Chapter XCVII. making Appropriations for Fortifications and other Works of Defence, and for Repairs of Barracks and Quarters, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight
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Chap. XCVII.— 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, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. March 3, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be and they are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications, barracks, and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.
For Fort Montgomery, outlet of Lake Champlain, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Knox, at the Narrows of the Penobscot River, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at the entrance of Kennebec River, Maine, one hundred thousand dollars. For the commencement of a fortification on Hog Island Ledge in Portland harbor, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, and preservation of its site, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Winthrop, Governor’s Island, Boston harbor, thirty thousand dollars.
For fortifications at the entrance of New Bedford harbor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Adams, protection of site, Newport harbor, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, East River, New York harbor, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York harbor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, outlet of New York harbor, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the commencement of a fort opposite Fort Schuyler, New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For the erection of a fort on the site of Fort Tompkins in the State of New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Delaware, on Delaware River, two hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Carroll, Sellers’ Point flats, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Virginia, one hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, one hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, Georgia, twenty-six thousand dollars.
For Fort Clinch, entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars. For Fort Barrancas, Pensacola harbor, Florida, thirty-three thousand dollars. For Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars. For defences at Proctor’s Landing, Lake Borgne, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For Fort Livingston, Grandterre Island, Barrataria Bay, Louisiana, and preservation of its site, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, two hundred thousand dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, three hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, two hundred thousand dollars. 192 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 97, 98. 1857. For fort at Fort, Point, San Francisco Bay, California, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairs at Fort Hamilton, at the Narrows, New York harbor, ten thousand dollars. For repairs at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs of Fort Wood, Bedlow’s Island, New York harbor, five thousand dollars. For barracks, quarters, and hospital at Fort Columbus, Governor’s Island, New York harbor, fourteen thousand dollars. For purchase of additional land for site of Fort Tompkins, forty-two thousand three hundred dollars. For modification of Fort Madison, Annapolis harbor, Maryland, twenty thousand dollars. For artesian well at Fort Monroe, ten thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the fortification of Ship Island, coast of Mississippi, one hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications for the defence of the inner passes into Mobile Bay, (known as Grant’s Pass and Pass au Heron,) one hundred thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs and extension of Fort St. Phillip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Macomb, and preservation of site, Chef Menteur Pass, Louisiana, seven thousand dollars.
For repairs of Tower Dupre, Bayou Depre, Louisiana, and perfecting title of site, twelve thousand dollars. For fortifications for the defence of the entrance to Galveston harbor and bay, Texas, eighty thousand dollars. To purchase a site and construct additional defences for San Francisco, California, three hundred thousand dollars. Contingencies.For contingent expenses of fortifications for preservation of sites, protection of titles, and repairs of sudden damages, thirty thousand dollars.
Repairs, &c. of barracks, &c.For repairs and alterations of barracks, quarters, hospitals, store rooms, and fences at permanent forts not occupied by troops, nineteen thousand dollars. Platforms for cannon.For the construction of permanent platforms for modern cannon of large calibre in the existing fortifications of important harbors, one hundred thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1857.