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 30 THIRTYJNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31, 32. 1866. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing me. to Filstesilia Sa J. W. Former, Secretary of the Senate. In the House ey Representatives U S April 9th, 186Q. The House of Representatives having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled "An act to protect all persens in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vmdication," returned to the Senate by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the Senate to the House of Representatives, with the message of the President returning the bill : Resolved, That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: Enwsnn McPm:1zsoN, Clerk, by CLINTON Lnoam, Chief Clerk. ‘ . . X,. — An ct anti to the Staten Wisconsin zz Donationo Public Lamb C132A3E! zéthelghnstrncctigz qygh Drrgrkwater and flilarbor and Ship Canalht the Head of Sturgeon Bay, in the County of D0vr, in said State, to connect the Waters of Green Bay with Lake Mrbhigan, in said State. Grunt of land Be it enacted by the Senate and [abuse of Representatives of the United g;el§;°:;f“hf°f States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, bm-, sud Sm}, M granted to the State of Wisconsin for the purpose of aiding said State in canal. constructing and completing a. breakwater and harbor and ship canal to connect the waters of Green bay with the waters of Lake Michigan, two hundred thousand acres of public lands, to be selected in subdivisions agreeably to the United States survey, by an agent or agents appointed by the governor of said State, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Provieo. Interior, from lands subject to private entry: Provided, That said selecm§g§¢¤°¤¤»h°W tions shall all be made from alternate and odd numbered sections of land ' nearest the location of said harbor and canal in said State not otherwise appropriated, and not from lands designated by the United States as “mineral" before the passage of this ect, nor from lands to which the rights of pre-emption or homestead have attached. Lands subieqt Sec. 2. And be itfurtker enacted, That the said lands hereby granted gggliggsgzgf °$' shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said State, or, if the ’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 commissioners of school, university, and swamp lands of said Stale, for the purposes aforesaid, and for Ceneitobe no other; and the said canal shall be and remain a public highway for mbl‘° h*8h‘”Y» the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or charge ' upon the vessels of said government, or upon vessels employed by said government in the transportation of any property or troops of the United tates. Plans, Sw., to S1:0. 3. And be it further enacted, That before it shall be competent for g;’£L;‘}‘“ d°P°~"l" said State to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, the plan of said breakwater and harbor and the route of said canal shall be established, and a plat or plats thereof shall be filed in the office of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Otlioe. £¤l<;s:5vprk is Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the said breakwater, harbor, meg ym_;“`m and canal, shall not be completed within three years from the passage of m141m5d, {wm, this act, the lands hereby granted and remaining unsold shall revert to the gag: U¤i*•¢| United States. Accimnno be Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said stew kept; and when shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds