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or the United States vested in the corporations of said towns, or whichhave been set apart for churches or burying grounds by the lawsaforesaid, or by any ordinance of the corporate authorities of the saidcities.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the" title to the lot of groundin St. Augustine , known as the Old or Burnt Hospital lot, with all itsappurtenances, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the mayor of St.Augustine , and his successor for ever, in trust, for the purpose of erect-ing thereon, by the local authorities of St. Augustine , buildings neces-sary for the education of free white children of both sexes.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President shall cause thebuildings which may be selected for public purposes under this act, to berefitted and repaired fit for use, and the better to preserve them from ruinand dilapidation, for which purpose, the sum of five thousand dollars ishereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwiseappropriated.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates is hereby authorized to dispose of such part of the military reser-vations in the city of Detroit , and upon the river Rouge, in the territoryof Michigan , as in his opinion may not be wanted for the public service,and to vest the proceeds in the purchase or erection of a store-house andwharf in the said city of Detroit , and in the erection of an arsenal inthe vicinity thereof, either upon the public lands or upon a site to beprocured for that purpose.
Approved, June 28, 1832.
Chap. CLIII. —An Act making appropriations for certain internal improvementsfor the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums beappropriated for the purpose of making the improvements hereinafterenumerated, viz :
For removing obstructions to the navigation of Kennebeck river, atLovejoy’s Narrows, Maine , including a balance of former appropriations,of two thousand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixty-eighthundredths, carried to the surplus fund, two thousand six hundreddollars.
For repairing Plymouth Beach, Massachusetts , two thousand five hun-dred dollars.
For further protection and preservation of the Beach at Provincetown ,Massachusetts , four thousand six hundred dollars.
For deepening the channel through the Pass au Heron, Alabama ,being the balance of the appropriation of one thousand eight hundredand twenty-eight, carried to the surplus fund, first January, one thousandeight hundred and thirty-one, six thousand and fifty dollars.
For deepening the channel at Pascagoula river, being the balance ofthe appropriation of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, carriedto the surplus fund the first of January, one thousand eight hundred andthirty, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For improving the navigation of the Red river, Louisiana, and Arkan-sas , being the balance of the appropriation of one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-eight, carried to the surplus fund, two thousand sixhundred and twenty-eight dollars, and the further sum of twenty thou-sand dollars.
For carrying on the work of the Delaware breakwater , two hundredand seventy thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to pay Lucius W. Stockton the
Grant of lotwhereon toerect buildingsfor the purposesof education.
Buildings se-lected for pub-lic purposes tobe repaired, &c.
Appropriation.
Part of certainmilitary reserva-tions to be sold,and the pro-ceeds to be vest-ed in the pur-chase or erec-tion of a store-house, wharf,and arsenal. .
Statute I.July 3, 1832.[Obsolete.]Appropriations.