Connersville Hydraulic Co. v. City of Connersville

— In providing for a system of internal improvements, the legislature in 1836 created the Board of Internal Improvements and authorized it to proceed, within a reasonable time, to construct a canal from the point where the west branch of the White Water River crosses the National Road in Wayne County, southward to the Ohio River at Lawrenceburg. R. S. 1833, p. 337. Section 23 of that act gave the board authority to cause surplus water and ground to be leased for hydraulic purposes. The work of constructing the canal was commenced, but in 1842, the state, being financially embarrassed, could…