United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 31
Chap. XXXI.—An Act for the continuation of the Cumberland road.[1]
Cumberland road through Indiana, to be opened from Indianapolis to the east and west boundary of the state.
1820, ch. 123.
1825, ch. 98.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the road located through the state of Indiana, as declared by the act of Congress, entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to lay out the road therein mentioned,” approved fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the act, entitled “An act for the continuation of the Cumberland road,” approved third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the President of the United States shall cause the said road to be opened eighty feet wide, by cutting off the timber, removing it from the road, and digging down the banks preparatory to making a turnpike road, commencing at Indianapolis, cutting and digging as aforesaid, to the eastern and western boundary of the said state.
Appropriation.
To be replaced from road fund, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose of opening and making the road, as mentioned in the first section of this act; which said sum of fifty thousand dollars shall be replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, into the union, on an equal footing with the original states.
Two superintendents to be appointed.
Duties.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the accomplishment of this object, the President shall appoint two fit persons, as the superintendents of said road, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the President, to divide the same into sections, of not more than ten miles each; to contract for, and personally superintend the opening and making the said road, as before mentioned, as well as to receive, disburse, and faithfully account with the treasury, for all sums of moneys by them received in virtue of this act;To give bond. that the superintendents, before they enter upon the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, shall execute a bond to the United States, with security, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties, prescribed by this act; that they shall hold their office during the pleasure of the President,Salary. and shall receive at the rate of eight hundred dollars each, per annum, for their services, during the time they may be employed in the discharge of the duties required by this act.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
- ↑ See notes of the acts which have been passed relative to the Cumberland road, vol. ii. p. 357.