thereof shall not be in session, or shall adjourn within ten days after the passage and approval of this act, then said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the governor and board of control of said State, for the purpose aforesaid and for no other; and the said canal shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels of said government, or upon vessels employed by said government in the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That before it shall be competent for said State to dispose of any of said lands, to be selected as aforesaid, the plan of said breakwater and harbor, and the route of said canal shall be established as aforesaid, and a plat or plats thereof shall be filed in the office of the War Department, and a duplicate thereof in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if the said breakwater, harbor, and ɛhip canal shall not be completed within two years from the passage of this act, the lands hereby grauted shall revert to the United States.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said State shall cause to be kept an accurate account of the sales and net proceeds of the lands hereby granted, and of all expenditures in the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, and of the earnings thereof, and shall return a statement of the same annually to the Secretary of the Interior; and whenever said State shall be fully reimbursed for all advances made for the construction, repairs, and operating of said canal, with legal interest on all advances, until the reimbursement of the same, or upon payment by the United States of any balance of such advances over such receipts from said lands and canal, with such interest, the said State shall be allowed to tax for the use of said canal only such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all necessary expenses for the care, charge, and repair of the same.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT to extend the time for the completion of certain railroads to which land grants have been made in the States of Michigan and Wisconsin.

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, granted to the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river, for the benefit and use of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company,a corporation of the States of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and from Marquette to Ontonagon, for the use and benefit of the Marquette and Ontonagon Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Michigan, and for twenty miles westerly from Marquette of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette railroad, for the benefit and use of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company, four additional alternate sections of land, per mile, to that already granted by act of Congress approved June third, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and joint resolution supplementary thereto, to be selected upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations as are contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act making a grant of lands to the State of Michigan, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State," approved June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-six: Provided, That the land to be so located by either of said roads shall be selected from the alternate sections, designated by odd numbers, within twenty miles of the line of said road. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted by said act of Congress and by this act shall be disposed of only in the following manner, that

is to say: When the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any ten consecutive miles, upon the route of either of said roads, is completed in a good and substantial manner, as a first-class railroad, then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a certificate or certificates to-issue to said State for one hundred sections of land, for the benefit and use of such company, and so from time to time for each completed section of ten miles of either of said roads, one hundred sections of land, until the whole shall be completed: Provided, That none of the additional lands granted by this act for that portion of the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad now completed shall be certified to the State of Michigan by the terms hereof until the said railroad shall be completed from a point twenty miles west of Marquette to Ontonagon; and that none of the additional lands granted by this act for that portion of the railroad from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river, now completed, shall be so certified until the said railroad shall be completed from Bay de Noquet to the said Wisconsin State line at or near the mouth of Menomonee river, as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the time limited for the completion of the road from Marquette to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menomonee river, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of five years from and after the third day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet, and from Marquette to Ontonagon, shall be selected and certified east of that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven--that is, south of the township line between townships forty-seven and forty-eight, nor south of that portion of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight, that lies east of the dividing range line above named; and that no lands to be set apart for the road from Marquette, on Lake Superior, to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Menonomee river, shall be selected and certified west of that portion of the range line dividing ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven, north of the township line dividing townships forty-two and forty-three, nor north of the township line dividing townships forty-seven and forty-eight; and that, for the purpose of making up any deficiency of lands to which the line of road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet may be entitled to make its grant equal to ten sections to the mile, the same shall be certified on the route from Marquette to Ontonagon, within twenty miles of the line of said road, and east of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained. And that, whenever the governor of the State of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that twenty consecutive miles of the line of road from Marquette to Bay de Noquet has been completed in a good and substantial manner, as a first-class railroad, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be issued to said State of Michigan, for the use and benefit of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company, assignee of the State of Michigan, a certificate or certificates for two hundred sections of land, to be selected and located from the sections designated by odd numbers, on the line from Marquette to Ontonagon, and within twenty miles of said line.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the time for the completion of the railroad from Fond Du Lac, on Lake Winnebago, to the Wisconsin State line, at or near the mouth of the Monomonee river, shall be, and hereby is, extended for the period of five years from and after the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; and that any and all grants of land to said road shall continue and remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That each of said companies shall grade, in a good and substantial manner, ready for the ties, twenty miles of its road within two years, and twenty miles additional thereof in each year thereafter :

Provided, That if said companies, or either of them, shall neglect or fail to do so, or to complete its road within the time herein specified, the land granted to such company shall revert to the United States.

Approved March 3, 1865.

AN ACT to establish certain post roads.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be established as post roads :

CALIFORNIA.

From San José to Alviso.

From Santa Clara to Alviso.

From Virginia City, in Nevada, via Crystal Peak, Donner Lake, Summit Valley, and Dutch Flat, to Sacramento.

From Folsom to Coloma, Nevada.

From Monterey, via Watsonville, to San Francisco.

From Murphey's, via Bigtrees, Big Springs, Silver Valley, to Silver Mountain, and thence, via Mount Bullion, Markleville, Carey's Mills, and Fredericksburg, to Geneva.

From Austin, Lander county, to Ione City.

From Wellington Station, on West Walker river, by Walker's Lake, Deep Well Station, Kentucky district, Hot Spring, Mammoth district, Ione City, the county seat of Nye county, St. Augustine and Washington districts, Canon City and Middletown, to the city of Austin, the county seat of Lander county.

NEVADA AND TERRITORIES IDAHO AND MONTANA.

From Unionville, the county seat of Humboldt county, via Star City, Dun Glen, Moore's and White's Ranch, Pah Ute Knob, in the State of Nevada, the Owyhee and Jardan's Creek mines, Boise City, Idaho City, Centreville, and Placerville, in the Territory of Idaho, to Virginia City, in the Territory of Montana.

ILLINOIS.

From Savanna, in Carroll county, via Baker's Spring, to Morrison, in Whiteside county.

From Carthage, in Hancock county, via Jacob K. Jacob's store, Durham's and McQueen's mill, to Burlington, Iowa.

From Newport, Vermillion county, Indiana, to Ridge Farm, Vermillion county, Illinois.

From Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, on the Great Western railroad, to Lovingston, Moultrie county.

From Richmond, via Elgin, Clintonville Junction, and Cottage Grove, to Chicago.

From Marion, Williamson county, via Harrisburg, Saline county, to Shaw

neetown.

From Waterloo, Monroe county, to Red Bud, in Randolph county.
From Platteville, via Kendall and Specie Grove, to Yorkville.

INDIANA.

From Wabash, in Wabash county, via Emmon's church and Roanna, to Nicouzah, in Miami county.

From Farmland, Randolph county, to Hagerstown, in Wayne county.

IOWA.

From Charles City, via Howardsville, Huntsville, Busti, Howard, and Vernon Springs, to New Oregon.

From State Centre, Marshall county, via Minerva, Illinois Grove, New Providence, Quebec, Point Pleasant, and Cottage, to Iowa Falls.

From Muscatine, Iowa, via Buffalo Prairie, Millersburg, and Aledo, to Monmouth, in Illinois.

From Decatur City, Iowa, via Terre Haute, to Eagleville, Missouri.

From Decatur City, via Hopeville, to Afton.

From Hampton to Marble Rock.

From Winthrop to Fayette.

From Chariton, Lucas county, via Garden Grove, to Leon, Decatur county. From New Oregon, Iowa, to Preston, Minnesota.

From Fort Dodge, via Eagle Grove, Grant, Belmond, and Upper Grove, to Clear Lake.

From Alden, via Oakland, Wall Lake, Grant, and Eagle Grove, to Dakota, in Humboldt county.

From Algona, Iowa, via Armstrong's Grove, to Charin Lakes, thence to intersect the route from Blue Earth City to Isterville.

From Bedford, Taylor county, via Buchanan, Bradyville, College Spring, Walaen's Grove, to Hamburg, Fremont county.

CONNECTICUT.

From Cornwall Bridge, via Cornwall and Milton, to Litchfield.

KENTUCKY.

From Mount Vernon to Somerset.

From Irvine, Estell county, to Vienna, Clarke county.

From McKee, in Jackson county, to Big Hill, in Madison county.
From Whiteley Court-House to John Davis, in Whiteley county.

MAINE.

From Sherman, via Sherman's Mills, to Golden Ridge, in Aroostook county. From Fort Fairfield, via Eaton Grant, to Caribou, in Aroostook county. From Waldoboro to Friendship.

From Belfast, through Waldo, Brooks, Knox, Thorndike, Unity, and Benton, to Fairfield.

MICHIGAN.

From Grand Ledge, Eaton county, via Eagle, to Portland, in Ivonia county. From Dowagiac, Cass county, to Volinia, in same county.

From Climax Prairie to Galesburg, (on the Michigan Central railroad,) in Kalamazoo county.

From Flint, via Davison, to Lapeer.

From Hillsdale, via Frontier, to Amboy.

From Otisco, Ionia county, via Ashley and White Swan, to Courtlandt Centre, in same county.

From Manistee, Mason county, to Stromach, in same county.

MINNESOTA.

From Elk River, Sherburne county, to Princeton, Millie Sac [Lac] county. From Minneapolis, via Crystal Lake, Osceo, Maple Grove, and Wassan, to Monticello.

From Winnebago Agency, Blue Earth county, to Minnesota Lake, Faribault county.

From Elk River, Sherburne county, to Princeton, Millie Lac county.
From Mantonville to Madison.

From Mankato to New Ulm.

From New Ulm to Redwood Falls.

NEW YORK.

From Keene, in Essex county, to Keene Flats.
From Cannonsville to Rocky Rift, in Delaware county.
From Cannonsville to Unadilla, in Otsego county.

From Danby to West Danby, in Tompkins county.

From West Hurley to Woodstock, in Ulster county.

From Saugerties, in Ulster county, to Hunter Village, in Green county.
From Malone, Franklin county, to Trout River, in same county.

From Walton to Downsville, in Delaware county.

From Rushville, via Reed's Corners, to Canandaigua.

From Manorville, via Eastford and Speonk, to West Hampton.

From Haneoze, via Hemlock Lake, Livonia, to Livonia Station.

From Morely, Saint Lawrence county, to Madrid, in the same county.

OHIO.

From East Liverpool, Columbia county, via Calcutta, Spruce Vale, Clarkson, Carmel, and Fairfield, to Waterford.

From Youngston, Mahoning county, Ohio, to Sharon, Mercer county, Pennsylvania.

From Logan, Hocking county, to South Bloomingville, in same county. From Ottawa, Putnam county, in a westerly direction along or near the northern bank of Blanchard river, and northeastern bank of the Anglaize river, to Charlove, Paulding county.

From Farmer, Defiance county, westward to Milo, in same county, and from Milo northward to Edgerton, in Williams county.

From Delta, Fulton county, to Liberty Centre, Henry county.

From Hamilton, via Millville, Bunker Hill, and Reily, Ohio, to Springfield, Indiana.

PENNSYLVANIA.

From Lebanon, via Mount Zion and Greble, to Mount Etna.

From Brady's Bend to Hillville.

From Smethport, McKean county, to Wilcox, Elk county.

From Herndon, in Lower Mahoning township, Northumberland county, via Jordan township, to Klingerstown, in Schuykill county.

From Linden to Linden Station, on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad.
From Emlenton, Venango county, to Shippensville, Clarion county.

From Rockland, Venango county, via Cranberry, to Laytonia, in said county.
From Callensburg, Clarion county, to Cranberry, Venango county.
From Greenville, Clarion county, to Kerr's store, in said county.