Chapter CCCLXIII. *appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.* July 4, 1836.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Approp
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Chap. CCCLXIII.— An Act *appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.* July 4, 1836.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Appropriations. That for the security of the navigation and commerce of the United States, the following sums of motley be, and the same are hereby directed to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and placed at the disposition of the President, for the following objects, viz:
Maine.Breakwater in Portland harbor.For erecting a breakwater on Stanford ledge, in Portland harbor, according to the plan reported by John Anderson, of the Engineer corps, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, ten thousand dollars. 129 For the survey of a ledge near Owl’s-head harbour, to determine theSurvey near Owl’s head harbor. expediency of erecting thereon a breakwater to improve said harbor, four hundred dollars. For the examination and survey of the passage into Cobscook bay,Survey at Cobscook buy. in the State of Maine, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of removing two ledges whereby the navigation of said bay is materially obstructed, three hundred dollars.
For deepening the channel of the Cocheco branch of the PiscataquaN. Hampshire. Deepening Piscataqua river. river, leading into Dover harbour, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Bass river, tenMassachusetts.Harbor of Bass river. thousand dollars and forty-one cents. For removing the wreck in the harbor of New Bedford, ten thousandRemoving wreck, New Bedford harbor. dollars. For the construction of a breakwater at Sandy bay, agreeably to theBreakwater at Sandy bay. report of a survey made by direction of the Department of War, transmitted to Congress by the President, April twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty, ten thousand dollars.
For preserving the point of land leading to the fort and lighthouse atPoint of land in Duxbury. the Gurnet, in Duxbury, by hurdles or double ranges of piles, five thousand dollars. For the preservation of Rainsford island, in the harbor of Boston,Rainsford island. fifteen thousand dollars. For a breakwater at Church’s cove harbor, in the town of LittleRhode Island.Breakwater at Church’s cove harbor. Compton, ten thousand dollars, agreeably to a survey made by Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, of the United States topographical engineers, in eighteen hundred and twenty-seven.
For improving the harbor of Saybrook, by removing the bar at theConnecticut.Saybrook harbor. mouth of Connecticut river, twenty thousand dollars. For improving the harbor of Westport, agreeably to the report ofWestport harbor. John Anderson, of the Engineer corps, three thousand dollars. For a sea-wall to preserve Fairweather island, near Black RockFairweather island. harbor, ten thousand dollars. For securing the public works at the harbor of Southport, one thousandSouthport. five hundred dollars.
For further securing the beach at Cedar point, in Connecticut, oneCedar Point. thousand dollars. For deepening the channel leading into Bridgeport harbor, ten thousandBridgeport harbor. dollars. For deepening the channel of the river Thames, leading into NorwichNorwich harbor. harbor, ten thousand dollars. For building a breakwater or pier at the harbor of Burlington, tenVermont.Breakwater, Burlington harbor. thousand dollars. For deepening the channel to eight feet between the islands of NorthChannel near St.
Albans. and South Hero, near Saint Alban’s in Lake Champlain, in Vermont, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor of Portland, on Lake Erie, tenNew York.Portland harbor, Lake Erie. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Salmon river, onSalmon river, Lake Ontario. Lake Ontario, according to the several plans of said harbor, submitted through the Department of War, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Oak OrchardOak Orchard creek, Lake Ontario. creek, on Lake Ontario, according to the plan thereof made by Joseph G.
Swift, civil engineer, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Black river, inBlack river. the county of Jefferson, five thousand dollars. For building a breakwater or pier at the harbor of Plattsburg, tenBreakwater at Plattsburg. thousand dollars. For improving the harbor at the mouth of Cattaraugus creek, onCattaraugus creek, lake Eric. Lake Erie, fifteen thousand dollars. 130 Whitehall harbor.For improving the entrance of Whitehall harbor, on Lake Champlain, eight thousand dollars.
Ice-breaker, Staten Island.For building an ice-breaker on Staten island, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. New Jersey.New Brunswick harbor.For improving the harbor at New Brunswick, by removing the obstructions in the Raritan river, according to a plan reported to the War Department by Hartman Bache, seven thousand dollars. Little Egg harbor.For the protection and improvement of Little Egg harbor, according to the plan reported to the War Department, five thousand dollars.
Survey of Crow Shoal.For a survey of Crow Shoal in Delaware bay, to ascertain the expediency of constructing a breakwater or artificial harbor, one thousand dollars. Pennsylvania.Chester harbor.For repairs at the harbor of Chester, three thousand dollars. Delaware river, near Fort Mifflin.For removing the bar on the river Delaware, in the neighborhood of Fort Mifflin, with the view of improving the harbor of Philadelphia, fifteen thousand dollars. Delaware.Wilmington harbor.For improving the harbor of Wilmington, by removing the bar at the mouth of Christiana river, according to the plan recommended by Hartman Bache, of the engineer corps, fifteen thousand dollars.
Maryland.Baltimore harbor.For deepening the harbor of Baltimore, twenty thousand dollars. Survey, Chesapeake bay.For a survey of the head waters of Chesapeake bay, pursuant to a resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, five hundred dollars. Virginia.Survey of James river.For a survey of James river, with the view of improving the harbor of Richmond, five hundred dollars. Channels of Dismal Swamp Canal.For improving the navigation of the natural channels at the northern and southern entrances of the Dismal Swamp canal, fifteen thousand dollars.
N. Carolina.Shoal in Pamtico river.For removing a sand shoal in Pamtico river, five thousand dollars, by means of the dredging machine now in operation at Ocracock inlet. Shoal in New river.For removing the oyster shoal in New river, Onslow county, by means of the dredging machine now in operation in the collection district of Wilmington, five thousand dollars. Beaufort harb’r.To improve the harbor of Beaufort, five thousand dollars. S. Carolina.Survey Georgetown harbor.For a survey of the bar and harbor at Georgetown, one thousand dollars.
Georgia.Removing Brunswick bar.For the removal of the Brunswick bar, with the view of improving the harbor of Brunswick, ten thousand dollars. Ohio.Mouth of Vermilion river.For constructing two piers and improving the navigation at the mouth of Vermilion river, ten thousand dollars, according to the plan reported to the War Department. Indiana.Michigan city harbor.For the construction of a harbor at Michigan city, according to the plan reported to the War Department, twenty thousand dollars.
Louisiana.Mouth of Mississippi river.For increasing the depth of water in the mouth of the Mississippi river, by closing some of the passages leading out of it, or by cutting a ship channel, or by any other means which shall be deemed expedient by the Secretary of War, with the approbation of the President of the United States, seventy-five thousand dollars; the said sum to be expended in whole or in part, as may be thought proper by the War Department, after the necessary survey shall have been made.
Missouri.Pier near St. Louis.For a pier to give direction to the current of the Mississippi river, near the city of St. Louis, fifteen thousand dollars. Survey of rivers in Arkansas and Missouri.For the survey of Saint Francis, Black, and While rivers, in Arkansas and Missouri, to determine upon the expediency of removing the natural rafts thereon, one thousand dollars. Florida.Removing Bulk Head shoal.For removing a mud shoal, called the Bulk Head, in the channel from East Pass to Appalachicola, ten thousand dollars.
Michigan.Mouth of St. Joseph river.For the construction of a pier or breakwater at the mouth of the river Saint Joseph, twenty thousand dollars. TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 364. Res. 1, 2, 3. 1836.131 For the survey of the mouth of Milwaukie river, on Lake Michigan,Wisconsin.Survey of Milwaukee river. to determine the practicability of making a harbor by deepening the channel, four hundred dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the reports upon all theReports upon surveys to contain estimates, &c. aforesaid surveys shall contain a statement of all such facts within the knowledge of the engineers respectively making the surveys, as are or may be in any way materially connected with the proposed improvements, and also with estimates, in detail, of the sums of money necessary for such improvements, respectively.
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*appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.* July 4, 1836.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Approp
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