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and twenty-three, to the twenty-third of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, nine hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount of the surplus of the appropriation for the fourth auditor’s salary for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.

. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated by this act shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrears to the United States, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided, also, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extend to balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes received by such person to be expended in the public service; but in all cases where the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of this act, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, his agent, or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury Department, the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the said agent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against such delinquent and his sureties.

, March 14, 1826.

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:

For fort Adams, at Brenton’s Point, one hundred thousand dollars.

Fort fort Hamilton, at New Utrect [Utrecht] Point, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For fort Monroe, at Old Point Comfort, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

For fort Calhoun, at the Rip Rap Shoal, eighty thousand dollars.

For the fort at Bogue Point, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the fort at Oak Island, North Carolina, thirty thousand dollars.

For the fort at Mobile Point, ninety thousand dollars.

For the fort at Chef Menteur, eighty-five thousand dollars.

For fort Jackson, at Plaquemine Bend, ninety thousand dollars.

For the fort to be commenced at Bayou Bienvenu, Louisiana, ninety thousand dollars.

For repairs and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repair of fort Constitution, in Portsmouth Harbour, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For the purchase of land, and the right of way on Throg’s Point, in Long Island Sound, seventeen thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the said sums shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

, March 14, 1826.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That three fifths of the five