To the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury.
TENTH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION.
Cumberland Road.
Communicated to the House of Representatives, February 16, 1809.
Treasury Department, Dec. 29, 1808.
Sir: In answer to your letter of the 22d instant. I have the honor to state, for the information of the committee:
1st. That the unexpended balance of the appropriation, made by the act of March 29, 1806, for opening a road from Cumberland, on the Potomac, to the river Ohio, amounts to $16,075.15; part of which sum will probably be wanted in order to complete the location and opening of the road. It is probable that about $13,000 will remain applicable to making the road.
| 2dly. That the total amount received, either at the treasury, or by the receivers of public moneys on account of roads, and calculated at the rate of 5 per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of lands in the State of Ohio, subsequent to the 30th day of June, 1802, was, on the 30th day of September last | $104,692 |
| leaving, if that mode of calculating be correct, and after deducting the sum appropriated by the above mentioned act | 30,000 |
| a sum applicable to the road of | $ 74,692 |
| in addition to the above mentioned unexpended balance of | 16,075 |
| and making together a sum of | $ 90,767 |
| But if the amount applicable to roads be calculated at the rate of 2 per cent. only, on the net proceeds of the sales of lands, this will, on the 30th of September last, have produced only | $ 41,876 |
| from which, deducting the appropriation of | 30,000 |
| leaves an unappropriated balance of | $ 11,876 |
| which, added to the unexpended balance of the appropriation | 16,075 |
| makes an aggregate of only | $ 27,951 |
3dly. That the probable receipts on account of that fund may, for the two ensuing years, be estimated at $22,500 a year, if calculated at the rate of 5 per cent., and at $9,000 a year, if calculated at the rate of 2 per cent. on the sales of lands.