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 634 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 146, 147. 1855. Q; corporation stocks, and money loaned at interest on bond, mortgage, or ’Z other evidence of indebtedness, in order to meet the engagements recently assumed by said town in ubscribing to the stock of the Metropolitan Railroad Company; and to pledge the same to secure the said engage- ments, in such a manner that no part of the same shall in any event be applied to any other object; and the like remedy shall be used for the ‘ recovery thereof as is now used for the recovery of other public taxes in l said town. Y . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation of George- T,Z“;§:;"{,‘;§$§ town shall have full power and authority to introduce into said town a therefor. supply of water for the use of the inhabitants thereof; and to cause the streets, lanes, and alleys, or any of them, or any portion of any of them, to be lighted by gas or otherwise; and to provide for the expense of any such works or improvements, either by a special tax or out of its corporate funds generally, or both, at its discretion. Approved, March 2, 1855. March 2, 1855. Crux-. CXLVI. - An Act to confirm the Canal Selections in the State of Ohio. c,,,,,,; selections Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United by Ohio, under States of.Am.eric•z in Uongress assembleei That the selections of land by ggfagg lggvggi the State of Ohio, for canal purposes, under the act of second March, 108, wugméq, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, and twenty-fourtln May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. Approved, March 2, 1855. CHAP. CXLV .·-—An Act or the Relk o urchaser s 0 a Hawk 2, 1855- II f Owpwijgndsl sand Locator f Swamp nd Be it enacted Zn; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pateutsmissue States of Americapln Congress assembled, That the President of the g' QY:,':1¥;g\{;“d“» United States cause patents to be issued, as soon as practicable, to the mg i,,,,,,;,,,,, P,.;. purchaser or purchasers, locator or locators, who have made entries of 01* *0 iSS¤i2§ of the public lands, claimed as swamp lands, either with cash, or with land gmx_ to ° warrants, or with serip, prior to the issue of patents to the State or States, as provided for by the second section of the act approved 1850, eh. 84. September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "A.n act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," any decision of the Secretary of the Interior, or otherofficer of the government of the United States, to the contrary Prov,. f notwithstanding: Provided, That in all cases where any State, through sion or. . . . . the mm of ggglg its constituted authorities, may have sold or disposed of any tract or $g'?¤Sm;¤miE.fi¤f tracts of said land to any individual or individuals prior to the entry, upmug mg sale, or location of the same, under the preemption or other laws of the United States, no patent shall be issued by the President for such tract or tracts of land, until such State, through its constituted authorities, shall release its claim thereto, in such form as shall be prescribed by the List of such Secretary of the Interior: And provided, further, That if such State gmsedw b° '°· shall not, within ninety days from the passage of this act, through its ’ constituted authorities, return to the General Land—Office of the United States, a list of all the lands sold as aforesaid, together with the dates of such sale, and the names of the purchasers, the patents shall be issued immediately thereafter, as directed in the foregoing section. Indemnity to Src. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon due proof, by the 3::  authorized agent of the State or States, before the Commissioner of gang, under mg the General Land-Oflicc, that any of the lands purchased were swamp act. lands, within the true intent and meaning of the act aforesaid, the purchase-money shall be paid over to the said State or States; and where the lands have been located by warrant or scrip, the said State or States