Chapter XXII. to authorize the laying out and opening certain public roads in the territory of Florida
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Chap. XXII.— An Act to authorize the laying out and opening certain public roads in the territory of Florida.February 28, 1824.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatA public road to be opened from Pensacola to St. Augustine. the President of the6EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 23, 25. 1824. United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road from Pensacola to St.
Augustine, commencing at Deer Point, on the bay of Pensacola, and pursuing the Old Indian Trail to the Cow Ford, on the Choctawhatchy river; thence, direct to the natural bridge on the Ecanfinan river; thence, to the Ochesee Bluff, on the Appalachicola river; thence, in the most direct practicable route, to the site of Fort St. Lewis; thence, as nearly as practicable, on the old Spanish road to St. Augustine, crossing die St. John’s river at Picolata; which road shall be plainly and distinctly marked, and shall be of the width of twenty-five feet.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatThe troops of the United States to open the same. the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ the troops of the United States, stationed in Florida, in such manner as he may think proper, in the completion, or in assisting in the completion, of said road. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That,20,000 dollars to be appropriated. for defraying the expenses of opening the said road, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatThe most direct and practicable route to he surveyed from Cape Sable to where the Suwaney river will be intersected by the road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, &c.3000 dollars to be appropriated. the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be surveyed and marked out, the most direct and practicable route for a public road from Cape Sable, passing by Charlotte Harbour and the bay of Tampa, to the point where the Suwaney river will be intersected by the road to be opened from Pensacola to St.
Augustine, and to cause to be surveyed, and marked out, the route for a public road, from Cape Florida to St. Augustine. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That, for defraying the expenses of the surveys aforesaid, the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 28, 1824. Chapter XXIII: to regulate the surveying of public and private lands in the southern part of Alabama. 4 Stat. 6 1824-02-28 Chapter XXIII 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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