The Arkansas advocate., 1831-05-18
Capitol, three thousand dollars.

five thousand dollars.
 For compensation to Charles Bulfneh, late Architect of the Capitol, for his ex- tra service in planning and experimenting the building of the penitentiary at Wash ington, the jail in Alexandria, the addi- tional buildings for the Post Office and Pa tent Office, and for allowance for return ing with his family to Boston, eleven hun drcd dollars.
 Approyed March 2, 1881. 56 An act to authorize the Territory of Flor
 ida to open canal through the public
 lands between Cbipola river and Saint
 Andrews's bay in West Florida.
 Be | enacted bg the SeRdte and House Of Representatives. Qfthe Unjted States of .4nle- rico ia Congress assembled, That the Ter ritory of Florida be, and is hereby, author ized to survey and mark, through the pub lie lands of the United States, the route of canal, by which to connect the nayi- gation of the river Chipola and Saint An drew's bay, in West Florida, and to cut the same through the public lands and ninety feet of land on each side of said canal shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United States, and the use thereof be forever vested in the Territo- ", or such company as shall be organised by them, for canal, and for no other purpose whatever.
 Sec. ?. .4ad 5e 4 further enacted, That if the said Territory shall not survey, and direct by law, said canal to be opened and furnish the Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Office map thereof, within two years from and after the date of this act, or If the said canal he not completed suit able for navigation within five wears there- after, or if said land hereby granted shall ever cease to he used and occupied for tic purpose of constructing and keeping in re- pair canal suitable for navigation, the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void and of no effect, Proeided, That nothing in this act contained, or that shall be done in pursuance thereof. shall be deemed to imply any obligation. on the part of the United States, to appre- priate money to defray the expense of surveying or opening said canal: And pro Uided 5ltoaoise, That the said canal when completed by said Territory. or by an in- corporated company under tue authority of the same, shall be, and for ever remain. public highway for the use of the Go- vernment of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever for any prop erty of the United States, or persons in their service on public business passing through the same.
 See. 3. ,4ad De Hfa17ber enacted, That every section of land through which said canal route may pass, shall be and the same IS hereby, reserved from sale under the di- rection of the Government of the United States, until hereafter specially directed by law; and the said Territory, or company incorporated by them, are hereby author ized, without waste, to use any materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal that may be necessary to its construction.
 Sec. 1. find be8 furthea. enacted, That the said Territory, or any incorporated com Pany under their authority be, and they are hereby, authorized to open through the public lands of the United States, a ca nal from Matanzas to Halifax river. in East Florida, upon the same conditions. restrictions, and limitations, in every res pect, as are prescribed in the foregoing provisions of this act; and the same lands shall be reserved in like manner, for the objects specified, and for no other.
 Approved: March 2, 1881. 57