The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-02-22
OTTAWA, ILI.., SA URDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1851.

Road should no, be sold for less than double the
usual price.
| The following nre the extracts from the sevs.
raj acts of the legislature heretofore passed with
view Of showing that all purchaser, hold sub
ject to the right of the state to enter upon aud
construct the canal, without any claim Tor DANA.
ges:
| Section 10, acts of 1929, page Is: "And 20
enable said commissioners to accomplish the ob.
lcct herein contemplated, 1t shall be lawful fer
them to enter, and take Of and use, any lands,
waters, and streams, necessary for the prosecu-
ton Of the works intended 10y this act"
Section II, acts Of 1881 page 43 "Nothlng
in this act, or the one to which this Is an amend
ment, shall be 80 construed rs to prevent said
commissioners, or their successors IN office from
using any stone, timber ground, or water or 9th
er material for the purpose of making or aiding
said canal, which may be required in its cnnstruc.
ton; and IN aH sais of said lands the right is
hereby expressly reserved free irem any charge,
cost or liability whatever"
Section 81. acts Of $50, page las, ut shall
he lawful for them to enter Gpon and use any
lands, water, streams and materials OF any de
rcrlpt!on, necessary for the prosecution Of the
works contemplated by this act
Section 10, act "i 1887, page ~ "Ihe canal
commissioners shall INSIST upon the right Of the
state to the night ot way through and upon all
lands heretofore sold granted by the state, and
also the Use ni all water and materials required
IN the construction Of the canal, under the rescT-
walton contained IN the 10th section of the aGt of
January 90 1929, provided for the construction
of said canal and under the reservation contained
in subsequent laws on tie same suIject.'
The act Of congress in 1921 provides rs fol
lows: THAT there be and Is hereby granted TO
the state of Illinois, for the purpose Of aiding the
state in opening u canal to unite the waters Of the
liinoi, river with those of lake Michigan Prort-
ded the said canal, when completed, shall be and
forever remain, a public highway"
SIC. 9. That so soon as the route a said canal
shall be located and agreed on by the state it
shall be the duty Of the governor thereof or such
other person persons as may have been, or shall
hereafter be authorized, 10 supefntend the con
structlon Of said canal
Your committee CanROt conceive how any one
can doubt the y4it Of the state to enter upon and
construct the canal over the lands of the United
States under the act of fcongress-the said canal,
when constructed, being declared 10y the govern
ment who owned the lands, at the time OF the
grant, public highway. The committee have
Therefore, come to the conclusion that 10 subso-
qucnt purchasers are entitled 10 damages, and
Nidl ti4' ''ii'lNt W Nllc BuNtIIul w
Gen. Thornton, who acted rs commissioner, and
AT the same time, as agent Of the contractors the
approval by the contractors, unanimously, of the
Thornton loan, is understood and made 10y their
authorized agent; their receipt for the funds at
the price, and acknowledgment that they were TO
submit to the loss appears from the treasurer :
report, rencrS it unnecessary for the state TO take
any further proof The committee report the fol.
lowing resolution:
Resoirei That the claims, filed in pursuance Of
an act entitled an act -------- be sub
mltted to tln governor, secretary of state and
with instructions
to reject those claiming damages ON wha: i call
ed and known as the Thornton loan, for damages
arising from the receiving state scrip when 1t was
below par; for damages arising from contracts
for the canal or works Of internal improvement
on such contracts as were submitted To- by the
consent Of contractors to board Of appraisers
and for any damages arising from the construction
Of the canal or feeders, through the land occupied
by the bed Of the canal or feeders