Chapter XCVIII. making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty
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Chap. XCVIII.— An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. July 21, 1840.[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 the preservation, repairs, construction,Perjury. and incidental and contingent expenses of certain fortifications in the year eighteen hundred and forty, viz:
For repairs of Fort Niagara, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;Fort Niagara. For rebuilding and repairing the old fort at Oswego, twenty thousandFort Oswego. dollars; For repairs of Fort Preble, three thousand two hundred dollars;Fort Preble. For repairs of Fort Scammel, three thousand four hundred dollars;Fort Scammel. For repairs of Fort McClary, seven hundred and fifty dollars;Fort McClary. For repairs of Fort Constitution, three thousand six hundred andFort Constitution. seventy-one dollars;
For repairs of Fort Independence and sea wall of Castle island, oneFort Independence. hundred thousand dollars; For Fort Warren, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;Fort Warren. For Fort Adams, eighty thousand dollars;Fort Adams. 408 New London harbor.For fortifications at New London harbor, twenty-five thousand dollars; Fort Schuyler.For Fort Schuyler, eighty thousand dollars: Fort Hamilton.For repairs of Fort Hamilton, twenty thousand dollars; Fort Lafayette.For repairs of Fort Lafayette, five thousand dollars;
Fort Columbus.For repairs of Fort Columbus, one thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars; Castle William.For repairs of Castle William, five thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars; South battery, Gov’rs island.For repairs of south battery, Governor’s island, three thousand five hundred dollars; Fort Monroe.For repairs of Fort Monroe, fifty thousand dollars; Bridge over Mill creek.For rebuilding bridge over Mill creek, near Fort Monroe, five thousand dollars; Road.For repairs of road from Fort Monroe to said bridge, one thousand dollars;
Purchase of land near Fort Monroe.For purchase of land in the vicinity of Fort Monroe, one thousand dollars; Fort Calhoun.For Fort Calhoun, fifty thousand dollars; Fort Caswell.For Fort Caswell, six thousand dollars; Fort Sumter.For Fort Sumter, twenty-five thousand dollars; Fort Moultrie.For repairs of Fort Moultrie, ten thousand dollars; Fort Pulaski.For Fort Pulaski, forty-four thousand dollars; Fort on Foster’s bank.For Fort on Foster’s bank, Florida, fourteen thousand dollars;
Fort Pickens.For Fort Pickens, eight thousand dollars; Ft. Barrancas.For repairs of Fort Barrancas, fifteen thousand dollars; Fort Morgan.For repairs of Fort Morgan, ten thousand dollars; Fort Pike.For repairs of Fort Pike, five thousand dollars; Fort Wood.For repairs of Fort Wood, three thousand five hundred and eighty dollars; Battery Bienvenue.For repairs of the battery Bienvenue, two thousand five hundred dollars; Tower Dupre.For repairs of Tower Dupre, four hundred dollars;
Fort Jackson.For repairs of Fort Jackson, twenty thousand dollars; Ft. St. Philip.For repairs of Fort St. Philip, three thousand three hundred dollars; Ft. Livingston.For Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars; Contingencies.For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars; Incidental expenses.Proviso.For incidental expenses attending repairs of fortifications, fifty thousand dollars. *Provided, however*, That in case of a disappointment in the receipts of revenue from customs, or lands, or other sources, or of a failure to collect the debts due from the late deposite banks, or from the Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania, so that the means of the Treasury shall not be sufficient to meet the ordinary calls for the service of the year, according to the appropriations made by Congress, and also the expenses authorized by this act, the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is, authorized, upon ascertainment, at any time, of these facts, from the Secretary of the Treasury, to direct the postponement until after the close of the next session of Congress, or until Congress shall otherwise direct, of the whole, or such portion of the appropriations made by this act as the state of the Treasury shall seem to him to require; any order for postponement to be made alike applicable to each item of appropriation, so far as the state of facts, at the time it is made, and a due regard to the public interests, will permit, and all contracts entered into in pursuance of these appropriations to be made subject to the conditions of this proviso.
Approved, July 21, 1840. RESOLUTIONS No. 1: authorizing the Secretary of War to continue certain clerks employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Resolution 1 5 Stat. 409 May 2, 1840 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 26 1 5 public TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 1, 3, 4, 5. 1840. 409 No. 1.
Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to continue certain clerks employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. May 2, 1840. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Post, p. 583.Authority contained in 16th clause 1st sec. act 9th May 1836, ch. 60, extended for two years. That the authority given to the Secretary of War by the sixteenth clause of the first section of the act entitled “An act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes,” dated the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, to employ two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties, be extended after the expiration of the period for which that authority was granted for the term of two years.
Approved, May 2, 1840. No. 3: concerning the statue of Washington, by Greenough. Resolution 3 5 Stat. 409 May 27, 1840 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 26 1 5 public No. 3. A Resolution concerning the statue of Washington, by Greenough. May 27, 1840. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Measures to be taken for its importation and erection.
That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized and instructed to take measures for the importation and erection of the statue of Washington, by Greenough. Approved, May 27, 1840. No. 4: to authorize the President to dispose of certain presents from the Imaum of Muscat and the Emperor of Morocco. Resolution 4 5 Stat. 409 July 20, 1840 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 26 1 5 public No. 4. A Resolution to authorize the President to dispose of certain presents from the Imaum of Muscat and the Emperor of Morocco. July 20, 1840. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Such as cannot conveniently be deposited in the Department of State to be disposed of, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to dispose, in such time and manner as he shall see fit, of all such of the presents to the Government of the United States as have been sent from the Imaum of Muscat or the Emperor of Morocco, and cannot conveniently be deposited or kept in the Department of State, and cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the Treasury of the United States.
Approved, July 20, 1840. No. 5: for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign publications. Resolution 5 5 Stat. 409 July 20, 1840 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 26 1 5 public No. 5. Joint Resolution for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign publications. July 20, 1840. *Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Exchange of duplicates in the Library authorized.
That the librarian, under the supervision of the Committee on the Library, be authorized to exchange such duplicates as may be in the library for other books or works. Second. That he be authorized, in the same way, to exchange documents.Of documents. Third. That hereafter, fifty additional copies of the documents,Documents to be printed for exchange. printed by order of either House, be printed and bound for the purpose of exchange in foreign countries. Approved, July 20, 1840. 26 2 1841 ACTS OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 7th day of December, 1840, and ended the 3d day of March, 1841.* Martin Van Buren, President.
Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Robert M. T. Hunter, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE II.
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