TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 153. 1832.
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For continuing the road from Detroit to fort Gratiot in Michigan ,fifteen thousand dollars; and authority is hereby given to the Secretaryof War, to change the direction in which the road shall be continued,agreeably to the report of the superintendent of the War Department , ofthe eighteenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
For continuing the road from Detroit to Saganaw, ten thousand dollars.
For the repair of the Little Rock and Memphis road, from LittleRock to the St. Francis river, under the superintendence of the governorof said territory, twenty thousand dollars.
To complete the Washington and Jackson road, at the two extremesthereof, in the territory of Arkansas , in addition to the unexpendedbalance, two thousand dollars.
For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Ohio, west ofZanesville , one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Indiana , includingthe erection of bridges over the east and west branches of White Water,and other small streams, with a view to bring the road into immediateuse, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the Cumberland road in the state of Illinois , seventythousand dollars.
Which sums shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated, and replaced out of the fund reserved for the layingout and making of roads under the direction of Congress , by the severalacts passed for the admission of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois ,into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the second sectionof the act for the continuation of the Cumberland road, approved Marchthird, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, as authorizes thePresident, with the advice of the Senate , to appoint a superintendentthereof, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that the work in thestate of Ohio be continued by the War Department , under the superin-tendence of an officer of engineers.
Approved, July 3, 1832.
Secretary ofWar authorizedto change direc-tion of road.
Act of March3, 1825, ch. 98.
Cumberland
road.
Office of su-perintendentdiscontinued.
Work to beprosecuted, &c.
road within the limits of this state, as directed by this act, then the above obligation to be void, other-wise to be in full force and virtue in law.”
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That, if there shall be any surplus money in the hands of the saidsuperintendent, beyond the actual expenses for preserving and repairing the part of said road withinthe limits of this state, and paying the said superintendent and toll-gatherers, and all incidental expenses,the said superintendent shall remit the same to the treasurer of the Western Shore, whose .duty it shallbe to receive the same, to be denominated on the treasury, books “ The United States Road Fund;”which money, constituting said fund, shall be applied, solely and exclusively, to the preservation,repair, and improvement, of that part of said road within the limits of this state, and to no other use orpurpose whatsoever.
Sec. 13. Andbe it further enacted, That this act shall not have any force or effect, until the Congressof the United States shall assent to the same; and until so much of the said road as lies within thelimits of the state of Maryland be first put in a good and complete state of repair, by an appropriationmade by the Congress of the United States to repair the same, and to pay the expenses of building atoll-house or toll-houses, and erecting a toll-gate or toll-gates, to be built and erected by the superin-tendent appointed by the governor and council of this state ; to be expended under the authority of asuperintendent to be appointed by the President of the United States : Provided, The general assemblyof this state may, atany future session thereof, change, alter, or amend this act, so as to regulate theamount of tolls : Provided, That the same shall not be so altered or amended, as to reduce or increasethe rates of tolls hereby established, below or above a sum necessary to defray the expenses incident tothe preservation and repair of said road, for the payment of the fees and compensation to the superin-tendent, collectors of tolls, and other agents : And provided, That no change, alteration, or amendment,shall ever be*adopted, that will in any wise defeat or affect the true intent and meaning of this act.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That in case any superintendent, who shall be appointed underthis act, shall die, resign, refuse to act, or remove from Allegany county aforesaid, the governor andcouncil of this state shall appoint another in his place, who shall, at the time of his appointment, andduring his continuance in office, reside in Allegany county, and who shall hold his office for threeyears from the date of his commission ; and, after the expiration of any time of service of any superin-tendent who may be appointed under this act, the governor and council of this state shall re-appointhim, or appoint another in his place, at discretion: Provided , That he shall not serve for a longer timethan three years from the date of his commission.
Certified, January 24, 1832.
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