The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-04-11

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First Session Of tho Thirty
Ninth Congress.

Passed AZ the First session OF tho Thhty-
..... Ninth Congress.
f.. IPupLIc-No. 25.l
An AcT granting to the State Of Wisconsin
donation Of public lands to aid in the
construction Of a. breakwater and harbor
and ship canal at the head Of Sturgeon bay,
in the county of Door, in said State, to
connect the waters Of Green bay with Lake
Michigan, in said State.
Be az enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of The United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That there
be, and hereby is, granted to the State Of
Wisconsin for the purpose Of aiding said
State in constructing and completing a
breakwater and harbor and ship canal to
connect the waters Of Green bay with the
waters Of Lake Michigan, two hundred thou
sand acres Of public lands, to be selected in
subdivisions agreeably to the United States
survey, by an agent or agents appointed by
the governor Of said State, subject to the ap-
proval Of the Secretary Of the Interior, from
lands subject to private entry: Provided,
That said selections shall all be made from
alternate and odd numbered sections of land
nearest the location Of said harbor and canal
in said State not otherwise appropriated, and
not from lands designated by the United
States as mineral before the passage OF
this act, nor from lands to which the rights
Of presumption or homestead have attached.
SEC. 2. And be u further enacted, That
the said lands hereby granted shall be sub
ject to the disposal Of the legislature Of said
State, or, If the legislature thereof shall not
be in session, or shall adj urn within ten days
after the passage and approval Of this act
then said lands shall be subject TO the dis,
posal Of the governor and board Of commits
sioners Of school, university, and swarm
lands of said State, for the purposes afore
said, and for no other; and the said cana
shall be and remain public highway for thu
use Of the government Of the United States
free from toll or charge upon the vessels o
said government, or upon vessels employed
by said government in the transportation o
any property or troops Of the United States
SEC. 8. And be further enacted, That be
fore it shall be competent for said State Il
dispose Of any of said lands, to be selected a
aforesaid, the plan Of said breakwatcr AM
harbor and the route of said canal shall b,
established, and plat or plats thereof shall
be filed in the Office Of the War Department
and duplicate thereof filed in the office o
the Commissioner OF the General Land Office
SEC. A. And be ii further enacted, That i
the said breakwater, harbor, and canal, shall
not be completed within three years from tn,
passage of this act, the lands hereby granite,
and remaining unsold shall revert to thu
United States.
SEC. 5. And be IL further enacted, Tha
the legislature Of said State shall cause to b,
kept an accurate account of the sales and ne
proceeds of the lands hereby granted, and O
all expenditures in the construction, repairs
and operating of said canal, and Of the carr
ings thereof, and shall return statemen
of the same annually to the Secretary of tn
Interior. And whenever said State shall b
fully reimbursed for all advances made 70
the construction, repairs, and operating o
said canal, with legal interest on all advance
until the reimbursement of the same, or upo
payment by the United States of any ba
ance Of such advances over such receipt
from said lands and canal, with such into
est, the said State shall be allowed to tax &c
the use Of said canal only such tolls as sha
be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses fc
the care, charge, and repair of the same.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted, Tha
said ship canal shall be at least one hundre
feet in width, with depth Of water not lei
than thirteen feet.
Approved, April 10, 1866.