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 AN ACT authorize the Territory of Florida open

 nal through the public lands between Chpola river and Saint Andrews bay, in West Florida.

 Be t enacted bu the Senate and Hou8e of RehreSentatives ofthe United States of .d1,e- rica in Congress assembled, That the Ter ritory of Florida be, and is hereby, author zed to survey and mark, through the pnblic lands of the United States, the route of a ca nal, by which to connect the navigation of the river Chipola and Saint Andrews bay, in West Florida, and to cut the same through the public lands; and ninety feet of land on each side of said canal shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United States, and the use thereof be forever vested in the Territo . ry, or such company as shall be organized by them, for a canal, and for ne other purpose whatever.

 Sec. 3. find De it further enacted, That if the said Territory shall not survey, and di rect by law, said canal to be opened, and fur nish the Commit ssioncr of the General Land Office map thcreof, within two years from and after the date of this act, or if the said canal be net completed suitably for naviga- ton within five years thereafter, or if said land hereby granted shall ever cease to be used and occupied for the purpose of con structing and keeping in repair canal suita- be for navigation, the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void and of no effect: Pro vided, That nothing in this act contained, ol that shall be done ill pursuance thereof, shal be deemed to imply any obligation, on the part ot the United States, t3 applnrfi4te money to lefray the expense Of surveying CT opening said canal; sHHd hroUaied Hke70iSp, That the said canal when completed by sad Territory, orby an incorporated companYun- der the authority of the same, shall be, and for ever remains apublc highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever fer any pr-- perty of the United States, CT persons in their service on public business passing through the same.

 Sec. 3. ..4nd De H futther enactpd, That every section of land through winch said ca nal route may pass, shall be and the same is hereby, reserved from sale under the dircc- ton of the Government of the United States, until hereafter specially directed by law, and the said Territory, or coiApanv incorporated by them, are hereby authorized. withQu, waste, to use any materials on the pub c. lands adjacent to said canal that may b6 ne cessary to it's construction.

 Sec. 4. y4nd Dc u fnrther enactrd. ThAt the said Territory, or any incorporated com pany under their authority be, and they are hereby, authorized to open through the pub lie lands of the United States, canal from Matanzas to Halifax river, in East Florida, upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations, in every respect, as are prescrib ed in the foregoing provisions of this act; and the same lands shall be reserved, in Ike man. ner, for the object, specified, and for no other.

 APPROVED, March 3, 1881.