New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-09

in equity. And 1t shall De LAWFUL LOT either
party to the said suit to appeal from the
final decree of the saids rcnit court to the
Supreme Court of the United States, as IN
other cases. and the Supreme Court shall
thereupon proceed to hear and determine
the said case and make a final decree there
in, and thereupon if such decree shall be III
favor Of said company, the Secretary OF the
Treasury of the United States shall, out OF
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, pay to the said company such
sum of money as shall by the said Supreme
Court be so decreed to be paid to the said
company; provided, nevertheless, that DO
money shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the said company until the SUI
preme Court of the United States, upon APP
peal taken as aforesaid, shall render final
decree in the case in favor of said company.
Approved March 3, 1871.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the
Construction, Preservation and Repairs
Of certain FortificatiOns and other Works
of Defence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated, out OF any money IN the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
defense:
For Fort Gorges, Portland harbor, Maine.
fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Preble, Portland harbOr, Maine.
twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland harbOr,
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massa
chusetts, fifty thousand dollars.
For battery on Long Island head, Boston
harbor, Massachusetts, thirty-seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Winthrop. Boston harbor, Mas
sachusetts, fOrty-tive thousand i've hundred
dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts. twenty-seyen thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river. New
York, ftty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery on Firms point, Delawa :
river, twenty thousand dollars.
For fort at Willett's point. East river,
New York, forty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton and additional bat
teries, New York harbor, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on site of Fort Tompkins, New
York harbor, tifty-two thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor.
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
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twenty-six thousand dollars
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware,
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Moutrie, Charleston harbor,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Sumter Charleston harbor,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river,
twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key. Florida,
forty-twO thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort jackson, Mississippi river, Louis
lana, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana. thirtyseyen thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For fort at Fort point, entrance to San
Francisco harbor, California, fifty thousand
dollars.
For fort at Lime point, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For fort on AIcatraz Island, in the harhOr
of San Francisco, California, seyenty-fve
thousand dollars.
For purchase OF sites proposed to be occu-
pied for permanent sea-cOast detenses; pro
Vided, that no such purchase shall be made
except upon the approval of its expediency
by tie Secretary OF War, and of the validity
Of the title by the Attorney General one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
provided further, that no contracts or obi
CATION be incurred for future expenditures
therefor.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hun
bred thousand dollars.
For survey for military. defenses, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the
unexpended balance of appropriations for
permanent defenses at Narragansett bay,
Rhode Island; remaining on the thirtieth
day of June. eighteen hundred and seventy,
and the unexpended balances of the appro-
priations made by the act approved July
eleven. eighteen hundred aud seventy, en-
titled AN act making appropriations foI
the construction, preservation, and repairs
ofcertain Notifications, and other works OF
defense. for the fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy one,
are hereby appropriated for the same pur
pose.
Approved March 3, 1871.
AN ACT to authorize the Worthington Ma
tiOnal Bank of COoperStown, New York
TO change its name and location.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Worthin9ton National Bank, now located
in Cooperstown, State of New York, is
hereby authorized to change its location to
the village of OneOnta, in the county OF
OtsegO, and State of New York. When
ever the stockholders representing three
fourths of the capital of said bank, at 8
meeting called for that purpose, determine
to make such change, the president and
cashier shall execute a certificate, under
the corporate seal of the bank, specifying
such determination, and shall cause the
same to be recorded in the office of the
controller of the currency, and thereupon
such change of location shall be effected
and the operations of discount and deposit
of said bank shall be carried on under the
name of the First National Bank of One
onta, in the village Of Oneonta. in the
county OF Otsego, and State of New
York.
SEC. . And be it further enacted, That
nothing III this act contained shall be sc
construed as in any manner to release the
said bank from any liability, or affect any
action or proceeding in law in which the
said bank may be party or interested
And when such change shall have been de
termined upon as aforesaid notice Thereof
and of such change shall be published i'll al
least two weekly newspapers in the afore
said county in which CoOperstown is stu
ate, in the State of New York, for not les:
than four successive weeks.
Approved February q, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
AN ACT to amend an act for the relief o
Jearum Atkins, approved July fifteen
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the United States o
America in Congress assembled, That thu
act entitled ''An act for the relief OF Jearun
Atkins approved July fifteen elghtee1
| hundred and seventy, be, and the same L
hereby, amended so as to read as follows
THAT the Commissioner of Patents be, ant