Chapter XIV

_Appropriations by Congress at various times for Making, Repairing,
and Continuing the Road--Aggregate of Appropriations,
$6,824,919.33._

1. Act of March 29, 1806, authorizes the President to
appoint a commission of three citizens to lay out
a road four rods in width "from Cumberland or a
point on the northern bank of the river Potomac in
the State of Maryland, between Cumberland and the
place where the main road leading from Gwinn's to
Winchester, in Virginia, crosses the river, * * *
to strike the river Ohio at the most convenient
place between a point on its eastern bank,
opposite to the northern boundary of Steubenville
and the mouth of Grave creek, which empties into
the said river a little below Wheeling, in
Virginia." Provides for obtaining the consent of
the States through which the road passes, and
appropriates for the expenses, to be paid from the
reserve fund under the act of April 30, 1802 $ 30,000 00

2. Act of February 14, 1810, appropriates to be
expended under the direction of the President, in
making the road between Cumberland and Brownsville,
to be paid from fund act of April 30, 1802 60,000 00

3. Act of March 3, 1811, appropriates to be expended
under the direction of the President, in making the
road between Cumberland and Brownsville, and
authorizes the President to permit deviations from
a line established by the Commissioners under the
original act as may be expedient; _Provided_, that
no deviation shall be made from the principal
points established on said road between Cumberland
and Brownsville, to be paid from fund act of April
30, 1802 50,000 00

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

_Brought forward_ $1,737,771 20

14. Act of March 3, 1825, appropriates for opening and
making a road from the town of Canton, in the State
of Ohio, opposite Wheeling, to Zanesville, and for
the completion of the surveys of the road, directed
to be made by the act of May 15, 1820, and orders
its extension to the permanent seat of government
of Missouri, and to pass by the seats of government
of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, said road to
commence at Zanesville, Ohio; also authorizes the
appointment of a superintendent by the President,
at a salary of $1,500 per annum, who shall make all
contracts, receive and disburse all moneys, &c.;
also authorizes the appointment of one
commissioner, who shall have power according to
provisions of the act of May 15, 1820; $10,000 of
the money appropriated by this act is to be
expended in completing the survey mentioned. The
whole sum appropriated to be advanced from moneys
not otherwise appropriated, and replaced from
reserve fund, acts admitting Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri 150,000 00

15. Act of March 14, 1826 (General Appropriation
Bill), appropriates for balance due superintendent,
$3,000; assistant superintendent, $158.90;
contractor, $252.13 3,411 03
from moneys not otherwise appropriated.

16. Act of March 25, 1826 (Military Service),
appropriates for continuation of the Cumberland
Road during the year 1825 110,749 00

17. Act of March 2, 1827 (Military Service),
appropriates for construction of road from Canton
to Zanesville, and continuing and completing the
survey from Zanesville to the seat of government of
Missouri, to be paid from reserve fund, acts
admitting Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri 170,000 00
For balance due superintendent, from moneys not
otherwise appropriated 510 00

18. Act of March 2, 1827, appropriates for repairs
between Cumberland and Wheeling, and authorizes the
appointment of a superintendent of repairs, at a
compensation to be fixed by the President. To be
paid from moneys not otherwise appropriated. The
language of this act is, "For repairing the public
road from Cumberland to Wheeling" 30,000 00
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_Carried forward_ $2,202,441 23

_Brought forward_ $2,202,441 23

19. Act of May 19, 1828, appropriates for the
completion of the road to Zanesville, Ohio, to be
paid from fund, acts admitting Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri 175,000 00

20. Act of March 2, 1829, appropriates for opening
road westwardly, from Zanesville, Ohio, to be paid
from fund, acts admitting Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and Missouri 100,000 00

21. Act of March 2, 1829, appropriates for opening
road eighty feet wide in Indiana, east and west
from Indianapolis, and to appoint two
superintendents, at $800 each per annum, to be paid
from fund, acts admitting Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and Missouri 51,600 00

22. Act of March 3, 1829, appropriates for repairing
bridges, &c., on road east of Wheeling 100,000 00

23. Act of May 31, 1830 (Internal Improvements),
appropriates for opening and grading road west of
Zanesville, Ohio, $100,000; for opening and grading
road in Indiana, $60,000, commencing at
Indianapolis, and progressing with the work to the
eastern and western boundaries of said State; for
opening, grading, &c., in Illinois, $40,000, to be
paid from reserve fund, acts admitting Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri; for claims due and
remaining unpaid on account of road east of
Wheeling, $15,000; to be paid from moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated 215,000 00

To this act is appended the following note:

"I approve this bill, and ask a reference to my
communication to Congress of this date in relation
thereto.
"ANDREW JACKSON."[B]

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_Carried forward_ $2,844,041 23

[Footnote B: The following is the communication referred to by
President Jackson:

SPECIAL MESSAGE.

MAY 30, 1830. _To the Senate of the United States_:

_Gentlemen_: I have approved and signed the bill entitled
"An act making appropriations for examinations and
surveys, and also for certain works of internal
improvement," but as the phraseology of the section,
which appropriates the sum of eight thousand dollars for
the road from Detroit to Chicago, may be construed to
authorize the application of the appropriation for the
continuance of the road beyond the limits of the
territory of Michigan, I desire to be understood as
having approved this bill with the understanding that the
road, authorized by this section, is not to be extended
beyond the limits of the said territory.

ANDREW JACKSON.]

_Brought forward_ $2,844,041 23

24. Act of March 2, 1831, appropriates $100,000 for
opening, grading, &c., west of Zanesville,
Ohio; $950 for repairs during the year 1830;
$2,700 for work heretofore done east of Zanesville;
$265.85 for arrearages for the survey from
Zanesville to the capital of Missouri; and $75,000
for opening, grading, &c., in the State of Indiana,
including bridge over White river, near Indianapolis,
and progressing to eastern and western boundaries;
$66,000 for opening, grading, and bridging in
Illinois; to be paid from the fund, acts admitting
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri 244,915 85

25. Act of July 3, 1832, appropriates $150,000 for
repairs east of the Ohio river; $100,000 for
continuing the road west of Zanesville; $100,000
for continuing the road in Indiana, including
bridge over east and west branch of White
river; $70,000 for continuing road in
Illinois; to be paid from the fund acts admitting
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, 420,000 00

26. Act of March 2, 1833, appropriates to carry on
certain improvements east of the Ohio river,
$125,000; in Ohio, west of Zanesville, $130,000;
in Indiana, $100,000; in Illinois, $70,000; in
Virginia, $34,440 459,440 00

27. Act of June 24, 1834, appropriates $200,000 for
continuing the road in Ohio; $150,000 for
continuing the road in Indiana; $100,000 for
continuing the road in Illinois, and $300,000 for
the entire completion of repairs east of Ohio, to
meet provisions of the Acts of Pennsylvania (April
4, 1831), Maryland (Jan. 23, 1832), and Virginia
(Feb. 7, 1832), accepting the road surrendered to
the States, the United States not thereafter to be
subject for any expense for repairs. Places
engineer officer of army in control of road
through Indiana and Illinois, and in charge of all
appropriations. $300,000 to be paid out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
balance from acts admitting Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois 750,000 00

28. Act of June 27, 1837, (General Appropriation) for
arrearages due contractors 1,609 36
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_Carried forward_ $4,720,006 44

_Brought forward_ $4,720,006 44

29. Act of March 3, 1835, appropriates $200,000 for
continuing the road in the State of Ohio; $100,000
for continuing road in the State of Indiana; to be
out of fund acts admitting Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
and $346,186.58 for the entire completion of
repairs in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia;
but before any part of this sum can be expended
east of the Ohio river, the road shall be
surrendered to and accepted by the States through
which it passes, and the United States shall not
thereafter be subject to any expense in relation
to said road. Out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated 646,186 58

30. Act of March 3, 1835, (Repair of Roads)
appropriates to pay for work heretofore done by
Isaiah Frost on the Cumberland Road, $320; to pay
late Superintendent of road a salary, $862.87
1,182 87

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 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 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 the acts
admitting Ohio, Indiana and Illinois 397,183 63
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_Carried forward_ $6,364,559 52

_Brought forward_ $6,364,559 52

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, Mo. 1,359 81
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Total $6,824,919 33

NOTE--The appropriation of $3,786 60, made by act of Feb. 26, 1812,
is not included in the above total for the reason that it was a
balance from a former appropriation.

The act of March 3, 1843, appropriates so much as is necessary to
settle certain claims on contract for building bridges over
Kaskaskia river and constructing part of Cumberland Road.