The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-06

hereby, appropriated, the sun 1T Gypnt,
thousand dallars, To be paid ont al any
moneys III the Treasury, MI oihcrn ise APP
prnpriated.
Washington Approved, May %, 1924.
AN ACT To anthorise the State of Indianato
open a Canal through the Public Lands 10
connect the Navigation of the rivers Wa.
bash aud the Miami of Lake Erie.
BE Il enacted by The Senate and House Of.
Representatives, ofthe United States Of Il
Dtertcd an Congress assembled, That the
state OF Iodlana be, and is hereby, hnthnrI-
sed to survey and mark, through the public
lands Of the United States, The route of a
Canal, by which Ia connect the navigation
of thp rivers Wabash and Miami of Lake
Erie {; and ninety feet of land, on each side
Of said Canal, shah be reserved from sale
on The part of the United States, aud the
use thereof. forever, be vested in the state
atoresaid, for "A Canal, and for no other
purpose whatsoever.
Sec. . find be IL farther enacted, That
if the said state shall moi survey, and direct
by law said Canal to be- opened, and Fur
ni>h the Commissions Of the General Land
Office a map thereof, within three years
from and after the date of this act OF, IL
the said Canal be not completed, suitable
for navigation, within twelve years there
after or, if said land, hereby granted,
shall ever cease to he used aud occupied
for the purpose Of constructing and keep
ing in repair, IA Canal, suitable for nasiga
ton the reservation aud grant aforesaid
shall he void, aud of II effect Provided,
That nothing in this act contained, or shall
be done in pursuance thereof, shall be dee
med 10 imply any obligation on The part of
the United States. TO appropriate money
I" detray the expenses of surveying ar
ol,enttts said Canal ind prouided, fikeeisf,
mat The sttd Canal, when completed, shall
be, and forever remain, a public highway
for the use OF the government of tho u.
Suites, free from any tell or charge wha'e
yer, for any property Of the L. States or
persons In their service on public business,
passing through The same.
Sec. 8. Ind be Il FURTHER enacted, That
every seetiun of land through which said
canal route may pass, shall BE-, and the
same is hereby, reserved from future sale,
under the direction of the Commissioned
of the Geucl al Land Office, until hereafter
specially directed by law ; aud the said
state IS hereby authorised, without waste,
to use amy materials of the public lands ad
%jacrut to said Canal, thai may be necessary
tor It's construction.
Washington, May %, 924-Approyed
AN ACT TO alter tie judicial Districts of
Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.
BE Il enacted BY He Sen0ic and House of Re-
preStE.a!irt$ Of tie Ultttd Suites Of .lmtricn,
N Congress asstnjItd, That the following
counties in the state of Pennsylvania shall
cease 10 hr a part of the Eastern Judicial
District OF PennsS wanna, aud shall be ad
ded 70, and form a part of, the Western Dis
trlct teat is 10 say Snsqaehlrna, Brad
ford, T'io5a, Union, Northumberland, Go
lusnhit, Luzprne and Lycoming and that,
he~idrs the terms Of the District Court di
rectrd ~ law t. be held at Plttsburg, for
the Western District, the Judge of said
Western District shall hold tnu terms in
every year, AT Williams PORT, in the conn
y II Lycoming, which shall commence on
tne first Mondays of the months OF June
and October, in ehca and every year, be- !
glrhlng in Octnber NEXT, aud be continued
and ad iourned from time Ia time, AS the
Court may deem expedient for the des
patch of the business thereof.
Washington: Approved, May %, 1924.
tN act supplementary TO " An act provi-
ding for the examination Of titles 10 land in
that part of the state oi Louisiana situated
between the RIO hondu and the Sabine II
Yer.
BE It ena1tea By The Senate end House Of.
Representatives Of tic Uniei States Of Il
mericd M Congress assembled, That the
pow,r given to, AID services required of,
the Register and Receiver of the Land OF
flee sou1h of Red River, in the state of
Louisi ma, by the act Of the third of March,
- rhf mn, b,t.,,iru,1 .,ni fXan1 A. Iiirp,a mi
tied, 'An act providing for the examination
of the tides to land IN that part of Louis
iaua situated between Rio liondn and the
SABINE river, " be extended to all that tract
of country known aud called by the name
Of The Neutral Territory, } lying east of
the present western boundary OF Louisiana,
and west of the limits To which thr Land
Commissioner have heretofore examined
titles aud clnims IT, lind in said state ; aud
Ia the examination of clAiAslo land within
the aforesaid limits, the Register and Re
reiyer shall, IA all respects, be governed by
lur provisions ofthc aforesaid act.
Sec. :. lind be Il further endded, That
"a Rcgi-ter aud Receiver of said Land
Office snail, 9rvrrally, receive, as a full
compensation for The duties required Of
them by tins act, the sum IF two hundred
dollars, whenever they sh III have finished
the ouslueo required To be performed by
the u, by this act, and thu act Ia winch this
is a supplement-, and have forwarded their
repor,s To the Secretary of the Treasn-
fy.
Washington, May &c, 1924 Approved.
AN ACT to authorize the b%nilding OF Light
Hou,s,, L5ght VESSELS, and Beacons, therein
mentioned. aud for other purposes.
BE IL enuci, ibq the Senate and House Of
Representatives 4 he Ea,ted States Of a
nltrtca in Gopare.s 93seRbleh That the Sr-
crettry ofthr fa"a,lr5 h, and he is here
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