Therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the commissioners appointed by the act, entitled, "An act to appoint a board of canal commissioners," passed the 11th April, 1825, are hereby authorized and empowered, in behalf of this state, immediately to locate and contract for making a canal, and locks, and other works necessary thereto, from the river Swatara to the mouth of the river Juniata, and also from Pittsburg to the mouth of the Kiskiminetas.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall be authorized to appoint one or two of the board, as occasion may require, as acting commissioner or commissioners, who shall receive dollars per day, while actually engaged in the superintendence of the works contemplated by this act.
Section 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board shall appoint a treasurer, and shall have power to appoint engineers, clerks, and
