“An act to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,” be extended so as to include, in its operation, the improvement of the Mississippi from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and the deepening of the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Arkansas.
Proviso.For improving the navigation of the Arkansas river, fifteen thousand dollars; Provided, The engineer department, after due examination, is satisfied that, during a portion of the ensuing year, the men and machine now employed in removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, can be more usefully employed in removing those of the Arkansas river:Proviso.
Compensation to the superintendent not to exceed $3000. Provided, That the compensation of the superintendent of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, shall be the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, in full for all his services; and he shall not hereafter be allowed any thing in the shape of commissions in his disbursements.
Ohio.For improving the mouth of Conneaut creek, Ohio, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, three thousand eight hundred dollars.
For a pier head at Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand river, Ohio, two thousand six hundred dollars.
For completing the improvement of Cleveland harbour, Ohio, six thousand six hundred dollars.
For removing a sand bar at the mouth of Black river, Ohio, eight thousand dollars.
For removing obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Michigan.For piers at La Plaisance bay, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.
Cumberland, Tennessee.For the improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland river, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the War Department.
Georgia.For the removal of the obstructions to the navigation of the Savannah river, between the mouth thereof and the city of Savannah, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, including the balance of the former appropriation to the same object, to be expended according to a plan and an estimate of the Department of War.
Surveys.
Act of April 30, 1824, ch. 46.For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys under the act of thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, thirty thousand dollars.
Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 97.For repairs of the Cumberland road east of the Ohio river, and other needful improvements on said road, to carry into effect the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled “An act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road,”[1] passed the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; and of an act of the General Assembly of the state of Maryland, entitled “An act for the preservation and repair of that part of the United States’ road within the limits of the state of Maryland,” passed the twenty-third day of Janu-
- ↑ The acts passed by the legislatures of Pennsylvania and Maryland are,
ACT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Whereas, that part of the Cumberland road lying within the state of Pennsylvania is in many parts in bad condition, for want of repairs, and as doubts have been entertained whether the United States have authority to erect toll-gates on said road, and collect toll; and as a large proportion of the people of this commonwealth are interested in said road, and its constant continuance and preservation: Therefore,Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That as soon as the consent of the government of the United States shall have been obtained, as hereinafter provided, William F. Coplan, David Downer, of Fayette county, Stephen Hill, Benjamin Anderson, of Washington county, and Thomas Endsley, of Smithfield, Somerset county, shall be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, a majority of whom shall be sufficient to transact business, who shall hold their offices forAn act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road.
