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 346 THIRTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 201, 202. 1854. Territory of Wisconsin in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers and to connect the same by a canal, out of any of the unsold public lands in said State, subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty-Eve cents per acre, and not claimed by preemption; the quantity to be ascertained upon the principles which governed the final adjust.- ment of the grant to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie Canal, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved the ninth of May, 1848, <=lr 86- eighteen hundred and forty-eight APPROVED, August 3, 1854. ., --al Sta cs and Territories f in August 8* 1,.854],, CHAP CCL An éznzsveicgielyi gzbzeslazzz or nuiy be cercyted to themtfw me fm Jaw P°°tfP’ BW Be it enacted Q1; the Senate and House of Represematives of the United n§:?nS;'iPlfar*;°ts States of America in Congress assembled, T hat in all cases where lands gg 1,,,,,; to §lm,,, have been, or shall hereaftenbe, granted by any law of Congress to any Md 'f<¢Ffi¤<>fi¤¤· one of the several States and Territories; and where said law does not convey the fee-simple title of such lands, or require patents to be issued therefor; the lists of such lands which have been, or may hereafter be certified by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, under the seal of said office, either as originals, or copies of the originals or records, shall be regarded us conveying the fee simple of all the lands embraced in such lists that are of the character contemplated by such act of Congress, and intended to be granted thereby; but where lands embraced in such lists are not of the character exnbraced by such acts of Congress, and are not intended to be granted thereby, said lists, so fer as these lands are concerned, shall be perfectly null and void, and no right, title, claim, or interest shall be conveyed thereby. Approved, August 3, 1854. August 3, 1354_ CHAP. CCII.—j-An Act to constitute Palatka and Bayporl, in the Stafe of Florida, Parts —-—-—-—·—-———- of Delwevy, respectively, and Keokuk and Dubuque, in the State q/'Iowa. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United pmtym and States of America in Congress assembled, That Palatka. and Bayport, B=¤5'P<>¤`¤» Fi°Fi'·l¤\» in the State of Florida, shall be, and are hereby created ports of deligzggfgggfts of very, respectively, and shall be subject to the same regulations und restrictions as other ports of delivery in the United States; and there shall Surveyor——l1is be appointed 21 Surveyor of the Customs, to reside at each of said ports,
 * §=¤'Y Md du- who shall, in addition to his own duties, also perform the duties and res' ceive the salary and emoluments of surveyors prescribed by the act of

]83], ch_ gy, Congress passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, providing for the payment of duties on imported goods, at certain ports therein mentioned, the same being entitled "An act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places," and said Palatka. be made zi part and annexed to the collection district of St. John’s in said State; and Almexcdto said Bayport be made 2. part and annexed to the collection district of collection dis- St. Marks, in said State of Florida; and all the privileges and facilities §;$k‘f£ Sb- aforded to Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nash- ` ville, and Natchez, by the act of Congress aforesaid, be, and the same RS pmuegw are hereby extended to the said ports of Palatke. and Bayport. Keokuk and Sec. 2. And be zt further enacted, That Keokuk and Dubuque, in the Dubuque, Iowa, State of Iowa, be, and hereby are, constituted ports of delivery within g;*{§l‘f;i><}**—'· °f the Collection District of New Orleans, and there shall be appointed u Sm_?c$,01__his Surveyor of the Customs for each of said ports, who shall be residents duties and ,2,- thereab ; said surveyors shall perform the duties and receive the salary and .l*¤'Y· emoluments prescribed by the act of Congress approved, on the second