The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon — John Shaqi
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
SEC. 3. _And be it further enacted_, That the commissioners shall, as
soon as may be, after they have laid out said road, as aforesaid,
present to the President an accurate plan of the same, with its several
courses and distances, accompanied by a written report of their
proceedings, describing the marks and monuments by which the road is
designated, and the face of the country over which it passes, and
pointing out the particular parts which they shall judge require the
most and immediate attention and amelioration, and the probable expense
of making the same passable in the most difficult parts, and through the
whole distance; designating the State or States through which said road
has been laid out, and the length of the several parts which are laid
out on new ground, as well as the length of those parts laid out on the
road now traveled. Which report the President is hereby authorized to
accept or reject, in the whole or in part. If he accepts, he is hereby
further authorized and requested to pursue such measures, as in his
opinion shall be proper, to obtain consent for making the road, of the
State or States through which the same has been laid out. Which consent
being obtained, he is further authorized to take prompt and effectual
measures to cause said road to be made through the whole distance, or in
any part or parts of the same as he shall judge most conducive to the
public good, having reference to the sum appropriated for the purpose.
SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That all parts of the road which
the President shall direct to be made, in case the trees are standing,
shall be cleared the whole width of four rods; and the road shall be
raised in the middle of the carriageway with stone, earth, or gravel and
sand, or a combination of some or all of them, leaving or making, as the
case may be, a ditch or water course on each side and contiguous to said
carriageway, and in no instance shall there be an elevation in said
road, when finished, greater than an angle of five degrees with the
horizon. But the manner of making said road, in every other particular,
is left to the direction of the President.
SEC. 5. _And be it further enacted_, That said Commissioners shall each
receive four dollars per day, while employed as aforesaid, in full for
their compensation, including all expenses. And they are hereby
authorized to employ one surveyor, two chainmen and one marker, for
whose faithfulness and accuracy they, the said Commissioners, shall be
responsible, to attend them in laying out said road, who shall receive
in full satisfaction for their wages, including all expenses, the
surveyor three dollars per day, and each chainman and the marker one
dollar per day, while they shall be employed in said business, of which
fact a certificate signed by said commissioners shall be deemed
sufficient evidence.
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