# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 56

Chap. LVI.—An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbours, the completion of the Cumberland road to Zanesville, the securing the lighthouse on Brandywine Shoal, and the making of surveys.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
Completion of Cumberland road, &c.For the completion of the Cumberland road, continued to Zanesville, in the state of Ohio, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: which said sum of money 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.
Removal of obstructions from Grand river.To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand river, in the state of Ohio, nine thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars and eleven cents.
Removal of obstructions from Huron river.To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, in the state of Ohio, four thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents.
Piers at Dunkirk harbour.To complete the erection of piers, at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, six thousand dollars.
A road from Detroit to Maumee.To complete the construction of the road from Detroit to Maumee, five thousand nine hundred dollars.
Road from Detroit to Chicago.To continue the road from Detroit to Chicago, as far as the boundary line of the state of Indiana, eight thousand dollars.
A balance due for laying out a road, &c.To pay a balance due the commissioners for laying out a road from Detroit to Saganaw river and bay, and a road from Detroit to Fort Gratiot, in the territory of Michigan, three hundred and two dollars and sixty-nine cents.
Two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbour. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 46.To complete the building of two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbour, in the state of New York, authorized by an act of Congress, approved the twentieth [second] of March last, entitled “An act to authorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes,” nine thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.
Deepening the channel near Presque Isle.For deepening the channel of entrance, into the harbour of Presque Isle, six thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents.
Removal of obstructions in Ashtabula creek, Ohio.For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, two thousand four hundred and three dollars and fifty cents.
Removal of obstructions in Cunningham creek, Ohio.For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-six cents.
Removing obstructions in Kennebec river.For removing obstructions to the navigation of Kennebec river, at Lovejoy’s Narrows, by removing the half tide and other rocks, in addition to the appropriation of last session, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Lighthouse on Brandywine shoal.For preserving and securing the lighthouse on the Brandywine Shoal, in the bay of Delaware, ten thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses, &c. Act of April 30, 1824, ch. 46. Proviso.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: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be construed into a legislative sanction of any examination or survey which shall not be deemed of national importance, and within the provisions of the aforesaid act of the thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
Complete a pier at Buffalo.To complete a pier adjacent to a pier at Buffalo, in the state of New York, thirty-four thousand two hundred and six dollars.
To be paid out of any money in the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 19, 1828.
* ↑ Notes of the acts which have passed relating to the Cumberland road, vol. ii. 357.
* ↑ This act was passed on the 2d March, 1827.