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 936 TWENTY-EIGHTII CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.2l,23, 27. 1845. Surura II. Feb. 26. 1845. CHAP. XXI. --- An Act for the relief of the president and directors of the Dismal `"‘“"‘ Swamp Canal Company. Be it enacted, fc., That the said company are hereby authorized to Authorized to retain the dividen s hereafter to be declared, and now on hand, on eight '?l?"‘ °°"°l“ hundred shares held b the United States in the stock of said canal dividends' company, to be applied, to refund the principal and interest on thirty- two thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-two centsmoneys advanced by said company to complete the work originally undertaken, andpartly executed, by the agents of the United States; and that the same be paid to the company before any of the dividends accruing on said stock be paid into the treasury of the United States. Approved, February 26, 1845. Srnurs II. —————- F°l>· %» 1845- Cntr. XXIII.-An Jlct vesting in the county commissiamers of the county of Wyan- `°"""’_`" dat the right to certain town lots and out lots in the town of Ujper Sandrwky, in the state of Ohio. Be it enacted, &c., That the right to the one third part of the unsold Right_to lots town lots in the town of Upper Sandusky, by the act entitled "An act lg; providing for the sale of certain lands in the states of Ohio and Michi- &c_ ° rs' gan, ceded by the Wyandot tribe of Indians, and {br other purposes," Ae: of Merch passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, direct- 3- 18** °h- QL ed to he laid out and surveyed, and to one third part of the out lots of said town, be and hereby is, vested in the county commissioners of the county of Wyandot, in the said state of Ohio; on condition, nevertheless, that said commissioners, or other competent authorities of said state of Ohio, shall permanently locate and fix the seat of justice of the county at said town, and that the nett proceeds of the sales of said town and out lots be applied by said county commissioners, or other proper authorities, to the erection of public buildings, and the improvement of the public squares and public grounds in said town. 1,,,,,,0 ,,0 8e_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the town lots and out lots lecred, how. of said town of Upper Sandusky, so to be granted and applied, shall be selected by alternate and progressive numbers, (every third town lot and every third out lot, according to their numbers, respectively, being granted and applied as aforesaid) under the direction and subject to the p,,,,;,, control of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to grant to and vest in said county commissioners any lot or lots heretofore appropriated to and used by the Indian agency at Upper Sandusky, and upon which there may remain any valuable building, orchard, or other valuable improvement, belonging to the United States; and if any such town lot or out lot, so by its progressive number selected, should be found to comprise and include any such valuable building, orchard, or other valuable improvement, then the said Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to substitute some other lot or lots, of a fair and proportionate value. Arvnovmn, February 26, 1845. S·r.i·rU1*i: II. "'_" F,,,,_ 26, 1845. Cmir. XXVII. —An det to extend a patenllt heretofore granted to William 1V00ct- ————————· wort. Be it enacted, rye., That the patents granted to William Woodivorth, g,,,.,,,;,, ,,,,,,,,,8 on the twenty-seventh day of December, in the year one thousand eight extended seven hundred and twenty-eight, for his improvement in the method of planing, Y°"*”· tonguing, grooving, and cutting into mouldings, or either plank, boards, or any other material, and for reducing the same to an equal width and thickness, and also for facing and dressing brick and cutting mouldings on, and facing several other substances, a description of which is given