United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 190
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CXC.—An Act making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the construction of roads in the Territory of Wisconsin, to wit:From Fort Howard to the northern boundary line of Illinois.
From Milwaukee to the Mississippi. For the construction of a road from Fort Howard at Green Bay, by Milwaukee and Racine, to the Northern boundary of the State of Illinois, in the direction of Chicago in that State, to be expended in the Territory of Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars. For the construction of a road from the town of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan, by way of Madison, the permanent seat of Government of the said Territory, to a point opposite the town of Dubuque on the Mississippi river, ten thousand dollars. For the construction of the necessary bridges and removing obstructions in the mail road from the northern line of Missouri,From the northern line of Missouri to the Mississippi.
Fort Crawford to Ft. Howard.
To be constructed under direction, &c.
Proviso. through the original counties of Des Moines and Dubuque, to some suitable point on the Mississippi river between Prairie du Chien and Dubuque, ten thousand dollars. For the completion of the military road from Fort Crawford, by Winnebago, to Fort Howard at Green Bay, five thousand dollars. The said roads shall be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War, pursuant to contracts to be made by him; Provided always, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to imply that the United States are pledges or in any manner bound to make any appropriation in future, to make, or construct, said roads, or any part or portion of them.Survey for improvement of navigation of Rock river. For the survey, with the view to the improvement of the navigation of Rock river, from the Illinois line, as far up the same as the contemplated point of intersection with the Milwaukee and Rock river canal, and also the Haven of the said river, next below Lake Kushkenong to Madison, the seat of Government of the Territory of Wisconsin, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.Survey of Des Moines and Iowa rivers.
A railroad from Milwaukee to Dubuque. For the survey of the Des Moines and Iowa rivers, with a view to the improvement of their navigation, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. For a survey and estimate of the cost of a railroad from Milwaukee to Dubuque, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Approved, July 7, 1838.