and shall have power to enforce such judgment or decree, by execution, attachment, or other legal process.
This act declared to be a public act.
Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act be, and the same is hereby declared to be, a public act, and that so much and such parts of the act incorporating the said Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria, as may be repugnant to this act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed and annulled.
Approved, February 21, 1823.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XV.—An Act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana.[1]
Claims for certain lands in Louisiana confirmed.
Act of March 2, 1805, ch. 26.
Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 36.
Act of May 11, 1820, ch. 87.
Claims of lands north of Red river, confirmed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims for lands within the eastern district of the state of Louisiana, described by the register of the land office of the said district, in his report to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date the sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, against any claim on the part of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the claims for lands within the district north of Red river, in the state of Louisiana, described by the register of the land office of the said district, in his report to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date the first January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, and included in the first, second, and third, classes of claims, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed against any claim on the part of the United States with the exception of the claims numbered forty and fifty-one in the first class, and of the claims numbered forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, and forty-eight, in the said first class, (which are included in the claim of Baron Bastrop.)
Approved, February 28, 1823.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XVI.—An Act for laying out and making a road, from the lower rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie to the western boundary of the Connecticut western reserve, in the state of Ohio, agreeable to the provisions of the treaty of Brownstown.
Road from the lower rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to Connecticut western reserve.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Ohio is hereby authorized to lay out, open, and construct, a road, from the lower rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to the western boundary of the Connecticut western reserve, in such manner as the legislature of said state may by law provide, with the approbation of the President of the United States; which road, when constructed, shall forever remain a public highway.
Land granted for the road, and expenses.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in order to enable the state of Ohio to open and construct said road, a tract of land, one hundred and twenty feet wide, whereon to locate the same, together with a quantity of land equal to one mile on each side thereof, and adjoining thereto, to be bounded by sectional lines as run by the United States, to defray the expenses of making the said road, is hereby granted to said state; to commence at the Miami rapids, and terminate at the western boundary of the Connecticut western reserve, with full power and authority to sell and convey the same, and apply the proceeds to the making of said road: and in case the said tract of land shall sell for a greater sum than shall be sufficient to complete such road, then the residue thereof shall remain- ↑ See notes to act of May 11, 1820, ch. 87.
