Chapter LXIV. for improving the navigation of certain rivers in the territories of Florida and Michigan, and for surveys, and for other purposes
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Chap. LXIV.— An Act for improving the navigation of certain rivers in the territories of Florida and Michigan, and for surveys, and for other purposes. March 2, 1833. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Appropriations for the improvement of rivers in Florida and Michigan. That, for the purpose of removing obstructions, and improving the navigation of certain rivers in the territories of Florida and Michigan, the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury; to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States.
For removing obstructions in, and improving the navigation of, the Escambia river, five thousand dollars. For improving the navigation of the Ochlochney river, five thousand dollars. For improving the navigation of the Choctawhachie river, as recommended by the Postmaster General, for the transportation of the mail from Pensacola to Tallahassee, five thousand dollars. For improving the harbour at Chicago on lake Michigan, twenty-five thousand dollars. For a survey of White and Saint Francis rivers, in the territory of Arkansas, five hundred dollars.
Approved, March 2, 1833.