[PcsLIc-No. 39.3
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AN ACT to grant certain quantity Of land


to the State Of Indiana, for the purpose Of ad
r ing said State in opening u Canal to connect


the waters of the Wabash River with those


of Lake Erie.


Be ii enacted By the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States Of ~
nlerica in Congress assembled, That there
be, and hereby is, granted to the State Of In'l,-
ana, for the purpose of aiding the State in opeu-
ing canal to unite the waters OF the Naba h riv-
er with those of Lake Eric, quantity Of
land equal to one half of FIVE sections in width,
on each side Of said canal, and reservng each
alternate section to the United States, to be Sc
lected by the Commissioner of the Land Office,
under the direction of the President of the Unit
ed States, from one end of the said Canal to the
other; and the said lands shall be subject TO the
disposal Of the Legislature of the said State, for
the purpose aforesaid, and no other Pror'ded,
That the said canal, when completed, shall be,
and forever remain, public highway for the Use
of the Government of the U. States, free from a.
ny toll, or other charge, whatever, for any prop
erty OF the u States. or persons in their service,
passing through the same. Provided, that said
canal shall be commenced within five wears and
completed in twenty years, or the State shall be
bound to pay to the United tates the amount oi
any lands previously sold, and that the title te
purchasers under the State shall be valid.


SEC. 2. find Be IL farther enacted, That, 81
soon as the ioute of the said canal shall be locat
I'd and agreed on by the said State, it shall bt
lie duty Of the Governor thereof or such othe