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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the present mayor of George-town shall continue to fill the office of mayor until the fourth Mondayof February next.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the present char-ter of Georgetown, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be,and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, May 31, 1830.
Chap. C CXXXII .—An Act making appropriations for examinations and surveys,and also, for certain works of internal improvement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 'UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe treasury not otherwise appropriated, viz:
For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and sur-veys for national works, under the act'of thirtieth April, one thousandeight hundred and twenty-four, including five thousand one hundred andfour dollars and twenty-seven cents, for arrearages on account of surveysand office rent, in the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six,one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and one thousand eighthundred and twenty-eight, thirty thousand dollars.
For continuing the road from Detroit to fort Gratiot, seven thousanddollars.
For continuing the road from Detroit to Saginaw bay , seven thousanddollars.
For continuing the road from Detroit to Chicago , eight thousanddollars.
For completing repairs on the road between Alachua courthouse, andJacksonville, in Florida , two thousand dollars.
For completing the road from Alagua to Mariana, two thousanddollars.
For completing the survey and estimate of a canal to connect thewaters of the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico , ten thousand four hun-dred dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to causea detailed report to be made but, showing the practicability or impracti-cability of making a ship or other canal, and the reasons for either, withan estimate of the probable expense and advantages of such canal as maybe considered practicable.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of opening,grading, and making the Cumberland road, westwardly of Zanesville , inthe state of Ohio ; and that the sum of sixty thousand dollars be, and thesame is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading, andbridging the Cumberland road, in the state of Indiana , commencing atIndianapolis , and progressing with the work to the eastern and westernboundaries of said state; and that the sum of forty thousand dollars be,and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading,and bridging the Cumberland road, in the state of Illinois ; which saidsums shall be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, andreplaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads,under the direction of Congress , by the several acts passed for theadmission of states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri , into theUnion, on an equal footing with the original states.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the immediate accomplish-ment of these objects, the superintendents heretofore appointed, or here-after to be appointed in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois , shall, underthe direction of the President of the United States , faithfully execute the
Statute I.May 31, 1830.[Obsolete.]
Examinationsand surveys.April 30, 1824,ch. 46.
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