# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 103

Chap. CIII.—An Act making additional appropriations for certain harbours, and removing obstructions in the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
Appropriations for harbours and rivers.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 carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, viz:
Merrimack river.For the breakwater at the mouth of Merrimack river, three thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
Plymouth beach.For the preservation of Plymouth beach, two thousand dollars.
Beach at Provincetown.For the preservation of the beach at Provincetown harbour, Massachusetts, four thousand four hundred dollars.
Breakwater at Hyannis.For the breakwater at Hyannis harbour, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
New Castle, Marcus Hook, and Port Penn.For improving the harbours of Newcastle, Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in the Delaware river, six thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars.
Ocracook inlet.For carrying on the improvement of Ocracook inlet, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.
Cape Fear river.For improving Cape Fear river below Wilmington, North Carolina, five thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars.
Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi.For improving the navigation of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars.
St. Mark’s.For completing the improvement of St. Mark’s river and harbour, Florida, four thousand six hundred dollars.
Chicago harbour.For improving the harbour of Chicago, Illinois, thirty-two thousand eight hundred and one dollars.
La Plaisance piers.For the piers at La Plaisance bay, Michigan, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Red river.For improving the navigation of Red river, fifty thousand dollars.
Delaware breakwater.For carrying on the Delaware breakwater, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
Presque Isle.For filling up and securing a breach in the south embankment at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, three thousand and forty-five dollars.
Mobile harbour.For improving the harbour at Mobile, in removing the bar at the entrance of the harbour called Choctaw pass, ten thousand dollars.
Savannah river.For improving the navigation of the river Savannah, in removing the obstructions in said river from the city of Savannah to its mouth, thirty thousand dollars.
Oswego harbour.For continuing and securing the works at Oswego harbour, New York, thirty thousand dollars.
Big Sodus bay.For continuing the improvements at Big Sodus bay, New York, thirty thousand dollars.
Gennessee river.For completing the works at Gennessee river, New York, on the present plan, twenty thousand dollars.
Black Rock harbour.For continuing the improvement of Black Rock harbour, New York, twelve thousand dollars.
Buffalo.For completing the works at Buffalo, New York, twenty thousand dollars.
Dunkirk harbour.For continuing the improvements at Dunkirk harbour, New York, four thousand dollars.
Presque Isle.For securing the works at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.
Cleveland harbour.For completing the securing the works at Cleveland harbour, Ohio, thirteen thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars.
Grand river.For repairing and securing the works at Grand river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
Black river.For securing the works at Black river, Ohio, five thousand dollars.
Huron river.For extending and securing the works at Huron river, Ohio, six thousand seven hundred dollars.
Ashtabula creek.For continuing the improvements at Ashtabula creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars.
Surveys under act of April 30, 1824, ch. 46, &c.And for defraying the expense of surveys pursuant to the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including arrearages for eighteen hundred and thirty-three, twenty-nine thousand dollars, ​of which sum five thousand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to geological and mineralogical survey and researches.
Steele’s ledge.To rebuild the monument on Steele’s ledge, in Penobscot bay, four thousand six hundred dollars.
Cumberland river.For the continuation of the improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland river, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the War Department.
Approved, June 28, 1834.