The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-04-26
VI ~ We ''sts
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
lPCBLIc-NO.2 29.1

An ACT to authorize the improving of
certain Harbors, the building Of Piers,
and for other purposes.
BE IL enacted Jy The Senate and House o.
Representatives. orhe Caiicd States Of i.
nltricd IN C9Hgr Sc assembled. That the
following Sums be, anu he same ore here
by, respectively appropriated, TO be- az
Piled under the direction OF the President
OF the United States. To accomplish the
objects hereinafter mentioned; that is to
say:
For improving Hyannis tIarbor, in the
State OF Massachusetts, a sum not exceed
ing ten thousand SIX hundred aud fifty dol.
lars;
For building two piers at tho mouth Of
Oswego harbor, IN the State of New. York,
thlrty.thrcc thousand three huua-gd 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 tor completing said piers, agreeably
to the plan proposed in report made IN
der the act OF the twentieth of Nav last
and for erecting pier by contract at the
mouth OF Duukirk ifarbor, in the State OF
New York, three thousand dollars;
For improving Cleayeland Horbor, in
the State of Ohio, ten thousand dollars;
For improving the harbor at the mouth
OF Pascagoula river, in the State Of Ms
sISsippl, and for removing the distractions
to the navigation Of said river, eight thou.
sand dollars;
For removing ohstructions to the nayi-
gat'on OF Saugatuck river. and protecting
the Saugatuck Harbor, by suitable work.
TO prevent the washing Of the sand from
Cedar Point, into said harbor. a sum not
exceeding fifteen hundred dola-s;
For completing pier ot tho entrance Of
La Plalsance bay, H. the Territory of
Michigan, agreeably to the plan and est-
ma made under the act of the twentieth
OF May iest, three thousand ninS hundred
ard seventy-seven dollars and eighty one
cents;
For making survey and examination
TO ascertain the expedicncy and expense
OF constructing piers to improve the bar-
hor of ChurcLcs Cove, in the town Of Lit.
tie Compton, in he State Of Rhode Island,
two hun IL dollar
For ua .ng survey and examination
10 ascertain nc eNpediency and exInse
Of erecting pier in Stoning'on ha,uor, in
the State - lo.uesrcut, lwo hundred dol.
lars;
For defnyirz The expense Of an exami.
ro'.ou of The rulIc piers at Port Penn.
Marcus 8Ioo4. an Fort hif'lin, IN the RI
Yer Delaware. IN ihe States Of Pennsvlva-
mia and Delaware in orser 10 determine
the cxpediency an1 expense Of repairing
and improving the same, one hundred dol.
lars;
For Survey of the Colbert Shoals. in
the Tennessee river, 10 ascertain the OBJ
structions. the practlcabilty. the manner.
and the expense Of removing them, two
hundred dollars;
For removing the distractions TO the
navigation Of the kcnnebec river, in the
State Of Maine, at Loveloy's Narrows, -four
thousand dollars: no part Of which sum
shall be expended until a contract shall /
have been made for removing said Oh. !
siructions. agrceably to the plan proposed I
BY the Engineer employed TO make a sur
vey OF said Narrows.
FOR the erection of Piers, placing bea- /
cons or buoys, and removing obstructions .
at, and near, the entrance INTO the hsrbor
Of Saco, in the State Of Maine, a sum not I
exceeding seven thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Ind be IL jarttS enacted, That