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documents in their said offices, on being paid for the same at the rate of six and one fourth cents for each hundred words.

Appropriations.Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

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March 3, 1825.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XCIII.—An Act to authorize the sale of unserviceable ordnance, arms, and military stores.

The President of the United States to cause to be sold any ordnance, &c., damaged to such a degree, as renders them useless to the public service.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be sold any ordnance, arms, ammunition or other military stores, or subsistence, or medical supplies, which, upon proper inspection or survey, shall appear to be damaged, or otherwise unsuitable for the public service, whenever, in his opinion, the sale of such unserviceable stores will be advantageous to the public service.

The inspection or survey to be made by an inspector general.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inspection or survey of the unserviceable stores shall be made by an inspector general, or such other officer or officers as the Secretary of War may appoint for that purpose; and the sales shall be made under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

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March 3, 1825.
Chap. XCV.—An Act authorizing the establishment of a navy yard and depot, on the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico.

The President of the United States authorized to select a site for a navy yard and depot, on the coast of Florida.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to select and purchase a site for a navy yard and depot, on the coast of Florida, in the gulf of Mexico, and to erect such buildings, and make such improvements thereon as he may judge necessary for the accommodation and supply of the United States’ vessels of war in that quarter; and that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for effecting that object, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

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March 3, 1825.
Chap. XCVI.—An Act to establish the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the state of New York, Bowdoinham, in the state of Maine, and Fairport, in the state of Ohio, ports of delivery, and to abolish Topsham as a port of delivery.

The cities of Hudson and Troy, in New York, &c. made ports of delivery.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the state of New York, Bowdoinham, in the district of Bath, in the state of Maine, and Fairport, in the district of Cuyahoga, in the state of Ohio, be, and the same are hereby, severally, made, a port of delivery.

The port of delivery at Topsham, in Maine, abolished.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the port of delivery established at Topsham, in the state of Maine, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.

Approved, March 3, 1825.