The
Said Board of Internal Improvement is hereby authorized and directed to adopt
such measures as may be necessary to commence, construct and complete, within a
reasonable time, the following public works, viz: 1st. The Whitewater Canal,
commencing on the west branch of the Whitewater river, at the crossing of the
National Road, thence passing down the valley of the same to the Ohio river, and
Lawrenceburg, and extending up the said west branch of the Whitewater above the
National Road as far as may be practicable; also a connexion between the said
White Water Canal and the Central Canal, by a canal , if practicable, if not by
a Rail Road, to commence at some point near the National Road, thence to be
continued to some suitable point on said Central Canal in Madison or Delaware
counties, as the same may be found most practicable and best calculated to
promore the interests of the State; and for the construction of said works the
sum of one million four hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated.