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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to wit: For continuing the road from Detroit to Chicago as far as the boundary line of the state of Indiana, eight thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys under the, thirty thousand dollars. For completing the road from Detroit to Saganaw, ten thousand dollars. For completing the road from Detroit to fort Gratiot, fifteen thousand dollars. For the completion and improvement of the military road recommended by the quartermaster general, between Pensacola and Blakeley and Mobile Point, three thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, March 2, 1829.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, of any money not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of opening and making the Cumberland road, westwardly from Zanesville, in the state of Ohio; which said sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be replaced out of the fund reserved for laying out and making roads, under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of the states of, , , and , into the union on an equal footing with the original states.

. And be it further enacted, That, for the immediate accomplishment of this object, the second and third sections of the act, entitled “,” that passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, which authorize the appointment, prescribe the duties, and fix the compensation of a superintendent of said road, shall be in force, and apply to the construction of the road authorized by this act.

, March 2, 1829.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the road located through the state of Indiana, as declared by the act of Congress, entitled “,” approved fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the act, entitled “,” approved third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, the President of the United States shall cause the said road to be opened eighty feet wide, by cutting off the timber, removing it from the road, and digging down the banks preparatory to making a turnpike