New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-29

coed therein to final decree as in other case
IN equity. And It shall be lawful for eithe
party to the said suit to appeal from til,
final decree of the said circuit court to tn,
Supreme Court of the United States. as il
other cases, and the Supreme Court shall
tnereupon proceed to hear and determine
the said case and make final decree there
in, and thereupon, if such decree shall be il
favor ofeald 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 sucl
sum OF money as shall by the said Supreme
Court be so decreed to be paid to the said
company; provided nevertheless, that DC
money snail PC paid by the Secretary Of the
Treasury to the said company until the Su
preme Court of the United States. upon an
peal taken as aforesaid, shall render a final
decree in the case 10 favor of said companv.
Approved March 8, 1871. -zl9 A
AN ACT making Appropriations for the
Construction, Preservation and Renairs
1 of certain Fortifcations and other Works
| of Defence. - - ana
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
following Notifications and other works OF
| defense: = III - ~ -. .
| For Fort Gofges, Portland harbor Maine,
| fifteen thousand dollars --Ys-
For Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine,
! twenty-elght thousand five hundred dollars
For Fort Scanned, Portland harbor,
| Maine, fifty Thousand dollars. soi .77s
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. l
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor, Mas
| sachusetts, forty-tve thousand five hundred
1 For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, twenty-seyen thousand five
hundred dollars. E q ~ .9rr..',ri -
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York, Hfty-seven thousand five hundred
| dollars.
For fort at wiIett'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. ;t--gi - -ft : Ta3 : ID
: For fort on site of Fort Tompkins, New
| York harbor, fifty-twO thousand dollars
Fer Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Mitlin, near Philadelphia,
! twenty-six thousand dollars
river, twenty thousand dollars.
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware,
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars. s.1e
For Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor,
twenty-five thousand dollars. i
For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor
twenty-five thousand dollars. I'd > ri.
4 For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river,
twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars
Z For Fort Jefferson, Garden Kew, Florida.
forty-t fh0usauA five buuIraI Joila,s
l For Fort jackson, Mississippi river, Louis
lana, fifty thousand dollars. -
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, thlrty-seven thousand five hun
dred dollars. --u taa s.si,s-so
For fort at Fort point, entrance to San
Francisco. harbor, California, fifty thousand
dollars. 10 aa-oa 3. - .,. s5-s. l-gF
For fort at Lime point, one hundred
thousand dollars. r.
For fort on Alcatraz Island, in the harbor
OF San Francisco, California seventy-fye
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
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; and
provided further, that no contracts or obi
CATION be incurred for future expenditures
therefor. f5 s..l az &c r. 8,
For contingencies of fortifcations, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hun
dred thousand dollars. 5lsd /. -4aa-sl
For survey for military defenses, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the
unexpended balance of appropriations for
permanent detenses at NaFragansett BAY, |
Rhode Island, - remaining on the thirtieth |
day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
and the unexpended balances of the appro-s
priations made by the act approved July |
eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy, en-
titled IAN act making appropriations for |
the construction, preservation, and repairs
OF certain 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 making Appropriations for Rev
enue Cutters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America iIfA Congress assembled, That the |
sum of three hundred thousand dollars be, 1
and the same hereby is, appropriated, out |
OF any moneys IN the treasury not other |
wise appropriated, to enable the Secretary
OF the Treasury to construct steam cutters |
for the revenue marine service, the same |
not to exceed IN tonnage the maximum re-
commended by the commission appointed |
by the Secretary OF the Treasury, December
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine /
Approved December % 1870 -
AN ACT relating to the printing of the I
annual report of the Secretary of War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be the duty of the congressional prin-
ter, il place of the twenty-five hundred
copies of the abridgment of the annual re-
port of the Secretary of War ordered by
section one of the act of july twentv-
seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty six, to
cause to be printed and bound for the use
IF the War Department, eight hundred full
copies of the last annual report and accom-.
)anying documents. -------------
Approved, January 10, 1871. 1856 ID
GENERAL NATURE-No. So
IN ACT amendatory of an act entitled
" An act to further provide for giving ]
effect to the various grants of public I
lands to the State of Nevada" approved ]
June eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty t
eight. 2
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of t
of the United States Of l
America in Congress assembled, That sec
iOn four of an act entitled An act to fur
her provide for giving effect to the various
rants of public lands to the State of Ne
ada" be and the same is hereby amended
0 as to read as follows: And it is further
nacted that the lands granted to the State
+ California for the establishment of an .
gricultural college by the act of July 4
econd, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, e
nd acts amendatory thereto, may be | :,