United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 66
Chap. LXVI.—An Act to improve the navigation of the Potomac river between Georgetown and Alexandria, and for other purposes.
Appropriation to citizens of Georgetown to improve navigation of Potomac, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to aid the citizens of Georgetown in removing the obstruction to their navigation, by causing the cut already made through the bar, below the town, to be enlarged and deepened; and for the further purpose of enabling them to make a free turnpike road to the district line on the Virginia side of the river, and to purchase of the present proprietors, and make for ever free, the bridge over the Little Falls of Potomac river, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
How to be paid.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum shall be paid, from time to time, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the order of the corporation of Georgetown, in such sums as to enable the said corporation to effect the purposes aforesaid.
Condition.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That before the said sum be paid over to the said corporation, it shall pass an ordinance to make said road and bridge free, and to be kept in repair by said corporation for ever.
Approved, March 2, 1833.