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ing the same.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives ofthe United States
Of .dmerica IN Congress assembled, Tba,
the act OF The Legislature of the state of
Virginia, entitled " An act incorporat.
ing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company" be, and the same is hereby,
ralified and confirmed, SO far as may be
necessary tor the purpose Of enabling
any company, that may hereafter be
formed by the authority of said act of IN
corporation, to carry into effect the pro-
visions thereof, in the District of Colum.
bia, within the exclusive Jurisdiction of
The United States, and 40 further
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That, should the state of Virginia or
Maryland desire, at any time, to avail it
self OF the right secured to it, BY the
twenty first section of the act aforesaid,
to take and continue canal, from any
point OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal, TO any other point within the terrific
ryofthe District of Columbia, or through
the same, on application to the President
OF the Unite States, by the Executive of
state, the President is authorized and
empowered TO depute three ski.tul com.
missioners Of the United States Corps
OF Engineers, to survey and examine SO
much OF the route Of such canal as may
affect, in any manner, the navigation OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The
said commissioners, or majority of
them, shall ascertain, as far as practica.
bic, whether the canal proposed to be
constructed by the state aforesaid will ia
jure Or impede the navigation Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and report
10 the President of the United States
The facts and reasons on which they may
ground their judgment ,hereupon which
report shall be submitted to the Con
gress of the United Slatss, at their SEES.
sion next ensuing the date thereof. for
their decision thereon; and, If Congress
shall be of opinion that the said canal
may be cut in the manner proposed as
aforesaid, without impeding or iniuring
the navigation of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, the same shall be copc!usiy
thereon.
II. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, March 3, 1825-Approved:
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT fixing the place for holding the Cir
cult and District Courts ofthe United States
for the Southern District of New-York
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
o. Representatives ofthe United States
of .4merica in Congress assembled, That
the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States for the Southern District
OF New York, shall be holden in the
City Hall, in the city of New York, as
heretofore, until otherwise ordered by
law, or until the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, on the representation Of the Judges
OF said Courts, respectively, shall direct
further or other accommodation, to be
provided for said Courts, or either of
them: Provided, That competent au.
thority allow to said Courts the exclu-
sive use Of some suitable apartment for
holding the same in the said City Hall
Ind Provided, That the District Court
of the United States for the said South
ern District Of New York, may continue
10 bold its sessions where the same are
now held, until the last Of May, which
shall be in the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-six any thing in
this act contained to the contrary not.
wiihstanding.
II. CLAY,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, March 3, 1825-Approved:
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to provide an additional appropria-
ton to complete the Public Road from PEN
sacola to St. Augustine, in the Territory of
Florida.
Belt enacted by the Senate and House
Of Rehresentatives of the United States
of.america in Congress assembled, That,
for the completion OF the Public Road,
directed to be opened from Pensacola to
St Augustine, in the Territory OF Flori-
da, the sum Of eight thousand dollars be,
and the Same is hereby, appropriated, to
be paid out Of any money in the Treasu-