Chapter LXVIII. 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-six. Feb. 28, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Am

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Chap. LXVIII.— 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-six.* Feb. 28, 1865. *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 Appropriations for fortifications, &c.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-six:

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68. 1865. 443 For Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Michigan, seventy-five thousand dollars. Fort Wayne. For repairs of Fort Niagara, near Youngstown, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Niagara. For Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, fifty thousand dollars. Fort Ontario. For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlain, New York, fifty thousand dollars. Fort Montgomery. For Fort Knox, at narrows of Penobscot River, Maine, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Fort Knox. For Fort Popham, Kennebec River, Maine, seventy-five thousand dollars. Fort Popham. For Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, seventy-five thousand dollars. Fort Preble. For Fort Scammel, Portland, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Georges, on Hog Island Ledge, Portland, Maine, seventy-five thousand dollars. Fort Georges. For Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Constitution. For Fort McClary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty thousand dollars.

Fort McClary. For Fort Winthrop, Boston, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. Fort Winthrop. For Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars. Fort Independence. For Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. Fort Warren. For sea-wall of Great Brewster’s Island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, Great Brewster.twenty thousand dollars. For repair of sea-walls on Deer and on Lovell’s Islands, Boston har bor, Massachusetts, three thousand dollars. Deer and Lovell’s Islands.

For permanent forts at New Bedford harbor, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars. Forts at New Bedford harbor. For Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, fifty thousand dollars. Fort Adams. For Fort Hale, New Haven, Connecticut, fifty thousand dollars. Fort Hale. For Fort Schuyler, East River, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Schuyler. For fort at Willet’s Point, opposite Fort Schuyler, New York, fifty thousand dollars. Fort at Willet’s Point. For repairs of Fort Hamilton, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Fort Hamilton. For fort on site of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, New York, fifty thousand dollars. Fort Tompkins. For fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, fifty thousand dollars. Fort at Sandy Hook. For repairs of Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, twenty thousand dollars. Fort Mifflin. For repairs of Fort Washington, on Potomac River, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Washington. For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Monroe. For Fort Clinch, Florida, fifty thousand dollars.

Fort Clinch. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, two hundred thousand dollars. Fort Taylor. For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, one hundred thousand dollars. Fort Jefferson. For fort on Ship Island, coast of Mississippi, fifty thousand dollars. Fort on Ship Island. For fort at Fort Point, San Francisco Bay, California, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Fort at Fort Point. For fort at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Fort at Alcatraz Island. For additional defences at San Francisco, California, fifty thousand dollars. Defences of San Francisco. For defences of Washington, three hundred thousand dollars. Defences of Washington. For field works and field operations, one million dollars. Field works, &c. For bridge trains and equipage for armies in the field, three hundred thousand dollars. Bridge trains, &c. For tool and siege trains for armies in the field, five hundred thousand dollars. Tool and siege trains. 444 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

Sess. II. Ch. 69, 70, 71. 1865 Surveys for military defences. For surveys for military defences, for purchase of campaign maps, three hundred thousand dollars. Survey of lakes. For survey of northern and northwestern lakes, including Lake Superior, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Engraving and printing lake surveys. For engraving and printing charts of lake surveys, fifteen thousand dollars. Instruments. For purchase and repair of instruments, twenty thousand dollars.

Fort Porter. For repairing, equipping, and enlarging Fort Porter, at Buffalo, fifty thousand dollars. Approved, February 28, 1865.