United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 15
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XV.—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Specific appropriations for certain fortifications.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit: For fortifications, to each specifically, as follows:
Brenton’s point.For Brenton’s Point, sixty thousand dollars.
Utrecht point.For New Utrecht Point, forty thousand dollars.
Fort Delaware.For fort Delaware, seventy-one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents.
Fort Monroe.For fort Monroe, one hundred thousand dollars.
Fort Calhoun.For fort Calhoun, seventy thousand dollars.
Mobile Point.For the fort at Mobile Point, one hundred thousand dollars.
At Chef Menteur.For the fort at Chef Monteur, [Menteur] one hundred thousand dollars.
At Beaufort.For a fort at Beaufort, in North Carolina, thirty thousand dollars.
Cape Fear.For forts at Cape Fear, fifty thousand dollars.
Repairs and contingencies.For repairs and contingencies, eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents.
For the preservation of the islands in Boston harbour.For the preservation of the islands in Boston harbour, necessary to the security of that place, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-six cents, Provided, however, That the right of soil of said islands shall be first vested in the United States.
Armament of new fortifications.For the armament of new fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.
Approved, March 2, 1825.