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of aggressions committed by the Indians on the frontiers of Georgia and Florida, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and sixty dollars and sixty cents.

For defraying the expenses incidental to making examinations and surveys, authorized by, thirty thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, being balances of appropriations heretofore made, and transferred to the surplus fund, be, and the same are hereby, re-appropriated to the several objects hereinafter mentioned, to wit:

For opening a road from Memphis, in Tennessee, to Little Rock, in Arkansas territory, two thousand four hundred and seventy dollars eighteen cents.

For improving the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, forty-four thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars fifty-five cents.

For carrying into effect the treaty with the Choctaw nation of Indians, dated October eleventh, eighteen hundred and twenty, twenty-five thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars sixty-nine cents.

For rations to the Florida Indians, twenty-two thousand and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents.

For running the line of the land assigned to the Florida Indians, three hundred and thirty dollars and fifty-six cents.

. 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 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 salary, or pay 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; 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 2, 1827.

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, seventy thousand dollars. For fort Hamilton, at New Utrecht point, fifty-five thousand dollars. For fort Monroe, ninety thousand dollars. For fort Calhoun, fifty-five thousand dollars. For fort Macon at Bouge point, fifteen thousand dollars. For fort at Oak Island, twenty-five thousand dollars. For fort at Mobile point, seventy thousand dollars: For fort at Chef Menteur, thirty thousand dollars. For fort Jackson, eighty thousand dollars. For repairs and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars.

. 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