CHAP. 113.-An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses and light vessels, and beacons, and monuments, therein mentioned; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Mar. 3, 1825. Vol. 4, p. 133. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be appropri- Appropriations. ated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money, to wit: For completing the work to secure Plymouth Beach, in For work at the state of Massachusetts, five thousand seven hundred Plymouth Beach, and twelve dollars. For erecting a pier at the mouth of Cayahoga River, in the state of Ohio, five thousand dollars; And for completing the pier at the mouth of Grand River, in the same state, one thousand dollars. $5,712. Pier at mouth Cuyahoga River, Ohio. Pier at mouth Grand River Survey for piers at Marblehead Holmes' And for surveys to be made under the direction of the President of the United States, for the following purposes, and to wit: To ascertain the practicability and necessity of constructing a pier, at the mouth of the harbour of Marblehead, for the security of shipping; And also a pier in the harbour of Holmes' Hole, for the same object, in the state [of] Massachusetts, the sum of four hundred dollars. Approved, March 3, 1825. Hole, Mass. CHAP. 9.-An Act for the survey of a route for a Canal between the Mar. 3, 1826. Vol. 4, p. 139. of the United made an exami Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the The President President of the United States be, and he is hereby, author- States authorized ized to cause to be made an accurate and minute examina- to cause to be tion of the country south of the St. Mary's river, and in- nation south of cluding the same, with a view to ascertain the most eligible the Saint Mary's route for a canal, admitting the transit of boats, to connect view to ascertain the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, and also, with a view to ascertain the practicability of a ship channel; River, with the most eligible route for a canal to connect the Atlantic with the That he cause particularly to be examined the route from Gulf of Mexico, the St. Mary's river to the Appalachicola river or bay, and from the St. John's river to the Vassasousa bay, with a view to both the above objects; That he cause the necessary surveys, both by land and along the coast, with estimates of the expense of each, accompanied with proper plans, notes, observations, explanations and opinions, of the board of engineers, and that he cause a full report of these proceedings to be made to Congress; and to carry the same into effect, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri ated. Approved, March 3, 1826. Appropriation. Mar. 14, 1826. fund arising from CHAP. 15.-An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Mississippi to appropriate the amount of the three per cent. fund, arising from the sales of public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Three-fifths of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the five per cent. three fifths of the five per cent. fund, arising from the net the sale of public proceeds of the sales of public lands, within the state ot lands may be applied to the mak. Mississippi, may be appropriated by the legislature thereoff ing of roads, im to the making of public roads and canals, and to the im, proving rivers, provement of the navigation of rivers and bays, within saidstate. &c. Approved, March 14, 1826. Mar. 25, 1826. priations for the year 1826. CHAP. 17.—An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Specific appro- the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, to wit: For completing the repair of Plymouth beach, thirteen thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety cents. For completing the works for deepening the channel of entrance into the harbour of Presque Isle, seven thousand dollars. For the defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations, surveys, preparatory to, and in aid of, the formation of roads and canals, fifty thousand dollars. Approved, March 25, 1826. May 13, 1826. the Treasury to CHAP. 40.-An Act to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Secretary of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the subscribe for, in Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized the name of the and directed to subscribe for, or purchase, in the name, and 1,000 shares of for the use of the United States, not exceeding one thousand the capital stock of the Louisville shares of the capital stock of the Louisville and Portland and Portland Canal Company, and to pay for the same, at such times, and Canal Company. in such proportions, as may be required of, and paid by other United States, Proviso. stockholders of said company, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, Said shares can be procured for a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars each. Secretary of the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of Treasury to vote the Treasury shall vote for president and directors of said for the president, &c., of said com- company, according to such number of shares, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the proportion of the tolls which pany. shall, from time to time, be due to the United States, for the shares aforesaid. Approved, May 13, 1826. CHAP. 65.-An Act for the subscription of stock in the Dismal Swamp May 18, 1826. ital stock of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury to subSecretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized scribe for 600 and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of shares of the capthe United States, for six hundred shares of the capital Dismal Swamp stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal, and to pay for the same, Canal. at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required by the existing rules and regulations of the said company. This act not to examine said SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, Secretary of the Treasury shall That the Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for the president vote for presi and directors of said company, according to said number of dent, &c. shares, and shall receive, upon said stock, the proportions of tolls and emoluments which shall, from time to time, become due to the United States, on the shares of stock aforesaid. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not go go into effect uninto effect until the United States' board of engineers shall ex- til the board of amine said canal, and make a report, in writing, to the Secre-engineers shall tary of War, that, in their opinion, the plan on which the canal canal, and make is to be executed, will answer, as far as circumstances will per- ing, to the Secre mit, as a part of the chain of canals contemplated along the tary of War. Atlantic Coast, and that in their opinion, the sum hereby authorized to be subscribed for will be sufficient to finish the canal according to said plan: And it is further provided, That $150,000 appropriated to carry to carry this act into effect, the sum of one hundred and fifty this thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of effect. any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. report, in writ act into scribed on behalf ally expended canal. the SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the money subscribed The money subon behalf of the United States shall be actually expended of the United in the completion of the canal, and not in the payment of States to be actnany debt or debts now owing by the company; and it shall be wholly in the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, before the payment completion of the of any part of the money subscribed on behalf of the United States, to adopt such measures as shall insure the application of the same to the completion of the said canal, according to the plan proposed, and to no other purpose whatsoever. Approved, May 18, 1826. CHAP. 73.-An Act for authorizing the building of lighthouses and lightvessels, erecting beacon lights, placing buoys, removing obstructions in the river Savannah, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * May 18, 1826. Vol. 4, p. 170. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums Sums appropri of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: ated. Savannah River. In the State of Georgia, fifty thousand dollars, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to remove obstructions in the river Savannah, below the city of Savannah; * SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the several appro- May 20, 1826. Specific appropriations. Maine: Massachusetts: Harbor. New York: Buffalo Creek. Sackett's Har bor. Delaware: Piers at New Castle. Ohio: Grand River. Ashtabala Creek. Cunningham Creek. Huron River. Survey of Sandusky Bay. Maine: Survey of Piscataqua River. CHAP. 78.—An Act for improving certain harbours, and the navigation of certain rivers and creeks, and for authorizing surveys to be made of certain bays, sounds, and rivers, therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums of moneybe, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to accomplish the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to wit: In the state of Maine, one thousand two hundred dollars, for building a pier, on Steels' Ledge, near the harbour of Belfast. In the state of Massachusetts, three thousand five hundred dollars, for the preservation of the point of land forming Provincetown harbour. In the state of New York, fifteen thousand dollars, for building a pier, and repairing the old one, at the mouth of Buffaloe Creek; And three thousand dollars for cleaning out and deepening the harbour of Sackett's Harbour. In the state of Delaware, twenty-two thousand dollars for building piers, at proper sites, in the river Delaware, at New Castle, and three thousand dollars for repairing the old piers at the same place, and deepening the water around them. In the state of Ohio, five thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, to remove obstructions at the mouth of Grand River; Twelve thousand dollars for the same purpose, at the mouth of Ashtabula Creek; Two thousand dollars for the same purpose, at the mouth of Cunningham Creek; And five thousand dollars for the same purpose, in Huron River; And four hundred dollars for making a survey of Sandusky Bay, to ascertain the expediency and expense of constructing piers, to improve the navigation thereof, and of placing buoys therein. In the state of Maine, two hundred dollars for making a survey to ascertain the practicability and utility of removing obstructions to navigation in Pisquataqua river, and the expense of effecting the same. In the state of Massachusetts, five hundred dollars for Massachusetts: making surveys of the following places, to wit: The flat on the northwest side of the harbour of Edgartown, to ascertain the practicability of building a lighthouse thereon, and the utility of the same to navigation, and of preventing the said harbour from being filled up with sand. Surveys at The bar at the mouth of Merrimack river, and the prac- Mouth of Mer ticability of deepening the channel over the same, and the rimack River. harbor of Hyannis, in the Vineyard Sound, to ascertain what Hyannis. improvements can be made in the same for the safe anchor age of vessels, and the expense of effecting, severally, these objects. atuck river and In the state of Connecticut, four hundred dollars for Connecticut: making a survey of Saugatuck river and harbour, and to Survey of Sangascertain the expediency and expense of removing the ob- harbor. structions to the navigation thereof, and of facilitating the commercial intercourse between the port of Saugatuck and the city of New York. In the state of New York, two hundred dollars for mak. New York: Survey of Osing a survey of Oswego bay and harbour, for ascertaining the wego bay and expediency and expense of constructing piers, to improve ha27, ch. 46. the navigation thereof. harbor. Survey of piers In the state of Pennsylvania, one hundred dollars, to Pennsylvania: defray the expense of a survey of the public piers at Chester, at Chester. in the river Delaware, in order to determine the expediency of accepting the cession thereof made by the state of Pennsylvania, and the expense of repairing the same. In the state of North Carolina, one thousand dollars for North Carolina: Surveys of the making a survey of the Swash, in Pamtico Sound, near Swash in the Ocracock Inlet, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Pamtico Sound. channel through the same can be deepened; And also one of Cape Fear River, below the town of Walmington, [Wilmington], for the same purpose, Cape Fear river, below Wil mington. Roanoke Inlet And also for a survey of Roanoke Inlet and sound, with the view of ascertaining the practicability of making a per- and Sound. manent ship channel between Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, at Roanoke Inlet, or elsewhere, and a statement of the costs of effecting, severally, these objects. Mobile harbor. In the state of Alabama, a sum not exceeding ten thou- Alabama: sand dollars, for the purpose of removing the obstructions and deepening the harbour of Mobile. La Plaisance In the territory of Michigan, two hundred dollars for Michigan: making a survey of La Plaisance bay, to ascertain the ex- bay. pediency of improving the navigation thereof, and the ex- 1827, ch. 46. pense of effecting the same. Sums herein appropriated to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein appropriated be, and the same are hereby, directed be paid from the to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Treasury. appropriated. Approved, May 20, 1826. |