The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
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fPuLLIo-No. 56 Az Aer making appropriations tor light houses. Iighi-bodts bgoys, &e., and providing for the ton and establishment oi the same, and for other purposes.
 De il ehseicd Sy the s nate and House of Repre-. scniatives oi ihe Uniie,L States of America n Con- gFess assembled, fha; the following appropriations bs. and the satne hereby, made and directed to be pstd ou, oi any money in Ibe treasury hOi other wise appropriated, to enshie the Secretary 6i tie Treasury to cary the provisions of this act ino edeet; Proeided. koacepeT. If good title 70 any land . bieh it may be necessary to use cannot be obtained on reasonable terms, or the exclusive right 10 Atch land cannot be acquitted by cession, where the interest of line Upted StaieS demands it. before the appropriation would hy law fall iHlo tie surplus iHRd. in any and ali such cases the appropriations shall be applicable to the objects for which they are made. ct any timr within two years after the first meeting of the legislature subsequent to the passage cf this act, iI any State NkeTen any such land may he sit lated. 10 wit
 IS MAINE.
 For thirteen spar buoys aud three beaeons in Caseo bay, three thonsAiRi dollars.
 For fight-house at Giiksyis harkor, three thou. rand five hundred dollars.
 Fer lighthouse at Beauchamp point, or on the opposite side of the harbo, in the town of Camden, three thousand five hundred dollars.
 Fer fog bell al the chl.hoas m Libby . island, seven hundred and 6fty dollars.
 MASSACHUSETTS,.
 Tor screw pile beacon, or other practicable riructure, on the south shcal of Nantucket lately discovered by the survey of the coast, twenty-five thousand dollars, to expended under :he direction cs she Bureau ot fopcgTzphesl Engineers. For six large baoys sn the shoals of Nantucket enc thousand dollars.
 For iight.baat on Pollock Rip, ofr Chatham, t~eive thousand 6te tun:rss dosrs
 NEW YORK.
 For alght.boaton Horse Shoe reef, Niagara river, &nNA AArsr nFiA Aali .-ks house instead thereof i after the survey herein pro- vided for it shall be deemed more advisable twenty thousand dollars.
 For four spar buoyS, 10 mark the channel from the aforessi shosi 10 Bird Islahd, ,h,ee hundred dollars.
 For beacon on the southeast part of Romer shoai Iu the lower bsJ CT New York Ten thousand dollars For three spar buoys ln Ba;iernlk channel, two hundred doilais.
 For four additional srsr-bucys in the lower bay of New York, at such points may be de>igna,ed by the Secretary o the Treasury, four hundJed dol. lars.
 For ligh; house on the rOcks rt Bergen Point. five thousand collars.
 For i've spar baoys ct Thom's river, three hun. fred dollaTs.
 For i've spar buoys al B.rnegat inlet three hun Gred dellars
 For shgt-house at the mouth of the Passsic river. five thousand collars.
 For two buoys the east and wes: oyster beds ia Newaia bay. one hundred 6oiiars. Tor Lighthouse on the east point of Maurice river, Cumboralnd county, five tnousano cciiars To pEovsce surf boats, life cars, rockets, ear. Tonadss. liues, and other necessary apparatus for tho better preservation Of lie aud property from shpwreck along the coast of New Jersey, between Little Egg Hafbor aud Cape May, ten thousand collars, to be exPendec under the direction of suc ctcsr ot the revenue marine service may bs de. signated for that PaFpese by the Secretary of tine Treasury.
 DELAWARE.
 For the foundation and construction of \ lipht. house at the Delaware breakwater, ten thousand dollars
 MARYLAND.
 Tor two sPar huoys al the mouth of Chester river, one hundred and twenty doliaIs.
 1EXAS.
 For light-boat on Galveston bar, twelve thou. Uand five hun6rpd toilars. -- For light thouse at Sabine Pa,s, se-en thousand five hundred collars.
 ILLINOIS
 Fer the foundation and construction of q light. house al or near the end of the north pier at Chicago hfteen thousand dollars, 10 be expended under the direction of the Bureau of Typographical Engineers and the present light house within the city, and the beacon-ight en the pier, sha be discontinued from and after the completion oi the aforesaid lsht-ho For lsght-house at the mouth of Calumet river four thousand collars, to be expended under the oirsehon oi tae Bureau Of Typographical Engineers
 A.
 For buoys on and near the bar of Nassau river on the coasts oi Georgia and Florida in the neigh eorhood thereof, one lhonssnd dollars
 MICHIGAN
 For light house at the mouth of Muskecon rirer, three thousand five hundred dollars
 For light house Manitou island, Lake Superior. seven thousand five hu udreJ dolIars For lght.honse at Eagle harbor Lake Superior four thousand dollars.
 For floating bell al Stanard rock, Lake Supe- rior one thousand dollars
 Tor lght-hoase on Skilogalee rock Lake Michigan. four thousand GO lars
 For beacon light the pier at New Buffalo soren hundred and fifty dollars
 For Lighthouse at North Black river Lake Michigan, three thousand five hundred dollars. Tor providing rf-boats, iife- boats aud other means for the preservation of life and property shipwrecked the coast of the United States. ten thousand dollars to be expended under the control and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury ose.2 Andbe 1t further enacted, That If te Fifth Auditor shall report in any of the cases herein pro vded Tor, that preliminary surveys are necessary to Cetermtne The site o proposed light house or light boat, or to ascertain fully what tine puhiic exigsncy demands, the Secretary of the Navy shail thereapsn, appoint more officers of the navy not under the grade or comufaider t5 perform, he required service; when the expenditure is to he made andcr the direction Os the Bureau of Topo- graphical Engineers, the Secretary of War snail apPoat oae or more officers of the corps of tOpo- graphical engineers possessing the requisite sk M and rnpeiienoe to perform the like service See, 2. sd be il further enacted That any officer so appointed shall forthwith enter upon the dis. charge as t" daty. and after fully ascertainIne the facts. shall report. first, whether the proposed facility to navigation is the mos, suitable for the exgaucy which exists; and second, where i should bc placed fl the ipterests of commerce demand il; thir, II the thing proposed be not lr most suitable whether t k expedisu to make any ot.ier kind of improvement; fourth, whether the proposed light has any connection win other lights, and if SO whether Il cannot be so Iecated to subsetye both Inc general and the local want Of Urn e aud naviga tion; and fifth, whether there be any, and If any what other iacia d importance touching the sabiect Sec 4. And be Il further eaac,cd, That all such reports shall, as speedily may b., be laid before tie s~c<siary ot ths Treasury, and if sach as to aathersze ths @ofl without farther legislation. he shall foTihwith proceed with ii, o,herw ise such