Black Lake (Holland) Harbor.

For the improvement of Black Lake harbor, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.

Grand River For the preservation of the harbor at the mouth of Grand River, Michigan, two thousand dollars.

(Grand Haven Harbor).

Clinton River.

St. Clair flats.

(Monroe Har

For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Clinton River, Michigan, five thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the navigation of the Saint Clair Flats, connecting the upper and lower lakes, twenty thousand dollars.

River Raisin For completing the improvement of the River Raisin harbor, Michigan, fourteen thousand dollars.

bor).

on Lake Michigan.

Steam dredge For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.

Sandusky Har

bor.

Black River (Lorain Harbor).

Cleveland.

Fairport, Ohio.

Ashtabula.

Erie, Pa.

Dunkirk.

Buffalo.

Steam dredge on Lake Erie.

Oak
Creek Harbor.

Orchard

Genesee River (Charlotte Harbor).

Little Bay.

Oswego.

Sodus

Steam dredge

For preserving the harbor of Sandusky city, and improving the same, fifteen thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Black River, on Lake Erie, Ohio, five thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, thirty thousand dollars.

For the further improvement of the harbor of Fairport, at the mouth of Grand River, Ohio, ten thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Ashtabula, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Erie, Pennsylvania, thirty thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Dunkirk, New York, thirty thousand dollars.

For repairing the sea-wall at the harbor of Buffalo, New York, fourteen thousand dollars.

For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Erie, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Oak Orchard Creek, Lake Ontario, New York, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

For continuing the removal of obstructions in the harbor at the mouth of the Genesee River, Lake Ontario, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Sodus Bay[], Lake Ontario, Cayuga county, New York, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Oswego, Lake Ontario, New York, forty thousand dollars. For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment, and dison Lake Ontario. charging scows for Lake Ontario, twenty thousand dollars. For a survey of the Rappahannock River, Virginia, three thousand dollars.

For a survey of Taunton River and New Bedford harbor, Massachusetts, three thousand dollars.

a Refers to Little Sodus Bay.

River.

For improving the Kennebeck River from the United, Kennebec States Arsenal wharf, in Augusta, Maine, to Lovejoy's Narrows, six thousand dollars.

For a survey of San Antonio River, Texas, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For surveys of the harbors at Sabine, Galveston, Paso Cavallo, Velasco, Brazos de Santiago, and Corpus Christi, and the rivers Sabine, Brazos, and Trinity, Texas, five thousand dollars.

For repairing the public works at Little Egg Harbor,
New Jersey, eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For a survey of East Pascagoula River, Mississippi, five,

thousand dollars.

For a survey of Providence harbor, Rhode Island, fifteen hundred dollars.

For a survey and examination of the falls of the Ohio River, by a board of topographical and civil engineers to be appointed by the Secretary of War, to report upon the expediency of an additional canal around said falls, and the comparative cost, advantages, and disadvantages of making such additional canal on the Kentucky and Indiana shores of said river respectively, and also the cost, advantages, and disadvantages of enlarging and extending the present canal so as to avoid the rocks at Sandy Island; retaining the present locks in their present condition, five thousand dollars.

San Antonio

River.

Harbors in

Texas.

Little Egg Har

East Pascagou-
Providence.

la River.

For the repair of the sea-wall at Marblehead, Massachu- Marblehead. setts, five hundred dollars.

For a survey of the harbor of Georgetown, South Caro-Georgetown, lina, three thousand dollars.

Shrewsbury

For a survey of Shrewsbury River, New Jersey, fifteen River. hundred dollars.

For repairing the piers at Kennebunk, Maine, seven Kennebunk, thousand five hundred dollars.

Maine.

For a breakwater at Owlshead harbor, or at Rockland Breakwater in harbor, in Maine, as the Department of War shall decide, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the further removal of obstructions and the improve- Dubuque. ment of the harbor of Dubuque, Iowa, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repairing the piers in Great Sodus Bay, New York, Great Sodus ten thousand dollars.

River.

For improving Cape Fear River at and below Wilming- Cape ton, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. For repairing the piers at Huron River harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing and repairing the breakwater at Burlington, Vermont, ten thousand dollars.

Fear

Huron River.

Burlington, Vt.

For repairing the piers at Conneaught, Ohio, ten thou-Conneaut, sand dollars.

Ohio.

For repairing the piers and for improving the harbor at Newcastle, Del. New Castle, Delaware, fifteen thousand dollars.

Bridgeport,

Conn.

St.Johns River,

Fla.

Ship canal across Florida.

Newark Bay.

across

Levee the San Diego.

Ogdensburg.

Steam dredge on Lake Champlain.

Miscellaneous.

Illinois rivers. 1860, c. 114.

For the further improvement of the harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the river Saint John, Florida, ten thousand dollars.

For the completion of the old line of survey, or new line, as may be deemed expedient, for a ship canal across the peninsula of Florida, twenty thousand dollars.

For a survey of the sand bars in Newark Bay, New Jersey, two thousand dollars.

For building a levee across the mouth of the river San Diego, in the State of California, to turn it into its former channel, into False Bay, thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.

For a survey of the harbor of Ogdensburg, New York, with reference to its improvement, three thousand dollars. For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment, and discharging scows for Lake Champlain, and improving the navigation thereof, twenty thousand dollars.

For connecting the waters of the Indian River, and Mosquito lagoon, at the Haulover, Florida, five thousand dollars.

For the repairs, preservation, and contingencies of the harbor works on the Atlantic coast, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and contingencies of harbors and rivers and to meet charges for transportation of officers and for fuel and quarters, the payment of which is no longer made by the Quartermaster's Department, and for extra allowance to meet extra expenses under the special direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars.

Tennessee and For the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River, fifty thousand dollars, in conformity with the estimates of the War Department of the thirteenth July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and for the improvement of the navigation of the Illinois River, the sum of thirty thousand dollars.

Waukegan, Ill. For the improvement of the harbor and breakwater at Waukegan, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars.

Georgia.

Surveys in That the Secretary of War cause to be examined and surveyed the rivers Savannah, from the city of Savannah, as high up as the city of Augusta, the Ockmulgee up to Macon, and the Flint up to Albany, and the Chattahoochee up to Columbus, in the State of Georgia, and to report to Congress the amount of money which may remove any obstructions to navigation, and that the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated for that purpose.

St. Augustine.

For filling in behind the United States sea-wall in the harbor of St. Augustine, Florida, with earth, three thousand dollars.

Approved, August 30, 1852.

CHAP. 110.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

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, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree.

Aug. 31, 1852. Vol. 10, p. 105.

Survey of Mississippi Delta.

For continuing the topographical and hydrographical 1854, c. 267. survey of the Delta of the Mississippi, with such investigations as may lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, fifty thousand dollars."

[No. 3.] A Resolution Explanatory of the Act appropriating money for the removal of the raft of Red River.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, as relates to Red River, be so construed as to authorize the Secretary of War to award the contract for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of said river occasioned by the Raft, to the person or persons who, for the amount of the appropriation, will agree to remove said obstructions, and keep said navigation free from the same for the longest period of time; said contract to be awarded after reasonable public notice.

Approved, January 7, 1853.

Jan. 7, 1853.

Vol. 10, p. 260.

Removal of Red 1852, c. 104. 1854, c. 267, §5.

River raft.

Jan. 20, 1853.

[No. 8.] A Resolution Explanatory of the appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Sekonk River and harbor of Providence, Vol. 10, p. 261. Rhode Island.

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structions in See(Paw

tucket) River.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Removal of obclause in the "Act making appropriations for the improve- konk ment of certain harbors and rivers," approved thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, making an appro- Act Aug. 30, priation for removing a rock near the mouth of the Sekonk 1852, c. 104. River[], harbor of Providence, Rhode Island," be construed to authorize the removal of any rock or other obstructions at the crook or the entrance or mouth of Sekonk River, harbor of Providence, and State of Rhode Island. Approved, January 20, 1853.

The records of this office credit the appropriation for this item to Providence River.

Mar. 3, 1853.

CHAP. 96.-An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations Vol. 10, p. 181. for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

Genesee River (Charlotte Har

bor).

Cleveland.

Buffalo Creek.

Ashtabula.

Milwaukee.

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 supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:

For improvement of the Genesee River, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and ten cents.

For removing obstructions at harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, one hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty-nine cents. For sea-wall at Buffalo Creek, three hundred and forty nine dollars and five cents.

For harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio, forty-two dollars and sixty-four cents.

For harbor at Milwaukie, Wisconsin, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-four cents.

Mar. 3, 1853.

CHAP. 97.-An Act Making appropriations for the civil and dipVol. 10, p. 189. lomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

Survey of com

munication be

ron and the falls of St. Marys River, Mich.

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 are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, namely:

For continuing the survey of the northern and northtween Lake Hu- Western lakes, including Lake Superior, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a survey of so much of the communication between Lake Huron and the Sault Ste. Marie as may be necessary to ascertain what part thereof requires to be deepened, shall be made without delay, and plans and estimates of the nature and expense of the work shall be laid before Congress at its next session.