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. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to continue in office the architect of the capitol, as long as may be necessary for the execution of the work to be done upon the capitol under the first section of this act, at his present rate of compensation.

. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of public buildings annually make to Congress, at the commencement of the session, a report of the manner in which all appropriations for the public buildings and grounds have been applied—of the number of public lots sold or remaining unsold each year—of the condition of the public buildings and public grounds, and of the measures necessary to be taken for the preservation and care of the public property.

, March 3, 1829.

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 repairing the damages sustained by the piers under construction at the mouth of Oswego river, from a severe gale in October last, seven thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars.

For closing the breach made in the peninsula at Presque Isle bay, Pennsylvania, seven thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-five cents.

For completing the erection of piers at the mouth of Dunkirk harbour, in the state of New York, nine thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-five cents.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars and twenty-five cents.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Cunningham creek, Ohio, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars.

For improving Cleveland harbour, Ohio, twelve thousand one hundred and seventy-nine dollars.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Huron river, Ohio, five thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars.

For completing a pier at La Plaisance bay, Michigan territory, two thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars.

For continuing to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars.

For removing obstructions in the Savannah river, below the city of Savannah, in Georgia, being a balance of appropriations carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.

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

, March 3, 1829.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred