Chapter XVII. to authorize the surveying and making a road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas
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Chap. XVII.— An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas.January 31, 1824. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAct of March 3, 1827, ch. 96.The President to appoint three commissioners to open a road from a point on the right bank of the Mississippi, opposite to the town of Memphis, to Little Rock, Arkansas. the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commissioners, who shall explore, survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a road from a point on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite to the town of Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas; and said commissioners shall make out accurate plats of such surveys, accompanied with field notes, and certify and transmit the same to the President of the United States: who, if he approves of the said survey, shall cause the plats thereof to be deposited in the office of the treasury of the United States, and the said road shall be considered as established and accepted.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatUnited States troops to complete the same. the said road shall be opened and made under the direction of the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to employ the troops of die United States in the completion, or assisting in the completion, of said road. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatCompensation to the commissioners, three dollarsAssistants, one dollar fifty cents per day. the said commissioners shall, each, be entitled to receive three dollars, and their assistants one dollar and fifty cents, for each and every day which they shall be necessarily employed, in the exploring, surveying, and marking, said road:
And, for the purpose of compensating the aforesaid commissioners and their assistants, and for opening and making said road, there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, January 31, 1824. Chapter XX: to revive and continue in force an act, entitled “An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, if the clerks employed in their offices, and if the librarian.” 4 Stat. 5 1824-02-20 Chapter XX United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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to authorize the surveying and making a road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas
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