Piers at Dun kirk Harbor. Two plers at mouth of Os wego Harbor. Act Mar. 2. 1827, c. 46. Deepening channel of entrance into barbor of Presque Isle (Erie). Removal of To complete the erection of piers, at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, six thousand dollars. To complete the building of two piers at the mouth of Oswego harbour, in the State of New York, authorized by an act of Congress, approved the twentieth [second] of 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 twentythree dollars and eighteen cents. For completing the removal of obstructions at the obstructions in mouth Ashtabula Creek, Ohio, two thousand four hundred and three dollars and fifty cents. Ashtabula Creek, Ohio. Removing ob structions in Kennebec River. Defraying ex penses inci ing examina tions, etc., under act Apr. For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunningham Creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-six cents. For removing obstructions to the navigation of Kennebec river, at Lovejoy's Narrows, by removing the half tide and other rocks, in addition to the appropriation of last session, three thousand five hundred dollars. For defraying the expenses incidental to making examidental to mak- nations and surveys, under the act of thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 30, 1824, c. 46. construed into a Legislative sanction of any examination or 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. Proviso. To complete pier at Buffalo, N. Y. Paid out of any money in To complete a pier adjacent to a pier at Buffalo, in the State of New York, thirty-four thousand two hundred and six dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several Treasury. sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 19, 1828. May 23, 1828. CHAP. 73.-An Act To authorize the improving of certain harVol. 4, p. 288. bours, the building of piers, and for other purposes. 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, 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: sand bar at or For removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of Removing Merimack river in the state of Massachusetts, by erecting near mouth of piers, or other works, thirty-two thousand one hundred Merrimac dollars. For the preservation of Deer island, in Boston Harbour, Preservation in the state of Massachusetts, eighty-seven thousand of Deer Island. dollars. Stonington, Towards erecting piers, or other works, at or near Piers near Stonington harbour, in the state of Connecticut, for the Harbor, Conn. purpose of making the same a good and secure harbour, twenty thousand dollars. For repairing the public piers at Port Penn, Marcus Repairing Hook, and fort Mifflin, four thousand four hundred and plers at Port 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. Penn, etc. For purchasmachine, etc. ing dredging Black River (Lorain Har Towards removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of Black river, in the state of Ohio, by the erection of piers, bor). or other works, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For removing obstructions in the Apalachicola river, in,Obstructions the territory of Florida, three thousand dollars. in Apalach1cola River. navigation of Red River. Sacketts For improving the navigation of Red river, through, or Improving 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. For making a survey of the harbour of Nantucket, and, Survey of the passage leading to it, and an estimate of the cost of tucket, etc. improving and making the harbour a good and secure one, three hundred dollars. Harbor. harbor of Nan Genesee River (Charlotte For making a survey of Genessee river and harbour, in Survey, the state of New York, and estimates of the cost for improving the same, three hundred dollars. Harbor). mouth of Sandy Creek. For surveying the mouth of Sandy creek, which dis- Surveying charges 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. southern shore For making a survey and examination of the southern Survey of shore of Lake Ontario, in the state of New York, between of Lake OnGenessee and Oswego rivers, with a view to the improve- tarlo. ment 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 the channel at the mouth of Pascagoula river, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, in addition River. to the sum before appropriated for that object. Deepening Pass au Heron, Deepening Pascagoula Obstructions to navigation, For surveying the obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash River. Wabash river, between its mouth and Eel river, five hundred dollars. Mississippi and Ohio riv ers. Removing obstructions in Berwick Branch. Deepening channel, St. Marys Harbor, Ga. Survey of river St. Marks, Fla. 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. For deepening the inland passage, or present channel, for navigation between the St. John's river in Florida, and St. Mary's harbour, in Georgia, the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. For a survey of the river and harbour of St. Marks, in Florida, with a view to the practicability and expense of deepening the same, the sum of five hundred dollars. May 23, 1828. 400,000 acres of relinquished tain counties in Alabama granted to State to be ap plied to navi gation. 1832, c. 301; 1833, c. 90; 1836, c. 119. 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 lands in cer of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That four hundred thousand acres, of the relinquished lands in the counties of Madison, Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, Franklin, and Lauderdale, in the State of Alabama, be, and the same is [are] hereby, granted to said state, to be applied to the 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 unappropriated lands in the county of Jackson, in said State. Price at which land is to be sold. 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. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said state of Alabama shall commence said improvements within two years after the passage of this act, and complete the same within ten years thereafter. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if said state of Alabama shall apply the lands hereby granted, or the proceeds of the sales, or any part thereof, to any other use or object whatsoever, than as directed by this act, before said 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. Improve be commenced, 1831, c. 23. Proviso. Surplus of grant to be ap SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the improve- ments of navi ments of said navigation shall be commenced at the lowest gation shall point of obstruction in said river, within said state, con- etc. tinued 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 [sic] of the navigation of Elk river, with the said improvements. SEC.6. And be it further enacted, That after the comple tion of said improvements, the surplus of said grant, if plied, etc. 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. SEC. And be it further enacted, That the said rivers, Rivers, when when improved as aforesaid, shall remain forever free be ever free from toll for all property belonging to the government of from toll for the United States, and for all persons in their service, and belonging to for all the citizens of the United States, unless a toll etc. shall be allowed by act of Congress. Approved, May 23, 1828. improved, to all property United States, CHAP. 76.-An Act Making an appropriation for the erection May 23, 1828. of a breakwater near the mouth of Delaware bay. Vol. 4, p. 290. Breakwater, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Delaware That the President of the United States cause to be made near the mouth of Delaware bay, a breakwater. 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 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 23, 1828. Del. $250,000 appropriated. CHAP. 86.—An Act Authorizing a subscription to the stock of May 24, 1828. the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Vol. 4, p. 293. Treasury to of capital stock Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Secretary of That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, subscribe for authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for 10,000 shares the use of the United States, for ten thousand shares of the of Chesapeake capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Co. and to pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as shall be required of and paid by the stockholders, generally, by the rules and regulations of the company, out and Ohio Canal Proviso. Proviso. Secretary of Treasury to vote for presi dent, etc., of company, ac cording to num ber of shares purchased. May 24, 1828. Assent of Congress given 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. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for the president and directors of the said company, according to such number of shares as the United States may at any time hold in the stock, thereof, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the proportion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due to the 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 State of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress be, and hereby is, granted to to act of Ala- the operation 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. bama, Jan. 10, 1827. Mar. 2, 1829. CHAP. 25.-An Act Making appropriations for building lightVol. 4, p. 345. houses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys. Sums of money to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * * SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums of placed at dis- money appropriated by this section be, and the same are hereby, directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and placed at the dispo position of President. |