The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-17

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employed by 1t In the transportation |
OF airy property or troops OF the Unit
ed States. And. further, that II said
breakwater. harbor and ship canal
shall not be completed within two
years from the passage OF this act the
lands shall revert to the United States.
and that an accurate account OF the
expenditures by the state and OF the
earnings OF the canal shall be kept
and reported annually to the secre-
tary OF the interior and that whenever
the state shall be reimbursed with in
terest for all advances made by earn
inaS OF the canal and sales OF the
grenfed lands, thereafter the state to
be allowed 10 tax such tolls for the
use OF the canal as will be sufficient
TO maintain II.
BY act approved March IS, 1865 the
legislature accepted the grant. and
granted and conferred the lands upon
the Portage lake and Lake Superior
ship canal company, organized under
the Michigan corporation laws, but
providing that none OF the lands shall
be sold or disposed OF except for the
purposes of hypothecation until al
Ner completion and acceptance OF the
canal Providing also for specifications
for The work to be approved by the
governor and making II the duty OF
the company TO proceed to construct
and complete the canal and harbor ac-
cording TO the approved specifications
and for certihcatlon by the governor
of the completion OF the work. All
expenses incurred under the act to be
borne and paid by the company, and
the state TO have the right to fix the
tolls to be received by the company for
the use OF the canal and harbor.
BY act OF congress approved July 3,
1866 there was granted to the state an
additional 100000 acres of land in the
upper peninsula, 10000 acres to be
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sections and $4,000 acres from even
numbered sections OF the lands of the
United States. and this grant OF ad-
ditional lands to inure to the benefit
OF the Lake Superior Ship Canal Co
in accordance with the act Of the leg
islature OF Michigan comforting the
former grant upon that company, and
extending the time for the completion
OF the work three additional years.
BY act approved March q, 1867 the
Michigan legislature accepted this
\ second grant.
On October A, 1867 Governor Grape
appointed p. J. Avery OF Marquette
as agent to select the 100000 acres
granted by the act OF July 3. 1866.
The time for the completion OF the
canal and works was, by several acts
OF the legislature, extended to De
cember J.. 1878.
September IL, 1872 Governor II. p
Baldwin revoked the appointment o.
p. j. Avery as selection agent ant
substituted George s. Frost, of Detroit
On June %, 1876 Governor John
Bagley certified upon the report L
him OF his agent, Chas. T.. Holland o
Houghton and upon his own persona
examination 10 the Lake Superior
Ship and Canal company, whose nam'
was changed to that of the Lake Su
perior Ship Canal Railroad and Iror
company. that the canal and harbo
was constructed and completed in &C
cordance with the terms and require
ments OF the acts OF congress and o
the legislature and in conformity will
the plans and specification
The 100000 acres OF land thus con
ferred upon the Lake Superior Shil
Canal Railroad and Iron Compan.
were on May IL. 1877 sold under de
cree OF the United States court upoI
foreclosure OF mortgages for $4,000
TO ALBION p. Man and Nathaniel viii
son and decided to them by Addison
Mandell master in chancery, May Ia
1877.
The ownership of the lands passes
from Man and Wilson TO corpora
tion known as the Lake Superio
Ship Canal Railway and Iron compan.
with Theodore M Davis OF Newport
X. I. as president and Frederick Aye
of Boston, (recently deceased) as sec
rotary.
Upon the expiration OF the charte
OF the l.. S. S. c. II. & | Co. in 1891 tn
property remaining was conveyed t
the Keweenaw Association. limited
which upon like expiration. conveye'
A., tho f(ewc nnaw Land Association