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road, commencing at Indianapolis, cutting and digging as aforesaid, to the eastern and western boundary of the said state.

. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose of opening and making the road, as mentioned in the first section of this act; which said sum of fifty 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 accomplishment of this object, the President shall appoint two fit persons, as the superintendents of said road, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the President, to divide the same into sections, of not more than ten miles each; to contract for, and personally superintend the opening and making the said road, as before mentioned, as well as to receive, disburse, and faithfully account with the treasury, for all sums of moneys by them received in virtue of this act; that the superintendents, before they enter upon the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, shall execute a bond to the United States, with security, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties, prescribed by this act; that they shall hold their office during the pleasure of the President, and shall receive at the rate of eight hundred dollars each, per annum, for their services, during the time they may be employed in the discharge of the duties required 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 following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:

For pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as authorized by law, thirty-one thousand dollars.

For pay of sub-agents, as allowed by law, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars.

For presents to Indians, as authorized by the, fifteen thousand dollars.

For pay of Indian interpreters and translators, employed at the several superintendencies and agencies, eighteen thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For pay of gun and blacksmiths, and their assistants, employed within the several superintendencies and agencies for the benefit of the Indians, under treaty provisions and orders of the Department of War, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.

For iron, steel, coal, and other expenses attending the gun and blacksmith shops, five thousand dollars.

For expense of transportation and distribution of Indian annuities, nine thousand five hundred dollars.

For expense of provisions for the Indians at the distribution of annuities, while on visits of business with the different superintendents and agents, and when specially assembled on public business, ten thousand dollars.

For expense of attending the visits of such Indian deputations to the seat of government as it may be deemed necessary to authorize, five thousand dollars.