# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 98

Chap. XCVIII.—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.
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,Perjury. for the preservation, repairs, construction, and incidental and contingent expenses of certain fortifications in the year eighteen hundred and forty, viz:
Fort Niagara.For repairs of Fort Niagara, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;
Fort Oswego.For rebuilding and repairing the old fort at Oswego, twenty thousand dollars;
Fort Preble.For repairs of Fort Preble, three thousand two hundred dollars;
Fort Scammel.For repairs of Fort Scammel, three thousand four hundred dollars;
Fort McClary.For repairs of Fort McClary, seven hundred and fifty dollars;
Fort Constitution.For repairs of Fort Constitution, three thousand six hundred and seventy-one dollars;
Fort Independence.For repairs of Fort Independence and sea wall of Castle island, one hundred thousand dollars;
Fort Warren.For Fort Warren, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
Fort Adams.For Fort Adams, eighty thousand dollars;
​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.