The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-08-25
fPublic-No. 185 /.

rPublic-No. 1875 ]
AN ACT for tho improvement Of water
Communication between the Mississippi
riyor aud Lake Michigan, by the Wis
eonsin and Fox rivers.
Be il enacted Jy Tic Senate and House
of Representative ofs tic. United lStates Of
Amcricd in ressassen,lled, That the
secreIafYQf War IS leFeby anthofizca p
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ten Of tho Wisconsin river such plan as
may be recommended by the Chiofof The
Bureau Of Engineers.
SIC. 9. A,M 5cit turtaor enacted, That
the Secretary aforesaid, is hereby authors
zcd to ascertain, at cay time he shall deem
proper within three years from the passage
Of this art, the sum which oughtin justice
to DO paid to the Green Bay and MissiGs-
ippi Canal Company, corporation exist
lug under the laws Of Wisconsin, as an
equivalent for the transfer Of all and sing
ular its property and rights of property in
and to 4lc line Of water communication be-
twccn tho Wisconsin river aforesaid and the
mouth of the Fox river, including its locks,
dams, canals, and franchises, or so much
of the same as sbull, ia tho judgment of
said Secretary, be needed; aud to that end
is authorized to join with said company in
appointing board Of disintorcsted and i'm
partial arbitrators, one of whom shall be
selected by the Secretary aforesaid anotl-
or by said company. and tho third by the
two arbitrators so selected. The Secreta-
nv aforesaid is authorized to employ q
competent agent or attorney to represent
the interests of the United States upon the
hearing before such board: Propitlcd, That
in making their award the said arbitrators
shall take into consideration the amount of
money realized from the sale Of lands hcgc-
loforc granted by Congress to tho State of
Wisconsin to aid in the construction of said
water communication, which amount shall
be deducted from the actual value thereof
IS found by said arbi:rators.
SIC. 8. AnaLc 1t further enacted, That
no money shall be expended on the i'm
provement Of the Fox or Wisconsin river
until the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
Company sbulI mako aud flo with the Sec
rotary Of War an agreement in writing.
whereby it shall agree to grant and eoa-
ycy to the United States the property and
franchises mentioned in the foregoing Soc
ton, upon the terms awarded by the arbi-
traitors. It's hereby made tho duty ofthc
C,oro,or, of Wor In transmit to Congress-
a copy Of thc report Of The arbitrators, up
on which Congress may, at its then pres
cnt session, elect to take such property up
on making an appropriation to pay the am
cunt awarded: Prorided, That if tho Sec
rotary Of War shall not transmit to Con-
press copy of the report of the arbitrators
at least sixty days before the close of its
session, Congress may a. its next session
make such election vnd appropriation.
SEC. 4. AndJc II further esactcd, That
all tolls and revenues derived from the i'm
nroyoments made or acquired under the
provisions Of this act, after providing for
The current expenses Of operating aud keep
ing the sarao in repair, shall be paid into
the treasury of the United States. aud
whenever the United States shall DO reim-
burscd for all sums advanced for the same,
with interest thereon, then tho tolls aforC-
said shall bc reduced to tho least sum
which, together with other revenues prop
erIy applicable thereto, if any, shall bo
sufficient to Opcaato and keep thcimprovc-