CHAPTER XXVI. An Act declaring the Confent of Congress to a certain Act of the State of Maryland, and to continue an Act declaring the Affent of Congress to certain Acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia and Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, fo far as the fame refpects the States of Georgia, and RhodeIland and Providence Plantations. Sec. 1. "B Congrefs to a certain ryland,em dens of the E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United Confent of States of America, in Congress affembled, That to 2 the confent of Congrefs be, and is hereby act of Magranted and declared to the operation of an powering act of the General Affembly of Maryland, the warmade and paffed at a feffion begun and held port of at the city of Annapolis, on the first Monday Baltimore of November, in the year one thoufand feven colled the hundred and ninety-one, intitled, "An act duty thereempowering the wardens of the port of Bal- tioned. timore to levy and collect the duty thereinmentioned." to levy and in men ing the af to certain Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Part of the act, intitled, “An act declaring the affent of act declar Congrefs to certain acts of the states of Mary- fent of land, Georgia and Rhode-Ifland and Provi- Congress dence Plantations," fhall be continued, and is acts of the hereby declared to be in full force, so far as the Maryland, fame respects the states of Georgia and Rhode- Georgia, Ifland and Providence Plantations. ftates of and Rhode. Ifland and. Providence Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Plantations act fhall be, and continue in force for the term continued in force of three years, and from thence to the end of the next feflion of Congrefs thereafter, and no longer. JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Prefident of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May the twelfth, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XXVII. An Act authorizing the Erection of a Light Houfe on Cape-Cod, in the State of Malachusetts. B Ameri A light houfe to be erected on E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of. ca, in Congress affembled, That it fhall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide, by contract, which fhall be approved by the Prefident of the United States, Cape Cod. for building a light-houfe on Cape Cod, in the ftate of Maffachusetts, (as foon as the necef fary ceffion of land for the purpofe fhall be made by the faid ftate to the United States;) and to furnish the fame, with all neceffary fupplics: And alfo, to agree for the falaries, or wages of the perfon, or perfons, who may be appointed by the Prefident, for the fuper intendance and care of the fame: And that the number or difpofition of the light or lights JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Prefident of the APPROVED, May the feventeenth, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, ation there CHAPTER XXVIII. An Act to authorize Ebenezer Zane to locate certain Lands in the Territory of the United States, north-west of the River Ohio. Sec. 1. tracts of E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That upon the conditions herein-after mentioned, there fhall be granted to Ebenezer Zane, three Three tracts of land, not exceeding one mile fquare land to be each, one on the Muskingum river, one on granted to Hockhocking river, and one other on the Zane on north bank of Sciota river, and in fuch fitu- certain ations as shall beft promote the utility of a Ebenezer conditions. tion of the road to be opened by him on the most eligible route between Wheeling and Limestone, to be approved by the Prefident of the United States, or fuch perfon as he shall appoint for that purpose: Provided, fuch tracts fhall not interfere with any exifting claim, location or furvey; nor include any falt-fpring, nor the lands on either fide of the river Hockhocking at the falls thereof. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upSpecifica- on the faid Zane's procuring, at his own exconditions. penfe, the faid tracts to be furveyed in fuch way and manner as the Prefident of the United States fhall approve, and returning into the Treasury of the United States plats thereof, together with warrants granted by the United States, for military land-bounties, to the amount of the number of acres contained in the faid three tracts: And alfo producing fatisfactory proof, by the first day of Ja nuary next, that the aforefaid road is opened, and ferries eftablished upon the rivers aforefaid, for the accommodation of travellers; and giving fecurity, that fuch ferries fhall be maintained, during the pleasure of Congrefs, the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered, to iffue letters-patent in the name and under the feal of the United States, thereby granting and conveying to the faid Zane, and his heirs, the faid tracts of land lo cated and furveyed as aforefaid; which patents fhall be counterfigned by the Secretary of State, and recorded in his office: Provided always, that the rates of ferriage, at fuch ferries, fhall, from time to time, be afcertained by any two of the judges of the terri tory north-west of the river Ohio, or such JONATHAN DAYTON, Speaker of SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Prefident of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May the seventeenth, 1796: GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prefident of the United States. CHAPTER XXIX. An Act providing for the Sale of the Lands of the United States, in the Territory north-west of the River Ohio, and above the Mouth of Kentucky River. Sec. 1. BE general to E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That a Surveyor-General fhall be appointed, whofe duty it fhall be to engage a fufficient number Afurveyorof fkilful furveyors, as his deputies; whom he appoin he fhall caufe, without delay, to furvey and ted; his power and mark the unafcertained outlines of the lands duties. lying north-weft of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of the river Kentucky, in which the titles of the Indian tribes have been extinguished, and to divide the fame in the manner herein-after directed; he fhall have authority to frame regulations and inftructions for the government of his deputies; to adminifter the |