Secretary of War authorized to change direction of road.For continuing the road from Detroit to fort Gratiot in Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars; and authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War, to change the direction in which the road shall be continued, agreeably to the report of the superintendent of the War Department, of the eighteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
For continuing the road form Detroit to Saganaw, ten thousand dollars.
Arkansas.For the repair of the Little Rock and Memphis road, from Little Rock to the St. Francis river, under the superintendence of the governor of said territory, twenty thousand dollars.
To complete the Washington and Jackson road, at the two extremes thereof, in the territory of Arkansas, in addition to the unexpended balance, two thousand dollars.
Ohio.For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Ohio, west of Zanesville, one hundred thousand dollars.
Indiana.For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Indiana, including the erection of bridges over the east and west branches of White Water, and other small streams, with a view to bring the road into immediate use, one hundred thousand dollars.
Illinois.For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Illinois, seventy thousand dollars.
To be paid from the treasury.Which sums shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and replaced out of the fund reserved for the laying out and making of roads under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.
Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 98.
Cumberland road.
Office of superintendent discontinued.
Work to be prosecuted, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second section of the act for the continuation of the Cumberland road, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, as authorizes the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a superintendent thereof, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that the work in the state of Ohio be continued by the War Department, under the superintendence of an officer of engineers.
road within the limits of this state, as directed by this act, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be in full force and virtue in law.”
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That, if there shall be any surplus money in the hands of the said superintendent, beyond the actual expenses for preserving and repairing the part of said road within the limits of this state, and paying the said superintendent and toll-gatherers, and all incidental expenses, the said superintendent shall remit the same to the treasurer of the Western Shore, whose duty it shall be to receive the same, to be denominated on the treasury books “The United States Road Fund;” which money, constituting said fund, shall be applied, solely and exclusively, to the preservation, repair, and improvement, of that part of said road within the limits of this state, and to no other use or purpose whatever.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not have any force or effect, until the Congress of the United States shall assent to the same; and until so much of the said road as lies within the limits of the state of Maryland be first put in a good and complete state of repair, by an appropriation made by the Congress of the United States to repair the same, and to pay the expenses of building a toll-house or toll-houses, and erecting a toll-gate or toll-gates, to be built and erected by the superintendent appointed by the governor and council of this state; to be expended under the authority of a superintendent to be appointed by the President of the United States: Provided, The general assembly of this state may, at any future session thereof, change, alter, or amend this act, so as to regulate the amount of tolls: Provided, That the same shall not be so altered or amended, as to reduce or increase the rates of tolls hereby established, below or above a sum necessary to defray the expenses incident to the preservation and repair of said road, for the payment of the fees and compensation to the superintendent, collectors of tolls, and other agents: And provided, That no change, alteration, or amendment, shall ever be adopted, that will in any wise defeat or affect the true intent and meaning of this act.Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That in case any superintendent, who shall be appointed under this act, shall die, resign, refuse to act, or remove from Allegany county aforesaid, the governor and council of this state shall appoint another in his place, who shall, at the time of his appointment, and during his continuance in office, reside in Allegany county, and who shall hold his office for three years from the date of his commission; and, after the expiration of any time of service of any superintendent who may be appointed under this act, the governor and council of this state shall re-appoint him, or appoint another in his place, at discretion: Provided, That he shall not service for a longer time than three years from the date of his commission.Certified, January 24, 1832.