The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-04-27

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Bay off Jcnifor's Quarter" Matthias
Point" and "Dents Shoal," five hundred
and sixty dollars
For small light at "Stingery Point
Rappahannock, two hundred and fifty
dollars;
For beacon at MAYORS Hole, Rap
pahanuook one hundred and fifty dol
lars
For twelve buoys for Rappahannock
river, six hundred dollars.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
For six large iron buoys for Charles
ton bar and channels, three thousand
dollars
For a large bell buoy for the entrance
over Charleston bar, five thousand dol
lars
For a buoy to be placed on Middle
Ground shoal, Charleston harbor, five
hundred dollars
For light vessel to be placed on Rat
tlosnake shoal, twenty thousand dollars;
For building beacon on Morris Island
Charleston harbor, three thousand dol
lars
For changing the present lighthouse
at Capo Roman into first class sea-
coast light, by clevating improving and
reftting the same with the most approv-
ed illuminating apparatus, twenty thou
sand dollars.
FLORIDA
For an iron pile lighthouse to take
the place of the light vessel stationed
near Key West, twelve thousand dol
lars
For making permanent the signals
placed by the Coast Survey along the
Florida, reef, ten thousand dollars
For the erection of first class light
house aud fitting the same with first
order Illuminating apparatus near Jupi-
ter inlet, thirty-fve thousand dollars,
ALABAMA.
For beacon to mark a shoal in Mo
bile bay channel, caused by wreck, five
hundred dollars
LOUISIANA.
For largest class iron buoys, to mark
the approaches to the principal passes at
the mouth of Mississippi river, three
thousand dollars
Towards the erection Of first class
lighthouse as substitute for the light
vessel at ship shoal," to be located at
Ship shoal," or Raccoon Point, as may
be determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, after the survey of that local
ity authorized by the act of thirty y-frst
August, eighteen hundred and ffty-two.
shall be completed, twenty-thousand
dollars.
For third class iron buoys to be plac-
ed at . Brazos Santiago bar" mouth of
- Grand River bar" and the entrance to
Matagorda bay, two thousand dollars ;
For first class Lighthouse at the
mouth of the Sabine river thirty thou
sand dollars.
CALIFORNIA
For buoy 10 mark Commission
ledge, in Mare Island straits, iiyo hun
drcd dollars;
For buoy to mark d" Middle Ground, ,"
in Sursiou bay, five hundred dollars
For largest class buoy, to mark en-
trance to bar at San Francisco, eight
hundred dollars
For buoys to mark the channel of the
Sacramento river, two thousand dollars
For buoys for Humboldt harbor, five
hundred dollars
For buoys for Umpqua, five hundred
dollars
For second class lighthouse at Point
Boneta, San Francisco bay, twenty-five
thousand dollars
For the erection of lighthouse in
San Pedro bay, ten thousand dollars,
OREGON.
For additional buoys at Columbia
river, one thousand five hundred dollars;
TO test the adaptation of Iabez
Stones patent buoy, as guide to river
and other narrow channels. two hundred
and fifty dollars
To enable the Lighthouse Board to
procure the necessary machinery, and
test practically the plan for distinguish
ing lights by occulation, submitted by
Charles Babbage, Esq, and which was
communicated to Congress ut its last
session, five thousand dollars;
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted,
That the sum of three thousand five hun
dred dollars, appropriated by the first
section of the act Of eighteen hundred
and fifty two, chapter one hundred and
twelve, to the erection of harbor light
on point of land lying west of the en-
, trance of Bucks harbor, in Brooksville,
may be applied to the erection of a har-
Dor light ON the northern extremely of
Pumpkin Island, in conformity 20 the
) recommendation Of the Coast Survey.
See g. And be it further enacted,
That the location of the two beacon
lights, authorized by tho act of eighteen
hundred and fifty-one, to be placed near
Fort Hamilton, be changed to the other
end of the range limo of the main chau-
mel, on the New Jersey shore.
See L. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hsreby authorized to select, instead of
the outer " Minot Ledge" any more
suitable site amongst the Cohasset rocks,
at the entrance of Boston harbor, on
which to erect the lighthouse authori.
zed by the first section of the act of
eighteen hundred and fifty 1.-TWO, chapter
one hundred and twelve, if in his judg-
ment, and on further surveys, if necessa-
ry, any more suitable site can be found.