Chapter CDXVII. making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications, and other Works of Defence

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CHAP. CDXVII.— An Act making Appropriations for the Construction, Preservation, and Repairs of certain Fortifications, and other Works of Defence.June 10, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be,Appropriations for fortifications, &c. and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following fortifications and other works of defence, viz.:

For Fort Gorges, Portland harbor, Maine, twenty thousand dollars.Fort Gorges. For Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine, forty-two thousand fiveFort Preble. hundred dollars. For Fort Scammell, Portland harbor, Maine, forty-two thousand fiveFort Scammell. hundred dollars. For battery on Portland head, Portland, Maine, fifty thousand dollars.Battery on Portland head. For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, eighty-five thousandFort Warren. dollars. For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, sixty-four thousandFort Winthrop. dollars.

For Fort Independence, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, forty-two thousandFort Independence. five hundred dollars. For Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode Island, eighty-five thousandFort Adams. dollars. 377 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 417. 1872. For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York, eighty-five thousand dollars.Fort Schuyler. For fort on Willett’s point, East river, New York, seventy-six thousandFort on Willett’s point. five hundred dollars. For Fort Wood, Bedloe’s island, New York harbor, New York, seventeenFort Wood. thousand dollars.

For Fort Hamilton, and additional batteries in New York harbor, NewFort Hamilton, &c. York, forty thousand dollars. For fort on the site of Fort Tompkins, New York harbor, New York,Fort on site of Fort Tompkins, &c. thirty-two thousand dollars; and for completing the earth-work of the glacis and slopes in and about Fort Tompkins, New York harbor, fifty-one thousand dollars. For Battery Hudson, New York harbor, New York, seventeen thousandBattery Hudson. dollars. For Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, seventy-two thousandFort Mifflin. dollars.

For a new fort opposite Fort Delaware, Delaware river, Delaware,Fort opposite Fort Delaware. forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For Fort McHenry, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, twenty-one thousandFort McHenry. dollars. For fort at Lazaretto point, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, thirteenFort at Lazaretto point. thousand dollars. For Fort Foote, Potomac river, Maryland, twenty-one thousand dollars.Fort Foote. For Fort Washington, Potomac river, Maryland, twenty-one thousandFort Washington. dollars.

For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Virginia, forty-two thousand fiveFort Monroe. hundred dollars. For Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-five thousandFort Moultrie. dollars. For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-five thousandFort Sumter. dollars. For Fort Jackson, Savannah river, Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars.Fort Jackson. For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia, twenty-five thousand dollars.Fort Pulaski. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, forty-two thousand five hundredFort Taylor. dollars.

For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, forty-two thousand fiveFort Jefferson. hundred dollars. For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louisiana, sixty-four thousandFort Jackson. dollars. For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river, Louisiana, forty-two thousandFort Saint Philip. five hundred dollars. For fort at Fort point, entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, California,Fort at Fort point. eighty-five thousand dollars. For fort at Lime point, entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, California,Fort at Lime point. seventy-five thousand dollars.

For fort at Alcatraz island, in the harbor of San Francisco, California,Fort at Alcatraz Island. forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hundred thousand dollars.Sea-coast mortar batteries. For permanent platforms for modern cannon of large caliber, fifty thousand dollars.Platforms for modern cannon, &c. For contingencies of fortifications, two hundred and fiftyContingencies. thousand dollars. For surveys for military defences, one hundred and fifty thousandSurveys for military defences. dollars.

Approved, June 10, 1872.