...of the Senate: Whereas, The Grant of Land made by the General Government to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect ithe same by a canal, has swelled the expenses of Legislation in the State, in attempting to apply...

...the information of such gentlemen he would state that a law had been passed by congres, granting a quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers: that under the operation of said law a large tract of land, six miles in width extending from Green...

...the State of Wi.icoi¥iin, in puisuauco of an act of congress entitled ' An act to grant a cert»in quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rw«s, <kc,,' tbe same b«ing the residue of the odd numbered sections, within the limits of the grant...

...Legislature is now taking measures for their completion. It is in contemplation to improve the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and to connect the same by canal. To accomplish this, a grant of about half a million acres of land has been donated by Congress....

...contemplated by t>»e act ol Congress entitled " An act to grant a certain quantity of land to aitl in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers and to connect t K *same by a casjal in the territory of Wisconsin" approved August 8th 1846 and the superintendence...

...Legislature is now taking measures for their completion. It is in contemplation to improve the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and to connect the same by canal. To accomplish this, a grant of about half a million acres of land has been donated by Congress....

...also, the lands reserved to the United States by the provisions of the act entitled " An act to grant a quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the...the same by a canal in the Territory of Wisconsin j" and also the even-numbered sections reserved by the provisions of the act entitled " An act to grant...

...the odd-numbered sections of the Fox and Wisconsin River reservation, subsequent to the passage of " An Act to grant a certain quantity of land, to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivera, and connect the same by canal, in the Territory of Wisconsin," (Aug. 8, 1 S46, ) are declared...

...to be extended to the river Mississippi. So late as the 8th of August, 1846, congress granted lands to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the same bg a eanal, in the state of Wisconsin. The Cumberland road was constructed under the act of March 29th,...

...upon the admission of this state into the Union, so to alter the provisions of the act of congress, entitled " an act to grant a certain quantity of land...the same by a canal in the territory of Wisconsin," that the price of the lands reserved to the United States shall be reduced to the mininum price of...