The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-07
PUBLIC No.-26. |

AN ACT TO grant certain lands to the State Of lndl-
ana, the better TO enable the said State TO extend
and complete he Wabash aud Erie canal from
Terre Haute TO the Ohio river.
Be enacted by The Senate and House Of Representative
Of The URtied STATES Of fsriea ia Congress assembled
That there be, and hereby granted the Stale Of
Indiana for the purpose of aiding said State ia eI
tending and completing the Wabash cpd Erie cana
from TeTre Haute, In the county OF VigO, in sand
Slate TO the Ohio river, at Evansville, in said State
as The course thereof has been established and sur.
veyod by the authority of said State one Enoiety of
the public lands, (remaning unsold, and not other
wise disposed Of encountered, or appropriated in
strip five miles 10 width on each side OF said canal
10 be selected by an agent or agents TO be appointed
by the Governor OF said State, subject 10 the ap-
prevail of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States reseIyng TO the United States each alternate
elton Tor other proper Subdivision Of said land
from end of said canal to the other and before
the selection 10 be made aforesaid by such agent OF
agents. shall be deemed to have been made and yer.
lected, chart or charts, showing the courses and
distances and points Of termination Of said nal shall
be reported TO be reported, by the Governor
of Indiana, or by some person persons by HIM APP
pointed, TO the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office.
Sec. q find be IL further enacted That, for the pur-
pose hereinbe fore mentioned there be- and hereby /,
granted 10 the said State, IN addition TO the gram
herenbef1re provided for, moely of all the other
lands in the Vincennes land district in said Stat
aud which remain, as Aforesaid, unsoid and
not otherwise disposed of, encountered apprupna.
ted 10 be selected under the authority aud by the dI-
rection Of the Governor Of said State PrOUded Thai
in the selection of the lands by this section provided
fOr lands shall be comprehended which 10 and BY
the first section of this act are lin alternate sections
other proper subdivisions directed to be reserved
as Aforesaid and the lands SO selected shall be r..
ported or caused TO be reported, by the Governor Of
said State, to the register Of the land Office at Vim
cennes, before such selection shall be deemed to be
made and completed.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That all the
lands, by the first sections of this act grant
ed as aforesaid, shall after the selections
thereof shall have been made and compIe-
ted Aforesaid be subject to be disposed Of
by the General Assembly OF said State, for the pur-
pose aforesaid, and no other; and the President
shall direct the further sales of the public lands
the Vncennes land district aforesaid, be suspend
ed until the Governor of said State shall have caused
the selections aforesaid to be made and perfected
aforesaid, and shall have notified Me Secretary OF
the Treasury thereof: Provided That such suspen-
son shall not continue longer than twelve months
from and after the passing of this act
SIC a. find be Il further enacted, That the said
canal, when completed, shall be and forever remain
public highway for the use of the Government OF
the United States, free from any toll other charge
whatever, for any property Of the United States,
persons in their service passing through along the
same and shall be completed within fifteen years
from and after the passing of this act, the State
shall be holden to pay TO the United States the
amount Of the price prices for which any and all
of said land which may have been disposed of by said
State may have sold and such of said lands as may
not have been thus disposed of SHALL from and after
said fifteen years. If said canal should then hay
been completed revert TO and again become the pro-
perty Of the United States Propided a,oays, That 1t
shall not be competent for the SAID General Assem-
bly, to dispose of said lands, or any of them, at
price lower than, for the time being, shall be the
minimum price Of other public lands.
Approved, March 3, lS45