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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · May 9, 1856 · Chapter XXV

Chapter XXV. *to surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland Road in said State.* May 9, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That so much of the CumberlandSo much of the Cumberland Road as is in Illinois, with materials, s

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Chap. XXV.— An Act *to surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland Road in said State.* May 9, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That so much of the CumberlandSo much of the Cumberland Road as is in Illinois, with materials, surrendered to that State. Road as lies within the State of Illinois, and all the interest of the United States in the same, together with all the stone, timber, and other materials belonging to the United States, and procured for the purpose of being used in the construction of the same, and all the rights and privileges of every kind belonging to the United States, as connected with said road, in said State, be, and the same are hereby, transferred and surrendered to the said State of Illinois.
Approved, May 9, 1856. Chapter XXVI: to amend the Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. 11 Stat. 8 1856-05-14 Chapter XXVI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 public 8 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 26. 1856.
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Chapter XXV
*to surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland Road in said State.* May 9, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That so much of the CumberlandSo much of the Cumberland Road as is in Illinois, with materials, s
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