United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/10th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 60
Chap. LX.—An Act to authorize and empower the President of the United States to exchange certain lands, for other lands more suitable for fortification.
Exchange of lands for fortifications in Portland.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered, to cause the lands in Portland, whereon the fort and battery now stand, and the lands at Ocracock and Old Topsail inlets, in North Carolina, acquired with a view to erecting fortifications, to be exchanged for other lands more suitable for fortification, and the protection of Portland, in the district of Maine, and Ocracock, and Old Topsail inlet, in North Carolina.
Approved, April 25, 1808.