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, March 2, 1833.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of the United States be, and the same is hereby, given to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled “An act concerning the Cumberland road,” passed February the seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; such assent to remain in force during the pleasure of Congress: Provided, That this act shall not be construed as preventing the United States from resuming whatever jurisdiction it may now have over the said road, whenever, in its discretion, it shall deem it proper so to do; which act of the said General Assembly is in the words and figured following, to wit:

“Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That whenever the government of the United States shall have surrendered so much of the road, commonly called the Cumberland road, as lies within the limits of this state, the president and directors of the board of public works, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to take the same under their care in behalf of this state; and to cause a gate or gates, and a toll-house or houses, to be erected on said road: Provided, the same shall not exceed two in number.

“Be it further enacted, That a superintendent shall be appointed by the president and directors of the board of public works, removable at pleasure, whose duty it shall be to erect said gate or gates, and toll-house or toll-houses, and to exercise all reasonable vigilance and diligence in the care of said road committed to his charge; to contract for, and direct the application of, the labour, materials, and other things necessary for the repair, improvement, and preservation of said road; and he shall pay for the same out of the fund arising from the tolls; he shall have power to appoint and remove at pleasure, the collectors of tolls, and to take from such collector or collectors, bond with good security, conditioned for his, her, or their faithfully discharging his, her, or their duty, and accounting for, and paying over, to such superintendent or his successors in office, all moneys or tolls by him, her, or them collected or received; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent every six months, before the county or superior court for Ohio county, or before some one by either of said courts appointed for that purpose, to render, under oath, an account of all moneys by him received or expended, particularly setting forth, in such account, the time when, and from whom, he shall have received such money, and the time when, and to whom, and on what account, the same shall have been disbursed or expended. He shall, before he shall have entered on the duties of said office, take, before the county court of Ohio county, or some justice of the peace for said county, an oath, that he will faithfully, justly, and impartially discharge the duties of his said office; and he shall, also, before said court, enter into bond, with two good securities, at least in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for his faithfully performing, in all things, the duties of his office of superintendent, to account as is provided for, and also to pay over to his successor or