Chapter 588. To grant certain lands to the State of Ohio
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CHAP. 588.— An Act To grant certain lands to the State of Ohio. February 18, 1905. [[H. R. 11444](/us/bill/58/hr/11444).] [[Public, No. 81](/us/pl/58/81).] Whereas the State of Ohio in the years eighteen hundred and twenty-eight to eighteen hundred and forty-four, inclusive, constructed the Preamble. Miami and Erie Canal; and Whereas the State of Ohio, for the purpose of supplying the said canal with water, built and constructed certain artificial lakes or reservoirs known as the Mercer County Reservoir, in Mercer and Auglaize counties, and the Loramie Reservoir, in Auglaize and Shelby counties, the former being completed and flooded with water about the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, and the latter about the year eighteen hundred and forty-four; and Whereas it has recently come to the knowledge of the authorities of the State of Ohio that the title to the land above described is in the United States and not in the said State of Ohio:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following described Ohio. Lands in Mercer, Auglaize, and Shelby counties, granted to. lands in township six south, range three east, in Mercer County, Ohio, be, and the same are hereby, granted to the State of Ohio, to wit: The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section two, township Description. six south, range three east, forty acres; the south half of the southwest quarter of section three, township six south, range three east, eighty acres; the east half of the northeast quarter of section eight, township six south, range three east, eighty acres; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section eight, township six south, range three east, forty acres; the northwest quarter of section eight, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the southwest quarter of section eight, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the northeast quarter of section nine, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the southeast quarter of section nine, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the northwest quarter of section nine, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the east half of the southwest quarter of section nine, township six south, range three east, eighty acres; the southwest quarter of section ten, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the northeast quarter of section eleven, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty 722 acres; the southeast quarter of section eleven, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the east half of the southwest quarter of section eleven, township six south, range three east, eighty acres; the northwest quarter of section seventeen, township six south, range three east, one hundred and sixty acres; the east half of the southwest quarter of section seventeen, township six south, range three east, eighty acres; also the whole of section seven, township six south, range four east, in Auglaize County, Ohio, six hundred and ninety-four acres; also the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven, township seven south, range five east, in Shelby County, Ohio, eighty acres; and containing in all two thousand six hundred and ninety-four acres, more or less.
Approved, February 18, 1905.