Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-03
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AN ACT for the continuation Of the Cumber-
land Road.

land Road.
&c il enacted BY SAe Senate and House
az RefreSentattuea of me Unitcd .stafes
OF .4me,ica in Cong ress assembled, That
the sum OF one hundred and fly thou-
sand dollars. OF moneys not olherw ise
appropriated, be, and the same is here :
by, appropriated for the purpose of
opening and making road from the
town OF Canton, in The state oil Ohio, on
The right bank of the Ohio river, oppo-
site the town Of Wheeling, to the Mus
kingum river, at GAINESVILLE, in said
state; which said sum of one hundred
and fiy thousand dollars shall be re-
placed out of the fund rescr, ed for lay
ing out and making roads under The di-
rectlon 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. t,.-.
Sec. 2 Ind De il further enacted,
That, for the immediate accomplishment
of this object, the President, with The
advice OF the Senate, shall appoin, some
iia person as the superintendent of said
road, whose duty it shall be, under the
directioo OF the President, to divide the
same into sections OF not more than ten
miles each; TO contract for and person.
ally superintend the opening and making
the said road, as we'll as to receive, dis
burse, and faithfully account with the
Treasury for, all sums of money by him
received in virtue of this act.
Sec. 8. ind be il /urther enacted,
Tha, the sapei ln!endenI shah not be IN
teresied, directly or indirectly, in the
apails OF any contracts so 10 be made by
bin, afAraeaid. That he shau hefnre
he enters upon the discharge of the du-
ties enjoined by this act, execute bond
10 the United States, with security, 20
be approved OF by tbe Secretary oil the
Treasury, conditioned for the faithful
discharge OF his duties prescribed by
this act: That he shall hold his office
during the pleasure OF the President, and
stall receive at the rate of one thou
Sand FIVE hundred dollars per an,lu,n for
his services, during the time he may be
employed in the discharge Of The duties
required by this act
Sec. 4. .4nd be il further enacted,
That the President OF the United States
be, and he is hereby, authorized and en-
powered TO appoint one impartial and
judicious person, not being a citizen of
either of the states through which the
sosd, hereafter mentioned, shall pass, 10
DO q Commissioner; and, in case OF the
death, resignation, refusal to act, or any
disability Of any such Commissioner, to
appoint another in his stead, who Shall
have power, according to the provisions
of the act, entitled g An act to authorize
the appointment of Commissioners to
lay ou, the road therein mentloned," APP
proved May fifteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty, to complete the
examination and survey heretofore COM
menceo by virtue of the provisions Of
said act, and to extend the same TO the
permanent seat Of Government of the
state of Missouri; the said road to con.
form, in all respects, to the provisions OF
the said recited act, excepl that it shall
pass by the seat OF Government OF the
states OF Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois !;
and the said Commissioners and the per-
son employed under them, shall receive
the same compensation Tor their SER
vices, respectively, as is allowed by the
said recited act: Provided, however,
That the said road shall commence at
GAINESVILLE, in the state of Ohio and to
defray the expense thereof, the sum of
ten thousand dollars is hereby appropri-
ated, out OF the appropriation made by
She FIRST section OF this act.
H. CLAY, aEF.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JOHN fGAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, March 8, 1825-Approved:
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to authorize the laying out and
opening of Public Road from the ST. Ma
ry's River, to the Bay Of Tampa, in the ter
ritory Of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES ofthe United States
Of america in Congress assembled, That
the President of the United States be,
and he is hereby, authorized to cause to
be opened, in the territory of Florida,
Public Road, commencing at the Bay of
Tampa, and pursuing the most direct
practical route to Wanlon's, in said ter
ritory, and thence, pursuing the most d.