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and twenty-three, to the twenty-third of June, one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-four, nine hundred and fifty dollars, being the amountof the surplus of the appropriation for the fourth auditor’s salary for theyear one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby ap-propriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwiseappropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated by thisact shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrearsto the United States , until such person shall have accounted for, andpaid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided,also, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extendto balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes receivedby such person to be expended in the public service; but in all caseswhere the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of thisact, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by theparty, his agent, or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Trea-sury Department , the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the saidagent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced againstsuch delinquent and his sureties.

Approved, March 14, 1826.

Chap. XIV.— An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the

United States , for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and for other

purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For fortifications, to eachspecifically, as follows:

For fort Adams, at Brenton’s Point, one hundred thousand dollars.

For fort Hamilton, at New Utrect [Utrecht ] Point, seventy-five thou-sand dollars.

For fort Monroe, at Old Point Comfort, one hundred and fifteen thou-sand dollars.

For fort Calhoun, at the Rip Rap Shoal, eighty thousand dollars.

For the fort at Bogue Point, North Carolina , twenty-five thousanddollars.

For the fort at Oak Island, North Carolina , thirty thousand dollars.

For the fort at Mobile Point, ninety thousand dollars.

For the fort at Chef Menteur, eighty-five thousand dollars.

For fort Jackson, at Plaquemine Bend, ninety thousand dollars.

For the fort to be commenced at Bayou Bienvenu, Louisiana , ninetythousand dollars.

For repairs and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repair of fort Constitution, in Portsmouth Harbour, two thousandfive hundred dollars.

For the purchase of land, and the right of way on Throg’s Point, inLong Island Sound , seventeen thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums shall be paidout of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 14, 1826.

Chap. XV. — An Act to authorize the legislature of the slate cf Mississippi to ap-propriate the amount of the three per cent, fund, arising from the sales of pub-lic lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That three fifths of the five

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Money to bepaid from thetreasury.Proviso.

Proviso.

Statute I.March 14,1826.

[Obsolete.]

Specific ap-propriations forcertain fortifi-cations.

Fort Adams.Fort Hamil-ton.

Fort Monroe.

Fort Calhoun.

Fort at Boguepoint.

Oak island.

Mobile Point.

ChefMenteur.

Fort Jackson.

Fort atBayouBienvenu.

P.epairs, &c.

Fort Constitu-tion.

For the pur-chase of land,&c., on Throg’spoint.

Statute I.

March 14,1826.

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[Obsolete.]

Three fifthsof the five per