31. Act of July 2, 1836, appropriates for continuing the road in
Ohio, $200,000; for continuing road in Indiana, $250,000, including
materials for a bridge over the Wabash River; $150,000 for
continuing the road in Illinois, provided that the appropriation for
Illinois shall be limited to grading and bridging, and shall not be
construed as pledging Congress to future appropriations for the
purpose of macadamizing the road, and the moneys herein appropriated
for said road in Ohio and Indiana must be expended in completing the
greatest possible continuous portion of said road in said states so
that said finished part thereof may be surrendered to the states
respectively; to be paid from fund provided in acts admitting Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri $600,000.00
32. Act of March 3, 1837, appropriates $190,000 for continuing the
road in Ohio; $100,000 for continuing the road in Indiana; $100,000
for continuing the road in Illinois, provided the road in Illinois
shall not be stoned or graveled, unless it can be done at a cost not
greater than the average cost of stoning and graveling the road in
Ohio and Indiana, and provided that in all cases where it can be
done the work to be laid off in sections and let to the lowest
substantial bidder. Sec. 2 of the act provides that Sec. 2 of act of
July 2, 1836, shall not be applicable to expenditures hereafter made
on the road, and $7,183.63 is appropriated by this act for repairs
east of the Ohio River; to be paid from fund provided in acts
admitting Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois $397,183.63
33. Act of May 25, 1838, appropriates for continuing the road in
Ohio, $150,000; for continuing it in Indiana, including bridges,
$150,000; for continuing it in Illinois, $9,000; for the completion
of a bridge over Dunlap's Creek at Brownsville; to be paid from
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and subject to
provisions and conditions of act of March 3, 1837 $459,000.00
34. Act of June 17, 1844 (Civil and Diplomatic), appropriates for
arrearages on account of survey to Jefferson, Missouri $1,359.81
Total $6,824,919.33
APPENDIX B
SPECIMEN ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR REPAIRING CUMBERLAND ROAD IN OHIO
(1838)
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