United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 37
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Chap. XXXVII.—An Act making additional appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Appropriations for fortifications.
1828, ch. 114.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, in addition to the several sums appropriated by the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, for certain fortifications of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit: for fortifications, to each specifically, as follows:
Newport, R.I.For fort Adams, at Newport, Rhode Island, eighty-five thousand dollars.
New York.For fort Hamilton, New York, eighty thousand dollars.
For fort Monroe, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For fort Calhoun, ninety thousand dollars.
N. Carolina.For fort Macon, North Carolina, fifty thousand dollars.
For fort at Oak island, North Carolina, forty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars.
Charleston, S. C.For fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina, sixty thousand dollars.
Savannah, Ga.For fortifications at Savannah, Georgia, sixty thousand dollars.
Pensacola, W. F.For fortifications at Pensacola, West Florida, fifty-five thousand dollars.
Mobile Point, Ala.For fort at Mobile Point, Alabama, eighty thousand dollars.
Bayou Bienvenu, La.For completion of the battery at Bayou Bienvenu, six thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty cents.
Boston harbour.For completion of the sea wall for the preservation of George’s Island, in Boston harbour, seven thousand three hundred and ten dollars and fifty-four cents.
Fort La Fayette.For repair of the pier upon which is constructed fort La Fayette, and such other repairs as are absolutely necessary for the preservation of that fort, thirty-three thousand three hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy cents.
Fort Delaware.For repairs at fort Delaware, fifteen thousand dollars. Repairs and contingencies.For repairs and contingencies of fortifications, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1829.