TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.73. 1828.
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the direction of the President of the United States , to accomplish theobjects hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say:
For removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of Merimack riverin the state of Massachusetts , by erecting piers, or other works, thirty-two thousand one hundred dollars.
For the preservation of Deer island, in Boston harbour, in the state ofMassachusetts , eighty-seven thousand dollars.
Towards erecting piers,or other works, at or near Stonington harbour,in the state of Connecticut , for the purpose of making the same a goodand secure harbour, twenty thousand dollars.
For repairing the public piers at Port Penn, Marcus Hook, and fortMifflin, four thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars.
For purchasing a dredging machine, to be worked by steam, and em-ploying the same for the removal of the shoals forming obstructions tothe navigation near Ocracock Inlet, in the state of North Carolina, twentythousand dollars.
Towards removing the sand bar at or near the mouth of Black river,in the state of Ohio , by the erection of piers, or other works, seven thou-sand five hundred dollars.
For removing obstructions in the Apalachicola river , in the territory ofFlorida , three thousand dollars.
For improving the navigation of Red river, through, or around, thatpart of it called the Raft, situated in Louisiana and Arkansas , twenty-fivethousand dollars, three thousand dollars in addition to a former appropri-ation for clearing out and deepening the harbour of Sackett’s Harbour.
For making a survey of the harbour of Nantucket, and the passageleading to it, and an estimate of the cost of improving and making theharbour a good and secure one, three hundred dollars.
For making a survey of Genessee river and harbour, in the state ofNew York , and estimates of the cost for improving the same, three hun-dred dollars.
For surveying the mouth of Sandy creek, which discharges itself intoMexico bay, on Lake Ontario, in the state of New York , for the purposeof constructing a harbour at that place, and ascertaining the cost of thesame, three hundred dollars.
For making a survey and examination of the southern shore of LakeOntario, in the state of New York, between Genessee and Oswego rivers,with a view to the improvement of the most accessible and commodiousharbours on the frontier, by erecting piers, or other works, and estimates ofthe costs of the same, four hundred dollars.
For deepening the channel through th epass au Heron, near the Bayof Mobile, eighteen thousand dollars.
For deepening the channel at the mouth of Pascagoula river , seventeenthousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum before appropriatedfor that object.
For surveying the obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash river,between its mouth and Eel river, five hundred dollars.
Towards improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers,the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
For removing obstructions in the Berwick branch of the Piscataquariver, eight thousand dollars.
For deepening the inland passage, or present channel, for navigationbetween the St. John’s river in Florida , and St. Mary’s harbour, in Geor-gia, the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For a survey of the river and harbour of St. Marks, in Florida , with aview to the practicability and expense of deepening the same, the sum offive hundred dollars.
For erecting a pier and a beacon thereon, at or near a ledge of rockscalled Allen’s rocks, in Warren river, the sum of four thousand dollars.
Approved, May 23, 1828.
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For removingthe sand bar,&c.
Preservationof Deer island.
Piers nearStonington har-bour.
Repairingpiers at PortPenn, &c.
Purchasing adredging ma- «chine, &c.
Removing thesand bar inBlack river.
Obstructionsin Apalachicolariver .
Improvingthe navigationof Red river,&c.
A survey ofthe harbour ofNantucket, &c.
Survey ofGenessee river,&c.
Surveying themouth of SandyCreek, &c.
Deepeningthe pass au He-ron.
Deepening
river.
Obstructionsin the Wabash river.
Removing
obstructions.
Deepeningthe channel inSt. Mary’s har-bour, &c.
Survey of theriver St. Marks.
Erecting apier, &c. at Al-len’s rocks.
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