MATERIALS ON HAND. Six inch coping for three towers and one curtain, well worked and fit for laying, 3,930 cubic feet at 75 cts. per foot, is 500 loads of building stone, at $1 per load, Value of land, 494 acres, at $ 400 per acre, Labor, as per account books, Timber Block house within Fort Tompkins, Well in Fort Tompkins, 142 feet deep at $ 4 per foot Sum total, 8358,861 55 An Inventory of the ordnance and munitions of war, the property of the State of New York, at the Fortifications on Staten Island, taken in the month of December, 1825. 25 Iron 32 pounder ordnance, } mounted, 2 do. 24 42 do. 24 1 do. 32 do. do. } dismounted. I certify the above to be a true inventory of the property belonging to the State of New York, at the fortifications on Staten Island, taken December 20th, 1825. ALEXANDER M. MUIR, A Memorandum of Ordnance, &c. belonging to the State of New York, deposited in Fort Columbus, Governor's Island. 13 Iron 32 pounders ordnance, with carriage, &c. complete. Dated New York, December 20th. 1825. ALEXANDER M. MUIR. Commissary General, S. N. Y. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 17, 1826. SIR: In obedience to your instructions, I have examined the estimate of the cost of the fortifications on Staten Island, and of the lands connected with them, furnished by the Agent of the State of New York, in compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 18th of November, 1825, addressed to John D. Hammond, Esq. at that time the Agent, which fortifications the State of New York had offered to transfer to the United States, under acts of the Legislature, passed in February and March, 1818, copies of which are enclosed; and I find only a general estimate of their actual cost, which, exclusive of ordnance, amounts to $558,861 55. If it is the intention of the Government to pay for these works at their real cost, the accompanying statement from the books of the Commissioners of Fortifications must be received as the evidence of their cost; but if the works and lands attached to them are to be paid for at their present value, it would be proper that the Department should ascertain their real value, by actual admeasurement of the walls, and an estimate founded on the present price of materials and workmanship, and of the lands, which would require considerable time, and could not be effected before the adjournment of the present Congress. The works, with some modifications, come within the plans projected by the Board of Engineers for the permanent defence of the harbor of New York, and they ought, in my opinion, with the lands, to be acquired by the United States. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedt. servant, ALEXANDER MACOMB, Cdief Eng. Hon. JAMES BARBOUR, Secretary of War. AN ACT respecting the settlement of the demands of this State against the United States, and for other purposes. Passed, February 10, 1818. I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the person administering the Government of this State is hereby authorized to appoint an Agent, with full power to adjust and settle the demands of this State against the United States. II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the person administering the Government of this State, to institute a negotiation with the Government of the United States, for the sale of the fortifications and buildings belonging to this State at the Narrows, on Staten Island, and the lands connected therewith, and to report the same to the Legislature for their consideration. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Agent shall obey such instructions as he shall receive, from time to time, from the person administering the Government of this State, in relation to the powers given him by this act, and shall also perform such further services as shall be enjoined on him by the person administering the Government as aforesaid for the attainment of the objects contemplated by the next preceding section. AN ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act respecting the settlement of the demands of this State against the United States, and for other purposes." Passed, March 19, 1818. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the person administering the Government of this State is hereby further authorized to institute a negotiation with the Government of the United States, for the sale of the ordnance and other apparatus belonging to, or connected with, the fortifications belonging to this State, at the Narrows, on Staten Island, and to report the same to the Legislature, at the next session, for their consideration. I certify the preceding to be a true copy of an original act of the Legislature of this State on file in this office. ARCHD. CAMPBELL, Dep. Secretary. ALBANY, March 19, 1818. 2d Session. Executive. IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN FROM AMERICAN VESSELS. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, RELATING TO THE IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN FROM ON BOARD AMERICAN VESSELS, SINCE 18TH FEBRUARY 1815. JANUARY 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. WASHINGTON: PRINTED BY GALES & SEATON. |