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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 85,86. 1839.

How to be ex-pended.

Act of Jan. 2,1795, ch. 9.

Act of April 5,1832, ch. 64.

Act of March19, 1836, ch. 44.

Statute III.March 3, 1839.

Act of April16, 1818, ch. 64.Constructionof act.

Statute III.March 3, 1839.

Appropriationfor opening aroad.

Proviso.

Survey of RedCedar river.

Appropriation.

Opening andconstructing aroad from Bur-lington, &c.

Improving the

and laws; and such part of said sum as may be required for the latterpurpose, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War,conformably to the provisions of the act of Congress of January thesecond, seventeen hundred and ninety-five; of the act of April the fifth,eighteen hundred and thirty-two, making appropriations for the supportof the army; and of the act of March the nineteenth, eighteen hundredand thirty-six, providing for the payment of volunteer and militia corpsin the service of the United States .

Approved, March 3, 1839.

Chap. LXXXV .—An Act to amend an act entitled “ An act regulating the payand emoluments of brevet officers” passed April 16, 1818.

P>e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That from and afterthe passing of this act, the act entitled “An act regulating the pay andemoluments of brevet officers,” approved April sixteenth, eighteen hun-dred and eighteen, be, and the same shall be, so construed, as to includethe case of the Adjutant General of the United States .

Approved, March 3, 1839.

Chap. LXXXVI .—An Act to authorize the construction of a road from Dubuque ,

in the Territory of Iowa, to the northern boundary of the Slate of Missouri , and.

for other purposes.

lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twentythousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the opening andconstruction of a road in the Territory of Iowa, from Dubuque , on theriver Mississippi, to such point in the northern boundary of the State ofMissouri as may be best suited for its future extension by that State to thecities of Jefferson and St. Louis , within the same; that the Secretaryof War be empowered and directed to cause such road to be constructedby contract or otherwise : Provided, That the said road shall be openedthroughout, and so far completed as to be capable of use, without ex-ceeding in cost the sum hereby appropriated; and in laying down theroute thereof respect be paid, so far as the same may be practicable,without greatly increasing the length thereof, to the accommodation ofthe seats of justice of the several counties in Iowa through which it maypass, and to the best sites for bridges or ferries over the several riverswhich the said road must cross.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, "and he is hereby, empowered to cause a survey of Red Cedar river,within the said Territory, and an estimate to be made, with a view tothe improvement of the navigation thereof above the town of Moscow,and the connection of the said navigation with the river Mississippi bya canal, extending from the vicinity of said town to some suitable pointin or near the town of Bloomington; and to defray the expense of saidsurvey and estimate, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and thesame is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury nototherwise appropriated.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums are here-by appropriated to several objects respectively, which are hereinafterdescribed :

For the opening and construction of a road from Burlington throughthe counties of Des Moines , Henry and Van Buren, towards the seatof Indian agency on the river Des Moines , five thousand dollars;

For the improvement of the road from Burlington, in the Territoryof Iowa, to De Hagues, in Illinois , the sum of twenty-five hundred dol