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tain parts Of the Coast Of he UnlleC
States TO be surveyed.

OF RePreSentat,Ues Of The United Suites
Of Ame'ic ia Congress assembled, That
The President be, u he is hereby. author.
lz"d 10 cause the several porlsges be-
tween The navigabe waters on The coast
OF The United States. from the river
81 Mary's TO the Hudson, to be sccu
ralely surveyed by one or more persons
TO be appointed by him. for the purpose
OF ascerlaiDine the most cliglbie sites
for canals between the same, Whereby
an internal water communication be.
tween the aforesaid rivers may be com
pleed; and that a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
Tor the delrayiDg any expense which
may be incurred IN making such survey,
TO be paid out Of any money in the Trea
sury not otherwise appropriated
April IL, 1914 THIS bill was acted
upon in committee Of the whole, and
was amended by striking out the word
Hudson, and inserting 81. Croix.' and
as thus amended, was ordered to be en-
crossed and read third time.
April 10, 1914 The bill was read
the third Tins, passed the House, and
was sent 10 the Senate for concurrence.
The bill was twice read in The Senate,
pro lorna, and was not further acted
upon, as the session OF Congress closed
on the 18th Of April, 1914, only five
days alter it was received by the Sen
ate from the House. 1t was on the last
day oflhe session, with all other House
bill, postponed until the next session Of
Congress.
February II, 1sOS-Mr. Newton pre-
sented memorial OF inhabitants OF the
county Of Norfolk, and lis vicinity, IN
the State of Virginia, praying The aid
and patronage Of Congress 10 enable the
company incorporated by acts of the LIE
gislalures Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, called The Dismal Swamp Compa-
n.y. 10 complete q canal, which has
been commenced for connecting the wa.
ters OF the AIbemarl Sound 10 The Stale
OF North Carolina, with the waters of
Elizabeth river, in The Stale Of Vir-
gina
The memorial, presented as above by
M. Newton, was signed by many dis
tnguished citizens OF Virginia among
them the Hon. Litt!eIon W TazeweII
afterwards a Senator in Congress and
Governor of Virginia The memorial
sci out with expressions Of congraluIa
ton that Congress had, al last, turned
its attention TO oOe Of the greatest and
best interests OF the country, The i'm
provemsnt Of its natural advantages by
roads and canals. II referred particu
Iarly 10 The resolution adopted in The
Senate on motion Of John Quincy Adams
on The Sd March, 1907 calling on the
Secretary Of the Treasury for report
and a plan Of general and comprehen
sive system Of internal Improvements,
under which Mr.. Galatln made his eel
ebraled report 10 the Senate in 1909 -
The memorial then won't on 10 say, that
among the most important Of the links
in the great chain OF public works which
the Government ought al once seriously
TO sci itself about, for the purpose Of
uniting The several parts ol the Con-
federacy as we'll Tor commercial as ma
lioual advantages, was The Dismal
SUamp Canal, running from Norfolk
into The Sounds along the sea shore oI
North Carolina; and as the completion
OF the whole system must necessarily
occupy many years, the memorlaIIsts
suggested the proPrlety OF immediate aid
for heir particular work.
Thus early was the attention OF Con
aress directed 10 the subject of internal
Improvements, without regard 10 parties
or sections. All parties were united in
Mr.. MDnroe's administration, during
which system OF Improvements was
eSta blished with q zeal and unanimity
seldom equaIIed, as few facts will sui
ficienlly establish:
November %, l623.-A dinner was
given 10 Washington to the delegates
from various parts OF the Union, Mr.,
Kent, Of Maryland, chairman, amount
ing to about two hundred, who had been
10 convention for several days, and had
adopted q series Of resolutions, offered
by Gen. Mercer, in favor OF making The
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the second
declaring that 1.-TWO elevenshs be subscri'
bed by the Slate Of Maryland, three
eIevenths by the State Of Virginia, four
eIevenths by the United States, and Two
elevenths by The District citizens, At
this dinner many Of the Cabinet officers
OF the Government were present.
There were no regular ioasIs, but The
spontaneous sentiments offered I'll COL
umn and a half The following are
some OF them:
"By the Secretary Of State The first
right and the first duty Of nalions-self
defence and self Improvement
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