The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-18
AN ACT.
Making appropriations for the improvcr

AN ACT.
| Making appropriations for the Improvement OF
certain harbors and rivers.
BE It enacifd jy Tie Senate and House OF Rep
! resentatices Of ire JRaed StafeS Of .4mertca
in Congress assembled, That the following sums
Of money be, and the same ave hereby appropri
atcd to be paid ont OF any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, and To be expended
under the superintendent of the Secretary OF
! War, for the following purposes, TO wit:
For the continuation Of the Delaware break =
water thirty thousand dollars.
For the cons 'ructinn of harb0r on the east
side Of Reedy island Port Penn, Delaware,
| fifty one thousand and ninety dollars.
For the repairs Of the works at the habor of
Chester, on he Delaware river, five thousand
dollars
For the removal Of ob.t uct.ons in III Swan
nah river at a place called the Wrecks, and the
impr @emcrt 81 the navigation Of 81 river,
forty thousand dollars.
For continuing The improvement Of the navl-
CATION of the Hudson river, above and below
Albany, and not above Troy, fifty thousand
dollars.
| FIR The Improvement of the navigation Of
The Mississippi river, below the rapids; the
Ohio, including the repairs of the dam at Cum
brrlrnd island the III sSouri and the Arkansas
For The Improvement of the James and
Appoma,ox rivers, below h cities Of Rlchm nd
and Petersburg, forty five tn iusund dollars.
Fer the Imp ovcmcnt Of the Des MONIES rap.
ids IN the Mississippi river, at the lower cham
and the English chain, fifty thousand d"lltrS.
For opening ship channel of sufficient ca
pacity TO accotu, dat the wants Of commerce
through the most convenient pass leading troa
the Mississippi river into the Gulf OF Mexico
| Ii 4 tI,,, "A b,n h.
the duty Of the Secretary OF War 10 apply sa'c
moneys 10 the open Nc of sud ship channel by
contract, and at an carry day in the next sasso OF
Of Congress to report said contract, the progress
Of said work, and az es.imate of the annual cos
Of keeping SAID channel open.
For removing the raft Of Red river, fifty
thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the navigation Of the
Colorado river, Texas, twenty thousand dol
lars
J For the survey Of Trinity river, Texas, inclu-
ding the bar at the mou'h, three thousand dol
lars. '
For a brtabwatcr Mt Richmond island harbor
; and repairing The brealwater in Portland harbor
, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For removing The rocks obstructing the nav-
CATION near Fails island, Ccbscook bay, Mai c
five Thousand dollars. ....
Fora survey in reference t. the construction
Of breakwater on the eastern side Of the islant
of Matncus Name, one thousand dollars.
For the protection OF Great Brewster island
in the harbor Of Boston, thirty thousand dol
lars. . .
, For the preservation Of Cape Cod hatbor, 4
and near Provincetown, MassaGNNi: It's, fly,
thousand dollars
For repairing the b~eakwatcr at Hyanni
ha-hor, Massachusetts, Eve thousand d2IIafs.
For the preservation of Great Woods IIo
harbor, two thousand five hundred dolIlrs.
For survey 10 reference 10 the construction
o. hreaNwalef al Eat Dennis, Biras,ub
bay, Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred
dollars. a.
FIR repairing the iniarles d7ua "a the govern
ment works Plymouth beach. IN the grca
st,rm If eighteen huadred and fty-onc fly,
.. thousand dollars. ... ..
For survey in reference to the improvement
of the harbor Of Sctuata, in connection with TIA,
North river, Massachusetts,, one thousand dol
lars
For the removal Of Middle rock, designate
on the chart as Rocky buoy, in the hnrbor o
New Haven, Connecticut, six thousand dol
! lars.
For removing rock near the mouth of til,
, Sekonk river, hagb r Of Providence, Rhode
Island five thousand daliars.
For the further Improvement of the harbor o
~ New York, by removing the rocks at Hell Gate
twenty til usand dollars.
For survey Of the harbor of Port Jefferson
New York, with reference to The Improvement
thereof, twelve hundred dollars
For the removal If the bar at the Junction NJ
the Passafc and Hackensack rivers, in Newark
bay, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars
For The survey Of Cranbury inlet Barnega
bay, New Jersey, in reference to its improve
mcnt, one thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of the Patapsco river
from Fort Mclianrv, to the mouth Of said river
twenty thousand dollars.
For the construction of a steam dredre
equipment and dischareing scows, ioi the water,
of the Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic coast
twenty thousand dollars.
For removing distractions at the mouth o
the Su$Guehanna river, near Havre de Grace
MARYLAND, ten thousand dollars
For rr-oprning communication between
Aibermarlc sound North Carolina and the
Atl'gtic ocean, by the construction Of break
water across Ctoatan sound, fifty thousand dol
lars
For complet ting the Improvement of the har.
b'r # Washing on, n nth Carolina, five thous
and dollars.
FIR he improvement of the chlnrel at the
4 mouth OF Cape Fear river, North Carolina
eight thousand dollars.
For he Improvement Of the harbor o.
Chrrleston, South CGroliaa, fifty thousand dol
lars
For the Improvement OF the harbor of Mnl.
lie, Alabama, at Dog river bar and the Chocta "
pass, fifty thousand dollars.
For survey in reference to the removal Of
instructions to the navigation of Bayou La
Fouche, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For the construction Of hagbor on Lake
Ponchartrain, near the city of New Orleans
twenty five thousand dollars.
For continuing the surveys of the northern
and northwestern lakes, including Lake Super.
Tor, twenty five thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF the harbor o. Mani
towoe, Wisconsin, eight Thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the harbor of She
boygan, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvementef the har
Dor of Rlcnn, Wisconsin, ten thousand dol
lars.
Dor Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand
i dollars.
For coniinuing the Improvement Of The har-
Dor Of Kenosha, formerly South Por,) Wis
consn, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the har
Dor Of Chicago Illinois, twenty thousand dol
lars. ....4.. ..
i. For continuing the Improvement Of the har
Dor Of Michigan city, Indiana, twenty thousanc
dollars.
For tie Improvements of the hashor of New
nrHa,o, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the har-
Dor % St. Joseph, Michigan, ten thousand dol
lors
! For The improvement Of BIa9k Lake harbor
4 Michigan, eight thousand dollars.
Fer the presc rvation Of The horbor at the
u mouth # Grand river, Nichgn", two thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement # the harbor at the
n,ou'h Of Ciruton river, Michigan, five thous
and dollars. st... .....
For he Improvement Of the navigation Of the
SAINT Clair fn's, conn"c.Iog the upper and low.
er lakes, twenty thousand drilors.
For completing the improvement Of the river
Raisin harbor, Michigan fourteen thousand dJI.
lars.
For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment
and discharging scows for Lake Michigan
twenty thausad d,lars
For preserving the harbor of San husky city
and Improving the same, fifteen thousand dol