from the Treas SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, To be paid hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the ury. treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 19, 1828. CHAP. 56.—An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbours, the completion of the Cumberland road to Zanesville, the securing the lighthouse on the Brandywine Shoal, and the making of surveys. 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, to wit: To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand river, in the state of Ohio, nine thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars and eleven cents. May 19, 1828. Removal of obGrand River. structions from Removal of ob structions from To complete the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, in the state of Ohio, four thousand four hun- Huron River. dred and thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents. To complete the erection of piers, at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, six thousand dollars. Piers at Dunkirk Harbor. the mouth of Os 1827, ch. 46. To complete the building of two piers at the mouth of,,Two piers at Oswego harbour, in the State of New York, authorized by wego Harbor. an act of Congress, approved the twentieth [second] of 18ct of Mar. 2, March last, entitled "An act to authorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes," nine thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-nine cents. For deepening the channel of entrance, into the harbour of Presque Isle, six thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents. For deepening trance into the harbor of Presque Isle. the channel of en Removal of obAshtabulaCreek, For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula Creek, Ohio, two thousand four hundred and structions in three dollars and fifty cents. Ohio. structions of For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth Removal of obof Cunningham Creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred Cunningham and seventeen dollars and seventy-six cents. Creek, Ohio. Removing ob structions in For removing obstructions to the navigation of Kennebec river, at Lovejoy's Narrows, by removing the half tide Kennebec River. and other rocks, in addition to the appropriation of last session, three thousand five hundred dollars. * expenses inci &c., under act of ch. 46. For defraying the expenses incidental to making exami- For defraying nations and surveys, under the act of thirtieth April, one dental to making thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, thirty thousand examinations, dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be con- 30th April, 1824, strued into a Legislative sanction of any examination or Proviso. survey which shall not be deemed of national importance, and within the provisions of the aforesaid act of the thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. To complete a pier adjacent to a pier at Buffalo, in the To complete a State of New York, thirty-four thousand two hundred and N. Y. six dollars. pier at Buffalo, To be paid out of any money in the Treasury. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, May 23, 1828. ated. CHAP. 73.-An Act to anthorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Sums respect the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the ively appropri- following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to accomplish the objects hereinafter mentioned; that is to say: For removing or near the mouth For removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of Merithe sand bar at mack river in the state of Massachusetts, by erecting piers, of Merrimack or other works, thirty-two thousand one hundred dollars. For the preservation of Deer island, in Boston Harbour, vation of Deer in the state of Massachusetts, eighty-seven thousand dol River, Mass. For the preser Island. lars. Piers near Towards erecting piers, or other works, at or near StonStonington Har bor, Connecticut. ington harbour, in the state of Connecticut, for the purpose of making the same a good and secure harbour, twenty thousand dollars. For repairing piers at Port Penn, &c. For purchasing a dredging-machine, &c. For removing Black River, Ohio. Obstructions in River. For repairing the public piers at Port Penn, Marcus Hook, and fort Mifflin, four thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars. For purchasing a dredging machine, to be worked by steam, and employing the same for the removal of the shoals forming obstructions to the navigation near Ocracock Inlet, in the state of North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. Towards removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of the sand bar in Black river, in the state of Ohio, by the erection of piers, or other works, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Apalachicola For removing obstructions in the Apalachicola river, in the territory of Florida, three thousand dollars. For improving For improving the navigation of Red river, through, or around, that part of it called the Raft, situated in Louisiana and Arkansas, twenty-five thousand dollars, three thousand dollars in addition to a former appropriation for clearing out and deepening the harbor of Sackett's Harbour. the navigation of Red River. Sackett's Har bor. Survey of the harbor of Nantucket, &c. For survey of Genesee River, For making a survey of the harbour of Nantucket, and the passage leading to it, and an estimate of the cost of improving and making the harbour a good and secure one, three hundred dollars. For making a survey of Genessee river and harbour, in the &c., New York. State of New York, and estimates of the cost for improving the same, three hundred dollars. For surveying For surveying the mouth of Sandy creek, which discharges itself into Mexico bay, on Lake Ontario, in the state of New York, for the purpose of constructing a harbour at that place, and ascertaining the cost of the same, three hundred dollars. Survey of the southern shore of Lake Ontario. For making a survey and examination of the southern shore of Lake Ontario, in the state of New York, between Genessee and Oswego rivers, with a view to the improvement of the most accessible and commodious harbours on the frontier, by erecting piers, or other works, and estimates of the costs of the same, four hundred dollars. For deepening the channel through the pass au Heron, near the Bay of Mobile, eighteen thousand dollars. For deepening Heron, Mobile. For deepening the channel at the mouth of Pascagoula For deepening the Pascagoula river, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, in addition River. to the sum before appropriated for that object. the navigation For surveying the obstructions to the navigation of the Obstructions to Wabash river, between its mouth and Eel river, five hun- of the Wabash dred dollars. Towards improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the sum of fifty thousand dollars. For removing obstructions in the Berwick branch of the Piscataqua river, eight thousand dollars. River. Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. For removing obstructions in Berwick Branch. Deepening the channel, Saint For deepening the inland passage, or present channel, for navigation between the St. John's river in Florida, and St. Mary's Harbor, Mary's harbour, in Georgia, the sum of thirteen thousand Georgia. five hundred dollars. river Saint For a survey of the river and harbour of St. Marks, in Flo- Survey of the rida, with a view to the practicability and expense of deep; Mark's, Florida. ening the same, the sum of five hundred dollars. * Approved, May 23, 1828. May 23, 1828. Vol. 4, p. 290. 1832, ch. 301. 1836, ch. 119. lands in certain bama granted to CHAP. 75.—An Act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the state of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 1833, ch. 90. the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That four 400,000 acres of hundred thousand acres, of the relinquished lands in the relinquished counties of Madison, Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, Frank- counties in Alalin, and Lauderdale, in the State of Alabama, be, and the said State to be same is [are] hereby, granted to said state, to be applied to applied to navithe improvement of the navigation of the Muscle Shoals, and Colbert's Shoals, in the Tennessee river, and such other parts of said river within said State as the legislature thereof may direct: But if there shall not be four hundred thousand acres of relinquished unappropriated land in said counties, the deficiency to be made up out of any unappro priated lands in the county of Jackson, in said State. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said state of Alabama, shall have power to sell, dispose of and grant said land, for the purposes aforesaid, at a price not less than the minimum price of the public lands of the United States, at the time of such sale. gation. Price at which land is to be sold. 18:40, ch. 79. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said state of Improvements. Alabama shall commence said improvements within two years after the passage of this act, and complete the same within ten years thereafter. all lands to become SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if said state of Grant of Alabama shall apply the lands hereby granted, or the pro- null and void ceeds of the sales, or any part thereof, to any other use or if applied to any other object object whatsoever, than as directed by this act, before said whatever. menced, &c. 1831, ch. 23. improvements shall have been completed, the said grant for all lands then unsold shall thereby become null and void; and the said state of Alabama shall become liable and bound to pay to the United States the amount for which said land, or any part thereof, may have been sold, deducting the expenses incurred in selling the same. Improvements SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the improvements of said navigation shall be com. of said navigation shall be commenced at the lowest point of obstruction in said river, within said state, continued up the same until completed, and be calculated for the use of steamboats, according to such plan of construction as the United States' engineers, appointed to survey and report thereon, may recommend, and the President of the United States approve: Provided, That such plan shall embrace, if practicable, a connexion of the navigation of Elk river, with the said improvements. Proviso. Surplus of said plied, &c. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That after the complegrant to be ap- tion of said improvements, the surplus of said grant, if any, shall be applied to the improvement of the navigation of the Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers, in said state, under the direction of the Legislature thereof. property belong Said rivers, SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said rivers, when improved, to be ever free when improved as aforesaid, shall remain forever free from from toll for all toll for all property belonging to the government of the ing to the United United States, and for all persons in their service, and for all the citizens of the United States, unless a toll shall be allowed by act of Congress. States, &c. Approved, May 23, 1828. be May 23, 1828. made near CHAP. 76.—An Act making an appropriation for the erection of a breakwater near the mouth of Delaware bay. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Breakwater to the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the mouth of Dela- President of the United States cause to be made near the ware Bay. mouth of Delaware bay, a breakwater. $250,000 appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and it hereby is, appropriated, towards the accomplishment of that object, and that the same be paid out of auy money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 23, 1828. May 24, 1828. name of the CHAP. 86.—An Act authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Secretary of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the the Treasury in Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized United States, to and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of 000 shares of the the United States, for ten thousand shares of the capital capital stock of stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and to the Ceesapeake and Ohio Canal pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as Company. shall be required of and paid by the stockholders, generally, subscribe for 10, by the rules and regulations of the company, out of the dividends which may accrue to the United States upon their bank stock in the bank of the United States: Provided, That not more than one-fifth part of the sum, so subscribed for the use of the United States, shall be demanded, in any one year, after the organization of the said company; nor shall any greater sum be paid on the shares so subscribed for, than shall be proportioned to assessments made on individual or corporate stock holders: And provided, moreover, That, for the supply of water to such other canals as the state of Maryland, or Virginia, or the Congress of the United States, may authorize to be constructed, in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the section of the said canal leading from the head of the Little Falls of the Potomac river, to the proposed basin, next above Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, shall have the elevation, above the tide of the river at the head of the said falls, and shall preserve, throughout the whole section aforesaid, a breadth, at the surface of the water, of not less than sixty feet, and a depth, below the same, of not less than five feet, with a suitable breadth at bottom. Proviso. Proviso. the Treasury to company, a c number of shares SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary Secretary of of the Treasury shall vote for the president and directors vote for Presi of the said company, according to such number of shares dent, etc., of said as the United States may at any time hold in the stock, cording to the thereof, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the propor purchased for the tion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due to the United States. United States for the shares aforesaid; and shall have and enjoy, in behalf of the United States, every other right of a stockholder in the said company. Approved, May 24, 1828. CHAP. 110.—An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the May 24, 1828. state of Alabama. Vol. 4, p. 308. Jan. 10, 1827. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Assent of Congress given to act assent of Congress be, and hereby is, granted to the opera- of Alabama of tion of an act of the general assembly of the state of Alabama, passed on the tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act to incorporate the Cahawba Navigation Company." Approved, May 24, 1828. CHAP. 25.-An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Mar. 2, 1829. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums of money Sums of money to be placed at appropriated by this section be, and the same are hereby, dispositon of directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not S. Mis. 91--3 President of Uni ted States. |