The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-19
OFFICIAL.
AN ACT granting Land to State Of Michigan to aid in
building Harbor and shlPoan ~ 1oi'ase LAKE.
Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior.

| OFFICIAL.
On Granting land to the State of Michigan to aid in
building HaTbor and shp-Canai at Portage Lake,
Kewenaw Point, Lake Superior.
Be ii enacted Jv the Senate and House o. Representatives
oftbe limited States of America in tbngress assembled
That there be- and hereby granted to the State oil
Michigan the right Of locating and constructing break
and habor and ssianal through any public lanes
aTbe Portage:" PfprTded, That than one thor
sand feet in width the bank of Lake Superior shall be
occupied by said breakwater and harbor and that strt
of not more than four hundred feet In width on
said neck of land shall be occupied by said canal AND
prorded further, That said shp-cana shall be at least
hundred feet in width with depth of water not es
than thirteen feet
SEC 2. And be it further enacted That there be- ant
hereby s granted to the said State of Michigan for ht
purpose fading said State in constructing and complet
ing harbor and shcanal to the waters of Lake
superior with the waters of Portage Lake. hundred
Thousand acres of public lands be selected in subdi
visions agrecaby the United States survey by agent
or agents appointed by the Governor of said State subject
&c the approval OF the Secretary Of the Interior from
lands In the upper peninsula of said State subject to
private entry: Propided That said selections shall be
made from alternate and oddnumbered sections of land
nearest the location Of said canal in said upper peninsula
not and not from lands designated
this act from lands to which the rights of presumption
| or homestead have attached.
Sec 8. And be ittrtsr enacted That the said lands
hereby granted shall BIO subject to the disposal Of the
legislature of said State the legislature thereof shall
not be in session. shall adjourn within ten
the passage and approval OF this act then said lands shall
subject to the disposal Of the Governor ana board Of
Others and the said canal shall be ana remain pnbic
highway for the of the government of the United
States free from toll charge upon the vessels OF said
government or upon vessels employed by said govern
ment in the transportation of any property or troops OF
| the United States.
Sec a. Andbe it further enacted That before it shall
be competent for said State dispose of any of said lands
selected aforesaid the plan Of said breakwater and
hsrbo and the route of said canal shall be established as
aforesaid and plat pats thereof shall be filed In the
Office Of the War Department and duplicate thereof in
the office of the commissioner of the general landoice
SEC. g. Andde 1t further enacted, That If the said
breakwater habor and shipana shall not be completed
within two years from the passage of this act the lands
hereby granted shall revert to the United States.
Sec And be it further enacted That the legislature
OF said State ta to be kept accurate account OF
the sales and net proceeds of the lands hereby granted
and of all expenditures in the construction repairs and
operating Of said canal and Of the earnings tnereo ana
shall return statement of the annually to the Secre
tary of the INTERIOR and whenever said State shall be
fully reimbursed all advances made for the construc
ton, repairs, and operating Of said CANAL with legal
interest on all advances until the Reimbursement of the
same or upon payment by the United States of any bal
of scb advances over such receipts from said lands
and canal with such interest," the said State shall be allow
ed for tho of said canal only such tolls as shall
be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care
charge, and repair of the same
Approved, March q, 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 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Reprssentares
q me United States Of America in Congress assembled
Ihat there be- and hereby s granted to the State of
Michigan for the purpose Of aiding in the construction of
railroad from Marquette Lake SUPERIOR to the Wis
consn State ne at the mouth of the Menomonee
Rvsr 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
0ntonagon for the use and Of the Marquette and
.s hoad Company, corporation Of the State
~ .cnigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Mar
quette OF the Bay de Noquet Marquette Railroad for
the benefit and use of the Bay de Noquet and Mar
quete Railroad Company, four additional alternate sec.
tons 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 DO selected the conditions restrictions and
limitations contained in the of Congress enti
tied IAN act making grant of lands to the State of
Michigan in alternate sections to aid in the construction
hundred and y-six Provided That the land to be so
located by either of said roads shall be selected from the
alternate sections designated by odd numbers within
twenty miles of the line Of said road.
SEC. 2. And De 1t further enacted, That the lands
granted by said act Of Congress and by this shall be
disposed of only in the following Manner that to say
When the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify
the Secretary Of the Interior that any ten
miles, upon the route of either of said roads, is COM
peted In good and substantial manner, frstclass
railroad then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause
certificate certificates issue to said State for one him.
dred sections Of land for the benefit and of such COM
pany ana no from time to time for each completed
ton Of ten miles of either OF said roads, one hundred
sections of land, until tho whole shall be completed
ouultlOnal granted
this act for that portion of the Marquette and Onona-
gon Railroad now completed shall be certified to the State
OF Michigan by the terms hereof until the said railroad
shall be completed from point twenty miles west Of
Marquette to 0ntonagon; and that none of the add-
onal 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 80 certified until the said railroad shall be COM
pleted from Bay de Noquet the said Wisconsin State
line at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River
said
SEC Andb it further enacted, That the time limited
Tor the completion of the road from Marquette to the
Wisconsin State line at the mouth of the Memo
monee River be- and the is hereby extended for the
term Of I've years from and after the third day of june
D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
SEC. 4. And further enacted That no lands to be
yet apart for the road from Marquette Bay de Noque
md from Marquette to Ononagon shall be selected and
ertned east OF that portion OF the range line dividing
anges twenty and twentyseyen that h south of the
township line between townships orty-seven and forty
eight nor south of that portion of the township line d.
vding townships foryseven and forty. eight that lies
Of the dividing range line above named and that
lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette on
Lake to the Wisconsin State line near the
certified west Of that portion of the range line dividing
ranges twenysx and twenyseven that is north of the
tGwnsnip line dividing townships fortywo and forty
hree nor north OF the township line dividing townships
and oItyeght and that for the purpose of
making up any deficiency Of lands to which the line Of
to make s grant equal to ten sections to the mile the
same shall be certified on the from Marquette to
Ontonagon within twenty miles of the line of said roaP
~ sNS tsnSs uANiuuS ranges tnfty-Ono and
thirty-two, and In accordance with the provisions i
before contained. And that whenever the pv.rnor Of
the state Of Michigan shall certify Secretary of the
Interior that twentv consecutive miles of the line Of
Gae on .arqueette to Bay dc Noquet has been COM
,eted in good and substantial manner rst-class
railroad the Secretary Of the Interior shall cause to be
issued to the said State of Michigan for the use and BEN
eft Of the Bay do Noquet and Marquette Railroad Com
pany assignee of the State Of Michigan, certificate or
certificates for two hundred sections of land to be Sc.
lected and located from the sections designated by odd
numbers, the line from Marquette to 0ntonagon and
within twenty miles of said line.
Sec 5. And be further enacted That the time for the
completion of the railroad from Fond du Lac on Lake
to the Wisconsin State line, or near the
mouth of the Menomonee River shall be- and hereby
for the period of five years from and after the
third day of Jane thousand eight hunded and sixty
six and that any and all grants OF land to said road
shall continue and remain ia full force and effect.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted That each of said
companies shall grade in good and substantial manner
ready for the ties twenty miles Of its road within two
years. and twenty miles additional thereof in each year
thereafter Provided That II said companies either
Of them shall neglect fail to do So to complete its
road within the time herein specified the land granted
TO such company shall revert to the United States.
Approved, March 8, 1865.
An Act to establish certain Post Roads.
enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
Me Omted States Of America in Congress assembled
AhA' the following be established as postroads:
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