The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-01-30
sWHoLEgNO 565s

% are specially recon1mt nded 10 your fasol
4 and protection. isHie tga ,t3lgiw 4al
= BY certain acts of Co ngfess passed on
IS the I'd of March, 1927, lie 24ili OF May,
y 1928, The End Of April 1880, and ,he
l. 30th Of June, 1884, grants oflands were
: made to the State Of Ohio 10 aid in The
+ construction Of lhe Wabash and Erie. the
Q Miami and Dayton Canals. Previous 10
1880, an opinion had, generally, pre-
a vailed that byaihif construction 81 these
9 grants, Ohio was entitled to large guam
I. Titles Of land IN sdJiiion 10 those she had
\ been allowetlby the Commissioner ofihe
Land Once. Efforts shad been made, but
B ,1no satisfactory adjustment ecohcladeti :
and, on The 18th day Of Feb. 1850, the
} General Assembly passed a aTesol1tion I'm
these words = iIstp gi t7ef aldMH
i"Resolsed, Thai the Governor is here
J Iby authorized 'ioa employ sueb means as
he may deem best for heintefests of The
State, 10 obtain from The Government Of
! FItbe United States, any lands wlfclIthe
State may be entitled, under the gfanls
heretofore made by Congress for Canal.
land other purposes,n Sci; tprouided,
That no charge shall be made on the
Treasury for carrying this resolution inio
efiect.mH .fshsoll@5 is fFsfai3saa fl.sa
Ii Afterwards, on The 25th day Of the
same month. my predecessor entered
into contract with the Honorable John
I W.Allen, Of Guyahoga county, bywhich,
iamongst'o,her ,hiDgs,lit was agreed, that
Mr.. Allen should undertake the adjust
tment Of these lands, with the General
Government, and have one Third OF al
he should obtain for the State, of Ohio,
Ein addition to those be fore received, as a
reconsideration for hisexpenscs and ser
'vices-oi lf netting was Obtained for the
State, nothing was 10 be paid. This
contract was, signed by Mr.. Allen, Gov
Eernor Ford. officially, and is under the
Great Seal of the State. My first inii-
marion that sucha conirpct existed, was
on fnding'it ,willlthe files soon aflerd
came into oGice.iiIMr. AHen employed
assistance, and, during The past season,
succeeded in obtaining complete title
to between sixty and seventy Thousand
ACRES oflilaudaaeApplioation was then
made for a conveyance of 0ne-ihirdt tof
these lands, to'be heldIby. Mr. Allen lin
common with the State. This was de-
fused, doubting whether the resolution
conferred sufficientaulhofity, aud whether
lands obtained under these grants land
the ayails ofaihem, were not, upon such
conditions, and So pledged to The paw
ment of the Canal debt, that they could
be directed in no other way. .'os en- "a
1t was agreed, however, that an geqhit-
able division, without aprejudice 10 any
right ofathe State, should be made byIan
agent mutually selected, and thus remains
fordhe action Of The General Assembly,
orajudicial decision, This sw was, 10 be
done at the expense of Mr. Alien, and
tofaciliae bis tile, should the General
Assembly SO direct, orlihe Court SO de-
cree.i7Whether such division was,s or
was moi, made, i am uninlormed. sla ,,l,
q These lands were afterwards advertised
and sold, inip part. at The Land Office in
Defiance. Mr. Allen. before the sale,
applied TO the Auditor sof State for in.
structions ITO receive the bids Of Mr.
Allen, at the sale, to the amount Of twen- Z
ty thousand dollars by the Receiver,
without the payment Of the money, aad
the matter 10 remain until the question
Of title should be determined. The
Auditor gave the instructions with INV
advice; but the bids Of Mr.. Allen, though
made, for some reason Were not received.
aud part or the whole of said lands sold
to others. ii e, s1es ad b asi,s4s IN
~ shall still refuse 10 execute. con-
veyance TO Mr. Allen, without the direc-
lon Of the General Assembly, OF his
light to itGnder lthe. resolution shall be.
judicially determined. AN that has been
done has been with the Ayiew to. place
the business in aiposilion TO be closed az
the earliest practical period. 5.,.8 \,
1t is not my wish 10. throw any ,oS-
stacles in the way OF Mr., Aliens cl;Ain.
He has performed important services
had it not been Tor which, the State
would have been without, all sl,a. has
gained by them, perhaps forever. These
lands are, in fact, ian unexpected ACC nisi-
tion to the Stale, and if the .contrac 1 car-.
not be executed, Mr.. Allen is ;us,lv
entitled TO the benefit ofi,, in sor ne o,bs,
mode OF compensation. Their ! are sin
other lands, many thousand acres. /, 4
to which the Sla - ,;s 1;,,s,,.,
entitled, under the above /, gran,s I'M,
which canGotbe obtained, as tGhas near +,
determined al Washing ion, wi.hou, e fsr.
lher legislation BY Co ogress., To these
claims, Mr.. ALLEN .us, during the lsst.
nd is, in the preser session, I attending
with "a commends BILE Industry and per.
sevolance, and'is is believed The blu will
be perfected in the Stale, in tho course
ofa few month s.. .ess5y yisos b M
have,atv vle present time, no legisla-
liop to'reconnm end. ! In my opinion, the
aclion, Of the General Assembly may
b fI.afarye ed s1niil the tt,sinsssa 8.