Sixth, And that the said State shall never tax the lands or the property of the United States in said State: Provided, however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to the State of Kansas have heretofore been confirmed to the Territory of Kansas for the purposes specified in this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified in this act. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Giving the assent of Congress to certain Acts passed, or to be passed, by the legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, or any two of them, in relation to the "raft" of Red River, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given, to any acts that have been, or may be, passed by the Legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, or of any two of them, having for their object the improvement of the navigation of Red River by the removal of the "Raft" therefrom. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That Congress hereby assents, that after and so soon as any company incorporated by the States aforesaid, or any two of them, for the purpose, shall have removed the obstructions to navigation in Red River caused by the "Raft," and have rendered the same navigable, and not before, the said States, or any two of them, may, through the said company, under and in accordance with, and in the mode provided by, the acts incorporating the same, for the benefit of the company and to reimburse to it its expenditures in removing said "Raft," levy and collect, by way of commutation for duties of tonnage, tolls upon all boats or other watercrafts ascending or descending said river, and passing through the portion thereof that shall so have been improved and rendered navigable, not to exceed the following sums: that is to say, fifty cents on and for each bale of cotton, and twenty-five cents on and for each barrel of goods, wares, and merchandise wherewith such boats or crafts may be laden; and that this privilege may continue until the expiration of thirty years from the ninth day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the said company to impair the navigation of Red Bayou: Provided, further, That the United States shall have the right, at any time after the expiration of ten years, to take possession of the work by paying to the company the amount of expenditure, with seven per centum interest. Approved, February 21, 1861. CHAP. 1.—An Act Declaring the assent of Congress to an Act Jan. 16, 1864. of the legislature of the State of Illinois, therein named. Vol. 13, p. 1. cago may erect gable waters aqueduct pipes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of congress is hereby given to the opera- City of Chition of the eleventh section, chapter fifteen, of the act of piers in navi the general assembly of the State of Illinois, approved of Lake MichlFebruary thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, gan to protect entitled "An act to reduce the charter of the city of Chicago, and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and to revise the same,"--which section is as follows: "Said city shall have the power to extend aqueducts or inlet-pipes into Lake Michigan, so far as may be deemed necessary to insure a supply of pure water, and to erect a pier or piers in the navigable waters of said lake, for the making, preserving, and working of said pipes or aqueducts: Provided, That such piers shall be furnished with a beacon-light, which shall be lighted at all such seasons and hours as the light on the pier at the entrance of Chicago river." Approved, January 16, 1864. Piers to be lighted. CHAP. 55.-An Act For the relief of Daniel Wormer. Apr. 9, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 578. Payment to Daniel Wormer etc.. for pier Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise for timber, appropriated, to pay to Daniel Wormer the sum of one at Little sothousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and dus Bay, N. Y. thirty-six cents, in full for all percentage retained by the Government on payments heretofore made to him, and for all timber or other materials furnished by him in the construction of the pier at Little Sodus Bay, on Lake Ontario. Approved, April 9, 1864. Apr. 9, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 578. Payment to Darius S. Cole CHAP. 56.—An Act For the relief of Darius S. Cole. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby. directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise for materials appropriated, to pay to Darius S. Cole the sum of two for pier at thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars, in full for Bay, N. Y. materials furnished to the United States for the construction of the pier in Little Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario. Approved, April 9, 1864. Little Sodus Apr. 9, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 579. Wm. G. Brown for pier at Lit CHAP. 57.-An Act For the relief of William G. Brown. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Payment to That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, for stone, etc.. directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise tle Sodus Bay, appropriated, to pay to William G. Brown the sum of ninety-nine dollars, in full for stone or other materials used by order of the agents of the Government in the construction of a pier in Little Sodus Bay, on Lake Ontario, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Approved, April 9, 1864. N. X. May 19, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 580. Charles L. Nel ices as agent for Improvement at Bur CHAP. 91.-An Act For the relief of Charles L. Nelson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Payment to That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, son for serv directed to pay Charles L. Nelson the sum of three hundred and eight dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being for his services as agent for the improvement of the harbor of Burlington, Vermont, from the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, to the second day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, at four dollars per day. lington Harbor, Vt. June 28, 1864. Approved, May 19, 1864. CHAP. 168.-An Act To provide for the repair and preservaVol. 13, p. 200. tion of certain public works of the United States. Appropria tlon to preserve certain public work on Northern and North western Lakes, Appropriations to pre public works on seaboard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in protecting the commerce of the lakes by causing the public works connected with the harbors on Lakes Champlain, Ontario, Erie, St. Clair, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, to be repaired and made useful for purposes of commerce and navigation, so far as the same, in his judgment, may be necessary. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and serve certain hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the further sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in repairing and rendering useful for purposes of commerce and navigation such of the public works connected with the harbors on the seaboard of the United States as may, in his judgment, need such expenditure. Approved, June 28, 1864. Statement showing the works of river and harbor improvements to which the appropriations made by the foregoing act, approved June 28, 1864, were distributed, and the amount allotted to each work, viz: Susquehanna River, near Havre de Grace, and Patapsco River, near Baltimore, Maryland. Hudson River, New York_ Plymouth Beach, Massachusetts.. Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts. Balance (contingencies, etc.) - [C] 20, 000. 00 6, 685.00 100, 000. 00 [No. 59.] A Resolution For the relief of the State of Wisconsin. July 1, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 413. be charged of sales of and Rock River Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Department of the Interior Wisconsin to shall, in adjusting the amount due the State of Wiscon- with proceeds sin, under existing laws, as five percentum of the net pro- land granted ceeds of sales of the public lands within her limits, esti- to Milwaukee mate and charge against her the value of the one hundred Canal. and twenty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres of land granted to the Territory of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal which have been sold by said territory or said state, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and as much more as the territory and state received upon the same upon sales of any It is not known to what works the expenditure of this balance was applied. In 1868 $10,000 of this appropriation was allotted for St. Marys River, Michigan, which amount was probably derived from the unexpended balances of the other allotments. The whole of this allotment appears to have been expended on Baltimore Harbor. 5979°-H. Doc. 1491, 62-3, vol 1- -10 ited with what. Allowance to canal company. To be cred part thereof at a higher price, and shall credit said state with the amount that has been legally and properly applied by said state or territory towards the cost of selling said land and towards the construction of said canal. And the said secretary shall also settle and allow to the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal Company such sums of money as have been properly expended by said company in the survey and location of said canal, in the construction thereof, as far as the same has been constructed, together with dams, locks, and slack-water navigation, and in the management and keeping the same in repair; and the same shall be paid to the said canal company out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding in amount, however, the balance charged against the State of Wisconsin upon the sales of said canal lands, as above required, after deducting the sum allowed said state for money paid by her out of the same fund. The same to be received by said canal company in full payment and satisfaction of all claims of said company against the state of Wisconsin and of the United States on account of said canal land grant, or on account of any action of the Territory or State of Wisconsin, or of the United States, in relation thereto. Commis sioner General adjust ac counts. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the commisLand Office to sioner of the general land-office be, and he is hereby, appointed commissioner to adjust the accounts herein provided for, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and to determine what sum shall be charged to said State of Wisconsin for the lands granted for the construction of said canal; and what sums shall be credited, respectively, to said State and said company for the moneys expended by them in the construction of said locks and canal as herein provided. Approved, July 1, 1864. July 2, 1864. Vol. 13, p. 353. Appropriation for forti CHAP. 211.-An Act Making appropriations for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, approfications, etc. priated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: ster Island, Great Brew- For sea-wall of Great Brewster's Island, forty thousand Boston, Mass. dollars. |