United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 148
Chap. CXLVIII.—An Act authorizing a road to be cut from the northern boundary of the territory of Florida, by Marianna, to the town of Appalachicola, within the said territory.
Appropriations for roads and harbour in the territory of Florida.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be surveyed, marked, and located, a route for a road from the line which divides the state of Alabama from the territory of Florida, by Marianna, in the county of Jackson, to the town of Appalachicola, on the bay of Appalachicola, in said territory, and when said survey, and the final location of the said road, shall be made, if he approve the same, he is hereby authorized to cause it to be cut out; and for that purpose the sum of twelve thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said road shall be cut out by contract, and that no money shall be paid at any time on account thereof, but on the certificate of an engineer of the army of the United States that the said road has been faithfully constructed according to the terms of such contract.
For the survey of a road from Tallahassee to Cape Florida, five hundred dollars.
For a survey of the east pass into Appalachicola bay and river, to ascertain the practicability and cost of removing obstructions and improving the harbour, five hundred dollars.
Approved, June 30, 1834.