United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 242
Chap. CCXLII.—An Act giving the assent of the United States to an act of the general assembly of Maryland, passed at their December session, in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, entitled “An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.”
Act of May 23, 1828, ch. 85.
Assent of the United States given to act of Maryland.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of the United States be, and the same is hereby, given to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled “An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” which passed the general assembly of Maryland at December session, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing therein contained shall be construed to impair any right possessed by the said company anterior to the passage of said act, nor to authorize any individual to obstruct the free access of all persons to the said canal along the berm bank, or other lands condemned for the construction and use thereof, nor to prevent the engineers, superintendents, or officers of the said company, from passing up and down the said canal without obstruction along the grounds condemned therefor, in order to inspect the condition of the said canal, or to make, at any time, suitable repairs thereof.
Approved, July 14, 1832.