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of said fund, each township and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district.

If the proceeds accruing to any township or district be insufficient for the support of schools therein, the legislature is to invest, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to any township or district, from said fund, shall be insufficient for the support of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the same, as is herein before directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the same.

Approved, February 1, 1826.

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March 3, 1826.

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[Obsolete.]

Chap. VII.—An Act making appropriations for the purchase of books, and defraying certain expenses for the use of the Library of Congress.

5000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books for the library of Congress.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress.

Purchasing of two stoves, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for defraying the expense for two stoves, and nine tons of coal, for the use of the library of Congress.

Approved, March 3, 1826.

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March 3, 1826.

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Chap. VIII.—An Act concerning the transportation of the mail between Vincennes and St. Louis.

Repeal of part of the act of March 3, 1821, ch. 33.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, entitled “An act to alter and establish certain post-roads,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, as directs that “the mail from Vincennes, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri, shall pass by Vandalia,” shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Approved, February 1, 1826.

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March 3, 1826.

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Chap. IX.—An Act for the survey of a route for a Canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

The President of the United States authorized to cause to be made an accurate and minute examination south of the St. Mary’s river, with a view to ascertain the most eligible route for a canal, to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made an accurate and minute examination of the country south of the St. Mary’s river, and including the same, with a view to ascertain the most eligible route for a canal, admitting the transit of boats, to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, and also, with a view to ascertain the practicability of a ship channel; that he cause particularly to be examined the route from the St. Mary’s river to the Appalachicola river or bay, and from the St. John’s river to the Vassasousa bay, with a view to both the above objects; that he cause the necessary surveys, both by land and along the coast, with estimates of the expense of each, accompanied with proper plans, notes, observations, explanations and opinions, of the