The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18
OFFICIAL.

Kswensw Point, Lake Superior.
Re- il enacted by ne Sesdts and House Of ReprssetnSp
That there be- and Is hereby, granted to the State d
Michigan the right Of locating and constructing break
water and harbor and shipcanal through any public I'm
or upon the neck Of land on Lake superior known
1.-THE Portage" Poutded, That no more than one thou
sand feet ia width the bank of Lake Superior shall *
sccuped BY said breakwater and harbor and that strr
Of land not more than four hundred feet In width
said neck OF land shall be occupied by said canals AND
provided further, That said shipcanal shall be at leas
one hundred feet In width with depth Of water not les
than thirteen feet. rs
eEc O. And be Il further enacted That there be, ant
hereby is granted to the said State of Michigan for h
purpose fading said State in constructing and compct
Ing harbor and shpcanal to the waters of LAX
superior with the waters Of Portage Lake. two hundred
thousand acres Of public lands to DO selected in subd
visions agrecaby to the United States survey by agen
or agents appointed by the Governor of said State suec
70 the approval Of the Secretary Of the Interior from
lands in the upper peninsula Of said state subject e
made from alternate and oddnumbered sections of lane
nearest the location of said canal in said upper peninsula
not appropriated and not from lands
this act from lands to which the rights OF presumption
or homestead have attached. =r
sEc And be il further enacted That the said lands
hereby granted shall be subject to the disposal o. me
legislature of said State II the legislature thereof shall
not be in session. shall adjourn within zen days ater
the passage and approval this act then said lands snail
subject the disposal Of the Governor and board OF
of said State for purpose aforesaid aud for
other; and the said canal shall be and remain public
highway for the of the government OF the United
States free toll charge upon the vessels OF said
government or upon vessels employed by said govern.
In the transportation Of any property or troops OF
the United States. ...s.
src a. And5s ii further enacted. That before It shall
be competent for said State to dispose Of OF said
to be selected aforesaid the plan of said and
harbor and the Of said Canal shall be established as
aforesaid and plat pats thereof shall be Med In the
Office Of the War Department. and duplicate thereof III
the Office of the commissioner OF the general iandohice
SEc. g. And be it further enacted, That If the said
breakwater harbor and shpcanal shall not be completed
within two year: U tine Is t Z,
Sec And be it further enacted That the legislature
of said State tha to be Kept an secuate account Of
and Of ali expenditures in the construction REPAIRS and
operating of said canal and Of the earnings thereof and
shall return statement OF the same annually to the Secre
tary Of the Interior and whenever said State shall DO
fuy reimbursed for all advances made for the consruc-
ton repairs and operating Of said canal, with legal
interest all advances until the Reimbursement of the
same upon payment by the United States of any bal
ance such advances such receipts from said lands
and canal with such interest," the said State shall be allow
I'd to tax for the use Of said canal only such tolls shall
sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care
harge, and repair Of the same.
Approved, March 8, 1855
IN Act to extend the Time for the Completion Of certain
Railroads to which Land Grants have been made In the
States Of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Be enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
TIE Cnited States Of america in Congress assemblsd,
Michigan for the purpose Of aiding in the construction Of
railroad from Marquette on Lake Superior the Wis.
onsn State line at or near the mouth Of the Menomonee
River for the benefit and Of the Chicago and North
western Railway Company corporation Of the States of
Michigan Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquetts to
0ntonagon for the and benefit Of the Marquette and
Ontonagon Railroad Company corporation oil the State
Of Michigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Mar
Quets OF the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad for
the benefit and use of the Bay de Noquet and Mar
quete Railroad Company, four additional alternate
Of land per mile that already granted by act of
Congress approved June third A. D. eighteen hundred
and hfysix and joint resolution supplementary thereto
to be selected upon the conditions restrictions and
limitations contained In the OF Congress snti
tied "An act making grant of lands to the State of
Michigan in alternate sections to aid In the construction
hundred and fftysix Provided That the land 10 10 SO
located by either of said roads shall be selected from the
alternate sections designated by odd numbers within
twenty miles of the limo OF SAID road.
Sso. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands
granted by said act Of Congress and by this act shall be
disposed e only in the following manner that is to
When the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify
the Secretary Of the Interior that any consecutive
miles, upon the route of either OF said roads, Is
pleted In good and substantial manner as frstclass
rroad then the Secretary Of the Interior shall
certificate certificates to said State for hun.
lred sections Of land for the benefit and of such
pany, and so from time to time for each completed
ton Of ten miles of either Of said roads, hundred
sections Of land, until the whole shall be completed
Proud That Of the additional lands granted by
this act for that portion Of the Marquette and 0ntona
gon railroad completed shall be certified to the
of Michigan by the terms hereof until tho said railroad
shall be completed from point twenty miles west o
Marquette to Ontonagon; and that none of the add
uonal lands granted BY this act for that ton OF thu
railroad from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line at
the mouth of the Menomonee River completed
shall be so certified until the said railroad shall be
peted from Bay do N0quet to the said Wisconsin State
line at or near the mouth Of the Menomones River are
said.
f,rf tfafin NJ Mar 20
Wisconsin State line, at the mouth of the Memo
monss River be- and the same s hereby extended for the
term Of i've year from and after the third day Of june
SEC 4. And be further enacted That no lands to be
set apart for the road from Marquette to Bay dc Noquet
and from Marquette to Ontonagon shall be selected and
certified east OF that portion OF the range line dividing
ranges twentyix and twenteven that TO- south of the
township line between townships fortyseven and forty
eight nor south Of that portion Of the township line d.
viding townships forty and forty eight that lies
east OF the dividing range line above named; and that
no ands to be set apart for the road from Marquette
Lake SUPERIOR the Wisconsin State line at or near the
mouth Of the Menomonee River, shall be selected and
certified west OF that portion Of the range line dividing
ranges twentyslx and that h north of the
three nor north Of the towns line dividing townships
fortyseven and foryeght and that for the purpose OF
making up any deficiency II lands which the line Of
road from Marquette Bay de Noquet may DO entitled
to mako It's grant equal to ten sections to The mile the
same shall be certified the from Marquette to
Ontonagon, within twenty miles of the line of said road
VI ranges thlrtyOn0 and
thrtyo and in accordance with the provisions herein.
before contained And that whenever the governor of
the State Of Michigan shall certify Secretary Of the
Interior that twenty consecutive miles Of the line of
pietsd N good and substantial manner, q frstcass
raroad the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be
issued to the said State of Michigan for the and ben
snt OF the Bay DC Noquet and Marquette Railroad Com
pany assignee Of the State of Michigan certificate or
certificates for two hundred sections Of land to be CO.
lscted and located from the sections designated BY odd
numbers, on the line from Marquette to Ontonagon and
within twenty miles Of said line.
SEQ s. And bsx further enacted That the time for tn,
completion Of tie railroad from Fond du Lac on Lake
Wnnebago, to the Wisconsin State line at or near the
mouth OF the Menomonee River Oh III b. and hereby IT,
extended for the period of i've years from and after
third day Of June thousand eight hunded and sixty
x and that any and all grants of land to said road
'hall continue and remain III full force and effect.
SEC. Q. And b further enacted That each Of said
companies shall grade In good and substantial manner
eady for the ties twenty miles Of Its road within two
7sars aud twenty miles additional thereof In each year
hereafter Portded That II said companies or either
Dad within the time herein specified the land granted
70 such company shall revert to the United States.
Approved, March 8, 1855. --
An Acr to establish certain Post.Roads,
Be aen1eted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives
ths Uued States Of America in Congress assembled
That the following be established a. post-roads;
CALIFORNIA.
From San Jose to Alviso
krell Santa Clara to Alviso
From virginia City In Nevada via Crystal Peak, Don
nento. '
From Folsom to coloms, Nevada.
from Monterey, via jacksonville. to San Francisco.
from Murphsys, via Bgtrses. Big Springs Silver Val
ey 20 silver Mountain and thence via Mount Bullion
aarxeVi!e csrsy' Mills and Frsdercksburgh, to Gs-
From Austin, Lander County. to Tone Civ.