New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-18

| coed therein to final decree as in other cases
| in equity. And it shall be lawful for either
! party to the said suit to appeal from the
| final decree of the said circuit 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 maker final decree there
in, and thereupon, 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 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 10 favor of said company.
Approved March g. 1871.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the
Construction, Preservation and Repairs
of certain Notifications 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, ont of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
following Notifications and other works of
defense:
For Fort Georges, Portland harbor, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Preble Portland harbor, Maine.
twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Scammell, 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-seyen thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor Mas
sachusetts, forty-tive thousand five hundred
dollars. --------
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, twenty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river. New
York, ffty-seven thousand five hundred |
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, ffty-two thousand dollars |
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor. |
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Mitfiin, near Philadelphia, |
twenty-six thousand dollars.
For battery on Firms point Delaware |
river, twenty thousand dollars
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars. |
For Fort Moultrie, 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, thirty seven thousand five hun
bred 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 Alcatraz Island, in the harbor
of San Francisco, California, seventy-five
thousand dollars.
For purchase of sites proposed to be occu-
pied tor permanent sea-coast defenses; pro-
vided, that no such purchase shall be made
except upon the approval of its expediency
by the Secretary of War, and of the validity
of the title by the Attorney General, one
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
balance of appropriations for
permanent detenses at Narragansett bay, |
Rhode Island" remaining ON the thirtieth
lay OF June, eighteen hundred and seventy,
and the unexpended balances of the appro-
priations made by the act approved July
eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy, en-
titled IAN act making appropriations for
he construction, preservation, and repairs
IF certain Notifications, and other works of
ietense, 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 making Appropriations for Rev
enue Cutters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the |