United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 93
Chap. XCIII.—An Act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky.
Land granted.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and are hereby, appropriated, to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of aiding the Columbus and Sandusky turnpike company in making a road from Columbus to Sandusky city, the one half of a quantity of land equal to two sections, on the western side of said road, and most contiguous thereto, to be bounded by sectional lines, from one end of said road to the other, wheresoever the same may remain unsold, reserving to the United States each alternate section the whole length of said road through the lands of the United States, to be selected by the commissioner of the general land office, under the direction of the President: Provided, That no toll shall at any time be collected of any mail stage, nor of any troops, or property of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1827.