The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-15

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gust ~27th, upon Mc dmcndmcul ,Usich
he offered 20 a Bill. then on its massage
in relatian to Virginia Military Lands.
|. n Add,atthe end Of lhc bill the follow
ing:
"That in settling the claims of The
State Of Ohio, under the acts ofMarch 2,
1927, and May "a, 1928, granting lands
to said State for canal purposes, the
same principles shall be acted upon as
have been applied Tnder the provisions
Of the act of May 9, lS49, entitled 'An
act in addition 10 the act therein men
TONED for the settlement of the claims
of the Slate Of Indiana, accruing under
the said ncITof March 2, ls27.'"p
The amendment was adopted as a part
of the bill, which passed the House that
day, and is now law This amendment
settles the whole question as to lille Of
the Lands IN the Northwest, between The
General Government aud The State, and
was what John w. Allen considered as
the especial object Of his agency This
has now been accomplished by our own
member Of Congress, without any charge
10 the State. II quiets, we believe, the
800, 900 acres ofland. 10 Putnam, Allen
and Shelby. sold by the State years ago,
and which are now highly improved, ln.
case Mr.. Aliens agency had been con-
tinued, the passage Of this clause,
through his efforts, would have given him
claim Of ole-third Of the lands so X OBJ
laioed. AS il is, this has been dnre
without any especial State agency. The
people Of the Northwest, and Of those
counties more especially interested, are
under obligations to Mr.. Edgerton, for
his services and laborsin this behalf ::
Is "MR. SPEAEER:--I will take up as
little time as possible in explaining the
necessity of agreeing TO the amendment
| have offered: laa3iee IL y t0hgi
by the act Of I'd March, 1927, a
quantity ofland was granted 10 the State
Of Indiana for The purpose Of aiding that
State in opening canal 10 unite the
iDavigable waters ofihe Wabash river
with those1of Lake Erie, a portion Of
which lands so granted we're in the State
of Ohio, and were afterwards, by virtue
of an actiof Congress passed May 24ih,
1928, granted by the State of Indiana
10 the State oi Ohio, 70 be held by that
State on the same conditions upon which
they were granted to The State Of lndi !
ana. There was, also. by the said act
of May ID, 1928, granted to the State
Of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said
State in extending the Mani canal from
Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee.
route, quantity Of land equal to one
half Of FIVE sections in width on each
side Of the canal, from Dayton to Mau-
NEE river at the mouth Of the Auglaize,
and also 100000 acres of land within.
the State for the purpose of aiding the
State in the payment Of debt or interest
thereon, which had been or which might
be contracted by the State in construc-l.
.tion Of canals within the same, underta-
ken by tile authority of1ihe laws Of the
State then in force, or which might
thereafter be enacted. lae
In the gran, to Indiana the lands were
to be selected by the commissioner Of
the General Land Office, under the di-
reciion of the President Of the United
States. After the selections we're made
the State bad power TO sell and givs q
title in fee-simple, and Congress guar
tainted that the tile TO purchusers undor
the State should be valid. These pro-
visions were, Of course, extended TO
Ohio under the grant from Indiana.
si The ACT of May "a, 1928, contained
similar provisions as regards selections
and sales, and it required that the Miami
canal should be commenced within five
and completed within twenty years, and
that the canals ommenced and to be
benefited by the 100000 acre grant
should be completed in seven years from
the approval Of the act, otherwise the
State should stand bound to pay 10 the
United States the amount which any
lands sold by her within that time had
brought, but the validity OF the titles de-
rived from she State was not to be affac-
tedeby the failure Of the State TO com
ply with the provisions ofthe act, thus
clearly showing Ito have beenthe inten-
ton Of Congress that the purchaser Of
the lands fromlh lhe State should have a
good title in fee-simple which was moi
loJbe disturbed byaany errors OF failures
on the part Of the State BY the acto of
the Cd April, 1880, that part of The act
Of May "a, 1928, which required the
completion of the Miami canal within
twenty years, or that the State should be
hound to pay TO the United States the
amount Of any lands previously sold,
was repealed, and the Stale was author
ized 10 build arailroad instead OF a ca
nal; and il was also provided by that act
that IL the canal should pass over any
lands previously sold by the United
States, the State should locate other
lauds in lieu Of those sold butthe loca-
tions should not exceed the number Of
acres necessary 10 complete an uggre-
gate quantity Of land equal 70 one half
of five sections in width on each side og