EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 189,190,191. 1824.

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Chap.CLXXXIX .—in Act to authorize the surveying and making of a road froma point in the north-western boundary of the state of Ohio , near the foot ef theRapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to Detroit, in the territory of Michigan .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commis-sioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course,a road from a point in the north-western boundary of the state of Ohio ,near the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to Detroit , in theterritory of Michigan ; and said commissioners shall make out accurateplats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and trans-mit the same to the President of the United States , who, if he approve ofsaid survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office ofthe treasury of the United States , and the said road shall be consideredas established and accepted.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said road shall be openedand made under the direction of the President of the United States , whois hereby authorized to employ the troops of the United States , in thecompletion, or assisting in the completion, of said road.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall,each, be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollarand fifty cents, for each and every day they shall be necessarily employedin the exploring, surveying, and marking of said road. And for the pur-pose of compensating the said commissioners and their assistants, andfor opening and making said road, there shall be, and is hereby appro-priated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any mo-neys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, May 26, 1824.

Chap. CXC. —in Act to revive and extend the term of certain pensions whichhave expired by limitation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the pensions hereto-fore granted, and paid out of the privateer pension fund, to the widowsand orphans of such officers, seamen, and marines, as were slain, or diedin consequence of wounds, or casualties, received, while in the line oftheir duty, on board the private armed ships of the United States , andthe terms for the payment of which had expired by limitation, before theninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundredand twenty-four, be, and the same are hereby, revived, and extended tosuch widows and orphans, with all the advantages, and in the same man-ner, as if their respective terms had not expired; subject to the provisions,restrictions, and limitations, of an act, passed the ninth day of April, inthe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, enti-tled “ An act extending the term of pensions granted to persons dis-abled, and to the widows and orphans of those who have been slain, orwho have died in consequence of wounds, or casualties, received whilein the line of their duty, on board the private armed ships of the UnitedStates , during the late war.”

Approved, May 26, 1824.

Chap. CXCI .—An Act to regulate the fees of the registers of wills in the severalcounties within the District of Columbia .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after thepassing of this act, there shall be allowed, and paid, (in lieu of the feesnow allowed,) to each of the registers of wills, for the counties of Wash-

Statute I.

May 26, 1824.

[Obsolete.]

President toappoint threecommissionersto explore, &c.the most eligi-ble course for aroad from a cer-tain point inOhio, to De-troit .

Troops ofthe UnitedStates to com-plete the same.

Commission-ers to receive 3dollars, andtheir assistantsgl50cents perday.

Appropriation.

Statute I.

May 26, 1S24.

[Expired.]

Pensions paidout of the pri-vateer pensionfund, and theterms for theirpayment reviv-ed and extend-ed.

Act of April9, 1824, ch. 34.

Statute I.May 26,1824.

Specific feesto the registersof wills forWashington andAlexandria.