Chapter CXCIX. *in Relation to certain unsold Lands in the Counties of Porter and Lake, in the State of Indiana*
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CHAP. CXCIX.— An Act *in Relation to certain unsold Lands in the Counties of Porter and Lake, in the State of Indiana*. July 1, 1870. Whereas there is lying along the Little Calumet river, in the countiesPreamble. of Porter and Lake, in the State of Indiana, a body of lands supposed to contain about four thousand acres, which has never been sold or surveyed, and which was described in the original government surveys as impassable morass ; and whereas the Calumet Draining Company has been organized under the laws of said State, for the purpose of draining the valley of said river including said morass :
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That said unsold lands shall beCertain unsold lands on Little Calumet river, Indiana, declared subject to State lien for cost of drainage.Proviso. subject to a lien under the laws of the State of Indiana for its proper proportion of the cost of such drainage, and such lien may be enforced against said lands in the same manner and to the same extent as if the said lands were owned by private persons: *Provided*, That no claim shall be held to exist against the United States for such drainage. 188 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. CH. 199, 200, 207, 208. 1870. Sec. 2. Lands may be surveyed and sold subject to lien.*And be it further enacted*, That said lands may be surveyed and sold to the highest bidder, under the directions of the Secretary of the Interior, subject to said lien. Approved, July 1, 1870.