National Republican., 1874-07-03
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1871

An Aor making appropriations for the con
struction, preservation and repair of certain
Notifications and other works Of defencs for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-fve.
Be H enacted bJ the Senate and HotsSe of Rep
rsssRtGtiVss of the United States of Arlsriea 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 fortihcations
and other works Of defence for the fiscal year
ending June tbirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy five, namely:
For Fort Preble, Portland Earbor, Maine,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland Harbor, Maine,
thirty thousand dollars.
For batteries, Portsmoutb Harbor New
Hampshire, thirty thousand dollars.
For batteries at Long Island Head, Boston
Harbor, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor, twenty
thousand dollars.
For fort on Dutch Island, west entrance IN
Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island ,tw enty thou
sand dollars.
Ror Fort TrumbulI, New London Harbor,
Connecticut, twenty five thousand dollars.
For fort on Willet's Point, East river, New
York, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
New York Harbor, New York, twenty-six
thousand dollars.
For fort on the site of Fort Tompkins, Staten
Island, New York Harbor, New York, thirty
thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York Harbor,
New York, thirteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware RiTer, Della
ware, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For battery at Finn's Point, Delaware River,
New Jersey, thirty thousand dollars.
For New Fort, opposite Fort Delaware, Della
ware River, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia,
thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort MoultHe, Charleston Harbor, South
Carolina. twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South
Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, Georgia,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort jackson, Mississippi River, Louisi-
ana, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi River, Lou
isiana, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, twenty
thousand dollars.
For fort at Fort Point, entrance to San Fran
cisco Harbor, California, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For fort at Lime Point, San Francisco Har-
Dor, California, thirty thousand dollars.
For fort on Alcatraz Island, harbor of San
Francisco, California, twenty thousand dollars
For torpedoes for harbor defences and preser-
Vation of the same, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars: Provided, That the
money herein appropriated for torpedoes shall
only be used in the establishment and mainte-
nance Of torpedoes to be operated from shore
stations for the destruction of an enemy's
vessel approaching the shore or entering the
channel and fairWsys Of harbors.
For contingencies OF Notifications, seventy
five thousand dollars.
For surveys and reconnoissances in the mill
tarY divisions and departments, thirty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing exploration and survey of the
Territories Of the United States west of the
one hundredth meridian, thirty thousand dol
lars.