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of the commonwealth, shall decide whether the said canal shall be 

 located on the eastern or western side of the said Susquehanna 

 river; or if said coiuiuissioners should be of opinion that any part 

 of said canal could be carried along the eastern shore of the afore- 

 said river, to any point between the end of the eastern section and 

 a point opposite the town of Northumberland, they may so locate 

 and contract for said canal and locks, and arc authorized to pass to 

 the other side of the river at any point they may deem proper, in 

 the manner now contemplated of passing the river at or near the 

 mouth of the Juniata. 



Section 13. That the canal commissioners be, and they are 

 hereby authorized and required to examine the proposed route of 

 the Schuylkill and Delaware canal, commencing in the vicinity 

 of the United States Arsenal, upon the east bank of the Schuylkill, 

 and terminating at the river DelaAvare, at the south of the Xavy 

 Yard, in the district of Soutliwark, in the county of Philadelphia, 

 and make report to the legislature at its next session, whether the 

 said route will form a necessary link in the line of the Pennsylvania 

 canal, connecting the western waters with the river Delaware ; and 

 if so, to furnish an estimate of the probable cost of constructing 

 said canal. 



Section 14. That the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to 

 provide for the commencement of a Canal, to be constructed at the 

 expense of the State, and to be styled The Pennsylvania canal," 

 shall be in force so far as they are applicable to this act; and so 

 much of the laws relating to the Pennsylvania canal, as is incon- 

 sistent with this act, is hereby repealed. 



Section 15. That the governor be and he is hereby authorized 

 to borrow on the credit of the commonwealth, a sum or sums in the 

 whole not exceeding one million of dollars ; and the said sum or 

 sums so borrowed shall be paid to and vested in the commissioners 

 of the internal improvement fund, to be applied by them in the 

 manner and for the purposes hereinafter directed: provided, That 

 no engagement or contract shall be entered into which shall preclude 

 the commonwealth from reimbursing any sum or sums thus bor- 

 rowed, at any time after the expiration of twenty-three years from 

 the first of December next. 



Section 16. That the governor be and is hereby authorized to 

 cause to be instituted, certificates of stock, signed by the auditor 

 general, and countersigned by the state treasurer, settiiig forth that 

 they pertain to the canal loan, for the sum so borrowed by virtue 

 of this act, or for any part thereof, bearing an interest not exceed- 

 ing five per cent, per annum, and reimbursable as aforesaid, which 

 stock thus created, shall be transferable on the books of the auditor 

 general, or at the Bank of Pennsylvania, by the owner or owners 

 of the same, his, her or their attorney, and new certificates of the 

 same shall be issued by the auditor general and state treasurer, to 

 the new holder or holders ; and it is hereby further declared, that 

 it shall be deemed to be a good execution of the said power to 

 borrow, for the governor of this commonwealth to cause the said 

 certificates of stock, or any part thereof, to be sold. 



