The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-11
prkovAp-2ilh May 1928.



AN ACT to aid the State OF Dino in extending thu II
Canalfro Dayton - iakr Erle, aud topiaut saau-
TITS oflmd 10 said Statr 10 ud IA the eoust .,let Of
the Can1l5 authorized by Inv aud inr M A. dom
tons nflands 10 certain person ~ All As lrrrt..y
BE II tnacftd IN He S'naie 0ad House Of
ReBrcseHfaiirts Of TIT fHied ttdffS u HHert-
en-, in Congress Gaapbitd, lint lhere be,
aud is hereby granted to me ntnte Oi OHIO, for
the purpose of aiding said state IN extending
the Miami Canal from Dayton TO LAKE Erie,
by the Maumee rou'e. a quantity OF land, o.
dual 10 one halt 81 five sections IN width, GA
each side Of Sod Canal. between Dayton and
tie Naumre river. n the mou h Of the hnglHize
SO far as the Satur snaA he lao"toi tl1rnnRh the
public land, aud rcsc.vrnP each alternate
section the and ups6ld 10 the Unned sla'eg,
to be- selected 10y Tue Commissioner Il the Cen
eral Land 03icc under the direction Of the Pr
,ldent Of the 6niica Sfates and which land
so reserved to tire Tinted states. shall not be
sold fer less tban two dollara aud fifty cents
pcr acre The said land, hereby granted to the
State ol Ohio, TO BE subject 10 The disposal ii
the Legislature of sud olatr, for the purpose
aio. oSaid, and no other Pr0fidth that sad ca.
nal. When completed, shall be. aud forever re
main a public highway. lor the use oil the Coy
eminent nflhe United States. free from any toll
or other charge, whatever. 70, any property Of
the United Stairs, Or persons III thnr service,
passing through the sumo dH9 Pr0rHtd, als"t
That the extension OF the -aid Mlani can" shall
b, commenced within five yra5s, Completed
within twenty wears, or the State shall IA, bound
To pay 10 the U,itpd STATE, the aroo'i oil any
land, previously sold and that tn TILE To pun
cha,ers. under IT, STATE, .hal bc yald.
Sec. Ind be il tlrthrr tracie6, That 20
soon as thr route of the said canal shall he Ioca-
ted. and aeieed on by sad state, 1t shall be the
duty OF lbe Governor thereof o. such oIhcf per
son or persons rs may have bern. o. shail heIe-
after be- authorized to suprfntend The cnhsifno-
tiou Of said canal, 10 examine aud ascertain the
particular lands 10 winch the said siate viii be
entitled under the provisions Of Ibis act, and re
port the .ame to the Secretary of the Treasury
OF the United States.
Sec. 3 Ind beB htrtbcr egdritd, That the
State al Ohio, under the autt fiiy of the Legs
laiure thereof, after the selection shall have
been so made rs aforesaid, shall have power To
sell and convey the wHoe, or any part OF said
land, aud give a title. IN tee simple, therefor Il
the purchaser thereof
Sec. 4 1ud be IL friter enaeied That the
State Of Indiaita be- and hereby IS. authorized
TO convey and rehnqush TO the State OF Ohio.
upon such terms a. may be agreed upon by sand
states. all the right and interest granted 10 Inc
said state Of Indiana, 10 any lands within the
limits OF tie state OF OHIO, by an act entitled
An act 10 grant certain quantity of Land 10
the state of lndiana, tor the purpose OF aiding
SAID staff in opening cand', In Connect the wa
tcrs of Wabash iiver with those of Lake Efie"
approypd on the second Of Man h. one thousand
eiebi hundird and twenty seven the STATE oil
ONO 10 hold said land the same conditions
upon ~ hlrn It vas granted to the state OF lndi-
ana. hv TIM act aforesaid.
Sec. s. Aad be II FURTHER enacted, That there
he. and hereb, Is granted to The State of Ohio
five hundred Thousand acres OF the lands owned
by the Duiicd states within the said state, 10
be selected as hereafter directed, for the purpose
of aiding tae S,ale of Ohio, in the pay ment Of
the debt or the interest thereon, which has
heretoIpi @ been, On which may hereafter be-
contracted by said state. in the construction of
canaIS within the same, undertaken under The
authority of The laws of said siate, now in
force. or that nav hereafter be enacted, tor~tbe
extension 81 canals now making which land,
when selected, shall be disposed Of by the Lv-
o stature OF ONO, for that purpose aud no 9TH
er Ey0riRed, tn said cana's when completed OF
vays for the use ofihe Government of lne Uni
tod STATES free from any toll o. cha &c whatev-
o, ior any property OF the United States, OF per
.ons in their service passing along the sam
4ndproriied further. Fiat the sud canals
ready commenced. snail BIZ computed IA seven
wears from the approval nithls aa otherwise
ne 4!ata O.! Dato she!. ataat baanI 10 pay owes