Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-22

June, one thousand elSnt hundred anu 1orty-
nine:
For defensive works and barracks, near
Detroit, fifteen thousand dollars;
For Notifications at outlet of Lake Cham
plain, twenty thousand dollars;
For defensive works and barracks at mar
rows OF Penobscot river, Maine, ten thousand
dollars;
For repairs of Fort Preble, Portland har.
Dor, Maine, nine thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Scanned, Portland har.
Dor, Maine, ten thousand dollars;
For repairs of fortifcaton on Governors
island, Boston harbor, fifteen thousand dol
lars;
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, thirty
thousand dollars;
For Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode
Island, twenty thousand dollars;
For rebuilding Fort Trumbull, New Lon
don Connecticut, ten thousand dollars;
For Fort Schuyler, Long Island sound, New
York, ten thousand dollars
For repairs of Fort Wood, and sea-wall of
Bellows island, New York, ten thousand dol
lars;
For batteries on Sellers point flats, Balti
more harbor, fifteen thousand dollars;
For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Virginia,
twenty thousand dollars;
For preservation of sight of Fort Moultrie,
Charleston harbor South Carolina, fen thou
sand six hundred dollars;
For dixie on Drunken Dick shoal, Charles
ton harbor, South Carolina, fifteen thousand
dollars;
For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor, South
Carolina, twenty thousand dollars;
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia,
eight thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah riv-
er, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars;
For Fort McRee, Pensacola harbor, Flori-
da, fifty thousand dollars;
For Fort Barancas and barracks thereat,
Pensacola harbor, Florida, forty thousand dol
lars;
For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile, point,
Alabama. twenty thousand dollars;
For repairs of battery Biencnnnn- n"ioi"~~.
Inrec thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi riv-
or, Louisiana, five thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort St Phillip, Mississippi
river, Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars;
For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre island,
Louisiana, ten thousand dollars;
For Notifications al Key West, Florida, fif-
ty.fve thousand dollars
For Notifications at Garden Key, Tortugas
island, Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars {;
For protection of Great Brewster island.
and security, and defence of the principal
slip channels into the harbor of Boston, Mas
sachusetts, forty thousand dollars: Provided,
That no portion OF said sum of forty thousand
dollars shall be expended for the objects a.
foresad until the United States shall procure
good and valid title to So much of said Great
Brewster island as may be necessary to the
construction OF the proposed fortifcation
For additional preservation of the site of
Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor, three
thousand dollars;
For Fort Delaware, on the Pea ralcn 49,
land, Delaware river, fifty thousand dollars.
Approved July IS, 1913.
PuBLlC-No. 81. IAN Act amending the
act entitled can act granting halfpay to wild
ows or orphans, where their husbands and
fathers have died Of wounds, received in
the military service of the United States,' -
in cases of deceased officers and soldiers of
the militia and volunteers, passed July
fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
icn IN Congress assembled, That the provi-
sions of the first section of the act entitled
" An act granting half-pay to widows or Or
plans where their husbands and fathers have
died of wounds received in the military SER
vice Of the United States, in certain cases, and
for other purposes" approved July fourth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be ap-
plicable to all widows and orphans of officers,
non-commissioned officers, musicians, and SOL
diers of the army of the United States, who
were in the army of the United States on the
first day of March, eighteen hundred and for
ty-six, or at any subsequent period during the
present war between the United States and
Mexico
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all
widows and orphans of officers, non-commis-
stoned officers, musicians, and privates, wheth-
er of the regular army or of volunteers, who
have died since the first day of April, one thou
sand eight hundred and forty six, or who may
die during the war with Mexico, from wounds
received or from disease contracted while in
the line of duty, shall be entitled to the same
rate of pension as is provided for in the first
section of the before mentioned act, under like
limitations and restrictions: Provided, Said
death has occurred, or may hereafter occur,
while said officers, non-cOmmssioned officers,
musicians, or prlvatcs, were in the service OF
the United States, aud in the line OF duty; or
Wnlle returning 10 tnClE uSudl place vi rest
dence in the United States, after having re-
ceived discharge upon a surgeons certificate
for disability incurred from wounds rece lived,
or disease contracted, while IN the line OF du-
ty, or while on their march to join the army
IN Mexico: And provided further, That this
act shall not be applicable TO the widows and
orphans of such officers. on-commissloned
officers, musicians, or prlvates, who have not
served in Mexico, or at posts or stations on
the borders of Mexico except where such Of
ficers, commissioned officers, musicians,
or privates, have died while on their march 10
Join the army in Mexico.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That all
pensions ander this act shall be granted under
such rules, regulations, restrictions, and limi-
tations, as the Secretary of War, with the ap.
probation of the President of the United States
may prescribe.
Approved July Is, 1913.
[PUBL1c-No. 68.]-An Act to authorize the
sale of part of public reservation number
ed thirteen, in the city OF Washington, and
! for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House O
Representatives. of the United States Of dmer
ica in Congress assembled. That the Commits
sioner of Public Buildings in the city of Wash
ngton be, and he is hereby, authorized TO sci
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