New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-05
GENERAL NArURE-No. 1876. ]

An act making appropriations for the con
structIon, preservation, and repairs O.
certain Notifications, and other works O
defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House O,
Representatives of the United States ri
America IN Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by appropriated, out Of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
following Notifications and other works al
defense, viz:
For Fort Gorges, Portland harbor Maine
twenty thousand dollars
For Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine
iOrty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort ScammelI, Portland harbor
Maine, forty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery on Portland head, Portland
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston harbOr, Massa.
chusetts. eighty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor,
massachusetts, sixty-four thousand dollars
For Fort independence, Boston harbor.
Massachusetts, torty-two thousand FIVE
hundred dollars.
FOR Fort Adams, Newport harbor Rhode
Island, eighty-fve thousand dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York
eighty-tive thousand dollars.
For fort ON Wiliett's Point, East river.
dred dollars.
For Fort Wood, Bedloes island. New
Hork harbor, New York, seventeen thou
sand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton, and additional bat
teries in New York harbor New York, forty
thousand dollars.
Fer fort on the site of Fort Tompkins
New York harbor New York, thirty-two
thousand dollars; and Tor completing the
earthwork Of the giaeis and slopes in and
about Fort TOmpkins, New York harbor
flty-one thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor
New York, seventeen thousand dollars.
For Fort Mit1lin, near Philadelphia, Penn.
Sylvanla, seventy two thousand dollars
For new fort opposite Fort Delaware.
Delaware river, Delaware, forty two thou
sand five hundred dollars
For Fort MclIenry, Baltimore harb0r.
Maryland, twenty-oRe thousand dollars.
For fort at Lazaretto point, Baltimore
haTbor, Maryland, thirteen thousand dol.
lars.
For Fort Foote, Potomac river, Maryland
twenty-one thousand dollars.
For Fort Washington, Potomac river
Maryland, twenty one thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Vir
ginia, forty-twO thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For Fort MouItrie, Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, thIrty-hve thousand dollars
For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor
South Carolina, thirty-fve thousand dol.
lars
For Fort jackson. Savannah river,
Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river,
Georgia, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida.
forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida,
fOrty-two thousand five hundred dollars,
For Fort jackson, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, sixty four thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip. Mississippi river
Louisiana, fOrty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For fort at Fort point, entrance to the
harbOr of San Francisco, California. eighty.
five thousand dollars.
For fort at Lime point, entrance to the
barbor of San Francisco, California, seven
ty-fve thousand dollars.
For fort at Alcatraz island, in the harbor
of San Francisco, California forty two
thousand five hundred dollars.
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
For permanent platforms for modern
cannon of large caiber, fifty thousand dol |
lars.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For surveys for military defenses, one |
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, June 10, 1872.