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Show TP PMJM CLAIMS Under Its Admission Act the State of A llliao'a Asks the Government fol Nearly Half a Million. U4 BREACH OF CONTEAOT ALLEGED O CO On the Part of the United States in Oon- V neotian with the Construction of the Great Cumberland Turnpike, PrmvGFtEi.n, March 10,-Tho pre- 2 liminary step in an important suit f. have been completed by Attorney-Gen- j orallluut. It is ilio suit of the state of Illinois against the United Slate in U what are familiarly known us the "Two fjl per cent claims." the slate claiming several hundred thousand dollars be- - cause of non-fulfillment of contract on fft the part of the government in the con- t struction of the natioual road from Q navigable water ilowing into the Atlan- A tic on the east, and through the state of Illinois to the Mississippi river. Thit highway was known as the Cumberland Cumber-land road uud was to be a great national highway to bo constructed hy the United States. In tho act admitting Illinois to the union, 2 per cent of the net proceeds of the sale of all publio lands in, the state was reserved on sales after Jan. 1, 1819. Similar provisions were made at the admission of several other states, and in all tho cases, except Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the government has accounted ac-counted in full to the state for tho amount of tho reserved 2 per cent. The case will come up iu the court of claims at Washington goon. The amount asked for is $171,110. |