Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

July 20, 1848.

Chap. CV. — An Act making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

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 they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine;

Detroit

For defensive works and barracks near Detroit, fifteen thousand dollars;

Lake Champlain.

For fortifications at outlet of Lake Champlain, twenty thousand dollars;

Penobscot River.

For defensive works and barracks at narrows of Penobscot River, Maine, ten thousand dollars;

Fort Preble.

For repairs of Fort Preble, Portland Harbor, Maine, nine thousand dollars;

Fort Scammel.

For repairs of Fort Scammel, Portland Harbor, Maine, ten thousand dollars;

Governor's Island.

For repairs of fortifications on Governor's Island, Boston Harbor, fifteen thousand dollars;

Fort Warren.

For Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, thirty thousand dollars;

Fort Adams.

For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, twenty thousand dollars;

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Fort Trumbull.

For rebuilding Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars;

Fort Schuyler.

For Fort Schuyler, Long Island Sound, New York, ten thousand dollars;

Fort Wood.

For repairs of Fort Wood, and sea-wall of Bedlow's Island, New York, ten thousand dollars;

Soller's Point Flats.

For batteries on Soller's Point Flats, Baltimore Harbor, fifteen thousand dollars;

Fort Monroe.

For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars;

Fort Moultrie.

For preservation of site of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, ten thousand six hundred dollars;

Drunken Dick Shoal.

For dike on Drunken Dick Shoal, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars;

Fort Sumpter.

For Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.

Fort Pulaski.

For Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, Georgia, eight thousand dollars;

Fort Jackson, Georgia.

For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars;

Fort McRee.

For Fort McRee, Pensacola Harbor, Florida, fifty thousand dollars.

Fort Barancas.

For Fort Barancas and barracks thereat, Pensacola Harbor, Florida, forty thousand dollars;

Fort Morgan.

For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama, twenty thousand dollars;

Battery Bienvenue, Louisiana.

For repairs of battery Bienvenue, Louisiana, three thousand dollars;

Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars;

Fort St. Philip.

For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars;

Fort Livingston.

For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre Island, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars;

Key West.

For fortifications at Key West, Florida, fifty thousand dollars;

Tortugas Island.

For fortifications at Garden Key, Tortugas Island, Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars;

Great Brewster Island.

Proviso as to title.

For protection of Great Brewster Island, and security and defence of the principal ship channels into the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That no portion of said sum of forty thousand dollars shall be expended for the objects aforesaid, until the United States shall procure a good and valid title to so much of said Great Brewster Island as may be necessary to the construction of the proposed fortifications;

Additional for Fort Moultrie.

For additional preservation of the site of Fort Moultrie, in Charleston Harbor, three thousand dollars;

Fort Delaware.

For Fort Delaware, on the Pea Patch Island, Delaware River, fifty thousand dollars.

Approved, July 20, 1848.