# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 46

Chap. XLVI.—An Act to authorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes.
Sums, respectively, appropriated.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, respectively appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to accomplish the objects hereinafter mentioned; that is to say:
Improving Hyannis harbour.For improving Hyannis harbour, in the state of Massachusetts, a sum not exceeding ten thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Building two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbour. 1826, ch. 78.For building two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbour in the state of New York, thirty-three thousand three hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents; no part of which last-mentioned sum shall be expended until a contract shall have been made for completing said piers, agreeably to the plan proposed in a report made under the act of the twentieth of May last; and for erecting a pier by contract, at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, three thousand dollars. ​Cleveland harbour.For improving Cleaveland harbour, in the State of Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
Harbour at the mouth of Pascagola river.For improving the harbour at the mouth of Pascagoula river, in the state of Mississippi, and for removing the obstructions to the navigation of said river, eight thousand dollars.
Navigation of the Saugatuck harbour, &c.For removing obstructions to the navigation of Saugatuck river, and protecting Saugatuck Harbour, by a suitable work, to prevent the washing of the sand from Cedar Point, into said harbour, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Completing the pier at the entrance of La Plaisance bay. 1826, ch. 78.For completing a pier at the entrance of La Plaisance bay, in the territory of Michigan, agreeably to the plan and estimate made under the act of the twentieth of May last, three thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and eighty-one cents.
Improvement of the harbour of Churches Cove.For making a survey and examination to ascertain the expediency and expense of constructing piers to improve the harbour of Churches Cove, in the town of Little Compton, in the state of Rhode Island, two hundred dollars.
Erecting a pier in Stonington harbour.For making a survey and examination to ascertain the expediency and expense of erecting a pier in Stonington harbour, in the state of Connecticut, two hundred dollars.
Expense of an examination of the public piers at Port Penn, &c.For defraying the expense of an exmaination of the public piers at Port Penn, Marcus Hook, and Fort Mifflin, in the river Delaware, in the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware, in order to determine the expediency and expense of repairing and improving the same, one hundred dollars.
Survey of the Colbert Shoals.For a survey of the Colbert Shoals, in the Tennessee river, to ascertain the nature of the obstructions, the practicability, the manner, and the expense of removing them, two hundred dollars.
Removing the obstructions to the navigation of the Kennebec river.For removing the obstructions to the navigation of the Kennebec river, in the state of Maine, at Lovejoy’s Narrows, four thousand dollars; no part of which sum shall be expended until a contract shall have been made for removing said obstructions, agreeably to the plan proposed by the engineer employed to make a survey of said narrows.
Erection of piers, &c.For the erection of piers, placing beacons or buoys, and removing obstructions at, and near, the entrance into the harbour of Saco in the state of Maine, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars.
Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.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, 1827.