United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 78
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXVIII.—An Act for the improvement and survey of certain rivers, and the repair of certain roads in Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes herein specified, that is to say,
Removal of obstructions and survey of Suwannee riv.For the removal of obstructions at the mouth of the Suwannee river, and for the survey of the said river, with a view to its improvement, fifteen thousand dollars;
Survey of Yellow river.For the survey of Yellow river, Florida, to ascertain the practicability and cost of removing the rafts which obstruct its navigability, five hundred dollars;
Repair of road from Jacksonville, by Garey’s ferry.For the repair, including the alteration if necessary, of the road from Jacksonville, by the way of Garey’s ferry, to Newmansville, Florida, five thousand dollars;
Road from Jacksonville to St. Mary’s.For the construction of a road from Jacksonville to St. Mary’s, Florida, in part or in whole upon the route of the existing road, as may be found expedient, seven thousand five hundred dollars; all which sums shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved, March 3, 1839.