New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-01

: Supreme Court of the United States. as
other cases, and the Supreme Court sha
l thereupon proceed to hear and determin
1 the said case and make final decree ther,
in, and thereupon, if such decree shall be i
favor of said company, the Secretary of th
| Treasury of the United States shall, out q
any moneys in the treasury not otherwis
appropriated, pay to the said company sue
sum OF money as shall by the said Suprem
Court be so decreed to be paid to the sal
company; provided, nevertheless, that n
money shall be paid by the Secretary Of tn
Treasury to the said company until the Su
preme Court of the United States, upon ap
decree in the case in favor of said company
Approved March g. 1871.
AN ACT making Appropriations for tn
Construction, Preservation and Repair
OF certain Fortifcations and other Work
OF Defence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives Of the United States O.
America in Congress assembled, That thu
! following sums be- and the same are hereby
| appropriated, ont of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for the
following fortitications and other works o.
| defense:
For Fort Gorges. Portland harbor. Maine
, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Preb!e. Portland 1larbor, Maine
twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars
For Fort ScammeIl. 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, thrty-seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor, Mas
sachusetts, toCtv-;ive thousand five hundred
| dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
| Massachusetts. twenty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars
For Fort Schuyler. East river. New
York, tity-seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery on Finn's point, Delaware
river. twenty thousand dollars.
For fort at Willett's point, East river,
New York. fortv-tive 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, hfty-twO thousand dollars.
Fer Battery Hudson. New York hacbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Mittiin, near Philadelphia,
twenty six thousand dollars.
| For new fort opposite Fort Delaware,
Delaware shore, fifty thousand dollars.
! For Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor,
| twenty -uNH luOuSduu UOilaTs.
! For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor,
! twenty five thousand dollars.
| Fer Fort Pulaski. Savannah river,
| twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
| For Fort Jefferson. Garden Key, Florida,
forrv-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jack son, Mississippi river. Louis
lana. fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip. Mississippi river
louisiana, thirty seven thousand tive 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 harbor
OF San Francisco. California. seventy-tve
thousand dollars.
For purchase OF sites proposed to be occu-
pied tor permanent sea-coas. detenses; pro-
vded, tnat no such purchase shall be made
except upon the approval ot its exDediencv
by the Secretary of War. and OF the validity
OF the title by the Attorney General. one
hundred a2d fifty thousand dollars: and
provided further. that no contracts or obli-
CATION be incurred TO! future expenditures
therefor.
For contingencies of forti.icat:ons. two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For sea-coast mortar batteries. one hun
drei thousand dollars.
For survey for military defenses. one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. and the
uneXpended balance of appropriations for
permanent deten>es at Narragansett bay.
Rhode Island remaining on the thirtieth
day OF June. eighteen hundred and seventy,
and the uneSpended balances of the apprO-
prlatIpns made by the act approved july
eleven. eighteen hundred and seventy, en-
titled An act making appropriations for
the construction. preservation. and repairs
e
defense. for tie fiscal year ending June
thirty. eighteen hundred and seventv-one."
are hereby appropriated for the same pur-
pose.
Approved March g. ls7!
GESERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
AN ACT to authorize the restoration of
James Belger to the rank of major and
quaEtermaster in the army.
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
President be. and he is hereby authorized
to restore James Beloer to the rank of major
and quar1ermaster il the army to date from
the dav Of his restoration to his said rank
under this act.
Approved March 3. ISL
GENERAL NATURE-NO. o..
AN ACT to amend an act for the relief
Jearum Atkins. approved July fifteen,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
BE it 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 is
hereby, amended so as to read as follows
That the Commissioner OF Patents be. and
he hereby is. authorized TO entertain and
exercise Jurisdiction over a petition of
Jearum Atkins for the extension of let
tiers s-patent granted to nim on the
twenty-tirst day of December, eighteen
hundred and titty-two, tor a further
term of seven years from the
day OF which such extension may be
granted. and to hear and determine upon