The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-17
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An granting Land to the state Of c psa,a 70 aa IN
building Harbor and shiPtana at roi'age Lake,
Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior

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ACT granting Land to the state Of Mch pgt 70 aa
building Harbor and shipe''"i at io'"se lam
Kewenaw Point Lake superior
Re n snoctd by ts S1ate and House Of Representative
y ofte United States Of america IN Congress assemble
- That there be- and hereby granted to the State
Michigan the right of locating and constructing brea
water and arbor and nal through any public lan
At or upon the neck of land on Lake superior known
Il sThe Portage" Popided, That than one tho
If sand feet width the bank of Lake Superior shall
occupied by said breakwaer and harbor and that STIR
ofland not more than four hundred feet in width
said neck Of land shall be occupied by said canal an
prorided rter, That said shipcanal shall be lea
hundred feet in width, with depth of water not les
! | than thirteen feet.
Sec q And be II further enacted That there be, an
hereby is granted to the said State Of Michigan for tn
purpose fading said State in constructing and compe
ing harbor and shpcanal to connect the of LAX
Superior with the waters of Portage Lake, two hundre
Thousand acres Of public lands, to be selected in subd
agreeaby to the United States survey by an agen
or agents appointed by the Governor Of said State suec
tc the approval Of the Secretary of the Interior from any
lands In the upper peninsula of said State, subject tc
private entry: Provided That said selections shall be
made from alternate and oddnumbered sections OF land
nearest the location of said canal in said upper peninsula
not otherwise appropriated and not from lands designated
by the United States as mineral before the passage Of
this act from lands to which the rights OF presumption
or homestead have attached.
SEC 3. and be Hother enacted, That the said land,
hereby granted shall be subject to the disposal of the
legislature of said State the legislature thereof shall
not be in session, shall adjourn within days after
the passage and approval of this act then said lands shall
be subject to the disposal Of the Governor and board
control Of said State for the purpose aforesaid aud for
Others and the said canal shall be and remain public
highway for the use of the government of the United
States free from toll or charge upon the vessels of said
government or upon vessels employed by said govern
ment in the transportation Of any property troops Of
| the United States.
SEC 4 And be IL further enacted That before it shall
be competent for said State to dispose Of said lands
be selected aforesaid the plan of said breakwatcr and
harbor and the route said canal shall he established
Aforesaid, thereof shall be He'd the
office OF the War Department. and duplicate thereof in
the office OF the commissioner Of the general andoice
SEC o. And be it further enacted, That if the said
break water harbor and spcanai snail not be completed
within two years from the passage Of this act, the lands
hereby granted sha revert to the United States.
SEC. o. <fad DC fnrier enacted That the legislature
of said State thal be Kept of
the sales and net proceeds of the lands hereby granted
aio all expenditures in the construction, repairs and
operating OF said canal and OF the earnings thereof and
slaret statement Of tn same annually 10 the Score
iary Of the INTERIOR and whenever said State shall be
fully reimbursed ior all advances made for the construc-
lion, REPAIRS and operating OF said canal with legal
interest NIL advances, until the reimbursement of the
same or upon payment by tue United States of any bal
ance Of such advances such receipts from said lands
and canal with such interest, the said State shalt be allow
I'd to tax for the use of said canal only such tolls as shall
he sufficient to pay all necessary ypeses for the care
charge, and repair OF the same
Approved, March 8, 1865
AN 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 de Senate and House of Representatives.
q ne Uated SAaes Of An,erica in Congress assembled
Ihat there be- and hereby is granted to the State OF
Michgan for the purpose of aiding in the construction of
araoad from Marquette, Lake Superior to tho Wis
c0nsiD State line, at the mouth of the Mepomone
River for the benefit and use of the Chicago and North
western Railway Company corporation Of the States of
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquette to
Ontonagon for the and benefit of the Marauet and
on,onagon Railroad Company, corporation Of the State
OF michigan and for twenty miles westerly from Mar
quette OF the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad for
the benefit and use Of the Bay de Noquet and Mar
auette Kallroad Company four additional alternate
tons Of land per mile to that already granted by act of
Congress approved June third, A. d. eighteen hundred
ana hysx and joint resolution supplementary thereto
10 De selected upon the conditions restrictions and
limitations as are contained in the act of Congress enti-
tied IAN act making grant of lands to the State of
Michigan in alternate sections to aid in the construction
Of railroads in said Stae approved June third eighteen
hundred and fifty six: Prouided That the land to be 40
located by either of said roads shall be selected from the
alternate sections, designated by odd numbers within
twenty miles OF tho line OF said road.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted That the lands
granted by said act Of Congress and by this act shall be
disposed of only in the following manner that to say:
When the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify
to the Secary of the Interior that any ten consecutive
miles upon the route Of either of said roads ia com
pleted In good and substantial manner as rst-csss
railroad then the Secretary of the Interior shall cans
certificate or certificates to issue to said State Ear Inn
dred sections OF land for the benefit an ,,s az nch
ana so from time to time fo each completed Sec
sections OF land until the whole shall be Completed
irordd That none OF IT, additional lands granted by
o sei or dnat of the Marquette and Ontona
IF Mcbgsr completed shall be certified to thest
hall h. by the terms hereof until the said railroad
We . completed from point twenty miles west Of
-arquete to Ontonagon; and that none OF the addi-
tona lands granted by this act for that portion of the
railroad from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line at or
near the mouth of the Menomonee River, completed
shall be certified until the said railroad shall be
peted from Bay de Noguet to the said Wisconsin State
line at or the mouth Of the Menomonee River afor
said. -.'I
SEC. g. And be it further enacted That the time limited
for the completion of the road from Marquette to the
Wisconsin State line, at the mouth the Memo
monee River be- and the same is hereby extended for the
term of five years. from and after the third day Of june
A. d. eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
SEC. l. And be IL further enacted That no lands to be
set apart for the road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet
and from Marquette to 0ntonago shall be selected and
certified of that portion of the range line dividing
ranges and that is south of the
township line between townships ortyseven and forty
eight nor south Of that portion of the township line d
vding townships forty-seven and forty eight that lies
east OF the dividing range line above named and that
lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette
Lake SUPERIOR to the Wisconsin State line at the
| mouth of the Menomonee River shall be selected and
certified west Of that portion of the range line dividing
ranges twentyx and twentyseven that is north of the
township line dividing townships fortywo and forty
three north of the township line dividing townships
fortyseven and fortyeght and that for the purpose
making up any deficiency Of lands to which the line
road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be entitled
to make its grant equal to ten sections tho nile the
same shall be certified the route from Marquette /,
Ontonagon, within twenty miles OF the line of said road
and east of the range line dividing ranges thy-one and
thirytSo and in accordance with the provisions herein
before contained And that whenever the governor OF
the State Of Michigan shall certify the Secretary of the
Interior that twenty consecutive miles of the line OF
road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet has been COM
pleted in good and substantial manner as rst-class
railroad the Secretary of the Interior shall cause TO be-
issued to the said State of Michigan for the use and hem
eft OF the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Com
pany, assignee of the State of Michigan certificate or
certificates for two hundred sections of land to he se
and located from the sections designated by odd
numbers on the line from Marquette to Ontonagon and
within twenty miles OF said line.
SEC D. Ana beat Further enacted That the timofor tho
completion OF the railroad from Fond du Lac on Lake
Wnnebago to the Wisconsin State line at or near the
mouth OF the Menomonee River shall be- and hereby is
extended for the period Of five years from and after the
third day Of June, thousand eight h,nded and sixty
six and that any and all grants of land to said road
shall continue and ROMAN Ia full force and effect.
SEC .. And be IL Further eHaced, That each of said
companies shall grade in good and substantial manner
ready for the ties twenty miles OF its within two
years, and twenty miles additional thereof in each wear
thereafter Provided, That If said companies or either
o them, shall neglect fail TO do So complete its
road within tho time herein specified the land granite
10 sach company shall revert TO the United States
Approved, March g. 1865
l. AN AcT 10 establish certain ost-RoaJs
1f "a lcfet BY The Senate and House 81 Repressatn,es
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