Delaware State reporter., 1854-09-01
DOVER FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER l. 1854

cut" when it shall be completed, one thousand
dollars.
For lighthouse at Fond du Lac, at the head
of Lake Winnebago, ten thousand dollars.
CALIFORNIA.
For harbor-light at the town of Santa Cruz,
bay of Monterey, or on Punta Ano Nueya, ten
thousand dollars.
For harbor-light at Santa Barbara, ten thou
sand dollars.
For lighthouse on or near Point Lobos, to
mark the entrance to San Francisco bay, twenty
five thousand dollars.
For lighthouse on Punta de los Reyes,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
OREGON TERRITORY.
For lighthouse at Umpqua, in addition to
the appropriation for that object, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and filty-one, ten thou
sand dollars
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
For alght-house on Blunt's or Smiths island,
in the Straits Of Fuca, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For lighthouse on Cape Shoalwater, at the
entrance to the bay of that name, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For the two lighthouses at Cape Flattery and
New Dungeness, authorized by act of Congress
approved September twenty eighth, eighteen
hundred and fifty, in addition to any balance that
may remain in the treasury of that appropriation
after the completion of the light at Cape Disap-
poinment thirty-nne thousand dollars.
For buoys for the harhor and entrance to New
Dungeness and for the anchorages on the coast
of Puget's Sound, five thousand dollars.
For buoys for the harbor and entrance to
Shoalwater Bay, three thousand dollars.
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sums appropriated by the acts approved March
third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and
March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one for
a lighthouse on Horseshoe reef, Niagara river,
New York, or any balance thereof remaining in
the treasury on the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty-four, be, and they are hereby,
rcappropriated for the erection Of lighthouse
at that point, on such plan as may be determined
to be most advisable.
SEC. 3. And be further enacted, That the
appropriation for a lighthouse on Santa Cruz,
California, approved hirty-first of August, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-two, be, and the same is
hereby, authorized to be employed in the erec-
ton Of a lighthouse on Anacapa island, if,
upon examination by the proper officer, it is
ascertained that more eligible site can be found
for the interests of navigation on that island,
than on the adjacent one of Santa Cruz.
SEc. A. And be II further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,
authorized to cause the light to be discontinued,
and the lighthouse buildings and land belong
ing thereto, at Calumet, in the State Of Illinois,
to be sod and, on payment Of the consideration
agreed for into the treasury of the United States,
to make, execute, and deliver all needful CON
yeyances of the same, and the special iuTisdic-
ton of the United States, over the same shall
thereafter cease.
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4 SEC. 5, And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby
authorized upon the completion of the light
house and exhibition of the light authorized by
the first section of this act to be erected near
the entrance to the Southwest Pass of the Mis-
sisspp to cause the present light at that locality
to be eXtnguished, and the tower, buildings,
and land belonging thereto to be sold, and upon
the payments for the same being made to exc
cute and deliver all needful conveyances therefor;
and the jurisdiction Of the United States over
said land shall thereafter cease, and revert to
the State Of Louisiana.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted That if, after
a careful hydrographical examination of the
locality, and the approaches thereto. shall have
been made, it is found that the light at the en-
trance to Yerlnillion bay, Louisiana, is not
necessary for the navigation Of that bay and the
adjacent coasts, it shall be eXtinguished and
cause the lands and buildings belonging thereto
to be sold, in the same manner as is provided in
the fifth section of this bill
SEC 7. And be At further enacted, That if pre-
lininary surveys are required to ascertain thC
necessity for any lighthouse or other aid pro
vided for in this Lill, or to determine the proper
site for the same, or to ascertain more fully wha
the public exigency requires, the Secretary o
the. Treasury shall cause the necessary eXamina
tions and surveys on the sea-board to be mad
under the direction Of the Superintendent of The
Coast Survey, and those on the northwestern
lakes to be made under the direction of tn
Bureau of Typographical Engineers; and in al
cases in which adverse reports are made, the.
shall be submitted to Congress at its next ses
sion; and in all cases in which the objects
authorized are favorably reported upon, tn
works shall be commenced Immediately afte
valid titles and State jurisdiction shall have beei
obtained to the sites
Approved August 5, 1854.