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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be, and he hereby is, authorized to continue in office the architectof the capitol, as long as may be necessary for the execution of thework to be done upon the capitol under the first section of this act, athis present rate of compensation.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of publicbuildings annually make to Congress , at the commencement of thesession, a report of the manner in which all appropriations for the publicbuildings and grounds have been applied—of the number of public lotssold or remaining unsold each year—of the condition of the publicbuildings and public grounds, and of the measures necessary to be takenfor the preservation and care of the public property.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
Architect ofcapitol conti-nued, &c.
Commissionerpublic buildingsto make annualreport, &c.
Chap. LII.— An Act making additional appropriations for completing and repair-ing piers, for the improvement of certain harbours, and of the navigation of cer-tain rivers.
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 repaking the damages sustained by the piers under constructionat the mouth of Oswego river, from a severe gale in October last, seventhousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars.
For closing the breach made in the peninsula at Presque Isle bay,Pennsylvania , seven thousand three hundred and ninety dollars andtwenty-five cents.
For completing the erection of piers at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour,in the state of New York , nine thousand eight hundred and twelve dol-lars and seventy-five cents.
For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabulacreek, Ohio , six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars and twenty-five cents.
For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunning-ham creek, Ohio , two thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars.
For improving Cleveland harbour, Ohio , twelve thousand one hundredand seventy-nine dollars.
For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huronriver, Ohio , five thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars.
For completing a pier at La Plaisance bay, Michigan territory, twothousand three hundred and eighteen dollars.
For continuing to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars.
For removing obstructions in the Savannah river , below the city ofSavannah, in Georgia , being a balance of appropriations carried to thesurplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundredand twenty-eight, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, herebyappropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1829.
Chap. LIII.— An Act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred
Statute II.March 3,1829.[Obsolete.]
Piers at Os-wego river.
Repairs atPresque Islebay.
Dunkirk har-bour.
Ashtabula
creek.
Statute II.
March 3,1829.
Cumberlandroad, east of
(a) Acts passed relating to the Cumberland road, vol. ii. p. 357.