The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-28

SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That If the
said canal shall not be commenced within three
and completed within ten years, the said State OF
Michigan shall be bound to pay to the United
States the amount which may be received upon
the sale of any part Of said lands by said State not
less than one dollar and twenty five cents per acre,
the title to the purchasers under said State remain
ing valid
SEQ g. And be il further enacted, That the Legisla-
ture of said State shall to be kept accurate
account of the sales and net proceeds OF the lands
hereby granted, and Of all expenditures in the con-
struction repairs, and operating OF said canal ana
of the earnings thereof and shall return state
ment of the same annually to the Secretary OF the
Interior; and henever said Slate shall be fully re-
imbursed for all advances made for the consroc-
ton, repairs. and operating OF said canal, with
legal interest on all advances, until the reimburse,
ment of the same, or upon payment by the United
States of any balance of such advances over such
rest the said State shall be allowed 10 tax for the
use Of said canal only such tolls as shall be sufii-
cient to pay all necessary expenses for the care,
charge, and repairs Of the same.
SEC 6. And be II further enacted, That before 1t
shall be competent for said State to dispose OF any
of the lands to be selected as aforesaid the route
of said canal shall be established as aforesaid and
plat plats thereof shall be filed in the office OF
the Wnr Department, and a duplicate thereof in
the office Of the Commissioner OF the General Land
Office. .t ."' .r
Approved August 26, 1852.
[PuBLIC Aor-No. A.
AN ACT to reduce and define the boundaries of
the military reserve at the Saint Peters river, in
the Territory of Minnesota.
Be it enacted Jy the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatipss of Usted States Of America Congress
assembled. That the Secretary of War be- and nc is
hereby, required to the lines of the present
military reserve at Fort Smelling, in the Territory
Of Minnesota, TO be 30 contracted as to embrace the
following boundaries, to wit: ...
Beginning at the middle of the channel Of the
Mississippi river, below Pixies island; thence as
cending along the chahnel of said river in such
dire elton to include all the islands OF the river
to the mouth of Browns creek tn nee up said
creek to Rice lake; thence through the middle Of
Rice lake the outlet Of Lake Amelia, to the out
let of Mother lake; thence through said outlet and
the middle OF Mother lake, to the outlet OF Duck
lake; thence through said outlet and the middle OF
Duck lake, to the southern extremity OF Duck
lake; thence in line due south to the middle OF
the channel of the Saint Peters river; thence down
said river to include all the islands to the mid
die of the channel of the Mississippi river; reserv
ing further, for military purposes. quarter sec
ton the right bank of the Saint Peters river at
the present ferry; and also quarter section ON the
left bank Of the Mississippi river, ut the present
ferry across that stream.
SEC. g. 1nd be it fur,her enact'd, That the Com
missioner of the General Land Othce be and he ID
hereby required to cause to be surveyed as soon "a
practicable, much OF the lands heretofore nclud-
ed in the military reserve aforesaid, but without
the limits of the said military reserve aforesaid, as
defined by this act have not already been sur
VcyedS ana 10 cause tne same, together Win suCH
| of said lands as have been 30 surveyed, with the
exceptions hereinafter set FORTH to be sold at public
sale, under the direction of the President OF the
Unite States.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That the land
on which the establishment of the Fur Company is
situated, known Mendoza, with the settlements
Immediately around the same, not exceeding three
| hundred AMI twenty acres, be and the same is
hereby reserved from sale during the term Of one
year after the lands surrounding the shall be
offered for sale; and the proper authorities are here
by authorized, at any time during said year, to en-
| ter the same for town site, agreeably to and in
| accordance with the terms and conditions OF Gan
for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the
lands Of the United States, under certain circum-
stances" approved May twenty third, eighteen
hundred and forty four
SEC 4. And be It further enacted, That the lands
comprised within the limits of said reserve be and
| the same are hereby annexed to and made part
of the Chippewa Land District, in said Territory
of Minnesota.
Approved August 26, 1852.