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munitions of war of the United States, for the Mexican gulf frontier; and that for these purposes the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, May 24, 1828.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the state of Illinois be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of the tract of land reserved and granted to said state, for the use and support of the salt works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county of Gallatin, in the said state, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct: Provided, That the legislature shall not sell and convey more than thirty thousand acres of land reserved and granted for the use of the Saline aforesaid.

, May 24, 1828.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding said state in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and reserving each alternate section of the land unsold to the United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the general land office, under the direction of the President of the United States; and which land, so reserved to the United States, shall not be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The said land, hereby granted to the state of Ohio, to be subject to the disposal of the legislature of said state, for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That said canal, when completed, shall be, and forever remain, a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, free from any toll or other charge, whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: And provided, also, That the extension of the said Miami canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed within twenty years, or the state shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold; and that the title to purchasers, under the state, shall be valid.

. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the route of said canal shall be located, and agreed on by said state, it shall be the duty of the governor thereof, or such other person or persons as may have been, or shall hereafter be, authorized to superintend the construction of said canal, to examine and ascertain the particular lands to which the said state will be entitled under the provisions of this act, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.