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year, twenty-five thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, thirty-three thousand dollars.

For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile point, Alabama, for the said half calendar year, eight thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, ten thousand dollars.

For repairs of Fort Dupre, Louisiana, for the said half calendar year, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louisiana, for the said half calendar year, ten thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, ten thousand dollars.

For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi river, Louisiana, for the said half calendar year, five thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, five thousand dollars.

For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre island, Barrataria bay, Louisiana, for the said half calendar year, twenty thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, thirty thousand dollars.

For repairing and rebuilding barracks at Fort Gibson at its present site, or in the vicinity thereof, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the completion of the works at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for the said half calendar year, twenty thousand dollars.

For completion of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, at Fort Atkinson, Turkey river, for the said half calendar year, six thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, appropriated by the act of Congress, approved ninth of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, for defensive works, barracks, and other necessary buildings, and purchase of a site for depot at or near the junction of the Mattawamkeag and Penobscot rivers, Maine, may be applied to the purchase of a site and commencement of defensive works at or near the Narrows of the Penobscot, Maine.

, March 3, 1843.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the town of Robbinston, in the State of Maine, shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Passamaquoddy, and shall be subject to the same regulations as other ports of delivery in the United States.

, March 3, 1843.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any ship or vessel laden with merchandise, in whole or in part, subject to duty, shall be, or shall have been, sunk in any river, harbor, bay, or waters, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and within its limits, and shall have remained so sunk for the period of two years, and shall be abandoned by the owners thereof, any person or persons who may raise such ship or vessel, shall be permitted to bring any merchandise recovered therefrom, into the port nearest to the place where said ship or vessel was so raised, free from the payment of any duty thereupon, and without being obliged to enter the same at the custom-house, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

, March 3, 1843.