TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 124,125. 1828,
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Chap. CXX1V.— An Act making appropriations to enable the President of theUnited States to defray the expenses of delegations of the Choctaw, Creek, Chero-kee , and Chickasaw, and other tribes of Indians, to explore the country west ofthe Mississippi .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteenthousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to enable thePresident of the United States to employ suitable persons to conductdelegations of the Choctaw, Creeks, Cherokees , and Chickasaw, andsuch other tribes of Indians as may be disposed to send delegations westof the Mississippi for the purpose of exploring the unoccupied lands ofthe United States without the limits of the states and territories, prepa-ratory to the final emigration of said Indians.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates is hereby authorized to defray the expenses of the delegationsaforesaid, not exceeding the amount of the above appropriation; tobe paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CXXV .—An Act to establish sundry post-roads and to discontinue others.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following be esta-blished as post-roads :
In Maine . —From Damariscotta Mills, by West Jefferson and Wind-sor, to Palermo. From Waterville , by Clinton, Albion and Freedom, toBelfast . From Rumford Point, by Dixfield, Canton, North Livermore,East Livermore, Wayne, and Winthrop, to Augusta; and that so muchof the route from Readfield to Rumford Point, as interferes with thisroute, be discontinued. From Augusta, through South Vassalborough;South China, Palermo, North Palermo, Montville, North Searsmont, andBelmont, to Belfast . From Green to Farmington. From Standish,through East Baldwin, Sebago, Bridgetown and Denmark, to Fryeburg .From Parsonfield, through Porter, and the westerly part of Brownfield,to Fryeburg. From Augusta, through Belgrade, Rome , New Sharon,Industry, and New Vineyard, to New Portland. From New Sharon,through Industry, New Vineyard, and New Portland, to Kingfield. Fromthe Great Falls, in the state of New Hampshire , to the Little Falls inLebanon, Maine .
In New Hampshire . —From Milford, through Dunstable, to Derry.From Farmington to Dover. From Concord, by Chichester, Pittsfield ,Barnstead, Strafford, Barrington, and Madbury, to Dover . From Wal-pole, by Drewsville, Langdon, and Alstead, to Marlow. From LowerBartlett, through Adam’s and Pinkham’s Grant, to Randolph. FromHaverhill, through Bath and Lyman, to Lyman Bridge, thence to thelower village, in Barnet, Vermont . From Glenville, by Bethlehem andWhitefield, to Lancaster.
In Massachusetts. —From Taunton to Providence, by Rehoboth vil-lage. From Newburyport, by Salisbury, Amesbury, Haverhill, Methuen,and Dracut, to Lowell . From Canton, by Sharon and Foxboroughmeeting-houses, to East Attleborough. From Greenfield , through Shel-burne, Buckland, and Hawley, to Savoy. From Ware, through Hard-wick, Petersham, Athol, and Royalston,in Massachusetts , and Richmond,and Swanzey, in New Hampshire, to Keene .
In Connecticut. —From Springfield, Massachusetts, by Somers, Con-necticut , on the Burbank road, Tolland, Mansfield, Beardley’s store, andWindham, to Norwich. From Sharon, through Salisbury, Great Hal-
Statute I.May 24, 1828.[Obsolete.]
Delegations ofthe Choctaw,Creek, &c., In-dians west ofthe Mississippi ,to explore theunoccupiedlands of theUnited States .
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Amount ofexpenses not toexceed$15,000.
Statute I.May 24, 1S2S.