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Statute II.
March 3, 1825,
Act of May 15,1820, ch. 123.
150,000 dol-lars appropria-ted for openinga road from thetown of Cantonin Ohio , on theright bank ofthe Ohio river,to the Muskin-gum river, atZanesville , insaid state.
Some fit per-son to be ap-pointed as su-perintendentof said road.
The superin-tendent not tobe interested,directly or indi-rectly, in theavails of anycontracts madeby him as afore-said, and to holdhis office duringthe pleasure ofthe President.
A commis-sioner to be ap-pointed.
Act of May25, 1820, ch.123.
Proviso.
Chap. XCVIII .—JlnJlctfor the continuation of the Cumberland road.(a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundredand fifty thousand dollars, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, be, andthe same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of opening and makinga road from the town of Canton, in the state of Ohio , on the right bankof the Ohio river, opposite the town of Wheeling , to the Muskingum river,at Zanesville , in said state; which said sum of one hundred and fifty thou-sand dollars shall be replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out andmaking roads under the direction of Congress , by the several acts passedfor the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri ,into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the immediate accom-plishment of this object, the President, with the advice of the Senate ,shall appoint some fit person as the superintendent of said road, whoseduty it shall be, under the direction of the President, to divide the sameinto sections of not more than ten miles each ; to contract for and per-sonally superintend the opening and making the said road, as well as toreceive, disburse, and faithfully account with the treasury for all sums ofmoneys by him received in virtue of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent shall notbe interested, directly, or indirectly, in the avails, of any contracts so tobe made by him as aforesaid: That he shall, before he enters upon thedischarge of the duties enjoined by this act, execute a bond to the UnitedStates , with security, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury,conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties prescribed by this act:That he shall hold his office during the pleasure of the President, andshall receive at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum for his ser-vices, during the time he may be employed in the discharge of the dutiesrequired by this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further- enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint oneimpartial and judicious person, not being a citizen of either of the statesthrough which the road hereinafter mentioned, shall pass, to be a com-missioner ; and, in case of the death, resignation, refusal to act, or anydisability of any such commissioner, to appoint another in his stead,who shall have power, according to the provisions of the act, entitled“ An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to lay out theroad therein mentioned,” approved, May the fifteenth, one thousand eighthundred and twenty, to complete the examination and survey heretoforecommenced by virtue of the provisions of said act, and to extend thesame to the permanent seat of government of the state of Missouri ; thesaid road to conform, in all respects, to the provisions of the said recitedact, except that it shall pass by the seat of government of the states ofOhio, Indiana, and Illinois , and the said commissioner and the personemployed under him, shall receive the same compensation for their ser-vices, respectively, as is allowed by the said recited act, Provided, how-ever, That the said road shall commence at Zanesville , in the state ofOhio : and to defray the expense thereof, the sum of ten thousand dol-lars is hereby appropriated, out of the appropriation made by the firstsection of this act.
Approved, March 3, 1825.