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New Londonharbor.

Fort Schuyler.

FortHamilton.

FortLafayette.

Fort Colum-bus.

Castle Wil-liam.

South battery,Gov’rs island.

Fort Monroe .

Bridge overMill creek.

Road.

Purchase ofland near FortMonroe.

Fort Calhoun,Fort Caswell.Fort Sumter.Fort Moultrie.Fort Pulaski.Fort on Fos-ter’s bank.

Fort Pickens.Ft. Barrancas.Fort Morgan.Fort Pike.Fort Wood.

Battery Bien-venue.

Tower Dupre,Fort Jackson.Ft. St. Philip.Ft. Livingston.

Contingencies.Incidental ex-penses.

Proviso.

TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.9S. 1S40.

For fortifications at New London harbor, twenty-five thousand dol-lars ;

For Fort Schuyler, eighty thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Hamilton, twenty thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Lafayette, five thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Columbus, one thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars;

For repairs of Castle William, five thousand seven hundred andthirty-five dollars;

For repairs of south battery, Governor’s island, three thousand fivehundred dollars ;

For repairs of Fort Monroe, fifty thousand dollars;

For rebuilding bridge over Mill creek, near Fort Monroe, five thou-sand dollars;

For repairs of road from Fort Monroe to said bridge, one thousanddollars;

For purchase of land in the vicinity of Fort Monroe, one thousanddollars;

For Fort Calhoun, fifty thousand dollars;

For Fort Caswell, six thousand dollars;

For Fort Sumter, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Moultrie, ten thousand dollars;

For Fort Pulaski, forty-four thousand dollars;

For Fort on Foster’s bank, Florida , fourteen thousand dollars;

For Fort Pickens, eight thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Barrancas, fifteen thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Morgan, ten thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Pike, five thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort Wood, three thousand five hundred and eightydollars;

For repairs of the battery Bienvenue, two thousand five hundred dol-lars ;

For repairs of Tower Dupre, four hundred dollars;

For repairs of Fort Jackson, twenty thousand dollars;

For repairs of Fort St, Philip, three thousand three hundred dollars;

For Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana , fifteen thousand dol-lars ;

For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars;

For incidental expenses attending repairs of fortifications, fifty thou-sand dollars. Provided , however, That in case of a disappointment inthe receipts of revenue from customs, or lands, or other sources, or of afailure to collect the debts due from the late deposite banks, or from theBank of the United States of Pennsylvania, so that the means of theTreasury shall not be sufficient to meet the ordinary calls for the ser-vice of the year, according to the appropriations made by Congress , andalso the expenses authorized by this act, the President of the UnitedStates shall be, and hereby is, authorized, upon ascertainment, at anytime, of these facts, from the Secretary of the Treasury, to direct thepostponement until after the close of the next session of Congress , oruntil Congress shall otherwise direct, of the whole, or such portion ofthe appropriations made by this act as the state of the Treasury shallseem to him to require; any order for postponement to be made alikeapplicable to each item of appropriation, so far as the state of facts, atthe time it is made, and a due regard to the public interests, will per-mit, and all contracts entered into in pursuance of these appropriationsto be made subject to the conditions of this proviso.

Approved, July 21, 1840.