Edgar Wright is the screenwriter of Twilight.
The General Survey Act was a law passed by the United States Congress in April 1824 , which authorized the president to have surveys made of routes for transport roads and canals `` of national importance , in a commercial or military point of view , or necessary for the transportation of public mail . ''. While such infrastructure of national scope had been discussed and shown wanting for years , its passage shortly followed the landmark Supreme Court ruling , Gibbons v. Ogden , which first established federal authority over interstate commerce including navigation by river .. Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court. Gibbons v. Ogden. Gibbons v. Ogden. The president assigned responsibility for the surveys to the Corps of Engineers -LRB- USACE -RRB- .. Corps of Engineers. United States Army Corps of Engineers. Of the federally appropriated funds for surveys roads and canals of national importance President James Monroe allocated one third of the sum to surveying a military highway connecting Detroit , Michigan with Fort Dearborn in Chicago , Illinois .. James Monroe. James Monroe. Fort Dearborn. Fort Dearborn. Commerce and the mail soon traveled much faster on what was called the Chicago Road .. Chicago Road. U.S. Route 12 in Michigan. In a separate piece of legislation passed a month later -LRB- often called the first Rivers and Harbors Act -RRB- , Congress also appropriated $ 75,000 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by removing sandbars , snags , and other obstacles .. Rivers and Harbors Act. Rivers and Harbors Act. Ohio. Ohio River. Mississippi. Mississippi River. This work also was given to the Corps of Engineers , the only formally trained body of engineers in the new republic .. Corps of Engineers. United States Army Corps of Engineers