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In Council, JnnapoliSf February 1, 1825. 
Sir: In compliance with a resolution of the Legislature of this state, 
I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a law, passed at the 
present session of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled '* An 
act to confii-m an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled 
*An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company;'* 
"with a request that it may be submitted to the consideration of the 
honorable body over which you preside. 
With great respect, 
1 have the honor to be. 
Your obedient servant, 
SAMUEL STEVENS. 
The Hon. the Speaker | 
oj' the House of Uepresentatives. > 
An act to conjinn an act of the General Assembly of the State of Vir- 
ginia, entitled An act incofjwrating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 
Company. 
Whereas the General Assembly of Virginia have, heretofore, at the 
December session of the said General Assembly, in tiie year eight- 
een hundred and twenty-three, passed an act, entitled ** An act, in- 
corporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,'* in tlie 
substance, or woi-ds following: 
W^hcreas a navigable canal, from the tide water of the river Poto- 
mac, in the Distiict of Columbia, to the mouth of Savage creek, on 
the north branch of said river, and extending thence, across the Alle- 
gany mountain, to s"me convenient point on the navigable waters of 
the river Ohio, or some one of its tributary streams, to be fed through 
its course on the east side of the mountain, by the river Potomac, 
and the streams whiclj empty therein: and on the western side of the 
mountain, atid in passing ovei- tiie same, by all such streams of water 
as may be beneficial ly drawn thereto, by feeders, dams, or any other 
practicable mode, will be a work of great profit and advantage to the 
j)eople of this state, and of the nfigiiboring states; and may, ulti- 
mately, tend to establish a connected navigation between the eastern 
and western waters, so as to extend and multiply the means and fa- 
cilities of internal commerce, and peisonal intercourse, between the 
two great sections of the United States, and to interweave, more 
closely, all the mutual interests and affections that are calculated to 
consolidate aiid perpetuate the vital principles of union: 
