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 520 THIRTY—-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 102, 103. 1865 _ emit to Mich. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted {§:gs°f°P:gi;’u to the said State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding said state in conbuiiding mp, structing and completing a harbor and ship-canal to connect the waters ¤¤¤¤r of Lake Superior with the waters of Portage Lake, two hundred thousand How and where acres of public lands, to be selected in subdivisions agreeably to the United ”°l°°*°d- States survey, by an agent or agents appointed by the governor of said state, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from any lands in the upper peninsula of said state, subject to private entry: Pm- Proviso. vided, That said selections shall be made from alternate and odd-numbered sections of land nearest the location of said canal in said upper peninsula, not otherwise appropriated, and not from lands designated by the United States as “ mineral ” before the passage of this act, nor from . lands to which the rights of preemption or homestead have attached [Amd, granted Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted to be subgect ro shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said state, or, if the $:5;**1 Y mg legislature thereof shall not be in session, or shall adjourn within ten ` days after the passage and approval of this act, then said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the governor and board of control of said state, crm,.] to bg for the purpose aforesaid and for no other; and the said canal shall be Public hishwsyi and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United $$,23  t° States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of said government, or vessels. upon vessels employed by said government in the transportation of any property or troops of the United States. Route of canal Sec. 4. And be itjurther enacted, That before it shall be competent for {)‘:_£f_G°f;;l§;S;;d said state to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, the disposed 0,; plan of said breakwater and harbor, and the route of said canal shall be established as aforesaid, and a plat or plats thereof shall be Bled in the office of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof in the office of the commissioner of the general land-ollice. 15,,1,,,,, cam], Sec. 5. And be it furilaer enacted, That if the said breakwater, harikc., completed bor, and ship-canal shall not be completed within two years from the pas- {QHQW§)*;$;T,_ sage of this act, the lands hereby granted shall revert to the United States. Account of Src. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said state sales oflands, shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds ;f;n§’;;g°:§g of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction, expenditures to repairs, and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereof; and shall be k°P*~ return a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the Interior; when sim and whenever said state shall be fully reimbursed for all advances made Igigzbgggdétglls for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, with legal inter- ,,5 ,,,,,,1,,). cg; est on all advances, until the reimbursement of the same, or upon payment penses oreanai. by the United States of any balance of such advances over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such interest, the said state shall be allowed to tax for the use of said canal only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care, charge, and repair of the same. Approved, March 3, 1865. pinch 3, 1365, Ouar. CHI. — An Act to extend the Timpébr the Complmbn of certain Railroads to which ~r·······—— Land Grants have been made in States of and Wisconsm. Bc it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United Additional States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, l:‘,?c‘§fl*:“::‘}‘i*; granted to the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the con- ,,, @@,,,},,,,0,, struction of a. railroad from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconofcmain rail- sin state line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee River, for the "°“d“‘ benefit and use of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Compaq', 3 corporation- of the States of Michigan, Illinois,  and from Marquette to Ontonagon, for the use and benefit of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Michigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Marquette of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad, for the benefit and use of the Bay do Noquet and Maf-