Delaware State reporter., 1854-09-01
BY AUTHORITY.
Laws OF THE UNITED STATES.
Public. No. 62.1

BE enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatiueS of the United States Of america u.
Congress assembled, That the following appro-
priations be, and the same are hereby, made and
directed to be paid out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable
the Secretary of the Treasury to carry the pro-
visions of this act into effect Proutded, howeper,
If good title to any land which it may be ne
cessary to use cannot be obtained on reasonable
terms, or the exclusive right to such land cannot
be acquired by cession when the interest of the
United States demands it, before the appropria-
ton 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
first meeting of the legislature, in any State
wherein such land may be situated subsequent
to the passage Of this act, to witt
MAINE 81
For rebuilding lighthouse and keepers dwell
ling on Petit Menan island, thirty-ive thousand
dollars.
For rebuilding lighthouse OH Bakers island,
five thousand dollars.
For rebuilding lighthouse on franklin island,
five thousand dollars. I'm
For procuring illuminating apparatus, and
completing lighthouse tower and buildings,
authorized to be built on Boone island, nineteen
thousand nine hundred and seventy three dol
lars.
For an iron bel-boat,to be stationed to mark
Alden's Rock, five thousand dollars.
For fog-signal, and dwelling for keeper, near
Manheigin lighthouse, three thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For harbor-lght on or near brcakwater at
Portland, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For completion of beacon on Buck ledge, Pc
Is G,,n i,
lars already appropriated, two thousand dollars.
For restoring the two other stone bcacons on
Penobscot river one thousand dollars.
For fog-signas on Mount Desert Rock and
NIatincus lighthouses, five thousand dollars.
For buoys for the waters on the coast of
Maine, viz: St. Croix river near the breakwater,
Portland, Maine, and for hcacons and buoys at
other important points in the St. Croix, Kenne-
beck, and Penobscot rivers ETC., two thousand
dollars.
For light on pier-head at Kennebunk harbor,
five hundred dollars.
For lighthouse to mark the eastern eXtremi-
ty to Edgemoggin Reach, to be placed upon such
point as may be determined, upon careful ex-
animation and survey, six thousand dollars.
For beacons to mark lodges in Castine harbor
Maine, five thousand dollars.
For beacon on ledge in st. CroiX river
about four miles below the town of Calais, ant
lighthouse upon Big island, at the mouth o.
St. Croix river, nine thousand dollars
For lighthouse on or near the Wldow's
island, at the eastern entrance OF Fox lslan6
thoroughfare, five thousand dollars
For o lighthouse at the entrance of the
thoroughfare at Isle au Haute, five thousand
dollars.
For a lighthouse on Southern island, at thu
entrance of Tenants harbor, in the town of st
George, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For a lighthouse at the entrance Of Winter
harbor, in Goldsburgh, four thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For the erection of two beacons in West Pas
samaquoddy bay, to mark the channel over tn,
bar at the western entrance, three Thousand
dollars.
For beacon on harbor ledge, spindle Of
Seal lodges, spindle on Ship Yard ledge,
spindle on Lowell's Rock, and buoy on Ran
Island ledge in Rockport harbor, Camden, 81,
thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Noddle's island, at tn
entrance to the harbor of Castine and Brooks
Vile, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For day-maTk or beacon on Trott's ledge
about one mile from the entrance to Castine an
Brooksville harbor, five hundred dollars.
For lighthouse at Dry Point on Lineken'
Neck, on the westerly side of the Damariscott
river, six thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Wood island, five thou
sand dollars.
MASSACHUSETTS.
For continuation of the work on foundation
and lighthouse buildings on the rocks calle
"Sow and Pigs" thirty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding lighthouse at Gay head an
fitting it with first-ordcr illuminating apparl
tus thirty thousand dollars.
That the sums appropriated March three
eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and Angus
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-two :" ft
iron spindIes on the Graves and Harding ledge
Bostor harbor," be applied to the procuring an
placing a bell and triangle beacons on thcS
points.
For the erection of lighthouse and keeper
dwelling on Egg Rock island, near Nahant, beir
the sum appropriated for this object Septemb
twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, ii'
thousand dollars.
For the removal of the lighthouse at Trur
skighlands,l Cape Cod, to proper site, and f
fitting the same with the most approved illum
mating apparatus, and to serve as substitute
three lights at Nansett beach, twenty-five tho
sand dollars.
For the preservation Of the eof Blingsga
ISLAND lighthouse, (Wellheet,) two thousar
dollars.
For rebuilding the lighthouse at Brant
Point, Nantucket, fifteen thousand dollars.
For large fog-bells for light'vessels, in Il
Vineyard sound, in exchange for the small on
now in use on board of these vessels, one tho
sand five hundred dollars
For four iron twelve-pounder guns and equi
ments for fog-signals on board of light-vessels
Vineyard sound, two thousand dollars
For iron buoys and buoy-boats for rapproach
to Boston bay and on Nantucket shoals, fl
thousand dollars.
For lighthouse and keepers house on
near the Point of Rocks" Westport, Mass
chusetts, five thousand dollars
For lighthouse on the spit situated at t
entrance of the Narrows, Boston harbor, iifte
thousand dollars.
For the erection of day-beacon, sixty fl
higli on "Point Alderton bar" on the sou
side of the entrance to Lighthouse cham
eighteen thousand dollars.
For placing buoys in the New Bedford COLI
tion district, on rock at the mouth of MonumC
river; on Bourne's fiat, at the turn Of the che
mel above Siah's Point one between the |;