United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 114
Chap. CXIV.—An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from Little Rock, to Cantonment Gibson, in the territory of Arkansas.
The President to appoint three commissioners to explore, &c. in the most eligible course, a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson, in Arkansas.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson, in the territory of Arkansas; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States, who shall cause the same to be deposited in the war office.
Troops of the United States to assist in completing said road.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to employ the troops of the United States in the completion, or assisting in the completion, of said road.
Commissioners to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents per day.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents for each and every day which they shall necessarily be employed in the exploring, surveying, and marking said road; and for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners, and their assistants, and for opening and making said road, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1825.