Skc.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacts,  That  the  legislature  of  said  State  shall  cause  to  be
kept  an  accurate  account  of  the  sales  and  net  proceeds  of  the  lauds  hereby  granted,
and  of  all  expenditures  in  the  construction,  re^irs,  and  operating  of  said  canal,  aod
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  in-
terest on  uU  advances  until  the  reimbursement  of  tbe  same,  or  upon  payment  by  the
United  States  of  any  balance  of  such  advances  over  such  receipts  from  said  lands  aod
canal,  with  such  interest,  the  said  Stat«  shall  be  allowed  to  tax  for  the  use  of  said

*  The  board  of  commissionei-s  for  the  sale  of  school,  university,  and  swamp  lands
was  composed  by  State  law  of  the  secretary  of  state,  tbe  treasurer,  and  the  attorney-
general.
APPENDIX   GG ^REPORT   OF   CAPTAIN   DAVIS.  2025

9a}j  Mich  tolls  as  shall  be  safficioot  to  pay  all  nucessary  expouscs  for  the  caro
f  ajid  repair  of  tbo  same.
€w  And  he  it  further  enaetedj  That  said  ship-caual  shall  be  at  least  100  feet  in
with  a  depth  of  water  not  less  than  13  feet.
Ted  Apnl  10, 16Cf :.
