Chapter XXVIII. *concerning the Salt Springs on the waters of the Wabash river.* March 3, 1803.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That for the purposeSalt works to be established on the Wabash river. of procuring articles nec
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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *concerning the Salt Springs on the waters of the Wabash river.* March 3, 1803.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That for the purposeSalt works to be established on the Wabash river. of procuring articles necessary to the establishment of salt works, at the springs near the Wabash river, which have been ceded to the United States, by certain Indian tribes, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, and under the direction of the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to cause the said springs to be worked at the expense of the United States; or, if he shall deem1807, ch. 46. it more proper, to lease the same for a term not exceeding three years, on such conditions as will insure the working the same most extensively, and to the most advantage to the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1803.