Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-27

to the other House,
ROADS AND CANALS.
The Senate then took up. IN commit
tee Of the whole, Mr.. King of Alabama
Il, the chair. The bill "to authorize tie
appointment Of certain commissioners
to Law out the road and Canals therein
mentioned," which was reported from
the committee on roads and canals by
MIR. King of ~. Y. on the 4tli inst. TO
which committee had been referred the
memorials on the subject, from the lie.
gislatures of Ohio, lndiana, illinois &c.
The bin is as follows:
.,sreas, by the continuation Of the
Cumberland road from Wheeling III
the State of Virginia, through the.
States Of Oliiv, Indiana, and Illinois.
the lands Of TIE United States may
become more valuable.
Be it enacted by thu Senate and HJuse
of Representatives. IF the United States 81
.4nerica n, Congress assembled, That,
the President of the United States be
and he is hereby, authorized to appoint
three impartial and .judicious persons,
not being citizeus of any Of the States
aforesaid, to be commissioners, and IN
case Of tile death Or resignation OF any
of them, to appoint other and like per
sons in their place, who SHALL have pow
er carefully to examine the COUNT y,
between " heeljng in the State OF Nir-
ginia. and point on the left bank OF
the Mississippi river, to be chosen by
said commissioners, between the 49,
and to lay out a road from Wheeling
aforesaid, to the point so to be chosen
on Tie left bank of the river Misslssip-
nj: the said road to be on straight
line, or as nearly so as, having due
regard to the condition and situation OF
the ground and water courses over
which the same shall be lad ont, shall
be deemed expedient and practlcabie.
And said commissioners shall have
power to employ able surveyors, cham
bearers, and other necessary assistants
in laying out said road. The SAID ROAD
to be eighty feet wide. and designated
by marked trees, stakes or other Con-
sDicnous monuments, at the distance OF
every quarter of mile, and at every
angie of deviation from straight Inc.
AID the said commissioners shall cause
10 be made. and delivered to the fresl.
dent of tie United States, an accurate
pIan Of said road, so laid our, by them
AZ aforesaid, with a written report of
their proceedings, describing therein
he state lines crossed, and the marks,
monuments, curses, and distances by
which the said road shall be designated
describing also the water-courses, and
the nature and quality Of the ground o.
YER which the same shall be laid out
thew shall moreover, divide said road
into sections of not mare than ten, nor
less than FIVE miles long. nntIcing the
materials that may be used in making.
and giving an estimate of the expcnl
Of making each section of the road
foresaid.
Sec. Q. find be 1t further enacted,
That, in order to open the Communica-
lion AMI promote the intercourse be
tween the States, the President of the
United States be, and nc is hereby, au-
thorized TO. appoint three impartial and
iudicious persons. not being citizens Of
either of the States Of Maryland, Della
ware, or New-J Jersey, to be commits
sioners, and, in case Of the death or re.
signation Of any Of them, to appoint o
ther and like persons in their place.
who shall base power to employ such a
BILE surveyors, chain bearers. and other
assistants, as they may deem necessary
and they Shall proceed carefully to view
and examine the rou OF the Chesapeake
and Delaware canal, as already !aiG
out, together with the adjacent country;
and also the route of the proposed canal
from the tide waters Of the river Dele
ware to the tide waters OF the Rariton
river, in the State of N. Jersey: and
upon such view and examination. TO de-
termine whether said canals, respective
ly, be laid out in such places, in such
manner, as will best promote the gen
eral interests Of the L. States, anu
whether the same ought to be varied,
or altered in any respect, either in re-
gard to the route, plan, or dimensions
of the canals: ana also to estimate the