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[PuBLio-No. 1871
AN ACT making appropriations Tor ngn'naous sh
ightboats, buoys, &C., and pro'iuihs io' .so
erection and establishment OF the same anu ior
other purposes.
R.1snnrfed bv the Senate and House Of Represenfd-
fines of the United States Of america IN congress as
sembled, That the following appropriations pe' ana
,b. .,me are hereby made, and directed to be paid
ont Of anv money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Urea
sury 10 carry the provisions OF this act into effect
pyovided ho,ceper, II good title to any land
which il may be necessary TO use cannot be obtain
ed on reasonable terms, or the exclusive right TO
such land cannot be acquired by cession. when the
appropriation would by law fall into the surplus
fund. in any and all such cases, the appropriations
shall be applicable to the objects for which they are
made at any time within two years after the hrst
meeting of the Legislature in any State wherein
such land may be situated, subsequent 10 the pass
age OF this act, to wit:
For buoys on Whites and Thorn's lodges and
on Pond Island reef. Mt the mouth OF kennebec
river three hundred dollars.
For Lighthouse on Pond Island, at the entrance
of Narraguagus bay, four thousand dollars
MASSACHUSETTS.
For a light boat the Shovel Full shoals, of
Chatham, twelve thousand hve hundred dollars.
For eleven buoys in the channel to Commercial
Point and Neponset river in Dorchester, one thou
sand dollars
For a lighthouse at the head of Holiness Hole
harbor, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For q beacon Fawn bar, near Deer Island,
Boston harbor, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For two iron spindles on the northeast ledge of
the Graves, and on Harding's ledge, Boston har-
Dor, two thousand dollars.
RHODE ISLAND.
For light-boat off Brinten's reef, fifteen thou
sand dollars
CONNECTICUT.
For a can buoy on Pea field reef, off Black Rock
harbor in Long Island Sound. in addition to. a
former appropriation the act of September .egh-
teen hundred and fifty, one hundred and thirty fve
dollars.
For a lighthouse on Flynn's knoll. near Sandy
Hook, thirty thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Horse Shoe reel, Niagara
river twenty-five thousand dollars, In auoluoh 10
the former appropriations
For lighthouse on the pier at the mouth OF So
dus bay, and the removal of the beacon-Eght on
said pier TO Grassy point, near Port Glasgow, ak
For lighthouse ON the northern extremity OF
GARDENERS Island. six thousand dollars.
For a beacon the Sand spit in the harbor OF
Sag harbor. seven hundred dollars.
For the completion of two beacons near Fort
Hamilton, two thousand dollars
For four spar buoys at Fire Island inlet, three
hundred dollars.
For lighthouse at Fishing Battery, Chesapeake
bay, five thousand dollars
For lighthouse on the Bodkin Shoal, mouth of
the Patapsco river in addition to the former apprO
priaton, seventeen thousand dollars When this |
is completed. the present light on Bodkin Point |
be discontinued.
NEW JERSEY.
For fog bell at the Newark lighthouse, two |
hundred and fifty dollars
For completion of the beacon in Passaic river,
four spar buoys in the same, spar buoy at Mill
Rock, and beacon at the corner stake near Eliza
BEETHOVEN Point, eight hundred dOllars.
NORTH CAROLINA.
For buoy on Middle Ground Shoal, Beaufort
harbor two hundred dollars.
For lighthouse on Beacon Island, six thousand
dollars.
For lightboat near Ocracoke Channel, fifteen |
thousand dollars.
For iron buoy on Diamond Shoal, off Cape |
Hatteras, eight hundred dollars.
For floating bell beacon on Cape Hatteras outer |
shoal, eight thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on the Upper letter, in Cape |
Fear river, including bridge from the shore to the
lighthouse, thirteen thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Rock Mouse Island, Lake |
Erie, FIVE thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Green Island, Lake Eric, five
For a beacon light on Cedar Point, as a range to
enter Sandusky bay, five hundred dollars
For buoys at the entrance of Port Clinton, Lake
Erie, two hundred and fifty dollars.
MICHIGAN.
sand dollars
For buoys at the entrance of Mosquito Harbor,
five hundred dollars.
For lighthouse and fog signal at Umpqua, fiji
teen thousand dollars.
For fog signals for the lighthouses at Cape Dis
appointment, Cape Flattery, and New Dunginness,
three thousand dollars.
CALIFORNIA.
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thousand dollars.
For lighthouse at Arkansas Pass, twelve thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For three lighthouses, of the third class, at Half
Moon shoal, Redfed bar, and at Choppers bar
Galveston bay, fifteen thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. -And be il further enacted, That if such
person as the Secretary of the Treasury shall de-
signate shal report, in any of the herein pro-
vided for, that preliminary surveys necessary
to determine the site of proposed lighthouse
nghtboat, beacon, or buoy, or to ascertain more |
fully what the public exigsncy demands, the Sec
rotary of the Treasury shall thereupon direct the
superintendent Of the survey OF the coast of the
United States to perform such duty the sea
board and the Colonel Of the corps of Topographic
cal Engineers to perform such duty on the North
western lakes.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officer
SO directed shall forthwith enter upon the discharge
of the duty, and, after fully asceriaining the facts
shall report First, whether the proposed facility
to navigation ID the most suitable for the exgency
WniCn exists, ana, second, wherc II should be
placed if the interests of commerce demand it;
third, if the thing proposed be not the suit
able, whether it IL expedient to make any other
kind Of Improvement; fourth, whether the pro-
posed light has any connection with other lights,
and II 80, whether it cannot be located as to
subservc both the general and the local wants of
trade and navigation; and fifth whether there be
any, and if any, what other facts Of Importance
touching the subject
SIC. And be it further enacted, That all such
reports shall, as speedily as may be, be laid before
the Secretary Of the Treasury, and if such as to
authorize the work without further legislation he
shall forthwith proceed with it, otherwise such re-
ports shall be laid before Congress at the
suing session; but in all cases where the person
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, un-
der the second section of this act. docs report
such preliminary examination expedient, the
provisions Of this act shall without delay be carried
IN TO execution.
sac 5. And be nttuther enacted That the salary of