursement of the same,
or upon payment by the United States, of any balance of such
advances over such receipts from said lands and canal, with
such interest, the said State shall be allowed to tax for the use
of said canal, only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all
necessary expenses for the care, charge, and repairs of the same.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That before it shall be competent for said State to dispose of any of the lands to be selected
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as aforesaid, the route of said canal shall be established as
aforesaid, and a plat or plats thereof shall be filed in the office
of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof, in the office of
the Commnissioner of the Genbral Land Office.
. Approved August 26, 1852.
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AcT OF JUNsE 20, 1864-13 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, (18634,) 140.
AN  ACT granting lands to the State of Michigan for the Con   struction of Certain Wagon-Roads for Military and Postal
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be,
and hereby is, granted to the State of Michigan, foi- the construction of a wagon-road for military and postal purposes, from
Saginaw City, in said State, by the shortest and most feasible
route to the Straits of Mackinaw, every alternate or odd section
of   public land, not mineral, for three miles in width on each side
of said road, to the extent of three sections to the mile. Also a
road from Grand Rapids, in said State, through Newaygo,
Traverse City, and Little Traverse, to the Straits of Mackinaw,
every alternate or odd section of public land, not mineral, for
three sections in width on each side of said road, to the extent
of three sections to the mile. And it is hereby provided that in
case it shall appear that the United States shall have (when the
lines or routes of said roads are definitely established) sold or
reserved anv sections or parts of sections, granted as aforesaid,
or that the rights of preemption or homestead have attached
to the same, so as to leave a deficiency in the amount to be selected within the limits designated, then it shall be the duty of
the.Secretary of the Interior to select such lands from the odd
sections, or parts of sections, nearest to the three mile limits
aforesaid, such quantity as shall be necessary to make up the
deficiency thus created: Provided,further, That the lands hereby
granted shall be exclusively reserved, held and applied in the
construction of said roads, and shall be appropriated and dis
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posed of only as the work progresses, in quantities and under
such regulations and restrictions as the State shall provide; and
in no event shall they be appropriated or disposed of for any
other purpose whatsoever.'
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or
in any other manner by competent authority, for any public
work, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are
hereby, reserved to the United States from the operation of this
act, except so far as it may be necessary to locate the routes of
said roads through such reserved lands; in which case the
rights of way shall be, and are hereby granted, subject to the
approval of the President of the United States.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That said roads shall be located, surveyed, and constructed, under the direction of such
agents or commissioners as the Governor may appoint, and
shall be chopped out a uniform width of at least six rods. The
road-bed proper to be not less than thirty-two feet wide, and
constructed with ample ditches on both sides, so as to afford
sufficient.drains, with good andsubstantial bridges, and proper
culverts and sluices where necessary. All stumps and roots to
be thoroughly grubbed out between the ditches, the entire
length of said road, the central portion of which to be sufficiently
raised to afford a dry road-bed by means of dainage from the
centre to the side ditches; the hills to be leveled and valleys
raised, so as to make as easy a grade as practicable.
SEC. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That when the Governor of
the State of Michigan shall furnish the Secretary of the Interior
with maps and charts showing the definite location of the line of
each of said roads, it shall be his duty to have the land granted
to each of said roads withheld from market, and reserved exclusively for the purposes aforesaid. And when the said Govermor shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten
consecutive miles of either of said roads have been completed
under the provisions of this act, and in accordance with the third
section thereof, stating definitely where said completed section
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commences and where it terminates, it shall be the duty of said
secretary to cause patents to issue to said State for three sec tions of land for each mile of road thus completed, as aforesaid,
and so on until the whole of said road is completed: Provided,
That no patents shall be given for any of the aforesaid lands
before the completion of ten consecutive mnies of road, or for
any road, or for any part of any road,-made before the passage
of this act, for any greater quantity than thirty sections for each
ten miles completed, according to the provisions of this act.
Nothing in this proviso, however, shall be construed so as to
prevent the application of so much of the said three sections per
mile as may be necessary to finish any part of said roads partly
made before the passage of this act.
SEc. 5. And be itfurther eiacted, That this grant is made upon
the express conditions that the roads shall be and remain public
highways, free from all toll and other charges; and that if any
portion of said roads shall remain uncompleted for a period of
more than five years from the approval of this act by the Presi dent, the lands granted for such portion shall revert to the
United States.
Approved June 20, 1864.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1863-12 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 797.
AN ACT granting Lands to the States of Michigan and Wis  consin, to aid in the Construction of a "Military Road"
from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, in the
State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State
of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Pepresentatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be
and is hereby granted to the State of Michigan, to aid in the
construction of a military wagon-road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, to Houghton, Portage  Lake, and thence, in a
southerly direction, to the State line of Wisconsin, every alternate section of public land, designated by even numbers, for
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three sections in width, on each side of said road, and also a
like quantity, to be taken and designated in same manner, to
the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of a like
road from the last-mentioncd place, on the State line of Wisconsin, to Fort Howard,  Green Bay, in the said State of
Wisconsin. But in case it shall appear that the United States
have, when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold
any section, or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that
the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached
to the same, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Interior to set apart from the public lands of the United States,
as near to said even sections aforesaid as may be, so much land
as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold,
or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption
or homestead settlement has attached; which lands, (thus
selected in lieu of those sold, and to which the right of
preemption or homestead settlement has attached, as aforesaid,)
together with the sections and parts of sections designated by
even numbers, as aforesaid, and approved, as aforesaid, shall
be held by the States of Michigan and Wisconsin for the use
and purposes aforesaid: Provided, That the lands to be selected
for and on account thereof shall in no case be further than
fifteen miles from said road: Provided further, That the lands
hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the construction
of that road for and on account of which such lands are hereby
granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses,
and the same shall be applied to no other purposes whatever:
And provided, further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved
to the United States, by any act of Congress, or in any other
manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in
any object of internal improvement, or for any other purposes
whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the United
States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be
found necessary to locate the route of said road through such
reserved lands; in which case, the right of way only shall be
granted.
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SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby
granted to the said States shall be subject to the disposal. of
the Legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, and no
other; and the said road shall be and remain [a] public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free
from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any property, troops or mails of the United States.
SEc. 3.. And be itfurther enacted, That the lands hereby granted
to said States shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that is to say: That a quantity of land, not exceeding
thirty sections, for said road, may be sold; and when  the
Governors of said States shall certify to the Secretary of the
Interior that any ten continuous miles of said road are completed, then another quantity of land, hereby granted, not to
exceed thirty sections for said road, having  ten continuous
miles completed, as aforesaid, may be sold, and so, from time
to time, until the said road is completed; and if said road is
not completed within five years, no fiurther sales shall be made,
and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said military road shall
be constlructed with sufficient drains and ditches, and not less
than forty feet in width, with a grade not less than sixteen feet
wide, with such graduation and bridges as shall permit of its
regular use as a wagon road in all seasons of the year, and in
such other special manner as the States of MIichigan and
Wisconsin shall prescribe.
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ACT OF Ju, 3, 1856-11 U.S. STATLTES AT LARGE, 21.
AN ACT making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public
Lands, to the State of Michigan, to aid in the Construction of
certain Railroads in said State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of Aminerica, in Congess assembled, That there be
and hereby is, granted to the State of Michigan, to aid in the
construction of railroads from Little Bay de Noquet to Marquette, and thence to Ontonagon, and from the two last named
places to the WVisconsin State line; and also from Amboy, by
Hillsdale and Lansing, and from Grand Rapids to some point
on or near Traverse Bay; also from Grand Haven and Pere
MIarquette to Flint, and thence to Port Huron, every alternate'
section of land designated by odd numbers; for six sections in
width on each side of each of said roads; but in case it -shall
appear that the United States have, when the lines or routes of
said roads are definitely fixed, sold any section or any part
thereof granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption
has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent
or agents, to be appointed by the Governor of said State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or
parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United
States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the
right of preemption has attached as aforesaid; which lands
(thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption
rights have attached as aforesaid, together with the sections
and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid,
and appropriated as aforesaid) shall be held by the State of
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Michigan for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That
the lands to be so located shall in no case be further than fifteen
miles from the lines of said roads, and selected for, and on ac count of each of said roads: Providedfurther, That the lands
hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the construction
of that road for and on account of which such lands are hereby
granted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses,
and the same shall be applied to no other purpose whatsoever:
And provided further, That any and all lands heretofore re served to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any
other manner, by competent authority, for the purpose of aid ing in any object of internal improvement, or foriny other pur pose whatsoever, be and the same are hereby reserved to the
United States from the operations of this act, except so far as
may be found necessary to locate the routes of said railroads
through such reserved lands, in which case, the right of way
only shall be granted, subject to the approval of the President
of the United States.
SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That the sections and parts
of sections of land which, by such grant, shall remain to the
United States, within six miles on each side of each of said
roads; shall not be sold for less than double the minimum
price of the public lands when sold; nor shall any of said lands
become subject to private entry until the same have beeln- first
offered at public sale at the increased price.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby
granted to the said State, shall be. subject to the disposal of the
Legislature thereof, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other;
and that the said railroads shall be and remain public highways for the use of the government of the United States, free
from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
SEc. 4. And beitfurther enacted, That the lands hereby granted
to said State shall be disposed of by said State only in manner
following, that is to say: That a quantity of land not exceeding
one hundred and twenty sections, for each of said roads, and
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included within a continuous length of twenty miles of each of
said roads, may be sold; and when the Governor of said. State
shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty
continuous miles of any of said roads is completed, then another quantity of land hereby granted, not to exceed one hundred and twenty sections for each of said roads having twenty
continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and included within a
continuous lvngth of twenty miles of each of said roads may be
sold; and so from time to time until said roads are completed;
and if apy of said roads is not completed within ten years, no
further sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert
to the United States.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail
shall be transported over said roads, under the-direction of the
Post Office Department, at such price as Congress may, by law
direct: Provided, That until sch price is fixed by law, the Postmaster General shall have the power to determine the same.
Approved June 3, 1856.
ACT OF AuGuST 4, 1852-10 U. S. STATE'AT LARGr, 28.
AN ACT to grant the Right of Way to all Rail and Plank
Roads and Macadamiiz7.ed Turnpikes passing through the
Public Land belonging to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate avid House of Represettatives of
the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the right
of way shall be, and is hereby granted to all rail and plank
road, or macadamized turnpike companies that are now or may
be chartered within ten years hereafter, over and through any
of the public lands of the United States, over which any rail
or plank or macadamized turnpikes are or may be authorized
by an act of the legislature of the respective States in which
public lands may be situated; and the said company or comply
nies are hereby authorized to survey and mark through.the said
public lands, to be held by-them forthe track of said road, one
hundred feet ih width: Provided, That in case where deep exv
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cavation or heavy embankment is required for the grade of
such road, then at such places a greater width may be taken
by such company, if necessary, not exceeding in the whole two
hundred feet. 
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said company or
companies shall have the right to take from  the public lands,
in the vicinity of said road or roads, all such materials of earth;
stone, or wood as may be necessary or convenient, from time to
time, for the first construction of said road or roads, or any
part thereof, through said land.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be, and is
hereby granted to said company or companies, all necessary sites
for watering places, depots, and workshops along the line of
said road or roads, so far as the places convenient fr the same
may fall upon the public lands: Provided, That no one depot
or watering place shall contain over one square acre, and that
said sites shall'not be nearer to each other than ten miles along
the line or lines of said road or roads: Provided further, That the
said grants herein contained, as well of the use of the public lands,
as of the materials for the construction of said road or roads shall
cease and determine, unless the road or roads be begun within
ten years from and after the passage of this act, and completed
within fifteen years thereafter: And provided, moreover, That
if any road, at any time after its completion, be discontinued
or abandoned by said company or companies, the grants hereby
made shall cease and determine, and said lands hereby granted,
revert back to the general government: Provided further, That
when a location for either of said railroads or plank roads,
macadamized turnpikes, or sites for depots on the line of such
road or roads shall be selected, the proper officers of such road
or roads shall transmit to the Commissioner of the General Land
Office a correct plat of the survey of said road or roads, together with the survey of sites for depots before such selection
shall become operative: Provided further, That none of the
foregoingTrovisions of this act shall apply to, or authorize any
rights in any lands of the United States other than such as
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are held for private entry and sale, and such as are unsurveyed
and not held for public use by erection or improvemhents
thereon.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the right of way
through the public lands of the United States lying in Black
Rock, in the county of Erie and State of New York, be, and
the same is hereby granted to the Lockport and Buffalo Railroad Company: Provided, That in the opinion of the President
of the United States such grant be not injurious to the public
interest, and that the location shall be approved by the President as to the position and width of the said railroad: And
nijovided further, That if the said railroad shall not be completed within two years, or if at any time after its completion,
the said railroad be discontinued or abandoned, the grant
shall cease and determine.
Approved August 4, 1852.
ACT OF JULY 5, 1862-11 If. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 620.
JOINT RESOLUTION  relative to a certain Grant of Land
for Railroad Purposes made to the State of Michigan in
eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
Resolved by t1e Senate aid House of Representatives of the
Uetited States of America, iil Congress assembled, That the words
"5Visconsin State line,"  in the first section of an  act entitled  " An  act making  a grant of lands fo the State of
Michigan, in altermate sections, to aid in the construction of
railroads in said State," approved June third, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, shall, without forfeiture to said State or its assigns
of any rights or benefits under said act, or exemption from any
of the conditions or obligations imposed thereby, be construed
to authoize the location of the line of railroad provided for in
said act from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin
State line, upon any eligible route from the township of Marquette aforesaid, to a point on the Wisconsin State live, near
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the mouth of the Menomonee river, and touching at favorabl(
points on Green Bay, with a view of securing a railroad available for military purposes, from  Green Bay to the waters of
Lake Superior. And the line of railroad, as now located in
pursuance of said act, from Marquette to the Wisconsin State
line, according to the records of the General Land  Office, is
hereby authorized to be changed so as to conform to the route
above indicated; which line, when surveyed and the maps and
plans thereof filed in the proper office, as required under said
act of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall confer
the same rights upon and benefits to the State of Michigan and
its assigns in said new line, as though the same had been
originally located under said act.
SEc. 2. And be it further resolved, That the provisions of an act
of Congress, approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, entitled "An act to grant the righ~f way to all rail
and plank roads and McAdamized turnpikes passing through
the public lands belonging to the United States," be and the
same are hereby extended so as to be applicable to the new line
of railroad so as above to be located: Provided, The same shall
be commenced within two years from the fourth day of August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and shall be completed within
five years thereafter.
SEc. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the
Interior be and he is hereby authorized to cause all even
sections or parts of even sections of public lands that may be
brought within six miles of the new line of railroad, as herein
provided for, to be sold at the same price and in the same
manner those have or might have been, according to the said
act.of June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, upon the
originally located route of railroad. And all purchasers, or
their heirs or assigns, within the six mile limits of said originally located route, who shall be more than six miles from the
new line of route hereby authorized, and who have paid the
sum of two dollars and fifty cents an acre, -shall have the right
either to exchange their locations upon the line as first estab
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lishedcl to the new line upon the same terms, in like quantities,
and in the same mainer, as on the line first established, as
aforesaid, olat their option to enter, without further payment,
anywhere within the Marquette land district, in the State of
Michigan, or that of the Grand Traverse land district, in said
State, lying northil or west of Lake Michigan, an additional
quantity of public lands subl)ject to private entry, at one dollar
and twenty-five cents an acre, equal to the quantity entered by
them at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, so that the lands
originally entered by them shall be thus reduced to the rate of
one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre.
SEC. 4. Anid be it further resolved, That the even sections of
public lands reserved to the United States by the aforesaid act of
June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, along the originally
located route of the Marquette and Wisconsin State Line Railroad Company, except there such sections shall fall within six
miles of the new line of road so as aforesaid proposed to be
located, and along which no railroad has been constructed, shall
hereafter be subject to sale at one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre.
SEc. 5. A4id be it further resolved, That upon the filing in the
General Land Office of the lists of said railroad lands, in whole
or in part, as now selected and certified in the General Land
Office, with the certificate of the Governor of  the State of
Michigan, under the seal of the State, that said State and its
assigns surrender all claim to the lands, as aforesaid, set forth
and described in the lists thereof thus certified, and that the
same have never been pledged or sold or in anywise encumbered, then the State of Michigan or its assigns shall be
entitled to receive a like quantity of land, selected in like
manner, upon the new line of road as thus surrendered upon
the first line, and to the extent of six sections per mile in the
aggregate for every mile of the new line, according to the general provisions of the act of June third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-six.  And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office to reoffer for public sale, in the usual man
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ner, the lands embraced in the lists of surrendered lands
aforesaid~vhen duly filed in his office, as herein directed.
Approved July 5, 1862. 
ACT OF JUNE 7, 1864-13 U.S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 119.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "zAll act making a Grant of
alternate Sections of [the] Public Lands to the State of Mich  igan to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said
State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and  Hot.se of Representatives of
the Uaited States of America, in Congress assemiibled, That the
act entitled "An act making a grant of alternate sections-of
[the] public lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State, and for other purposes," be and the same is hereby, amended as follows, namely:
Substitute for the words  " and from Grand Rapids to some
point on or near Traverse Bay," contained in the first section
of Said act, these words: And from tort Wayne, in the State
of Indiana, to a point on the southern boundary line of the
State of Mlichigan, in the township of Sturgis, thence, by way
of Grand Rapids, to some point on or near Traverse Bay.  And
the said act shall be, and is hereby, so amended as to substitute
for the first clause of the first proviso in the first section thereof,
so far as the same shall be applicable to the grant of lands made
to aid in the construction of the railroad described by the foregoing amendment, these words  Provided, That the lands so to
be selected shall in no case be fi-thler than twenty miles from
the line of said road: Provided,further, That the time specified
in the 4th section of the act hereby amended for the completion
of said road shall not be extended.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by
the act amended by this act, and also by'the provisions of, this
act, to aid in the construction of the railroad described in the
foregoing section, shall be disposed' of only ill the following
manner, that is to say, when the Governor bf the State of Mich
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igan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that ten consecutive miles of said road have been completed in a good and
substantial manner as a first class railroad, indicating definitely
where said completed section commences and where the same
terminates, the said secretary mhall cause patents to issue to said
State for so much of said lands as are located opposite to, and
coterminous with, said completed section of said road, and so
from time to time for each completed section of ten miles of
said road until the whole shall be completed.
Approed June 7, 1864.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1865-13 U.S. STATUTEs AT LIARGE, 530.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled "All act to amend an act
entitled' An act making a grant of alternate sections of public
land to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of
certain Railroads in said State, and for other purposes."'
Be it enacted by the Senate and iHouse of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That section one
of an act entitled " An act to amend an act entitled' An act
making a grant of alternate sections of public lands to the
State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain railroads
in said State, and for other purposes,'" which said amendatory
act was approved June 7th, 1864, be, and the same is hereby
amended, so as to make the last proviso in said section read as
follows, to wit:  Provided, further, That the time specified in
the fourth section of the act hereby amended, for the completion of said road, shall be and the same is hereby extended
eight years.
Approved March 3, 1865.
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ACT OF FEBRUARY 17, 1865-13 U. S. STATUTES AT LARGEF, 569.
A RESOLUTION to extend the time for the reversion to the
United States of the lands granted by Congress to aid in the
construction of a railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, and
for the completion of said road.
Resolved by the Senate and House of  Bepresentatives of' the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the time
specified in the fourth section of.the act of Congress, approved
June 3d, 1856, entitled  "An act making  a grant of alternate
sections of the public land to the State of Michigan, to aid in
the construction of certain railroads in said Star, and for
other purposes," for the reversion to the United States of the
lands granted by said act to aid in the construction of a railroad from Pere Marquette to Flint, and for the completion of
said road, be and the same is hereby extended for the term of
five years.
Approved February 17, 1865.
AcT OF MIAcu 3, 1865-13 U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 520.
AN ACT to extend the time for the completion of certain Rail  roads to which land grants have been made in the States of
Michigan and Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the
United States of Ameerica, in Congress assemnbled, That there be,
and hereby is granted to the State of Michigan, for the purpose
of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Marquette, on
Lake Superior, to the WVisconsin State line, at or near the
mouth of the Menomonee river, for the benefit and use of the
Chicago and Northwesternlm Railway Company, a corporation of
the States of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquette to Ontonagon, for the use and benefit of the Marquette
and Ontonagon Railroad company, a corporation of the State
of MIichigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Marquette, of
the Bay de Noquet and Marquette railroad, for the benefit and
use of the Bay. de Noquet and Marquette Railroad company,
four additional alternate sections of land, per mile, to that
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already granted by act of Congress, approved June third, A. D.
eighteen hundred and fifty-six,; and joint resolution supplementary thereto, to be selected upon  the same conditions,
restrictions and limitations as are contained in the act of Congress entitled " An act making a grant of lands to the State of
Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of
railroads in said State," approved June third, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six: Provided, That the land to be so located by either
of said roads shall be selected from the alternate sections,
designated by odd numbers, within twenty miles of the line of
said road.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by
said act of Congress, and by this act, shall be disposed of only
in the following manner, that is to say: When the' Governor of
the State of 1Iichigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten consecutive miles, upon the route of either
of said roads, is completed in a goodl and substantial manner,
as a first-class railroad, then the Secretary of the Interior shall
cause a certificate or certificates to issue to said State for one
hundred sections of land, for the benefit and use of such company, and so from time to time for each completed section of
ten miles of either of said roads, one hundred sections of land,
until the whole shall be completed: Provided, That none of the
additional lands granted by this act for that portion of the
Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad now completed shall be
certified to the State of Michigan, by the terms hereof, until the
said railroad shall be completed from a point twenty miles west
of Marquette to Ontonagon; and that none of the additional
lands granted by this act for that portion of the railroad from
Marquette to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of
the Menomonee river, now completed, shall be so certified until
the said railroad shall be completed from Bay de Noquet to
the said Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the
Menomonee river aforesaid.
SEC. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the time limited for the
completion of the road from Marquette to the Wisconsin State
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line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river, be and the
same is hereby extended for'the term of five years, from and
after the third day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and
sixty-six.
Srec. 4. And be it further en)acted, That no lands to be set
apart for the road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet, and from
Marquette to Ontonagon, shall be selected and certified east of
that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and
twenty-seven, that is, south of the township line between town ships forty-seven and forty-eight, nor south of that portion of
the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty eight, that lies east of the dividing range line above named;
and that no lands to be set apart for the road from 3Marquette,
on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the
mouth of the Menomonee river, shall be selected and certified
west of that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty six and twenty-seven, that is,-north of the township line dividing
townships forty-two and folty-t,hree, nor north of the township
line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight; and that,
for the purpose of making up any deficiency of lands to which
the line of road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be entitled, to make its grant equal to ten sections to the mile, the
same shall be certified on the route from Marquette to  Ontonagon, within twenty miles of the line of said road, and east
of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and
ni accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained.  And
that, whenever the Governor of the State of Michigan shall
certify to the Secretary of the Interior that twenty consecutive
miles of the line of the road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet
has been completed in a good and substantial maimel; as a firstclass railroad, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be
issued to said State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the
Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company, assignee of
the State of Michigan, a certificate or certificates for two hundred
sections of land, to be selected and located from the sections
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designated by odd numbers, on the line from Marquette to
Ontonagon, and wvithin twenty miles of said line.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the time for the completion of the railroad from Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnebago,
to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river, shall be and hereby is extended, for the period of
five years from and after the third day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six; and that any and all grants of
land to said road shall continue and remain in full. force and
effect.
SEC. 6. And be itffurther enacted, That each of said companies
shall grade, in a good and substantial manner, ready for the
ties, twenty miles of its road within two years, and twenty miles
additional thereof in each year thereafter: Provided, That if
said companies, or either of them, shall neglect or fail to do so,
or to complete its road within the time herein specified, the
land granted to such company shall revert to the United States.
Approved March 3, 1865.
ACrT OF FEB. 8, 1859-11 U.S.'STATUThS AT LARGE, 381.
AN ACT granting the Right of Way over, and Depot Grounds
on, the Military Reserve  at Fort Gratiot, in the State of
Michigan, for Railroad purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr,esentatives of the
United States of Anterica, in Congress assembled, That the right
of way through and privilege of constructing depots and workshops on the public lands of the United States lying in the
county of St. Clair, State of Michigan, commonly called the
Fort Gratiot military reservation, be, and the same is hereby
granted to any railroad company or companies which may construct a railroad or railroads from the city of Detroit, or any
other place in said State, to or near the village of Port Huron,
-in said State: Provided, That in the opinion of the President
of the United States such grant or grants be not injuriousto
the purposes of public defense, and that the location of said
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bmlidings on, and such road or roads as to position.and width
through said reservation, and the price of the land to be so
occupied, being first determined by the Secretary of War, be
approved by the President: And provided ftrtiher, That if the
price of such grant or grants be not paid within thirty dclays
after the approval of the President, or if either of said roads
shall not be completed within three years, or if, at anytime after
its completion, it shall be discontinued, the grant shall cease
and determine as to such road: Ai,d provided further, That all
tho buildings to be erected upon said reservation shall be of
wood, and if at any time it should be deemed expedient by
the commanding officer of Fort Gratiot, or by any other higher
military authority, to destroy such buildings by fire or otherwise, no claims shall be made against the United States for
damages.
Approved Februlaary 8, 1859.
ACT OF JULY 3, 186.-U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 1865-6, 78.
AN ACT to extend the time for the Reversion to the United
States of the Lands granted by Congress to aid in the
Construction of a Railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and
Lansing, to some point on or near Traverse Bay, in the State
of Michigan, and for the Completion of said Road.
Be it en.acted by the Senate and  Hbuse of Reprsei2tatives of
the Unitec  States of Anmerica, in Congre.ss assembled, That the
time limited by the fourth section of an act entitled "An act
making a grant of alternate sections of the public lands to the
State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of certain railroads
in said State, and for other purposes," approved  June 3,
eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for the completion of the railroad from Amboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, to some point on
or near Traverse Bay, shall be, and hereby is, revived and
extended for the period of seven years, from and after the third
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and
that said grants shall continue and remain in full force and
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effect for and during that period, as if it had been so provided
in said fourth section of said act of June three, eighteen hun dred and fifty-six:  Provided, That the Amboy, Lansing and
Traverse Bay Railroad  Company,  a corporation  organized
under the laws of the State of Michigan, shall forfeit all right
to said grant, or any part thereof which it may now have, or
which may hereafter be conferred upon it by the Legislature of
the State of Michigan, if and whenever the said company shall
fail, in whole or in part, fully and completely to perform any of
the following conditions, that is to say: First, to clear, grub
and grade twenty consecutive miles of the road-bed of said
road between Owosso and Saginaw City, so that the same shall
be in readiness for the ties and iron by the first day of Febru ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; Second, to fully complete said road from Owosso to Saginaw City, so that the same
shall be in readiness for the running of trains by the first day
of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; Third, to
fully complete, in like manner, twenty miles of said road in
each and every year after the said first day of  November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to fully complete the
entire road by the time limited by this act: And provided, further
That in case of failure of said Amboy, Lansing and Traverse
Bay Rail[road] Company to perform any of the above conditions
by the respective times limited therefor, the Legislature of the
State of Michigan may, at its first session after any such
failure, confer the said grant upon some other railroad corporation or corporations, upon such terms and conditions as the
Legislature may see fit, to carry out the purposes of the said act
of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and when so
conferred, such corporation or corporations shall be entitled to
have and enjoy all of the said grant, which shall not then have
been lawfully disposed of,; to the same extent and in the same
manner and for the same purposes, as if the same had been
originally conferred upon such corporation or corporations
And any such railroad corporation or corporations,  whether
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now organized or hereafter to be organized, upon which said
grant may be so conferred in whole or Ai part, may receive the
same without prejudice to any land grant, or other rights or
franchises previously acquired.  But in no ease shall such corporation or corporations be entitled to receive more than ten
sections of land to the mile, for that portion of said road
which may be consolidated in accordance with the provisions
of this act: And provided further, That if the Legislature shall,
in any such case of failure, so confer said grant as above provided, then the said lands, or so much thereof as shall then
remain not lawfully disposed of, shall be subject to the disposal
and future control of said Legi,lature, as provided in section
three of said act of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six,
until the expiration of the time limited by this act. But in
case the said Legislature shall, in such case, fail to so confer
said grant, then the said lands shall revert to the United
States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Flint and Pere
Marquette Railroad Company may change the western terminus
of its road to some point on Lake Michigan, at or south of
Grand Traverse Bay; and any railroad corporations, having a
right to the respective land grants specified in the said act of
June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, located in the lower
peninsula of the State of Michigan, may unite and contract
with each other, or with any other railroad corporation or corporations, for the construction and operation of a single,line of
road for any portion of their routes, without prejudice to any
land grants, or other rights or franchises previously acquired.
And any and all such corporations are hereby authorized to
change the location o  their lines of road,,so far as may be
necessary for the purpose of such consolidation, but not so as
to change their respective termini otherwise than is authorized
by this act.  And whenver any change of terminus or location
of line is made, as provided for in this act, the corporation or
corporations making such change, shall file in the General Land
Office, new maps definitely showing such change and the new
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line of road adopted: Provided, That the road mentioned in the
first section of this act shall run on the west side of Saginaw
river, and that the principal depot shall be located in the north ern portion of the plat of Saginaw City, so as best to accommo   date the cities of Saginaw and East Saginaw.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by
the said act of June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to
aid in the construction of the railroad described in the first
section of this act, shall be disposed of only in the following
manner, that is to say: when the Governor of the State of
Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that ten
or more consecutive miles of said road have been completed in
a good and substantial manner, as a first-class railroad, stating
definitely the commencement and termination of each com   pleted portion of said road, and the colrporation or corporations
so entitled to lands on account thereof, the Secretary of the
Interior shall cause patents for lands for such completed por   tion of said road to be issued to said corporation or corpora   tions: Provided, That none of said lands shall be acquired or so
patented for any portion of said road so completed south of the
intersection of said road with the Detroit and Milwaukee rail  way, until the whole of said road north of said intersection
shall have been completed, and the lands therefor patented, as
aforesaid: And providedfurther, That the road mentioned in the
first section of this act shall be and remain a public highway
for the use of the Government of the United States, and shall
transport, free from toll or other charges, all property, troops
and munitions of war belonging to the same.
SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That all- laws and parts of
laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.
Approved July 3, 1866.
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OF LANDS GRANTED TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION
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AcT OF JULY 3,186-U. S. STATUES AT LARPGE, (1865-6,).
AN ACT granting certain lands to the State of Michigan, to
aid in the constiuction'of a Ship Canal, to connect the waters
of Lake Superior with [the Lake known as Lac La Belle, in
said State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ihouse of Pepresenratives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, Thai there be,
and is hereby, granted to the State of Michigan, for the use
and benefit of the "Lac La Belle Harbor Improvement Company," a company organized under and by.virtue of the laws
of the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a ship canal, to connect the waters of Lake Superior, with the lake known as Lac La Belle, in said State, one
hundred thousand acres of the public lands of the United
States, in the upper peninsula of Michigan, to be selected from
the odd-nulmbered sections of lands nearest the location of the
said canal, not otherwise reserved or appropriated, nor designated by the United States as "mineral lands" prior to the
passage of this act, nor to which the rights of pre-emption or
homestead have attached: Provided, That the said canal shall
be at least one hundred feet wide at the top, seventy-five feet
wide at the bottom, and shall have, when completed, a depth of
water through its entire length, of at least twelve feet, running
from sixteen feet of water in Lake Superior, to fourteen feet of
water in Lac La Belle:'And provided further, That said canal
shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or charge upon the
vessels of said government, or upon vessels employed by said
government in the transportation of any property or troops of
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SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands hereby
granted shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of
the State of Michigan, for the purpose aforesaid and no other;
that as soon as the Governor of the said State shall file, or
cause to be filed, with the Secretary of the Interior, a map or
plan, showing the location of the said canal, then it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from
market the lands applicable and subject to the provisions of
this act; and whenever the Governor of the State of Michigan
shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that the said ship
canal has been completed, in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, in all respects in conformity with the provisions of
this act, and to his satisfaction, then it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to the said State of
Mchigan, for the lands hereby granted.
SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the said ship canal
shall not be completed within two years from and after the
passage of this act, the lands hereby granted shall revert to
the United States.
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OF LANDS GRANTED TO ATD IN BUILDING A HIAR  BOR AND SHIP-CANAL AT PORTAGE LAKE, KEWE. NAW POINT, LAKE SUPERIOR.
AcT oF MARCH 3, 186-13 U.S. STAE AT LArGE, 519. 
AN ACT granting Land to the State of Michigan, to aid in
Building a Harbor and Ship-Canal at Portage Lake, Kewee        naw Point, Lake Superior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assenmbled, That there be,
and is hereby, granted to the State of Michigan the right of io      cating and constructing a breakwater and Harbor and ship      canal through any public lands at or upon the neck of land on
Lake Superior known as "The Portage:" Provided, That not
more than one thousand feet in width on the bank of Lake Su      perior shall be occupied by said breakwater and harbor, and
that a strip of land not more than four hundred feet in width
on said neck of land shall be occupied by said canal: And pro      videdfurther, That said ship-canal shall be at least one hundred
feet in widcth, with a depth of water not less than thirteen feet.
a^  ~    SEc. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That there be, and hereby
is, granted to the said State of Michigan, for the purpose of
aiding said State in constructing and completing a harbor and
ship-canal to connect thy waters of.Lake Superior with the wa      ters of Portage Lake, two hundred thousand acres of public
lands, to be selected in subdivisions agreeably to the United
States survey, by an agent or agents appointed by the Gover      nor of said State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, for any lands in the upper peninsula of said State sub      ject to private entry: Provided, That said selections shall be
made fr-om alternate and odd numbered sections of land near      est the location of said canal in said upper peninsula, not other      wise appropriated, and not fiom lands designated by the Uni 
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ted States as " mineral" before the passage of this act, nor from
lands to which the rights of preemption or homestead have
attached.
SEC. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the said lands hereby
granted shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of
said State, or if the Legislature thereof shall not be in session,
or shall adjourn within ten days after the passage and approval
of this act, then said lands shall be subject to the disposal of
the Governor and the Board of Control of said State, for the
purpose aforesaid, and for no other; and the said canarshall be
and remain a public highway for the use of the government of
the United States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of
said government, or upon vessels employed by said government
in the transportation of any property or troops of the United
States.
SEC. 4. And be itfurthler enacted, That before it shall be competent for said State to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, the plan of said breakwater and harbor, and
the route of said canal shall be established as aforesaid, and a
plat or plats thereof shall be filed in the office of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof in the office of the commissioner of the general land-office.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said breakwater,
harbor, and ship-canal shall not be completed within two years
from the passage of this act, the lands hereby granted shall
revert to the United States.
SEc. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Legislature of said
State shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales
and nett proceeds of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction, repairs, and operating of said
canal, and of the earnings thereof, and shall return a statement
of the same annually to the Secretary of the Interior; and whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all advances made
for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, with
legal interest An all advances, until the reim-bursemnent of the
Fame, or upon payment by the United States of any balance of
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t      ch  advances over such receipts from  said lands and canil,
with such interest, the said State shall be allowed to tax for the
use of said canal only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all
I Inecessary expenses for the care, charge, and repair of the same.
Approved Match 3, 1865.
AcT OF JULY 3, 1865-U. S. STA.u-,:m AT LARGN, 1865-6, 81.
AN ACT granting Lands to the State of Michigan to aid in
the Construction of a Harbor and Ship-Canal at Portage
Lake, Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, in said State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Eouse of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be,
and hereby is, granted to the State of MIichigan, to aid in the
building of a harbor Ed ship-canal at Portage lake, Keweenaw
Point, Lake Superior, m addition to a former grant for that
purpose, approved March the third, eighteen hundred and sixty     five, two hundred thousand acres of land in the upper penin     sula of the State of Michigan, and from land to which the right
of homestead or preemption has not attached: Provided, That
one hundred and fifty thousand acres of said lands shall be se     lected from alternate odd numbered sections, and fifty thou     sand acres from even numbered sections of the lands of the
United States. Said grant of land shall inure to the use and
benefit of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canal
company, in accordance with an act of the Legislature of the
State of Michigan, conferring the land granted to the said State,
by the act herein referred to, on said company:  And provided
further, That the time allowed for the completion of said work
and the right of reversion to the United States, under the said
act of Congress, approved March the third, eighteen hundred
and sixty-five, be extended three additional years: And provided
further, That no lands designated by the United States ax
"mineral;" before the passage of this act shall be includid
within this grant.
?Atproved July 3, 1866.
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AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS:
Grant of Lands to prom6ote.................. 9
INTNAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Lands granted for............................ 15
County Seats................................   17
LAc LA BELLE SHIP CANAL:
Grant of Latds for...........................    53
PORTAGE LAKE SHIP CANAL AND HIARBOR:
Grant of Lands for............................    55
Additional Grant............................ 57
RAiM ROADS:
Grant of Lands to    aid........................ 35
Grant Defined.............9............      39
Additional Grants............................ 42 A
Time extended..........................43  48 8
RIGHT OF WAY:
Granted to Roads add Railroads............... 37-47
SWAMP LANDS:
Swamp Lands Granted to Stat    e................ 19
Selections confirmed.......................... 20
Relief of Purchasers.......................... 21
SALT SPRING LANDS:
Granted to St   ate.............................. 4
Authorized to be sold......................... 8
SCHOOL LANDS:
Sec. 16 Reserved............................. 3
Other Lands Appropriated for................  5
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ST. MARY's SHIP CANAL:
Grant of Land for............................
UNIVERSITY LANDS:
Two Townships Resered............. 
Authorized to be sold.........................
WAGON ROADS:
Grant of Lands to Michigan...................
Grant of Lands to Mich. and Wis...............
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