New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-10

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| in equity And it shall be lawful for either
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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 Su,
preme Court of the United States, upon ap-
peal taken as aforesaid, shall render final
decree in the case 10 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 Gorges, Portland harbor, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars
For Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine.
twenty-eight 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-tive thousand five hundred
dollars
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, twenty thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river New
York, ttty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery on Firms point, Delawa2
river. twenty thousand dollars.
For fort at Willett's point, East river,
New York, forty-fve thousand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton and additional bat
telies. New York harbor twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on site of Fort Tompkins, New
York harbor, tifty-two thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Mifiin, near Philadelphia,
twenty-six 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,
Il LII.
For Fort jackson, Mississippi river Louis
lana, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, thirtyseven 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-fve
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 expedieney
by the Secretary OF War. and of thevalidity
of the title by the Attorney General, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
provided further, that no contracts or Obli-
CATION be incurred for future expenditures
therefor.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hum
dred 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 An act making appropriations for
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.