Washington telegraph., 1851-01-15
For iixhs. house at the Port Of Marquette,

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thf-e mites east 6f th-1bo. gam rv:r, in the
Straits Of N ,cknaw, four tnoas .id d.aiars.
For a1ight- house at or near the mouth Of
Eagle river, f0ar1housahd dollars
For y ignt-i,o,se IA the solth shore of Lake
So,esi"r. at OnIanagun. hive thous. .nd dollars.
: Fur iiyh, house at Ottawa Point, in Sagi-
nav Bay, Eve thousand dollars.
For light house ON Beaver Leland, Lake
Michigan, Eve tho I.and 'io.tars.
IN WISCONSIN,.
For lighthouse Il the n ,ot., Of Twin rivers.
three Thousand Eve huudred dollars
For tght-huds- at Port Uiao, three thousand
five hundred dollars.
T---', IN TEXAS
For fight ho,s- aud b.ac"n-ght at Brasos
Santiago, f te.n Thousand uohars.
Fur u light. house al Bolivar Point, fifteen thou
sand doiIars
For f. light house at Matagorda Island, fifteen
thousand dollars.
IN FLORIDA.
For the erection oi 4 I,gnt Sea Horse Key,
ei.hI thousand dollars.
80 IN GEORGIA
For the purchase the siIm .l-light at the IA
Va nah RIVER, one hundred aud hty d"ars.
For dutnb b-acu to be erected,
Black Oyster Rock, the other sugar Loai, la
the river Savannah. four ihous md dollars.
IN LOUISIANA.
For a light -hous- al tn. head OF the
Southwest Pi-s Of the Mississippi river, fifteen
thousand dollars. AZ.
- IN CALIFORNIA.
For light house at Aica,ras land; for a light
house P0,ut C0ucep,'n. aud log sgnal; iOi
light -i,ouse Oh b ,t-ry Point entrance OF tue bay
Ui Sau Fran,sco; Tor a iig"t-'Ousc al San Diego;
tor liyht house anu io. sgual al Monterey;
for rghi house al the island o. FaraiUn-s, OH ,he
ilasbor oi San Fr,ncsco.ana tug.s gnal. and for
the liion, erection, anu piaciDs the SAME,
u s,i.l. ..,tf
IN OaEGON
For light house o" ape disappointment, al
the n, .ut., . Tue Cuis,nl.sa RIVER; ISLAND
OF Cape Fialrry, 81 the enhance oi the STRAITS
.. Fuc., aud one al n " Daus"nu IS; Twelve IRON
can baoys IA Coiu.nOla r,ver, ami the transporta-
t0u, ercciiou AMI piAc.n. -, tie sa'n- nifty tir~e
Thousand one hundred aud iory dollars
To authorize the S-crelary Of the Treasury 10
tesl the u.s., aud econoiny " the Calcium light, nsc
nd dollars.
For log signals a, the light houses on Execution
Rocks, Gui. Island, Long isiaai sound, Beaver
Tai Panl, KnoIe I-ano, aud On board the light
bv4. at Il ,llirtts Ke.i, LJns lsianu SQUAD; Two
thousand ive hundred dollars
For liie boats iOr rendering assistance 10 wreck
co mariners, anu "tuers. ou the coasts "f the
mited States, IL w rx r,euded under the CONTROL
xuu direction Of the Secretary Vi The Treasury.
ten thousand doiais
SEC. = Aad be 1t further enacted, That where
at the lighthouse oi MinOts ledge Is completed
aud ,u operation, The "ae at Scitua.e be tlerriorr
s,,euded during sucn tInt as tile que oa M'noi
ledge Is ,igntt d.
SEC g. iad be it further eadrted, That if such
per -on a the Srcrrtary vi tne Treasury snali
d-siguate shall IepOrt Ia any 0 the cases herein
provided for, that preliminary surveys are nrces-
s,ry to q, trrnl,ue III. site vi d proposed lisht-
house light uo,t b-acon or buoy. or 10 ascertain
more FUZZY what tine pubic rxg-ncy dem inis,t
nj Iftd hail Ne
Que or more officers tie Unted States revenue
service, " perform tie required duty
SEC. 1. And be it furtaer emactd, That any
officer $" appO,uted, snati iorihwth enter upon
ti,- discourage uf the duy, and alter iu!iy aScer-
tanning the fac;s, s,ali report; hIst, wethrr the
proposed facility 10 navigation Is tile m'st suitable
tor tile -xiyeucy whcn exists; and second, where
it should he placed Il tile iu,rr~sts oi commerce.
de,. aniea IL; t,rd. II tie th,ng proposed be not
the must able, whether 1t Is expeuent 10 make
ANY other k,nd Of improvements; iOurih. whether
tue propos-d iigt as amy cVHneA,ou WIN other
lights, aud ii 50, wl'-lier II can"ol he SO i":aied
as 10 subs-rv- botn gcneraa Aud tr local Waits
Oi trade xno navigatiUn; and hitn, whether tierr
be any, aud II a"y, what ot',er iacs VI Importance
touching The sibJecl.
SEC s. And 6~ 1t furth.r enacted. That all
such reports sh I'll, rs spe ed'iy as "a, he DE "'
bsIvre the Secret .ry ., tar Ir aSiry, aud It sdch
as to author z work without iurn-r ,-gis'tr'"
III
reports shall ,aid D-,or Coa.r IS. AT the "ex'
e.su,ny season; nut in all cases such rerson
as tne S-c.etaty of ih- Treasury shall dcs'anal.
does uol report such pre,im ntry exin'nat'o a.
~xp~di-lt, i- prv,>iots OF this act shall without
deiay be .:arr-d intU rAecuiiOn.
SEC 4. And be it further enacted. That here
after ali buuys along ,he coast, or IN bays. ha'bor>
sounds, or chanm-is, shall be cOlOr'o and mum
b-red, so that passing up the coast or sound, or
h.. hay hrt,, ar red rs
with even uuInurrs s..aiI ~ passed Oh the star
board hand, black buU.s with unrven numbers on
the port laud, aud huuys with red aud black
stripes on +ih tand Buuys ia chann-i ways
10 he COLO rd with alternate white and black per-
pemdIcular stripes.
SEC. I. Aud be it further enacted, That there
shall be allowed ~ coil. ctois, when acting as
sup-riml-n nd-uts Of h!hi -houses, bcacons, light
boats, and bu"ys, The sa,l- rate "t comnss'on on
the disbursement OF le :tOrrs iid apirop idtions,
as were allowed aud pat" tor Tie year ending
iUu,th March, eighteen hundred aud Ior,y niue:
PrOpided, That collector shall receive ,or his
services superintendent aforesaid, over Tie sum
oil Tour hundred doilar per anhunE Aud pr0ridrd
further, That the Seer Tar. oi the Treasury shall
assign 10 the cOl-ciprs the supertt ndrnce vi such
light. .hnus-~, b-ac"S, ligni- aud buoys as i'r
NAV indye best aud convenient Tor The public
iuter 81.
SEC 3. And be it further enacted. That there
be, and Irer~bv is. apfro,r,a, d the SUI" os one
hundred aud tiiy thousand dollars 10 purchase a
steamer to b. emp Dyed 10 thr coast survey upon
the Pacliic coast, ami us. II drenird -xpedrht )"
designating the s,lrs oi The several lighthouses
urJvEi-d Tor IN CaiiOinia.
see 9 And be 1T further enacted, That the
s,j.n vi twT ii,utsam d,Lus j. hereby appropriated
to ply the baianc- due to NJ Ia foni OF Par's'
for t.+. i,gh. at 5 :ne"ty Head. Nantucket.
Approved S-Ptenp r -, 1890
HENRy CLAY AND THE Boa rMsN.-W
take the following from the 81. Louis IN
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