Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-04-16
In The House Of REPRESENTATIVES., April 8.
THE cuMBERLAN ROAD.

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into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Un-.
ion, with a view to take up the Cumberland road bill.
The question on the motion of Mr.. Smith having
been taken, and decided in the affirmative,
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Foote, OF
Vermont, in the chair)
Mr.. r. SMITH moved that the committee take up
the bill making an appropriation for the Cumberland
road.
The question having been taken the vote stood
ayes 81, noes %.
No quorum voting,
A second count was taken, and the vote stood
ayes so, noes %.
Still no quorum voting,
Mr.. YANCEY moved that the committee rise, and
report the fact to the House.
Some conversation followed, in which Messrs. G..
w. Jones, Daniel, Cobb, Yancy, and the Chairman
participated
When, to test the fact whether a quorum was pre-
sent or not,
Mr.. DANIEL moved that the committee rise, and
asked for tellers, who were appointed.
And the vote being taken, stood ayes 81, noes sc.
So u quorum voted.
But the committee refused to rise.
And the question having been again taken on the
motion of Mr.. R. Smith, 1t was decided in the affma-
tive.
So the committee proceeded to the consideration Of
the bill to provide for the continuation of the Cum
berland road in tine States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi-
nois which is in the following words:
'sBe IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
s~entaIiUes of the United States of America in Con-
greSS assembled, That the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated
for the purpose of continuing the Cumberland road in
the State Of Ohio; that the sum OF one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, APP
propriated for the continuation of said road In the
State of Indiana and that the sum of one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars be. and the same is hereby
appropriated for the continuation of said road In the
State of Illinois; which several sums shall be paid
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, and 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.
ssSEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the mon
eys hereby appropriated for the construction of the
said road in the States of Ohio and Indiana shall be
expended, as far as practicable, in completing SAID
road continuously, to the end that the finished por.
tons of said road may be surrendered to the respect
i've States Prouided, That this restriction shall not
interfere with the necessary repairs on the whole line
of said road in said States And provided further,
That the part of said road to be covered with stone
shall not exceed the width of sixteen feet.
'SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of War forthwith to
cause the work herein provided for to be specified,
and Immediately thereafter to let the same in separ-
ate divisions within the respective States (the work
in each State to constitute a division) to the lowest
substantial bidder, taking bond and security for the
performance of the contract, having previously given
due notice of such letting.
'SEc. a. And be it further enacted, That the
money hereby appropriated to be expended in the State
of Illinois, shall be applied wholly to the grading and
bridging said road"
The bill having been read
Mr.. WICK presuming, he said, that in all probable
iiy no bill making an appropriation of money for this
object could pass this House, moved, at the sugges-
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order than himself, to strike out from the bill all after
the enacting clause, and insert the following substi-
tute
..That there be, and hereby is, granted to the States
| of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, for the pur-
pose of completing the Cumberland road in the three
first named States, and to Jefferson city In the last
, named, the quantity of lands hereinafter named, ly-
ing in said States respectively, and not otherwise ap.
propriateJ, to-wit: To the State of Ohio, three hun.
bred and f~orty-four thousand acres to the State o
Indiana, nine hundred and twenty-one thousand six
hundred acres to the State of Illinois, one million
three hundred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred
and sixty acres and to the State of Missouri, one
million three hundred and t~hirty-one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two acres; which said lands here
by granted to the said States of Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, and Missouri, shall be selected by agents to be
appointed by the Governors of said States respective
w. And the selections, when made. shall be reported
to the Commissioners of the General Land Office.
"SEc. 2. And be 1t further enacted. That all the
| lands granted by the first section of this act shall be
disposed of by or under the authority of the several
States respectively, and the proceeds thereof shall be
exclusively applied to the completion of the Cumber.
land road in said States, and for no other purpose
whatsoever. And whenever the President shall be
notified by the Governors, or by the proper authorities
of the several States. Tor either of them,) of their rea.
diness to proceed to the selection of the lands herein
before granted, he shall cause the further sale of land
in said States to be suspended until said lands are Sc
lected Provided, That such suspension shall not
continue for a longer period than three months Pro
rided further, That the State of Ohio may select the
whole or any part of the lands granted to said State
from either of the States through which the said road
is laid out, after said States shall have selected the
lands granted to them by this act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the
aforesaid lands shall have been selected, the Cumber-
land road, with all materials which may have been
procured by the United States for the prosecution OF
the same, shall be surrendered to the said States re-
spectively, and the entire control thereof shall there
completed within eight years from the passageof this
act, and, when completed, shall be free from any tolls
or charges whatever for any property of the United
States, or persons in their service passing along the
same.
sSEc. 4. And be ii further enacted, That in case
either of the aforesaid States shall fail to complete
the said road within the time specified by this act,
such State so failing shall forfeit to the United States
all the lands which NAV remain unsold, and also be
holden to pay to the United States all moneys receiv-
ed for lands sold, and not expended in making the
said road, as provided in this act.
sSEc. 8. And be IL further enacted, That the said
lands hereby granted to said States shall not be dis