Democratic (constitutionalist) President Jackson—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Internal Improvements Act of 1830, authorizing 215,000 Dollars for the extension of the Cumberland Road.
NOTE: Article I Section 8 [Clause 7] authorizes the regulation and establishment of Post-Roads, but not their operation or subsidization.
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Internal Improvements Act of 1830, 4 Public Statutes at Large 427, 428 (1930).
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 99.
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