Chapter CCXXVII. making Appropriations for Fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
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Chap. CCXXVII.— An Act making Appropriations for Fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. August 3, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in theAppropriations. treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications, barracks, and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five:
For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlain, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Knox, at Narrows of Penobscot River, Maine, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Warren, at the Narrows, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Adams and quarters, entrance to Narragansett Roads, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, entrance to Long Island Sound, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Richmond, at the Narrows, New York Harbor, sixty thousand dollars.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware River, Delaware, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Carroll, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Monroe, entrance to Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Clinch, entrance to Cumberland Sound, twenty-five thousand dollars. 348 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 227. 1854. For Fort Barancas and Barracks, Pensacola Harbor, ten thousand dollars.
For Fort M’Rec, Pensacola Harbor, and preservation of the site, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars. For Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, Florida, fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at Alcatras Island, San Francisco Bay, California, one hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay, California, one hundred thousand dollars. For armament of fortifications in the Harbor of San Francisco, California, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For forts on the western frontiers of Texas, one hundred thousand dollars. For repair of Fort Niagara, New York, three thousand dollars. For repair of Fort Preble, Portland Harbor, Maine, one thousand dollars. For repair and improvement of Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For repair of Fort Columbus and Castle Williams, New York Harbor, four thousand five hundred dollars. For repair of Fort Hamilton, and for permanent wharf thereat, New York Harbor, ten thousand dollars.
For repair of Fort Mifllin, Delaware River, Pennsylvania, one thousand dollars. For repair of wharf at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, seven thousand dollars. For repair of Fort Macon, Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, two thousand dollars. For preservation of the site of Fort Macon, Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, one thousand dollars. For preservation of the site of Fort Johnson, including a new wharf, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, four thousand two hundred dollars. For preservation of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, twelve thousand three hundred dollars.
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Morgan, mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Pike, Rigolet Pass, Louisiana, one thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Macomb, (formerly Fort Wood,) Chef Menteur Pass, Louisiana, two thousand dollars. For repairs of Tower Dupre, Bayou Dupre, Louisiana, five hundred dollars. For repairs and extension of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For barracks and quarters at Fort Hamilton, New York, one thousand dollars. Contingencies.For contingent expenses of the fortifications not herein mentioned, the preservation of their sites, the protection of title, and repairs of sudden damage to forts, twenty thousand dollars. Approved, August 3, 1854.