New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-16

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ssffH equity. And it shall be lawful for eithel
party to the said suit to appeal from the
final decree Of the sadie :rcuit court TO the
| Supreme Court of the United States, as in
| other cases, and the Supreme Court shall
thereupon proceed to hear and determine
4 -4he1nid eaae apd make Q final decrea there.
IN, and thereupon, if such decree shall be in
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 80 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-
| peal taken az 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 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, out 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.
overweight 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-fve 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 battery on Firms point, Delawaz
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 larbor, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on site of Fort Tompkine. New
York harbor, fifty-two thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Nif1in, near Philadelphia,
IWe6Iy-S1X tNOuSd6Q UOu8rS.
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 tive hundred dollars.
forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louis
lana, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river.
Louisiana, thirty thousand i've 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 Alcatraz Island, in the harbor
of San Francisco, California, seventy-tive
thousand dollars.
For purchase OF sites proposed to be occu-
pied for permanent sea-cOa>t 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
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 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 wear ending June
thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy-one.'
are hereby appropriated for the same pur-
pose.
Approved March g. 1871.
AN ACT to authorize [the] Worthir gton Ma
tlonal 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
Worthington 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 a
meeting called for that purpose, determine
to make such change, the president and
cashier shall execute 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 sad 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 in this act contained shall be so !
construed as In any manner to release the |!
said bank from any liability, or affect anv !
acton or proceeding in law in which the |
sald bank may be party or interested, |
And when such change shall have been de- |
termlned upon as aforesaid, notice thereof |
and OF such change shall be published in at |
least two weekly newspapers in the afore. |
SAID county in which Cooperstown is sim |
ate, in the State OF New York, for not less |
than tour successive weeks,
Approved February q, 1871.
GENERAL NAIURE-No. GIL
AN ACT to amend an act for the relief
JearuM Atkins, approved July fifteen.
eighteen hundred and seventy.
be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
act entitled "An act for the relief of Jearum
Atkins. approved July fifteen, eighteen
hundred and seventy, be, and the same il
hereby, amended SO as to read as follows: