Chapter CLXXIII. making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight
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Chap. CLXXIII.— An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.July 7, 1838. [Obsolete.] *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 the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, for certain fortifications, viz: For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, one hundred thousand dollars;Fort Warren.
For the preservation of Castle island, and repairs of Fort Independence, Castle Island and Fort Independence. Boston harbor, fifty thousand dollars; For Fort Adams, Rhode Island, one hundred thousand dollars;Fort Adams. For fortifications at New London harbor, Connecticut, twenty-five New London harbor. thousand dollars; For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York, one hundred thousand Fort Schuyler. dollars; For Fort Delaware, Delaware river, forty thousand dollars;Ft. Delaware.
For Fort McHenry, Redoubt Wood, and Covington Battery, near Fort McHenry, Redoubt Wood, and Covington battery. Baltimore, thirty-two thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars; For Fort Monroe, Virginia, one hundred thousand dollars;Fort Monroe. For Fort Calhoun, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars;Fort Calhoun. For fortifications in Charleston harbor, and for the preservation of the Charleston harbor. Fort Moultrie. site of Fort Moultrie, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars;
For Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia, one hundred thousand Fort Pulaski. dollars; For the fort at Foster’s bank, Florida, thirty-three thousand dollars;Fort at Foster’s bank. For repairs of Fort Marion and of the sea-wall at St. Augustine, Fort Marion, and sea-wall at St. Augustine. twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; For the purchase of the charter right to the bridge across Mill creek, Bridge at Fort Monroe. at Fort Monroe, four thousand dollars; For securing the site of Fort Caswell, Oak Island, North Carolina, Fort Caswell. eight thousand five hundred dollars;
For repairs of the Old Fort at the Barancas, Pensacola, seventy-five Old fort at the Barancas. thousand dollars; For repairing Fort Niagara in the State of New York, three thousand Fort Niagara. dollars; For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars.Contingencies. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That of the sums appropriated by How to be expended. this bill a portion not to exceed fifty per centum upon all the items above fifteen thousand dollars, shall be drawn from the Treasury during the present year, and the balance of the said appropriations shall be expended for the objects designated, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Approved, July 7, 1838.