Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 529.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
June 14, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Moses Hampton, from the Committee on Commerce,
reported the following bill:
A BILL
making appropriations for the improvement of the navigation
of certain rivers and harbors, and for the survey of certain
other rivers and harbors.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the
same are, hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following pur-
poses, viz:
For the improvement of Little Sodus Bay, on Lake
Ontario, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of
Eighteen Mile Creek, at Olcott, on Lake Ontario, five
thousand dollars.

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35 For the improvement of the navigation at St. Clair’s
Flats, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Grand River, on Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars.
Kalamazoo River, on Lake Michigan, five thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the harbor at Littlefort, on
Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Great Wood Hole harbor,
in the State of Massachusetts, four thousand dollars.
For the construction of an ice harbor at Delaware
City, in the State of Delaware, five thousand dollars.
For erecting a break-water at Nantucket, twenty
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ocracoke Inlet, North
Carolina, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the navigation of the James
River, in the State of Virginia, twenty thousand dollars.
Big Sandy Creek, on Lake Ontario, at Ellisburgh, in the
State of New York, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the canal around the Muscle
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43 structions in the river above the Shoals, fifty thousand
dollars.
For the survey and examination of the harbor
at Black River, on Lake Michigan, and the Alleghany
River, and the Sabine River, and the improvement of the
Passaic River, ten thousand dollars.
For the survey and examination of Bayou Lafourche,
in the State of Louisiana, six hundred dollars.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and the same are, hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following pur- poses, viz: For the improvement of Little Sodus Bay, on Lake Ontario, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Eighteen Mile Creek, at Olcott, on Lake Ontario, five thousand dollars.
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35	For the improvement of the navigation at St. Clair’s Flats, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Grand River, on Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Kalamazoo River, on Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at Littlefort, on Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Great Wood Hole harbor, in the State of Massachusetts, four thousand dollars. For the construction of an ice harbor at Delaware City, in the State of Delaware, five thousand dollars. For erecting a break-water at Nantucket, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the navigation of the James River, in the State of Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Big Sandy Creek, on Lake Ontario, at Ellisburgh, in the State of New York, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the canal around the Muscle Shoals, in the State of Alabama, and the removal of ob
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36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43	structions in the river above the Shoals, fifty thousand dollars. For the survey and examination of the harbor at Black River, on Lake Michigan, and the Alleghany River, and the Sabine River, and the improvement of the Passaic River, ten thousand dollars. For the survey and examination of Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, six hundred dollars.