New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-20
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to the United States, for the use Of the Posi-
Office Department; otherwise, such draft Q
check, 80 deposited, shall be returned to tn
bidder to whom it belongs.
SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the New
port and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or an
other company, or person, to proceed in tn
erection Of the bridge now being constructe,
over the Ohio river from the city Of Cincin
matt, Ohio, to the city Of Newport, Ken
lucky. and the approaches thereto unles
the said bridge shall be 60 constructed tina
the channel span Of four hundred feet, a
now located, shall have under said span
clear head way, at low water, of one hun
dred feet below any point of said channe
span, and in such case no draw shall be re
quired IN said bridge; all The other spans o
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, t.
low water mark, shall have clear head
way OF not less than seventy feet above
low water mark, and the other spans of thu
said bridge, extending to each shore may
be made OF Less elevation than seventy fee
regular grade for the approaches to sale
bridge. And when the foregoing require
ments shall have been complied with by the
said Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com
pany, the location Of said bridge, its struc
lures and approaches, shall thereupon he
deemed to be legalized, and declared to
be lawful structures, and shall be recog.
plans for changes in such bridge, made ne
cessary by this act, shall be submitted by
said company to the Secretary of War for
his approval. And, in the event of the
Bridge Company making the changes pro-
vided tor in this act, it shall be lawful for
the said company, after they shall have
made the changes in said bridge, and the
approaches thereto, as herein provided, to
file their bill in equity against the United
States in the circuit court Of the United
States for the southern district of Ohio, and
full jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon
said court to determine: first. whether the
bridge, according to the plans on which it
has progressed at the passage Of this act,
has been constructed so as substantially to
comply with the provisions Of law relating
thereto; and, second, the liability of the
United States, if any there be. to the said
company by reason of the changes by this
act required to be made; and if the said
court shall determine that the United
States is so liable, and that said bridge was
80 being built, then the said court shall
further ascertain and determine the amount
OF the actual and necessary cost and ex-
penditures reasonably required to be in
CURED in making the changes in the
said bridge and its approaches. as
excess of the cost of building said bridge
and approaches, according to the plan pro
act to be made And the said court is here
by further authorized and required to pro-
coed therein to final decree as in other cases
in equity. And it shall be lawful for either
party to the said suit 10 appeal from the
final decree of the said: :-cuit 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 final decree there
IN, and thereup0n, if such decree shall be in
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 no
money shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the said company until the Su-
preme Court of the United States, upon ap-
peal taken al aforesaid, shall render final
decree III the case 10 favor OF said company.
Approved March 8, 1871.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the
CONSTRUCTION, Preservation and Repairs
of certain Fortifcations 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. |
approprl ated, out Of any money in the |
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the |
followin 2 Notifications and other works of |
defense:
For Z pit Gorges, Portland harboc Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fprt Preble, Portland harbor, Maine,
twentytight thousand FIVE hundred dollars. !
For Fort Scanned, Portland harbor. |
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For f Drt Warren, Boston harbor, Massa-
chusetts, fifty thousand dollars.
For battery on Long Island head Boston
harbor. Massachusetts, thirty-seven thou
sand i've hundred dollars
For sort Winthrop, Boston harbor Mas
sschusetts, forty-tive thousand i've hundred
dollars.
For Fort independence, Boston harbor,
hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York. tifty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery On Firms point Delaware
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 fbrt on site of Fort Tompkins, New
York hhrbor, ffty-two thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson. New York harbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Miff1in, near Philadelphia,
twenty six thousand dollars.
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware,
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor,
,wenty five thousand dollars.
For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor,
wenty five thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river,
wenty- six thousand five hundred dollars.
thousand five hundred dollars
For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louis
ana, fifty thousand dollars
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
1ouisiana thirty thousand five hun
red dollars. IL
For fort at Fort point, entrance to San
'rancis SEQ harbor, California, fifty thousand
ollarS.
For fort at Lime point, one hundred
housa nd dollars. c
For fort on Acatraz Island, in the harbor
San Francisco, California, seventy-five 3
housa ad dollars. c
For purchase Of sites proposed to be occu- 2
led fGr permanent sea-coast defenses; pro-
ided, that no such purchase shall be made
kept upon the approval of its expediency
Y the Secretary Of War, and of the validity n
I the title by the Attorney General, one p
uudred and fifty thousand dollars and =
rovided further, that no contracts or obi
alton be incurred for future expenditures
aerefor.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
uudred and fifty thousand dollars.
For soarC0ast mortar batteries, one hun
red Thousand dollars: