The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonSearight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
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The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
Cumberland Road; Pennsylvania -- Biography
4. Act of February 26, 1812, appropriates balance of
a former appropriation not used, but carried to
surplus fund 3,786 60
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_Carried forward_ $ 143,786 60
_Brought forward_ $ 143,786 60
5. Act of May 6, 1812, appropriates to be expended
under direction of the President, for making the
road from Cumberland to Brownsville, to be paid
from fund act of April 30, 1802 30,000 00
6. Act of March 3, 1813 (General Appropriation Bill),
appropriates for making the road from Cumberland to
the State of Ohio, to be paid from fund act of
April 30, 1802 140,000 00
7. Act of February 14, 1815, appropriates to be
expended under the direction of the President, for
making the road between Cumberland and Brownsville,
to be paid from fund act of April 30, 1802 100,000 00
8. Act of April 16, 1816 (General Appropriation Bill),
appropriates for making the road from Cumberland to
the State of Ohio, to be paid from the fund act,
April 30, 1802 300,000 00
9. Act of April 14, 1818, appropriates to meet claims
due and unpaid 52,984 60
Demands under existing contracts 260,000 00 from money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
10. Act of March 3, 1819, appropriates for existing
claims and contracts 250,000 00
Completing road 285,000 00 To be paid from reserved
funds, acts admitting Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
11. Act of May 15, 1820, appropriates for laying out
the road between Wheeling, Va., and a point on the
left bank of the Mississippi river, between St.
Louis and the mouth of the Illinois river, road to
be eighty feet wide and on a straight line, and
authorizes the President to appoint Commissioners.
To be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated 10,000 00
12. Act of April 11, 1820, appropriates for completing
contract for road from Washington, Pa., to
Wheeling, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated 141,000 00
13. Act of February 28, 1823, appropriates for repairs
between Cumberland and Wheeling, and authorizes the
President to appoint a superintendent at a
compensation of $3.00 per day. To be paid out of
money not otherwise appropriated 25,000 00
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_Carried forward_ $1,737,771 20
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