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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 103, 104. 1863. 797 be inconsistent herewith, nor repugnant to the laws of the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said corporation may have, R¤¤l¢¤¤*¤ wd hold, and receive, For the purposes of said institution and for no other, °th°r Pr°Pmy' real, personal, and mixed estate, by purchase, gift, or devise, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars; to use, lease, sell, or convey the same for the purposes and benefit of said institution ; may appoint such teachers as Teachers. may be necessary, and fix their compensation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall not be Limit of corpoengaged in any banking or commercial business, nor shall it issue any “‘° P°“'°”· note, check, or other evidence of debt intended to be used as a circulation; and Congress may have the right to alter or repeal this act at any time This Mt may hereafter. be altered or re— A1>rn0vm>, March 3, 1863. p°°l°d' CHAP. CIV- -An Act antin Lands to the States 0'`n to 1`. i,. it mm,. W ¥'M.¥,,, M» f,,,,,. ,3,, p,@m·z;*;p;;;dH‘,{2;;;»;ewm;g Couqty, in the State of Michigan, to Fart Howard, Grew Bay, in the Stale of Wis- UUHSZN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United .S'zates of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, L]GE"l`.€"`““*’°d, granted to the State of Michigan, to aid in the construction of a military $§;S,,:;,si§:u;,:li:{ wagon-road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, to Houghton, Portage in the construc- Lake, and thence, in a southerly direction, to the state line of Wisconsin, 3g";;_f‘°Q‘Jl’t”y every alternate section of public land, designated by even numbers, for g i three sections in width, on each side of said road, aud also a like quantity, to be taken and designated in same manner, to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of a like road from the last-mentioned place on the state line of Wisconsin to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the said State of Wisconsin. But in case it shall appear that the United- States have, If any land when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold any section, or §3{‘“g;‘“Sml;°°" any part thereofi granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption or ,,q,,;’v,,i,,,Q} homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be the duty ¤{¤°¤¤E '·<>_l>° of the Secretary of the Interior to set apart from the public lands of the 5;:::mm hw United States, as near to said even sections aforesaid as may be, so much land as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached; which lands, (thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached as aforesaid,) together with the sections and parts of sections designated by even numbers as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, shall be held by the States of Michigan and Wisconsin for the use and purposes aforesaid : Provided, That the lands to be selected for and on account thereof shall L¤¤;l¤“°?l*° W in no case be Further than fifteen miles from said road: Provided, further,  ,;:9 That the lands hereby granted shall be exclusively applied in the con- to be appyied struction of that road for and on account of which such lands are hereby solelyto me cangranted, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses, and the ;;:xt'°“ °f tm same shall be applied to no other purposes whatever: And provided, further, That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States Resqrlxggd lands by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority,  ffcégt QQ: for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for icsltaon srmm. any other purposes whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States from the operation of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of said road through such reserved lands ; in which case the right of way only shall be granted. _ Sec. 2. And be it further enactemL That the said lands hereby granted tolgggilisggggfft. to the said States shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, me ;eg;s;,,mm_ fo1‘ the purposes aforesaid, and no other; and the said road shall be and re- Road to be A main [3] public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, P¤bh¤ h¤gl¤W¤Y»