etc. For improving the harbours of New Castle, Marcus Newcastle, Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in the Delaware river, four thousand dollars. For improving Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, Cape Fear North Carolina, twenty-five thousand seven hundred and River. five dollars. For carrying on the works for the improvements of Ocracoke InOcracock inlet, in North Carolina, seventeen thousand let. dollars. For completing the removal of obstructions in the river and harbour of St. Mark's, Florida, [sic] seven thousand four hundred and thirty dollars. St. Marks. River. Red River. For completing the removal of obstructions in the Apalachicola Appalachicola river, Florida, eight thousand dollars. For arrearage due Major Birch for survey of the raft of Red River, Louisiana, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. For arrearage due the superintendent of the works at Black Rock harbour, New York, one thousand eight hundred dollars. Black Rock. For arrearage due for materials delivered to the Dunkirk. works at Dunkirk harbour, New York, seven hundred and two dollars, fifty cents. Breakwater. For carrying on the work of the Delaware breakwater, Delaware two hundred and eight thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1831. CHAP. 58.-An Act Making appropriations for carrying on cer- Mar. 2, 1831. tain roads and works of internal improvement, and for providing. Vol. 4, p. 462. for 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 the several objects respectively herein named, to be applied during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the same to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, viz: For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys under the act of the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, twenty-five thousand dollars. Surveys, etc. 1824, c. 46. Navigation of Ohio and For improving the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, to be expended under the existing laws, fifty Mississippi thousand dollars. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Pittsburg to New Orleans, in removing the obstructions in the channels at the shoal places and ripples, and by such other means as may be deemed best for the deepening of rivers. To be expended under direction of President. the channels of the Ohio River, which said sum shall be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, by the superintendent appointed to execute said works of improvement; and the President is hereby authorized and required to take bond with approved security in fifty thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him under such instructions as may be given him for the improvement of the navigation of said rivers, and that an officer of engineers be associated with said superintendent, with authority to suspend the operation of any work, or payment of any account, until the order of the President is received. Feb. 24, 1832. Georges Island (Boston Harbor). 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, for fortifications for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, viz: * ** * * For the preservation of George's Island, nine thousand dollars. July 3, 1832. CHAP. 153.-An Act Making appropriations for certain interVol. 4, p. 551. nal improvements for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. tions. Kennebec River, Me. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Appropria. That the following sums be appropriated for the purpose of making the improvements hereinafter enumerated, viz: For removing obstructions to the navigation of Kennebeck river, at Lovejoy's Narrows, Maine, including a balance of former appropriations, of two thousand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixty-eight hundredths, carried to the surplus fund, two thousand six hundred dollars. Plymouth beach, Mass. Provincetown, Mass. Pass au Heron, Ala. For repairing Plymouth Beach, Massachusetts, two thousand five hundred dollars. For further protection and preservation of the Beach at Provincetown, Massachusetts, four thousand six hundred dollars. For deeping the channel through the Pass au Heron, Alabama, being the balance of the appropriation of one 1828, c. 73. thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, carried to the surplus fund, first January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, six thousand and fifty dollars. River, Ala. For deepening the channel at Pascagoula river, being Pascagoula the balance of the appropriation of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, carried to the surplus fund the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.. Red River, La. and Ark. For improving the navigation of the Red river, Louisiana, and Arkansas, being the balance of the appropriation of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, carried 1828, c. 73. to the surplus fund, two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars, and the further sum of twenty thousand dollars. For carrying on the work of the Delaware breakwater, Delaware two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. * Breakwater, Del. For the completion of the improvement of the harbour St. Marks and river Saint Marks, in Florida, as recommended by the River, Fla. chief engineer, four thousand five hundred dollars. For completing repairs to piers at the entrance of Ken- Kennebunk River, Me. Piscataqua River, Me. Deer Island, Mass. Breakwater at Hyannis, Mass. Nantucket, Mass. (Southport For completing the breakwater and dyke, and deepen- Mill River ing the channel, in the harbor of Mill river, in Connecti- Harbor). cut, four thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and forty-three cents. For completing the pier and mole at Oswego, New York, nineteen thousand dollars. For removing obstructions at the mouth of Big Sodus bay, New York, seventeen thousand dollars. For improving the entrance of Genesee river, sixteen, thousand dollars. For completing the pier at the mouth of Buffalo harbour, ten thousand three hundred dollars. For the work at Black Rock harbour, New York, five thousand one hundred dollars. Oswego, N. Y. Great Sodus Bay, N. Y. Genesee River (Charlotte Harbor), N. Y. Buffalo Harbor, N. Y. Black Rock, N. Y. Dunkirk, N. Y. For securing and completing the work at Dunkirk harbour, New York, ten thousand two hundred dollars. For completing the improvement of the harbor at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, four thousand five hundred (Erie) Harbor. dollars. Presque Isle For improving the harbours of New Castle, Marcus Newcastle, Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, on the Delaware, ten etc., Pa. thousand dollars. Cape Fear For carrying on the work for the improvement of Ocra- Ocracoke Incoke inlet, North Carolina, twenty-two thousand dollars. let, N. C. For improving Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For improving the navigation of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars. River, N. C. Ohio. Mis souri and Mississippi rivers. President authorized to boat naviga And the President of the United States is hereby auimprove steam thorized to extend the improvement of the steamboat navigation from Pittsburg to the Cumberland road, at Brownsville, upon such plan as he may approve, under and to extend the provisions of the act of May twenty-four, eighteen act of May 24, hundred and twenty-four: tion from Pittsburg to Brownsville, provisions of to embrace cer Missouri and ers. 1824, c. 139, And that the President of the United States be, and he tain parts of is hereby, authorized to extend the provisions of the act Mississippi riv. of twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers," so as to embrace in its operations the river Missouri, from its junction with the Mississippi to the mouth of the Kansas river; Arkansas River. And, also, the Upper Mississippi river from St. Louis, in Missouri, to Galena, in Illinois, with power to remove all obstructions in the channel of said river between those points; And that the provisions of the act, approved twentyfourth May, one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour, entitled "An act to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers," be extended so as to include, in its operation, the improvement of the Mississippi from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and the deepening of the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi. For improving the navigation of the Arkansas river, fifteen thousand dollars; Provided, The engineer department, after due examination, is satisfied that, during a portion of the ensuing year, the men and machine now employed in removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, can be more usefully employed in removing those of the Arkansas river: Provided, That the compensation of the superintendent of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, shall be the sum of three thousand dollars intendent not per annum, in full for all his services; and he shall not hereafter be allowed anything in the shape of commissions in his disbursements. Proviso. tion to super to exceed $3,000. Conneaut Creek, Ohio. Ashtabula Creek, Ohio. Cunningham Creek, Ohio. Grand River (Fairport Harbor), Ohio. For improving the mouth of Conneaut creek, Ohio, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For a pier head at Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Grand river, Ohio, two thousand six hundred dollars. For completing the improvement of Cleveland harbour, Harbor, Ohlo. Ohio, six thousand six hundred dollars. Cleveland For removing a sand bar at the mouth of Black river, Ohio, eight thousand dollars. For removing obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars. For piers at La Plaisance bay, Michigan, eight thousand dollars. Cumberland River, Tenn. River, Ga. For the improvement of the navigation of the Cumberland river, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the War Department. For the removal of the obstructions to the navigation Savannah of the Savannah river, between the mouth thereof and the city of Savannah, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, including the balance of the former appropriation to the same object, to be expended according to a plan and an estimate of the Department of War. Surveys. For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys under the act of thirtieth April, 1824, c. 46. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, thirty thousand dollars. * Approved, July 3, 1832. CHAP. 164.-An Act To authorize the surveying and laying out July 4, 1832. a road from Detroit to the mouth of Grand River of Lake Michi- Vol. 4, p. 560. gan, in the Michigan Territory, and for the survey of canal routes in the Territory of Florida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, certain practi nals to con ida and Ala SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President Survey to asof the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cability of cacause to be made, an accurate and minute survey of the nect bays and country between the waters of St. Andrew's bay and the rivers in Florriver and bay of Chattahoochie, and between Pensacola bama. bay and Bon Secour, along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, with a view to ascertain the practicability and cost of canals to connect said bays and rivers, with notes, plans, observations, and opinions, of the engineers on each of said parts designated, with estimates of the cost of each; and, for the purpose of carrying into effect the bea foregoing provisions, the sum of three thousand dollars $3,000 apbe, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out propriated." of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 4, 1832. Estimates to made. CHAP 301.-An Act Supplemental to the Act "granting certain July 16, 1832. relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, Vol. 4, p. 604. for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior rivers," approved the twentythird day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, State of AlaThat it shall and may be lawful for the State of Alabama bama authorto alter the plan for the improvement on the Tennessee ized to alter river below Florence, by canalling instead of sluicing, so provement. as to accomplish the object which Congress had in view in 1828, c. 75. plan of im Act May 23, |