Southern shield., 1852-09-25
TPuRLIC ACT--No. 5S.l

Representatives of the United States ot .a,ner- ico in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expended under the superintendence of the Secretary of War, for the following purposes, to witt
 For the continuation of the Delaware break water, thirty thousand dollars.
 For the construction of harbor on the east side of Reedy Island, Port Penn, Delaware, fifty one thousand and ninety dollars.
 For the repairs of the works at the harbor of Chester, on the Delaware river, five thousand dollars.
 For the removal of Instructions in the Sa- vannah river, at plae called the Wrecks, and the improvement of the navigation of said river, forty thousand dollars.
 For continuing the improvement of the navi- gation of the Hudson rver above and below Albany, and not above Troy, fifty thousand dollars.
 For the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi river, below the rapids, ninety thousanddollars; the Ohio, including the repairs of the dam at Cumberland Island, ninety thous- and dollars the Missouri, and the Arkansas rivers, each forty thousand dollars; and for the construction and repair of ag-boats, dredge- boats, discharging scows and machinery to be used on the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Ar. kansas, and other western rivers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
 For the improvement of the James and Ap- pomatox rivers, below the cities of Richmond and Petersburg, forty y-fve thousand dollars.
 For the improvement of the Rock River rapids, and the Des Moines rapids in the Mis- sissippi river, at the lower chain and the En- glish chain, one hundred thousand dollars.
 For opening ship canal of sufficient capaci- ty to accommodate the wants of commerce through the most convenient pass leading from the Mississippi river into the Gulf of Mexico, seventy five thousand dollars And 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply said moneys to the opening of said ship channel by contract, and at an early day in the next session of Congress, to report the progress of the work, the amount necessary to complete 1t, and an es- innate of the annual cost of keeping said channel open; and any contract made shall be limited to the amount hereby appropriated
 For removing the raft of Red River, one hun dred thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War be authorized 10 contract with the lowest responsible bidder, within this appropriation, for the removal of said raft after reasonable pub lie notice.
 For the improvement of the navigation of the Colorado river, Texas, twenty thousand dollars
 For the survey of the Trinity river, Texas, including the bar at the mouth, three thousand dollars.
 For breakwater at atRichmond Island harbor, and repairing the breakwater in Portland har- bor, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
 For removing the rocks obstructng the navi- gation near Falls island, Cobsc ook bay, Maine, five thousand dollars.
 For a survey in reference to the construction of breakwater on the eastern side of the Is- land of Matinicus. Maine, one thousand dol. lars.
 For the protection of Great Brewster Island, in the harbor of Boston, thirty thousand dollars.
 For the preservation of Cape Cod harbor, at and near Provincetown, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.
 For repairing the breakwater at Hyannis har- Dor, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.
 For the preservation of Great Woods Hole harbor, two thousand five hundred dollars.
 For survey in reference to the construction of breakwater at East Dennis, Barnstable bay, Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars.
 For repairing the injuries done to the Gov ernment works on Plymouth Beach, in the great storm of eighteen hundred and ffty-one, five thousand dollars.
 For survey in reference to the improvement of the harbor ofScituate, in connexion with the North river, Massachusetts, one thousand dol lars,
 For the removal of Middle Rock designated on the chart as Rocky buoy, in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut, six thousand dollars
 For removing rock near the mouth of the Sekouk river, harbor of Providence, Rhode Island, five thousand dollars.
 For the further improvement of the harbor of New York, by removing the rocks at Hell Gate and Diamond Reef, i'll the East river, twenty thousand dollars.
 For survey of the harbor at Port Jefferson, New York. with reference to the improvement thereof, twelve hundred dollars.
 For the removal of the bar at the junction of the Passaic and Hackensack river, in Newark bay, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars.
 For the survey of Cranbury inlet, Barnegat bay, New Jersey, in reference to its improve ment, one thousand dollars.
 For the improvement of the Patapsco river, from Fort McHenry to the mouth of said river, twenty thousand dollars.
 For the construction of steam dredge, equip ment and discharging scows, for the waters of the Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic coast, twenty thousand dollars.
 For removing Instructions at the mouth of he Susquehannna river, near Havre-de Grace, Maryland, ten thousand dollars
 For reopening communication between AL 'emarle Sound, North Carolina and the Atlan- lc ocean, by the construction of breakwater lcrncc (lyootap Sound 6fixy 4boucap6 dallarS