In 1892, the legislature provided $500 for the surveying and plotting of the town. It also allocated funds for the education of 13 male students at Liberia College, one each from the Saint Paul’s River, Junk-Marshall, Careysburg and Robertsport and three each from Grand Bassa, Sinoe and Maryland.
In 1895, the secretary of war and navy was authorized to furnish Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount, and Careysburg, Monstserrado County [fifty Peabody rifles and fifteen thousand rounds of cartridges], Sinoe [one Gatling gun, two hundred Peabody rifles and twenty thousand rounds of cartridges] and Maryland [one Gatling gun, one hundred Peabody rifles and two thousand rounds of cartridges.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1892, pp. 4-5; 1892, p. 10; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1895, p. 9.
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