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American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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On Thursday, Mr. Van Buren introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives proposing a constitutional amendment granting Congress power to build roads and canals, with funds apportioned by state population and requiring state consent for projects within borders. The resolution passed to a second reading.
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"Resolved &c. That the following amendment of the Constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several states :
" Congress shall have power to make roads and canals ; but all money appropriated for this purpose shall be apportioned among the several states according to the last enumeration of their respective numbers, & applied to the making and repairing of roads and canals within the several states, as Congress may direct; but any state may consent to the appropriation by Congress of its quota of such appropriation in making or repairing of roads and canals, without its own limits; no such road or canal shall, however, be made within any state, without the consent of the legislature thereof, and all such money shall be so expended under their direction."
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House Of Representatives
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On Thursday
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the resolution was read and passed to a second reading.
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Mr. Van Buren offered a resolution proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to empower Congress to make roads and canals, with appropriations apportioned by state population, applicable within states as directed, allowing states to redirect their quota externally with consent, and requiring state legislative consent for internal projects with expenditures under state direction.