St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-16
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i-ssed At III. IIrst Session .. he Forty-
hrst Congress.

An act III relation 10 circuit courts
BE it enacted 10y the Senate and
House Of Representatives OF the United
States Of Amcrir; in Congress assembled.
Tat muthin" in the Act 10 amend tie
judicial system OF the United Sta.c>."
approved April f.n, eighteen hundred
and sixty-ninc, shall be cpn-truei 10 re-
quirc Il cicul court 10 be held in any
judicial district in which circuit court
was not required to he held by previous
ly existing law.
Approved, JuIy l, 1870.
munication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan, by the
Wisconsin and Fox rivers.
BE it enacted 10y the Senate and
House Of REPRESENTATIVES, OF the United
States OF Amerir,, in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War j, hereby
authorized to adopt for the improve
mcnt of the navigation of the Wisconsin
rive such plan IL may be recommended
hy ,'.c Chief OF tie Bureau Of Engineers
SEC. , And %, it further enacted,
That the Secretary aforesaid j. hereby
authorized to ascertain, al any time he
shall deem proper within the three years
from the passa1c of This act, the sum
winch ought IN justice TO lie paid to the
Green Bay and Mississippi Cdual Com
pany corporation existing under the
law, OF WI~Cou-iu,as an equivalent Tor the
transfer ot all and singular its property
and rights otProperly ~ and to the line OF
water communication between the Wis
cousin river aforesaid and the mouth of
the Fox river, includiniug its locks.
dams, canals. and franchises, or SO much
OF the same rs shall, i'll the judgment OF
said Secretary be needed; and to that
end is authorized to Join with said COM
pany in appointlEga board of disinterest
ed and impartial arbitrators, one of
whom shall he selected by the Secretary
aforesaid, IN another by said company. |
and the third 10y the two ;nbitgators so |
selected. The Secretary aforesaid is ;,u-
thorized 10 employ Il competent agent |
or attorney 20 represent the Interests OF |
the nltci States upon hearing before
such bu.ai: Provided. That il.n king
'hclr award the -ail ayb.;iatyr- >ila.l
t.k, int cuu-deIati,u The :In,.u, %.
m.nvy .c,.iZci liOn The >uiy @. ian.I~
grau,rl Icy Noa1ry-- To- the Sac If
Wisconsin L. adj IL thc construction OF
sud w,tcr communication. which.
alruuul- -u,I! o.. Ged.c,vI from the act
uai value J!icreoi ~ found by said aib,-
traitors.
SEC. ) INA b. Il further enacted,
'Il.t .....,- -l"'i l., ~ l.-...I.I on tho
ilnpro> cnI>Hl 81 the Fox or Wisconsin,
river until tine t'recn BAY and Mississippi
Canal Company sh;.it make and lie
VII, The Secretary G! War "a agreement
IN wiring, whereby !! stall agrce to
grant and convey to lie United States
the property and rrauci,ievs mentioned
III the foregoing s,ction, upon tnt terms
a"ardcd oy the III hitiatOl-. l. Is here
10y maCr lie du.y q! the Secretary @.
az u transmit 10 Cuu.ruS- :. copy vi
the rep II Of the aruitrators, upon
w"ici. Congress may,ami u; H. then PICS
rnt ~ys>lom,r.,ct 10 take such property up
On making an appropriation to pay the !
amouit~ awarded. Provided. That II !
th, Secretary oi ". ~ shall not transmit .
10 Congress 4 copy ri HE report Of the .
"roi;ralorr al least sky days briote the .
riU-c Of IT, session, Congress may at tie
next session make such election AMI .p.
preparation.
SEC. j. And bc 1t iu.lIa-r enacted.
That al tolls and revenues derived from
the IMPROVEMENTS mad o. acquired un-
der the provisions OF TINS, AFTER prry;iin.
i"i the rurrcn: expenses OF uperatiu.
and Keeping the same in repair, shall be
pad INTO the treasury OF the United
State, and whenever the nilcd States
shat he reimbursed for al sums a,lyana-
cd .or tn same, with intcrcs; thereon.
thea tolls aturc- Aid shall be reduced to
the least sum which, together with other
REVENUES property applicable thereto, if
any, shall be sufficient to operate and
Neep the improvements in repair
SEC. ). Aud be it further enacted,
That the Secretary OF War shall ;lunuai-
~ report 10 Congress the progress made
II the complexion oi said improvements,
the amount expended thereon, the
amount, II any, required ior the succeed
me fiscal year, and the amount Of rcvc-
nues derived lhercirum.
Approved, July :, 1870.