Mr. POMEROY. I move to postpone all prior orders, and take up for consideration Senate bill No. 219. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in ComWhole, proceeded to consider the bill (S.No.219) granting certain lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the construction of a ship cane to connect the waters of Lake Superior with the lake known as Lac LaBelle, in said State. The bill proposes to grant to the State of Michigan, or the use and benefit of “ Lac LaBelle arbor Improvement Company ” a company organized under and by virtue of the laws of that State, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior with the lake known as Lac LaBelle, in said State, 100,000 acres of the public lands of the U.S. in the upperpeninsula of Michigan, to be selectedfrom the odd numbered sections of land nearest the location of the canal, not otherwise reserved or appropriated, nor des ignated by the U.S. as “mineral lands” prior to the passage of the act, nor to which the rights of preemption or homestead have attached. The canal is to be at least 100 feet wide at the top 75 feet wide at the bottom, and to have, when completed, a depth of water through its entire ength of at least 12 feet, running from 16 feet of water in Lake Superior to 14 feet of water in Lac LaBelle. The canal is to be and remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the U.S., free from toll or charge upon the vessels of the Government or upon vessels employed by the Government in the transportation of any property or troops of the U.S. the lands granted are to be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of the State of Michigan for the purposes stated and no other. As soon as the Governor of the State shall file, or cause to be filed, with the SecyInterior, a map or plan showing the location of the canal, the Secretary is to withdraw from market the lands applicable and subject to the provisions of the act; and whenever the governor shall certify to the SecyIn terior that the ship canal has been completed, in a good substantial, and workmanlike manner, in all respects in conformity with the provisions of the act, and to his satisfaction, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to issue at ents to the Statefor the lands granted. I the ship canal shall not be completed within 2 cars from and after the passage of the act, the and s granted are to revert to the U.S. An amendment was reported by the ComPubLands, in line 9ofsection one to strike out “ 100 " and insert “ 50;" so that the clause will read: That there be, and is hereby. granted to the State of Mlchigan, for the useand benefit of the "Lac LaBelle Harbor Improvement Company." acorn any organized under and by virtue of the laws 9 the State of Michi on for the nrpose of aiding m the constructiono aslup cans to connect the watersof Lake Superior wrth the lake known as Lac LaBelle, in said State, 50,000.acresof publlelanda 9fthe U.S. In the upperpenl sula of Michigan.