Democratic (constitutionalist) President Jackson vetoes the Maysville Road Act, which would have authorized federal funding of an intrastate turnpike: “The Constitution only allows internal improvements that are truly federal in nature, not designed to help a specific State.”
[restored 12/31/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 7 [Clause 1]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 98.
Current U.s. National Debt:
