Kansas weekly herald. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan. Territory [Kan.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-07

any OF our legatlons, OF the paymentto ministers
and consuls Of the United States of outfits or
infits, or salaries for clerk-hire and oice-rent,
be, and the same are hereby repealed. a
SEC. u. find be it further enacted, The pro-
visions Of this act to take effect from and after
the thirtieth Of June next; any law or laws of
the United States to the contrary notwithstand-
ing asaf sk
approved March 1, 1855.
CHAP. CLXX.-.fn .4ct to appropriate
= Money to renove the Distractions in the
Sava'.mah River. belosc the City Of Sa-
Vannah, in the State Of Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of one hundred and sixty -one thousand
dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated out of any money not heretofore ap-
propriated, to remove the distractions in
the Savannah River, below the City of Sa-
vannah, in the State of Georgia, placed
there during the revolutionary war, for the
common defence.
Approved March 8, 1856.
CHAP. CLXXI.-yan .aet making .1p-
propriations for Fortitications and other
Works of Defence. and for Repairs of
Barracks and Quarters, for the gear
ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and .Jify-sir.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America, in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and they are hereby ap-
propriated, for the construction, preserva-
ton, and repairs, of certain fortifcations,
barracks, and quarters, for the year ending
the thirtleth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six.
For Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake
Champlain, New York, fifteen thousand
dollars;
For Fort Knox, at narrows of Penobscot
River, Maine, sixty thousand dollars;
For preservation of the site of Fort
Warren, at the narrows of Boston harbor,
Massachusetts,, ten thousand dollars;
For Fort Schuyler, entrance to Long
Island Sound, New York. twenty-five thou
sand dollars;
For Fort Richmond, at the narrows, New
York harbor, sevenly-five thousand dollars;
For Fort Delaware, Delaware River,
Delaware, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars;
For Fort Carroll. Baltimore harbor, Ma
ryland, one hundred thousand dollars;
For Fort Monroe, entrance to Hampton
Roads, Virginia, fifty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Calhoun, entrance to Hampton
Roads, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars;
For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor, S.
Carolina, eighty thousand dollars;
For Fort Clinch, entrance to Cumberland
Sound, Florida, twenty-five thousand dol
lars;
For Fort Barrancas, Pensacola harbor,
Florida, thirty thousand dollars;
For Fort McRee, and preservation of its
site, Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars;
For Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Ala
bama, fifty thousand dollars;
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, Florida,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For forts on the Western frontier of Tex
as, fifty thousand dollars;
For fortifcations at Fort Point, entrance
to San Francisco Bay, California, three
hundred thousand dollars;
For Notifications at Alcatraz Island, San
Francisco Bay, California, two hundred
thousand dollars;
For repairs at Fort Niagara, New York,
six thousand dollars;
For construction and repairs of quarters
and barracks at Fort Columbus, New Y York
harbor, twenty-six thousand FIVE hundred
dollars; ..
For construction of an additional maga-
zine for batteries Hudson and Morton,
Staten Island, New York, FIVE thousand
dollars;
For repairs of Fort Madison, Annapolis
harbor Maryland, ten thousand six hundred
dollars; -. s--s
For repairs of Fort Moultrie, Charleston
hafbor, South Carolina, FIVE thousand dol
lars;
: For repairs of Fort jackson, Savannah
River, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Macomb, Chef Men
teur Pass, Louisiana, nine thousand five
hundred dollars; .@.s=
For the extension of battery at Fort
Jackson, Mississippi River, ten thousand
dollars; -s.5
For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississip-
pi River. Louisiana, thirty-hye thousand
dollars; 90
For contingent expenses of the fortifca-
tons not herein mentioned, the preserva-
ton of sites, the protection of titles, and
repairs of sudden damages to fortsstwenty
dollars.
Approved March 3, 1856.
bSA story is related in the Charleston
Courier of Shanghai hen who left her set
ting nest for litter of kittens near it. The
old hen seemed more fond of the little fell