Public Law 24–CCLIX

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 be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, viz:

For continuing the Delaware breakwater, one hundred thousand

Delaware breakwater.

dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, Illinois,

For Chicago, Illinois.

thirty-two thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of Big Sodus bay, twelve thousand

Big Sodus bay.

six hundred dollars.

For the continuation of the works for the preservation of the beach

Provincetown, Mass.

at Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, four thousand four hundred dollars.

For the continuation of the works for the preservation of Plymouth

Plymouth beach.

beach, Massachusetts, five hundred dollars.

TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 259. 1836.

Mouth of river Raisin.

For the continuation of the works at the harbor near the mouth of the river Raisin, Michigan Territory, fifteen thousand dollars.

Black river, Ohio.

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Black river, Ohio, six thousand six hundred and sixty dollars,

Cleaveland harbor.

For continuing the permanent improvement of Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.

Grand river, Ohio.

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Grand river, Ohio, six thousand dollars.

Cunningham creek.

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Conneaut creek.

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Conneaut creek, Ohio, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Fresque Isle.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, according to Colonel Totten’s recommendation, fifteen thousand dollars.

Dunkirk, N.Y.

For continuing the improvement at Dunkirk harbor, New York, eleven thousand dollars.

Dredging machine.

For a dredging machine on Lake Erie, eight thousand dollars.

Mouth of Genesee river.

For continuing the works at the mouth of Genesee river, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

Oswego harbor.

For continuing the pier and mole at Oswego harbor, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

Kennebunk.

For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, Maine, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Hudson river.

For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, above and below Albany, in the State of New York, one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended according to the plan and estimate recommended by the Secretary of War.

Newcastle, Del.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of New Castle, Delaware, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Ocracock inlet.

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ocracock inlet, North Carolina, nine thousand dollars.

Cape Fear river.

For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.

Ohio river.

For the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, between Pittsburg and the falls of the Ohio, twenty thousand dollars, which, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose

1835, ch. 36.

by the act of the third of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-five, shall be expended by direction of the Secretary of War, under the superintendence of the officers of the engineer corps heretofore employed on that service.

Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

For the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Louisville to New Orleans, sixty thousand dollars.

Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

For the improvement of the Mississippi river above the mouth of the Ohio river, and for the Missouri river, forty thousand dollars, to be expended in such manner and for the removal of such obstructions as the Secretary of War shall direct.

Red river.

For continuing the removal of obstructions in Red river, Louisiana, and Territory of Arkansas, forty thousand eight hundred dollars.

Boat, and working it.

For constructing a boat to prevent a new accumulation of obstruction in said river, within the old limits of the Great Raft, so called, fifteen thousand dollars, and the additional sum of fifteen thousand dollars to work and support the same.

Cumberland river, Ky.

For continuing the improvement of the Cumberland river, in Kentucky and Tennessee, twenty thousand dollars.

Chipola river, Florida.

For continuing the removal of obstructions in the Chipola river, in the Territory of Florida, four thousand dollars.

Channel between St. Mary’s and St. John’s.

For completing the inland channel between St. Mary’s and St. John’s, in the Territory of Florida, in addition to unexpended appropriations TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 260, 261. 1836.according to the estimate of the Engineer Department, five thousand dollars.

For continuing the removal of obstructions in, and improving the

Escambia river.

navigation of, the Escambia river, in the Territory of Florida, five thousand five hundred dollars.

For further improvements at the mouth of Huron river, in the State of

Huron river.

Ohio, four thousand three hundred dollars.

And the following sums, necessary to close accounts, in the office of

To close accounts in the Third Auditor’s office.

the Third Auditor, viz.

For removing obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, thirty-two

Cunningham creek.

dollars and thirty-six cents.

For completing the pier at La Plaisance bay, Michigan Territory,

Michigan Territory.

three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifteen cents.

For removing obstructions at Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, six dollars

Cleaveland, Ohio.

and fifty-nine cents.

For repairing breach in the peninsula at Presque Isle, one hundred

Presque Isle.

and twenty-two dollars and eighty cents.

For erecting a beacon light at Erie, Pennsylvania, sixty-nine dollars

Erie, Pennsylvania.

and sixty-nine cents.

For erecting a light-house at Buffalo, New York, four hundred and

Buffalo, New York.

ninety-four dollars and seventy-eight cents.

For improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers

Ohio and Mississippi.

from Pittsburg to New Orleans, under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars and five cents.

For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and

Geological and mineralogical surveys.

surveys, under the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, of which sum five thousand dollars shall be appropriated and applied to geological and mineralogical surveys and researches in

1824, ch. 46.

the Indian country on the public lands and in the Territories of the United States, thirty thousand dollars.