United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/10th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 15
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Chap. XV.—An Act making appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expense of deepening and extending to the river Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of Appropriation.completing the fortifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States and territories thereof, exclusive of the contemplated line of blocks and chains across the harbors of New York, there be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Canal of Carondelet, to be made under the direction of the President.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the canal of Carondelet, leading from Lake Ponchartrain, by way of the Bayou St. John, to the city of New Orleans, to be extended to the river Mississippi, and made sufficiently deep throughout to admit an easy and safe passage to gun boats, if, upon survey thereof, he shall be convinced that the same is practicable, and will conduce to the more effectual defence of said city; and that for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof, there be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.Appropriation.
Approved, February 10, 1809.