The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-07-23
LAWS Is
OF THE UNTTED STA TIES,
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION
OF the
FoRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. ls.l

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AN ACT making appropriations for the construc
ton, preservation, and repair OF certain FORTH
cations and other works OF defense, for the 6scal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-fve
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives OF the United States OF America in Con
gress assembled, That the following sums be, and
The same are hereby. appropriated out OF any mon
ey IN the Treasury not otherwise appropriated FOL
the following Notifications and other works OF de-
Tense for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth egh
teen hundred and seventy-fv namely:
thousand dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland Harbor, Maine, thirty
thousand dollars.
For batteries, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hamp-
SHIRE thirty thousand dollars,
Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor, twenty thous-
For fort on Dutch Island, west entrance to Nara
gansett Bay RHODE Island twenty thousand dollars
cut, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For fort on Willet's Point, East River, New York,
thirty thousand dollars.
Forfort schuyler. East River N ew York, twenty
five thousand dollars.
For fort Hamilton and additional batteries, for
completing the same,( New York Harbor, New York,
twenty-six thousand dollars.
and, New York Harbor, New York. thirty thousand
dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York Harbor, New York,
=, For fort Delaware River. Delaware, twenty-five
For battery at rims Point, Delaware River, New
Jersey. thirty thousand dollars.
For New FOft opposite Tort Delaware, Delaware
River, thirty thousand dollars.
For fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, thirty
thousand dollars.
For Fort Moutrie, Charleston Harbor South Caro-
lima, twenty thousand dollars
For tort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor South Caro-
lima, twenty thousand dollars.
For fort Pulaski. Savannah River. Georgia, twen-
ty thousand dollars.
For fort Jackson, Mississippi River, Louisiana.
thirty thousand dollars.
For fort Saint Philip, Mississippi River, Louisi-
ana thirty thousand dollars.
For fort Taylor, Key West Florida. twenty thous-
and dollars
For fort at Fort Point entrance Of San Francisco
Harbor, California thirty thousand dollars.
For Tort at Lime Point, San Francisco Harbor, Cal
ifornia, thirty thousand dollars.
For fort on AlcatraZ Island harbor OF San Francis
co, California, twenty thousand dollars
For torpedoes for harbor-defenSeS, and preserva-
ton OF the same, hundred aud twenty five thou
sand dollars: Provided, That the money herein ap-
propriated for torpedoes shall ONLY Be used in the
establishment and maintenance Of torpedoes to be
operated from shore stations for the destruction of
an e.nenys vessel approaching the shore or enter
ing the channel and ..Isrways OF harbors.
For contingencies OF Notifications, seventy five
thousand dollars.
For surveys and reconnaissance in the military
divisions and departments, thirty thousand dollars
For continuing exploration and survey OF the Ter
rtories of the United States west of the one hun
dreth meridian, thirty Thousand dollars.
Approved April 8, 1874