Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-07-04


AN ACT vesting in the Corporal ion of the
City OF Washington, al the rights of the
washington Canal Company; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS, it is representa- that the Mavor.
Board OF Aldermen and Board of Common
Councal of the City of Washington, have DUR
chased, and are now the exclusive owners of all
the stock OF the Washington Canal Company ;,
and are DESTROYS that the entire property. ricbts
privileges, and immunitiea Of the said Comma
= ny be vested in them for tie use and benefit oil
the said city:
Therefore, Be 1t enacted Ju the Senate and
f1ouse Of Representatives ofthc United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That all the
rght, title, interest, property, and estate, either
nlaw or equity, of the Washington Canal Com.
pany, be, and the same are rreby, vested in the
said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council for|
the use aforesaid and that he said Mayor, Al
dermen, and Common Couiciimen, shall have
full power and authority to take possession of the
Canal and works of the sail Company. and toI
hold, use, ocodpy, and repairthe same, from time
to time, IS occasion may require, and as to them
shall seem eSpedient Provided, That said ca
na snuii pe nnished and completed, of the BREADTH
anu oepth, and In the manner and within the time
hereinafter prescribed, and not otherwise.
SEC. =. And be 1t further enacted, That tho
SAID canal shall be finished nsnch manner tbo,
t,yt
Sixth street vest at the water line, shall be one
hundred and fifty feet from Sixth street west tol
street SOUTH eighty feet, at the water line: from
Ii street south to the basin at the Virginia Ayen-
We, sixty feet, at the water line; from said basin
to street south, fifty five feet, at the water line
from l. street south to N streeth SOUTH forty FIVE
feet, at the water line; and from L street south
to the channel Of the Eastern branch, one hun
dred and twenty feet, at the water line; and the
SAID canal, throughout its whole length andl
breadth aforesaid, shall have depth of at least
four feet water at all times. There shall also be
made by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Com.
mon Councilmen, three basins attached to the
said canal, which shall be by them kept in repair.
OF the following dimensions, that is to say: one
at the western termination of the said canal. at
least one hundred and fifty feet wide and five
thousand FIVE hundred and forty FIVE feet long one
at the Eastern branch at the eastern termination
OF the said canal, of least one hundred g. twenty
feet In width and six hundred and ninety feet in
length; and one at the Virginia avenue. of at
least eighty feet In width, and one hundred feet
IN length; each OF which basins SHALL at all times
have, throughout its length and width, depth of
water equal to that hereby required in the said
canal. And the sides of the said canal and ba
Gins shall be secured by walls of stone or other
materials, where necessary, of sufficient strength
and heighth to allow the use of steam vessels
therein; all which work hereby required to be
done to complete the said canal and basins. shall
be done and finished in the manner aforesaid by
the first day Of March in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three OF in default there
Of this act, and all the rights and privileges
thereby granted, shall cease and determine
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That all
such provisions, in any former law, as required
the Washington Canal Company to raise, drain.
or improve the low or wet grounds along or near
the said canal, shall remain in full force, and be
obligatory on the said Mayor, Aldermen, and
Common Council: Provided, That no funds for
that purpose shall be raised by lottery. l1
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That for
and in consideration of the expenses which have
been, and will be, incurred in flushing the said
canal and basins, and of securing the sides
thereof, and Of the expenses of erecting and
maintaining locks, and Of completing the whole
work according to the provisions of this act, and
of keeping the same in repair, including The ex-
pense Of draining or otherwise improving or dry
ing the low and wet grounds along and near the
said canal, the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Com
mon Council, are hereby authorized to collect,
on all articles and materials landed on each side
Of the canal and basins, from on board any boa,
scow, or other vessel, water craft, or placed on
either eide Of the said canal or basins for the pur
pose OF being taken therefrom BY any boat, eccw