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AN ACT TO grant quantity of land 70 tic


State of Illinois, for the purpose Of aiding IL


opening a Canal 10 connect the watc. Of


the Illinois River with those Of the Lake Mich


igan.


Be il enacted On the Senate and ffoUac 9f
RehresentatipeS Of the United Slate& Of "
merica in Congress aSScmbled. That there
be, and hereby is, granted TO the State Gf Hi
nos, for the purpose ofading the State in open-
ing canal to unite the waters Of the Illinois iiv-
er with those of Lake Michigan, quantity Of
land equal to one half Of five sections in width,
on each side Of said canal, and reserving each
alternate section to the United States, TO be Sc
lected by the Commissioner Of the Land Office,
under the direction Of the President nf the Unit
ed States, from one end Of the said Canal 10 the
other; and the said lands shall be subject 70 the
disposal of the Legislature Of the said State, for
the purpose aforesaid, and no other; PyomdW,
That the said canal, when completed, shall be-,
and forever remain, public highway for the use
Of the Government Of the e. States, free from a.
ny toll, or other charge, whatever, for any prop
crty of the u States, or persons in their service,
passing through the same. Propdod, that said
canal shall be commenced within five Years and
completed in 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 he VOID.


src. ?. find be HJarfher eaaefed, That, so
soon as the route oftlie said canal shall be ocat-
cd and agreed on BY the 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, authorizedt to sllperintcnd the con
struction Of said canal to examine and ascertain
/ the particular sections 10 which the said State
will be entitled under the provisions OF this act
and report She same to the Secretary Of the
1 Treasury.


:, slr, B. ,At@ BE i J,Utter enacted, That The
SAID state, under the authority ofthe Legislature
thereof, after the selection shall have been sc
made, shall have power 10 sell and convey III,
whole, or any part ofthe said land, and to give
title in fee simple thereof, to whomsocver shal
i purchase the whole, or any part thereof


Approved March ?, 1927.