Mar. 2, 1847. Deficiencies. Cape River. Fear Deficiency of appropriation for raft River. 1838, c. 59. ment of harbors, rivers, &c., four thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars. CHAP. 35. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army and of Volunteers for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and for other purposes. 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 following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations made for the service of the present fiscal year, under the following heads, viz: For deficiency of former appropriations for the improvement of Cape Fear river, six hundred and one dollars and ninety-two cents. For deficiency of appropriation for removing the great removing great raft of Red river, made by the act approved April twenof Red tieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount advanced by Daniel T. Witlee and others, through the branch of the Real Estate Bank of Washington, Arkansas, to Henry M. Shreve, government agent for such removal, and expended by him for that purpose. Mar. 3, 1847. for year ending June 30, 1848. Approved, March 2, 1847. CHAP. 47.-An Act Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Appropriations the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated to the objects hereinafter expressed, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, namely: Miscellaneous. Swan & Palmer Ohio River. To pay Swan and Palmer for work executed by them at for work done on Twin Island," on the River Obio, above the falls, six thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars, and twenty-five cents: Provided, The account be first settled by the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Depart Proviso. CHAP. 67.-An Act Giving the consent of Congress toan Act of the general assembly of Virginia authorizing the levy of tolls on the James River. Mar. 3, 1847. Vol. 9, p. 204. gress to act of izing collection River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Assent of Conthe consent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given legislature of to an act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia authorVirginia, on the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and of tolls on James forty-six, entitled "An act to incorporate a Company to remove the bars in James river between the city of Richmond and Bermuda Hundred," and that the authority as conferred by the said act on the company thereby created, to demand and receive the tolls therein specified on vessels navigating the said river, "on condition only that the same shall have been made navigable in any season at high water from Rochell's Landing, at the city of Richmond, to Bermuda Hundred, in the county of Chesterfield, by vessels drawing eleven feet and an half foot water," be and the same is hereby, sanctioned and confirmed: Provided, how ever, and this assent is given on that express condition, that Congress may, at any time hereafter, repeal or modify the provisions of this act. Approved, March 3, 1847. Act subject to modification or repeal. CHAP. 86.-An Act For the relief of Josiah Haskell. Mar. 3, 1847. to be paid $645.30 breakwater Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Josiah Haskell the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed for services on to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise Sandy Bay appropriated, the sum of six hundred and forty-five dollars (Rockport H a rand thirty cents to Josiah Haskell, it being in full compen sation for his services on the Sandy Bay breakwater, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. 105.-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; * * * bor). July 20, 1848. Vol. 9, p. 248. For protection of Great Brewster Island, and security Great Brewster and defence of the principal ship channels into the harbor Island. of Boston, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars: Provided, H. Doc. 425, 58-3- -8 Proviso. Aug. 11, 1848. granted Alabama 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; CHAP. 152.-An Act To authorize the State of Alabama to apply certain lands heretofore granted to that State for internal improvements, for the use of schools in the valueless sixteenth sections in said State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Certain lands the lands granted to the State of Alabama for purposes for internal im- of internal improvement, by the eighth section of the provements may act entitled "An Act to appropriate the proceeds of State for use of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption schools. Sept. 4, rights," approved September fourth, eighteen hundred be applied by 1841, c. 16. Mar. 2, 1849. Vol. 9, p. 352. in Green Bay firmed. and forty-one, may be, and the same are hereby, placed at the disposal of the legislature of said State, at such price as said legislature may direct, to be applied for the use of schools in such townships of said State as in which the sixteenth or school sections are comparatively valueless, and the legislature may locate said lands in any legal subdivisions, not less than forty acres, within the limits of said State. Approved, August 11, 1848. CHAP. 86.-An Act In relation to the Fox and Wisconsion River Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Certain entries all land entries made in the Green Bay land district, in the land district con- State of Wisconsin, upon the odd-numbered sections of the Fox and Wisconsin River reservation, in said State, subsequent to the passage of an act entitled "An Act to grant a certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and connect the same by canal, in the Territory of Wisconsin," approved on the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be good and valid as though said act had not been passed: Provided, nevertheless, That the governor of said State is hereby authorized to select the same quantity of other lands in lieu thereof; subject, however, to the approval of the President of the United States. Proviso. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all similar entries made upon the even-numbered sections of said reservations be also declared to be as good and valid as though said reservation had not been made. Approved, March 2, 1849. Mar. 3, 1849. CHAP. 100.-An Act Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of Vol. 9, p. 354. June, eighteen hundred and fifty, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives for year ending of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Appropriations the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated out June 30, 1850. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, namely: mac River, $1,500. To enable the Secretary of War to execute the survey Survey of Potoand examination of the Potomac River, order by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the eighth August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, fifteen hundred dollars. CHAP. 102.-An Act Making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 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 of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty: Mar. 3, 1849. Vol. 9, p. 373. For repairs of sea-wall, St. Augustine, five thousand Sea wall. St dollars. * * Approved, March 3, 1849. * * Augustine, Fla. CHAP. 144.--An Act For the relief of James Moorehead. Mar. 3, 1849. of Treasury to ascer amount of damages incurred and losses sustained by James Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Secretary the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed and re-tain and pay quired to pay to James Moorehead, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amount as shall fully compensate and remunerate said Moorehead Moorehead for all damages and losses sustained by reason of the suspension of erecpension by the government of the erection of a dam in the tion of dam in Ohio, from a point on Wells Island to a point on the Vir on account of sus Ohio River. Secretary Treasury to ex ginia [] shore. But before any payment is made to said of Moorehead, the said Secretary shall cause the witnesses, amine testimony on the part of the said Moorehead, to be cross-examined, and take testimony on behalf of the government, should he deem it proper to do so [']. in case. Approved, March 3, 1849. June 5, 1850. CHAP. 17.-An Act To continue in force an Act therein men Vol. 9, p. 438. tioned, relating to the port of Baltimore. to continue in 3, 1861. 1800, c. 15. 1861, c. 11. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Act revived and the act passed the seventeenth day of March, one thouforce until Mar. sand eight hundred, entitled "An Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Act Jan. 19, Georgia," and which by subsequent acts has been revived and continued in force until the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be, and the same, so far as it relates to the act of the State of Maryland, is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers. Approved, June 5, 1850. Proviso. Sept. 30, 1850. for 1851. CHAP. 90.-An Act Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Appropriation the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fiftyone, namely: Miscellaneous. Survey of delta of For the topographical and hydrographical survey of the RiveMississippi Delta of the Mississippi, with such investigations as may lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of so deepening the passes at the mouth of the river as to allow ships of twenty feet draft to enter the same, fifty thousand dollars. The amount paid by the Treasury Department under this act was $651.76. |