Chapter CII. *making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.* March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the followin
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Chap. CII.— An Act *making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.* March 3, 1849. *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 they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty:
For defensive works and barracks near Detroit, twenty thousand Detroit, $20,000.dollars. For fortifications at outlet of Lake Champlain, twenty thousand Lake Champlain, $20,000.dollars. For defensive works and barracks at narrows of Penobscot River, Penobscot River, $20,000.Maine, twenty thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Scammel, Portland Harbor, Maine, five thousand Fort Scammel, $5000. Governor’s Island, $10,000. Fort Warren, $30,000. Fort Independence, $10,000. Fort Adums, $40,000.
Fort Trumbull, $10,000. Fort Schuyler, $10,000. Fort Wood, $15,000. Fort Hamilton, $10,000. Fort Richmond, $30,000. Fort Lafayette, $5000. Fort Delaware, $50,000. Fort Madison, $5000. Seller’s Point Flats, $40,000.dollars. For repairs of fortifications on Governor’s Island, Boston Harbor, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, thirty thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and permanent quarters and barracks thereat, forty thousand dollars.
For building Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, Long Island Sound, ten thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Wood, and sea-wall of Bedlow’s Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Hamilton, New York, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Richmond, on Staten Island, thirty thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Lafayette, five thousand dollars. For Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island, fifty thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Madison, five thousand dollars.
For fort on Soller’s Point Flats, Baltimore Harbor, forty thousand dollars. 374 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 103. 1849. Fort Monroe, $20,000. For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. Fort Caswell, $15,000. For preservation of site of Fort Caswell, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars. Fort Macon, $5000. For preservation of site at Fort Macon, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. Drunken Dick Shoal, $10,000. For dike to Drunken Dick Shoal, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ten thousand dollars.
Fort Sumter, $25,000. For Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars. Fort Jackson, Savannah, $15,000. For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah River, fifteen thousand dollars. Fort Barrancas, $35,000. For Fort Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Florida, and barracks thereat, thirty-five thousand dollars. Fort Morgan, $15,000. For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama, fifteen thousand dollars. Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, $15,000. For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, fifteen thousand dollars.
Fort St. Philip, $30,000. For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi River, thirty thousand dollars. Fort Pike, $10,000. For repairs of Fort Pike, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars. Fort Wood, $10,000. For repairs of Fort Wood, Louisians, ten thousand dollars. Key West, $76,000. For fortifications on Florida Reef, Key West, seventy-five thousand dollars. Garden Key, $50,000. For fortifications on Florida Reef, Garden Key, fifty thousand dollars. Sea-wall, St. Augustine, $5,000.
For repairs of sea-wall, St. Augustine, five thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of engineer officers engaged in an examination Contingencies of examination of coast of Pacific, $6000.of the coast of the United States on the Pacific Ocean, in reference to the defence of the same, six thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1849.