...which designates the form of the locations, further than the appropriation of a certain " quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of the canal;" but 1 think there can be no doubt that it was the intention of Congress to make the grant in...

...river," vide act of March 2, 1827 ; each of which acts grants to the respective works " a 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 selected by the Commissioner...

...giving to the Slute of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding the State in opening the canal, a quantity of land, equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of the canal. The Committee on the Public Lands, at the last session of Congress, considering the immense...

...section of the act of Congress of the 2d of March, 1837, grants to the State of Indiana, "a 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 selected by the commissioner...

...aiding in the extension of the Miami canal, from Dayton to lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same should...

...aiding in the extension of the Miami canal, from Dayton to lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize, so far as the same should...

...aiding in the extension of the Miami canal, from Dayton to the Lake, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of the canal, from Dayton to the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize, BO far as the same should be...

...day. On the 4lh of May, 1828, a quantity of land, by an act of Congress, was granted to this state, equal to one-half of five sections in width on each side of the Miami canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, at the mouth of the Auglaize. so far as the Miami...

...State of Ohio, to extend the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, by the Maumee route, a quantity of land, equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal, between Dayton and the Maumee river, &c., &o.| also, 500,000 acres, to aid the State of...

...aid'of the Ohio canals, on condition that they should be completed in seven years, and in addition equal to one-half of five sections in width, on each side of the Miami Canal, for the benefit of the Miami Extension to Lake Erie. These two grants were equal to nearly...