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'1`WENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 86. 1828. 293 Potomac, or the distribution thereof into two or more sections, at any }iW¤¤‘)’l¤¤<:h¢°¤· time hereafter, or any change in the dimensions of that part of the pre- sggnggt tfbe sent eastern section, extending from Cumberland, or the mouth of Will’s impaired by my Creek, to the mouth of Savage, at the base of the Alleghany, or any ¢h¤¤z¢»f&¢· substitution which the interest of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com- 3 pany may, in the opinion of the company, require to be made, of in- ’ ’ clined planes, rail-ways, or an artificial road for a continued canal, through the Allegheny mountain, in any route which may be, by the company, finally adopted therefor, between the town of Cumberland and the river Ohio. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to obviate any possible am- To obviate biguity that might arise in the construction of the second section of the ggbgxigblfhat act of Congress aforesaid, the authority, by that act designed to be given might m,,:, in to the states of Maryland and Virginia, or to any company incorporated the construcby either or both of those states, to extend a branch from the said canal, gzziiggtgftgg or to prolong the same, from the termination thereof; by a continuous act ,,1-(,0,,,;,,,,, canal, within, or through the District of Columbia, towards the territory aforesaid, the of either of those states, shall be deemed and taken to be as full and ?“*3l°"*g’ gw";. complete in all respects, as the authority granted by that act, to the Chesa- Jhrjsng c:,,?, peake and Ohio Canal Company to extend the main stem of the said Virginia, &¤. canal, within the said district; or the authority reserved to the govern- gsi! br M Ml ment of the United States to provide for the extension thereof, on either °' or both sides of the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall impair the restriction in Pi-oviso. the charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, designed to protect the canal from injury, by the prolongation thereof, or by any branch therefrom. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That the act of the legislature of Act of the Maryland, which passed at their December session, of one thousand eight l°gi¤l¤¤¤¥¤ of hundred and twenty-seven, entitled “An act further to amend the act 1BI;;y1§‘§g.,°g0n_ incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company," be, and the 6{méd, ’ same is hereby, confirmed, so far as the assent of Congress may be deemed necessary thereto. Aprnovsn, May 23, 1828. `-_` Snrurr: I. CHAP. LXXXVI.——An dc! authorizing a subscription fo the stock af the Chem- May 24, 1828. peake and Ohio Canal Company. ""`°"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqmzsentatives of the United Secretary of States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ::° T'°"“‘;.Yt,;“ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in U§,;;mSi,;,,,,G the name and for the use of the United States, for ten thousand shares to subscribe for of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and to 12·°,?° ”l‘“T“ pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as shall be re- gtogkcoiaglgal quired of and paid by the stockholders, generally, by the rules and regu- Chesapeake and lations of the company, out of the dividends which may accrue to the Obi" C°'*°l United States upon their bank stock in the bank of the United States: C°mpany' Provided, That not more than one fifth part of the sum, so subscribed for Proviso. the use of the United States, shall be demanded, in any one year, after the organization of the said company; nor shall any greater sum be paid on the shares so subscribed for, than shall be proportioned to assessments made on individual or corporate stockholders : And provided moreover, proviso That, for the supply of water to such other canals as the state of Mary- I land, or Virginia, or the Congress of the United States, may authorize to be constructed, inconnectionwith the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the section of the said canal leading from the head of the Little Falls of the Potomac river, to the_ proposed basin, next above Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, shall have the elevation, above the tide of the 2 is 2
