The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-03-13
USE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
March |, 1915.
) O'Clock. \
Ertract from a private letter.
WASHINGTON, March 1st, 1915.

quires the signature of the President to be-
come a law, and with the decided majorities
in both Houses. | do not doubt he will san
ton il.
Our delegation deserves all praise, OWEN
has behaved most m%anfully.
OF We have been requested to publish
the Bill which will be found below. There
has beena rumor in own for a day or two
that Tyler has ~'pocketed' the Bill, but we
can hardly believe it. We shall keep back
our paper until the last hour of going to press
in hopes of learning something positive.
A BILL
To grant certain lands to the State of Lndi-
ana, tie better to enable the said State to
ertend and complete the Wabash aud r.
rie Canal Prom Ierre-Haute to the Ohio
riper.
Be IL enacted By tie Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That there
be, and hereby is, granted to the State of In
diana, for the purpose of aiding said State in
extending and completing the Wabash and
Erie canal from Terre-IIaute, in the county
of Yigo, in said State, TO the Ohio river, at
Evansville, in said State, as the course there
of has been established and surveyed by the
authority Of said State, one moiety of the
public lands, (remaining unsoid, and moi
otherwise disposed OF, encountered, or APP
propriated,) in strip FIVE miles in width on
each side of said canal; TO be selected by an
agent or agen's TO be appointed by The Gov
ernor- of said State, subject 10 the approval
of the Secretary Of the Treasury Of the Uni
ted States; reserviug to the United States
eaoh alternate section, Tor other proper sub
division Of said land) from one end of said
canal 10 the other; and before the selection,
10 be made as aforesaid by such agent or a
gents, shall be deemed TO have been made
and perfected, a chart or charts, showing the
courses and distances and points of termina-
ton of said canal, shall be reported, or caus-
ed to be repofted, by the Governor of Tndi-
ana. or by some person or persons by him APP
pointed, to the Commissioners of tie General
Land Office.
SIC. 2. And6ea further enacted, That,
for the purpose h%ereiubefore mentioned, there
be, and hereby is, granted to the said State,
in addition to the grant hereinbefore provid-
ed for, one moiety of all the other lands in
the Vincennes land district, in said State.
and which remain, as aforesaid, unsold, and
not otherwise disposed of, encountered, or
appropriated, to be selected under the au-
thority and by the direction of the Governor
of said State: Provided, That, in the Sc
lection of the lands by this section provided
for, no lands shall be comprehended which,
in and by the first section Of this act. are Tin
alternate sections or other proper subdivis-
ions) directed to be reserved as aforesaid;
and the lands So selected shall be reported,
or caused 10 be reported, by the Governor
Of said State, to the register of the land Of
fee at VIncennes. before such selection shall
be deemed to be made and completed.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all the lands, by the first and second sections
of this act granted as aforesaid, shall, after
the selections thereof shall have been made
and completed as aforesaid, be subject to be
disposed of by the General Assembly of said
State, for the purpose aforesaid, and no 9th
er; and The President shall direct the further
sales of the public lands, in the Vincennes
land district aforesaid, to be suspended until
the Governor of said State shall have caused
the selections aforesaid to be made and per-
fected as aforesaid, and shall have notified
the Secretary of the Treasury thereof: Pro
uided, That such suspension shall not con-
linue longer than twelve months from and
after the passing of this act.
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
the said canal, when completed, shall be and
forever remain a public highway for the use
of the Governmental the United States, free
from any toll or other charge whatever, for
any property of the United States, or per
sons in their service, passing through or "a
long the same; and shall be completed with
in fifteen years from and after the passing of
tbs act, or the State shall be holden to pay
Q tsae United States the amount Of the price
OF prices for which any and all of said land
whicbjmay have been disposed of by said