Chapter CCXI. making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications and other Works of Defence for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes

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Chap. CCXI.— An Act making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications and other Works of Defence for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes.July 2, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriation for fortifications, &c. 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 and other works of defence for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five:— ForFort Montgomery.

Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlain, New York, fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Knox. Fort Knox, at narrows of Penobscot River, Maine, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Popham. fort at entrance of Kennebec River, (Fort Popham,) Maine, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Georges. fort on Hog Island Ledge, (Fort Georges,) Portland harbor, Maine, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Preble. Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

ForFort Scammel. Fort Scammel, Portland harbor, Maine, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Constitution. New Fort Constitution, Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort McClary. Fort McClary, Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire, fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Winthrop. Fort Winthrop, Governor’s Island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Warren. Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars. ForSea-wall at Great Brewster. sea-wall of Great Brewster’s Island, forty thousand dollars.

ForOn Deer and Lovell’s Islands. repair of sea-walls on Deer and on Lovell’s Island, ten thousand dollars. ForForts at New Bedford harbor. permanent forts at New Bedford harbor, Massachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Schuyler. Fort Schuyler, East River, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForForts at Willet’s Point fort at Willet’s Point, opposite Fort Schuyler, New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Columbus. repairs of Fort Columbus, Castle Williams, South Battery, Fort Wood, and Fort Gibson, New York harbor, one hundred thousand dollars.

ForFort Hamilton. new battery near Fort Hamilton, at the Narrows, New York, seventy-five thousand dollars. 354THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 211, 212. 1864. ForFort Richmond. Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York, twenty thousand dollars. ForFort on site of Fort Tompkins. fort on site of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ForBattery of Staten Island. cas[e]mated battery on Staten Island, New York, seventy-five thousand dollars.

ForSea-wall at Buffalo. repairs and completion of sea-wall at Buffalo, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. ForFort at Sandy Hook. fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. ForFort Mifflin. Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars. ForDelaware breakwater. permanent work for Delaware breakwater harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Carroll. Fort Carroll, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, one hundred thousand dollars.

ForFort Monroe. Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars. ForFort Wool. Fort Wool, Hampton Roads, Virginia, two hundred thousand dollars. ForFort Clinch. Fort Clinch, entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida, one hundred thousand dollars. ForFort at Ship Island; fort at Ship Island, east of Mississippi, one hundred thousand dollars. Forat Fort Point; fort at Fort Point, San Francisco bay, California, fifty thousand dollars. Forat Alcatraz Island. fort at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco bay, California, ninety thousand dollars.

ForDefences at San Francisco. land, defences at San Francisco one hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no portion of the same shall be expended on other fortifications now in progress there. ForAt mouth of Columbia River. defences in Oregon and in Washington Territory, at or near the mouth of Columbia River, one hundred thousand dollars. ForRepairs, &c., of barracks, &c. repairs and alterations of barracks, quarters, hospitals, storerooms, and fences at permanent forts not occupied by troops, fifty thousand dollars.

ForPlatforms for cannon. construction of permanent platforms for modern cannon of large calibre in existing fortifications of important harbors, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. ForTool and siege trains. tool and siege trains for armies in the field, two hundred thousand dollars. ForBridge trains and equipage. bridge trains and equipage for armies in the field, five hundred thousand dollars. ForContingencies. contingencies of fortifications, including field works and field operations, seven hundred thousand dollars.

ForObstructions in Potomac River. providing obstructions to be moored in the Potomac River to render the shore batteries more efficient for the protection of Washington against maritime attack, three hundred thousand dollars. ForDefences of Washington. completing and rendering more permanent the defences of Washington, three hundred thousand dollars. ForSurveys of lakes. surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes, including Lake Superior, one hundred thousand dollars. ForChart of lake surveys. engraving and printing chart of lake surveys, ten thousand dollars.

ForPurchase, &c., of instruments. purchase and repair of instruments, fifteen thousand dollars. ForSurveys for military defences. &c. surveys for military defences, and for purchase of campaign maps, manuscript notes, and maps of surveys of railroads and canals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, July 2, 1864.