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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.37,38. 1844.
Troops to beemployed to aidthe work.
Contingent
expenses.
Statute I.June 3, 1844.
Maps andcharts may bedisposed of,&c.
Copies to bepresented to fo-reign govern-ments, &c.
Statute X.June 4, 1844.
For repairs of Fort Pike, and preservation of sites, Rigolets, Louisi-ana , eleven thousand dollars;
For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louisiana , five thou-sand dollars;
For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre Island, Barrataria bay, Louisiana ,forty thousand dollars;
For the public buildings at Fort Smith, Arkansas , the sum of thirtythousand dollars;
For the construction of suitable barracks and defences, at Fort Gib-son, in addition to the former appropriation for that purpose, fifteenthousand dollars;
For completing the public buildings at Fort Towson, on the Kiame-che, six thousand dollars;
Provided —That the said appropriations shall be applied in the firstinstance to the completion of the barracks, quarters, and other needfulbuildings, which may have been commenced or are in progress of con-struction at the said Western posts : and the Secretary of War is herebyrequired to take all proper measures to effect that object by the employ-ment of such of the United States troops as may be stationed there, inaid of said appropriations.
For contingent expenses of fortifications, being part of the sum oftwo balances which were subject to revert to the surplus fund on thethirty-first of December last; namely, the balance of fifteen thousandfour hundred and eighty-seven dollars and seven cents remaining of ap-propriations for “ contingencies of fortifications,” and the balance oftwelve thousand three hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents re-maining of appropriation for “ incidental expenses attending repairs offortifications,” twenty-five thousand one hundred and seventy-two dol-lars and twenty-eight cents.
Approved, May 31, 1844.
Chap. XXXVII. — An Act directing a disposition of the maps and charts of theSurvey of the Coast.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ofthe Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to dispose of the mapsand charts of the survey of the coast of the United States at such pricesand under such regulations as may from time to time be fixed by thesaid Secretary; and that a number of copies of each sheet, not to ex-ceed three hundred, be presented to such foreign governments, and de-partments of our own government, and literary and scientific associa-tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.
Approved, June 3, 1844.
(?hap. XXXVIII. — An Act to alter the places of holding the District Court of theUnited States for the District of New Jersey , (a)
Be it enacted, by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the district court of theUnited States, in and for the district of New Jersey , shall hereafter beheld at the city of Trenton, in said State, instead of the cities of NewBrunswick and Burlington, the places heretofore established by law.And all indictments, informations, recognizances, writs, suits, pleas,actions, motions, and all other proceedings, civil and criminal, shall beheard, tried, proceeded with, and determined by the said court at thesaid city of Trenton , in the same manner as might and ought to have