80 THIRTYJNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 159, 160. 1866. been entitled to if they had connected their said line with the Union P2.- cific railroad on the one hundredth degree of longitude as now required Point of con- by law: And provided further, That said company shall connect their ¥f;g:"P‘;é$c line of railroad and telegraph with the Union Pacuic railroad, but not at Ba",.0,,d_ a point more than fifty miles wcstwardly from the mer1d1an of Denver in Colorado. Sec. 2. And be il further enacted, That the Union Pacific Railroad Company, with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, Ifocation of are hereby authorized to locate, construct, and continue their road from g;;;‘;a%“gf;_ Omaha, in Nebraska Territory, westward, according to thelbest and most anyfygm Oma- practicable route, and without reference to the imtml point ou the one liv- westward; hundredth meridian of west longitude, as now provided by law, in a continuous completed line, until they shall meet and connect with the Central _ot‘ Centmlh- Pacific Railroad Company of California; and the Central Pacific Rail-
R:;;'"£b road Cfompany of Californlia, with the consept and approval of the Secre-
_ ta o the nterior, are ereb aut iorize to ocate, construct, an contiriiie their road eastward, in a Zontinuous completed line, until they shall meet and connect with the Union Pacific Railroad: Provided, That each of the above-named companies shall have the right, when the nature of work may bg the work to be done, by reason of deep cuts and tunnels, shall for the exd¤¤¤ QU ¤<{¢ <>V¢¤ peditious construction of the Pacific railroad require it, to work for an ggfmlgggscglnggf extent of not to exceed three hundred miles in advance of their continuuous completed ous completed lines. lim- APPROVED, July 3, 1866. July 8, 1866. CHAP. C]QX.—An Act granting certain Lands ta the Stale of lllichigan to aid in the "'1"‘""’ Constructzcn of a Ship anal to connect the Waters of Lake Supcrwr with the Lake known as Lac La Belle, in said State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, Land, granted granted to the State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the “Lac La T9 Michigan w Belle Harbor Improvement Company," a company organized under and
- 't;lu§i;l;°°‘}.°f£iP by virtue of the laws of the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding
emw,1 between in the construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior §·;*§'i§;*Y2‘¤°” with the lake known as Lac La Belle, in said State, one hundred thou- BEM sand acres of the public lands of the United States in the upper peninsula Amount, and of Michigan, to be selected from the odd-numbered sections of land ggé? *0 b° °°` nearest the location of the said canal, not otherwise reserved or appropriated, nor designated by the United States as “ mineral lands " prior to the passage of this act, nor to which the rights of pre-eruption or homestead Size of canal, have attached: Provided, That the said canal shall be at least one hun-
- 3c‘fPtl‘ °f drcd fee; wide at lthegop, seventy-five feet wide at the bottom, and shall
ave, w en compete , a de th of water through its entire len th of at least twelve feet, running frgm sixteen feet of water in Lake S1?peri0r to fourteen feet of water in Lac La Belle : And provided farther, That said Canallto boa. canal shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the govern- §I‘;‘gl;;l!;§g"U;*Yw ment of the United States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of tha Uumd said government, or upon vessels employed by said government in the S¤>f¢S· transportation of any property or troops of the United States. Lands, how to Sec. 2. And be it jlwther enacted, That the lands hereby granted shall £‘;,‘lEl;§i;gn‘ff be Subject to the disposal of the legislature of the State of Michigan for ’ the purposes aforesaid and no other ; that as soon as the governor of the said State shall file, or cause to be filed, with the Secretary of the Intewhen to be r10I', 9. map or plan showing the location of the said canal, then it shall be withdrawn from the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from market fllé market. lands applicable and subject to the provisions of this act; and whenevéf the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that the said ship canal has been completed, in a good, sub-
