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Section 4. That the board of canal commissioners are author- 

 ized and required to commence operations on the feeder from 

 French Creek, to the summit level at Conneaut lake; and to con- 

 tract for so much as may be adapted to either of the routes in con- 

 templation/ for the purpose of connecting the Pennsylvania canal 

 with Lake Erie. And the further sum of one hundred thousand 

 dollars is hereby appropriated to carry into effect the provisions 

 of this section, to be paid in like manner as is prescribed in the 

 eighteenth section of this act; and the said commissioners shall 

 cause an examination to be made, from the mouth of French Creek, 

 by way of Waterford, to the bay of Presque Isle, and from Conneaut 

 lake to Lake Erie. 



Section 5. That if it shall be found necessary in order to con- 

 struct the said canals and works, to obstruct the navigation of the 

 Susquehanna, the Juniata, the Kiskeminetas, or any of their navi- 

 gable branches, by dams or other means, that before such obstruc- 

 tions shall be made, the said commissioners shall cause to be made 

 a means of navigation equally safe and practicable as now exists, 

 at such place or places so to be obstructed. 



Section 6. That it shall be the duty of the board of canal com- 

 missioners, during the ensuing summer, to cause examinations, 

 surveys and estimates to be made along the valley of the Delaware, 

 from Philadelphia, or from Bristol or any intermediate point 

 between Bristol and the head of tide water to Carpenter's Point, 

 with the view of ascertaining the most eligible mode' of effecting a 

 navigable canal communication, and the said commissioners shall 

 report in like manner as is directed by law in relation to other 

 canal routes. 



Section 7. That if after suitable examination as aforesaid, by 

 competent engineers, it should appear to the board of canal com- 

 missioners that a navigable canal can be constructed between a 

 point at or near Philadelphia, or at Bristol, or any intermediate 

 point between Bristol and the head of tide water, and a point at or 

 near the borough of Easton, then, with the consent of the govern- 

 ment, the board of canal commissioners are hereby authorized and 

 required, in behalf of this commonwealth, during the ensuing 

 season, to locate and contract for making a portion of said navigable 

 communication, the expense of which shall not exceed one hundred 

 thousand dollars, and such locks and other works as may be neces- 

 sary thereto : provided, The average expense thereof shall not 

 exceed twelve thousand dollars per mile; and the further sum of 

 one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated towards the 

 accomplishment of the aforesaid object, to be paid in like manner 

 as is provided for by the eighteenth section of this act: provided, 

 That the existing natural navigation of the river Delaware shall 

 not be obstructed or injured by the construction of said canal. 



Section 8. That if any person shall consider himself aggrieved, 

 by reason of the canal passing through the lands of which he is 

 owner, or by interfering in any manner with his rights of property, 

 he may at the completion of the work thereupon, or within one 



