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Potomac , or the distribution thereof into two or more sections, at anytime hereafter, or any change in the dimensions of that part of the pre-sent eastern section, extending from Cumberland , or the mouth of Will’sCreek, to the mouth of Savage, at the base of the Alleghany , or anysubstitution which the interest of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com-pany may, in the opinion of the company, require to be made, of in-clined planes, rail-ways, or an artificial road for a continued canal, throughthe Alleghany mountain, in any route which may be, by the company,finally adopted therefor, between the town of Cumberland and the riverOhio .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to obviate any possible am-biguity that might arise in the construction of the second section of theact of Congress aforesaid, the authority, by that act designed to be givento the states of Maryland and Virginia , or to any company incorporatedby either or both of those states, to extend a branch from the said canal,or to prolong the same, from the termination thereof, by a continuouscanal, within, or through the District of Columbia , towards the territoryof either of those states, shall be deemed and taken to be as full andcomplete in all respects, as the authority granted by that act, to the Chesa-peake and Ohio Canal Company to extend the main stem of the saidcanal, within the said district; or the authority reserved to the govern-ment of the United States to provide for the extension thereof, on eitheror both sides of the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia :Provided, That nothing herein contained shall impair the restriction inthe charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company , designed toprotect the canal from injury, by the prolongation thereof,or by any branchtherefrom.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act of the legislature ofMaryland , which passed at their December session, of one thousand eighthundred and twenty-seven, entitled “ An act further to amend the actincorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, ” be, and thesame is hereby, confirmed, so far as the assent of Congress may be deemednecessary thereto.
Approved, May 23, 1828.
To obviateany possibleambiguity, thatmight arise inthe construc-tion of the 2dsection of theact of Congress aforesaid, theauthority givento the states ofMaryland andVirginia , &c.shall be as full&c.
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Chap. LXXXVI .—An Act authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, inthe name and for the use of the United States , for ten thousand sharesof the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company , and topay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as shall be re-quired of and paid by the stockholders, generally, by the rules and regu-lations of the company, out of the dividends which may accrue to theUnited States upon their bank stock in the bank of the United States :Provided, That not more than one fifth part of the sum, so subscribed forthe use of the United States , shall be demanded, in any one year, afterthe organization of the said company; nor shall any greater sum be paidon the shares so subscribed for, than shall be proportioned to assessmentsmade on individual or corporate stockholders : And provided, moreover ,That, for the supply of water to such other canals as the state of Mary-land, or Virginia, or the Congress of the United States , may authorizeto be constructed, in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ,the section of the said canal leading from the head of the Little Fallsof the Potomac river, to the proposed basin, next above Georgetown , inthe District of Columbia , shall have the elevation, above the tide of the
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Statute I.May 24, 1828.
Secretary ofthe Treasury inthe name of theUnited States ,to subscribe for10,000 sharesof the capitalstock of theChesapeake andOhio CanalCompany .
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