Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-01-19
THE TNTELLIGENCER.
MORNING, JANUARY 10.

Through the politeness ofMr BAYLOR, our Repre- sentative in Congress from this District, we have received the following report on the subject of meeting the waters ofhe Coosa and Tennessee river which was read twiae, and committed to the commit tee of the Whole Heuse on the state of the Union
 MT BLAIR from the Committee on Internal Inn prOvement, reported the following bill: A BILL to provide for the improvement of the navi-
 gation of the Coosa ryer ill the State of Alabd-
 ma, and to connect the waters of said river Coosa
 with those of the Tennessee river.
 Be t enacted by tTe Senate md House of Reprcssn- taces of the United States ot America ia Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted o the State of Alabama, and to be selected by said State, three hundred thousand acres of the public lands within said State which, at the time of sad seection shall have been surveyed and be unappro- priated.
 SEC ?. And De t further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said State, after making such selection, to cause fair copy thereof certified by the Secrs- tary of State under the seal of the State to be tran mtted to the Secretary of the Treasury of the UnE ted States
 SEC. 3. And Je i further enacted, That tho aie three hundred thousand of land shall at such times and places as may be prescribed by law of said State, be sold at public auction for the best price that can be obtained in ready money, and not
 
 two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the mo- neys arising thereom shall be paid over to the Board of Internal Improvement for East Tennessee, by and with the consent of the Governor of said State of Tennessee, to be applied, within the limits, and under the authority of that State to the construction of canal or rail road between the waters of said r yer Coesa and the waters of the Tennessee river; and the residue thereof shall be applied to the i'm provement of the navigation of said Coosa river in the State of Alabama and if a surplus there shall be- the same shall be applied in aid of the fund all ready appropriated for the improvement of the navi gation of the Tennessee river.
 SEC. 4. And De H further enacted, That the inn provements to be made pursuant to this act, shall commence in each State within one year from the sale of the lands herein before granted, and be com pleted within ten years from their commencement, upon such plan as may be devised by the Engineers of the United States and approved by the President of the United States.
 SEC. g. find Je t further enacted That if said State of Alabama shall appropriate the money aris ing from tho sale of said land any part of it, to any other object purpose than directed by this act the whole grant shall be forfeited and said State shall become liable to the United States for all the money which may have been received at the time of mourning such forfeiture
 SEC. G. And De tt further enacted, That this grant shall not take effect until it is accepted by act of the Legislature of said State of Alabama, agreeing to all the conditions herein mentioned.
 SEC. '. And be it fnrther enacted, That the State of Tennessee shall be responsible for disbursing refunding the moneys herein before directed to be paid for the benefit of said State, on the same terms as are imposed upon the State of Alabama.