Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-11-04
GPuBLio RasoLurIoH-.l

PUBLio RAsoLUTION--N No. 49
A REsoLurIoN for the relief Of The State II Wis
cOnsin.
Rssolpsd BY The Senate and House Of Rtpressatd-
tl1es Of The United States Of 4dmerica IL Congress
ssshmblsd, That tho Secretary of the Department
OF the Interior shall, in adjusting the amount
due the State Of Wisconsin, under existing lava.
as Eve per centum of the net proceeds OF sales
OF the public lands within her limits, estimate
and charge against her the value Of the one hun
dred and twenty live thousand four hundred and
Ihirty-one and eighty-two one huudredth acres
Of land granted 10 the Territory of Wisconsin 10
aid in the construction Of the Milwaukee and
Rock River canal which have been sold by said
Territory or said State at one dollar aud twenty
i've cents per acre, aud Rs much mole as the
Territory and State received upon the same upon
sales OF any part thereof at higher price, and
shall credit said State with the amount that has
been legally aud properly applied by sail State
or Territory towards The cost of selling said land
aud towards the construction Of said caual. And
the said Secretary shall also settle anl allow to
the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company
such sums Of money as have been properly ex.
pended by said company in the survey aud Oca
lion Of said canal, in the construction thereof as
tar as the same has been constructed, together
with dams, locks, aud, ,slackWater navigation, and
| in the management und keeping the came 10
repair; aud the isne shall be paid to the said
canai company out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding ia
amount however, the balance charged againat /
the State Ut Wisconsin upon the sales OF said I
canal lands, as above required, after deJuoting |
the sum allowed said State for money paid by
bsr out Of the came fund. The same 10 be re
ceiVed by sad canal company in full payment
and satisfaction Of all claims of said company
against the State oil Wisconsin and of the United
States on account Of said canal land grant, or on
account Of auy action of the Territory or Stats
OF Wisconsin or OF the United States in relation
thereto.
Sec . And he it further resolved That the
Commissioner of the General Land Office he and
he is hereby appointed commissioner to adjust
the accounts herein provided for under the su-
perVsion Of the Secretary of the lnteTior aud TO
determine what sum shall be charged 10 said
State Of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the
construction Of said canal and what sum shall
be credited respectively to said State and said
company for the moneys expended by them in
the construction Of said locks anil canal as here.
in provided.
Approved, July /, 1864.
IPuBLIc REsoLuTIoH Co.
RESOLUTION explanatory of the lOih section of
"An act 10 reduce the expenses uf tue survey
aud sale of the public lands in the United
States, approved May 30, le62.
RsiOlesd By Ms Senate and House Of Represfa.
tGtiofs Of The Unitel States Of America ~ CoagreIs
dssea5lsd, That the tenth section OF al ''An act
to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale OF
the public lands in the United States" approved
the ihrtieth day of May eighteen hundred aud
sxty-two, providing for the deposit of money in {
proper United States depository, TO pay for the
survey OF public ands, shall be construed 10 be
m appropriation of the sums 80 deposited for
the objects contaminated in the said tenth seq
tion, aud the Secretary Of the Treasury is au-
thorized to cause the sums deposited under tho i
said section to be placed to the credit OF III
proper appropriation for the surveying service: /
PROVIDED, That any excessea in the sums so de- .
posted over and above the aoiual cost Of the /
surveys, comprising all expenses incident there 4
10, for which they were seve;ally deposited, shall
be repaid TO the depositOrs respectively. h
Approved, July !, 1861