The Empire County argus., 1855-05-19

Secretary of the Treasury hereby authorized such
part of said sum for the purchase CT site for marine
hospital at said place. as he may deem eXpedient.
LiqAt-H0uSe EStd5IjSknaeat-For supplying ight-hous-
es containing four thousand hundred and hirythree
lamps with oil, lampglasses wcks bul-skins, polishing
powder whiting and other cleaning materials ranspor-
tion and other necessary expenses the same repair
saTy rules regulations and Instructions notice to marin
els of changes to aids to navigation, and lists of lights
two hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and thirty
seven dollars and orty-two cents;
For repairs and incidental expenses, refiiting and i'm
provenens of four hundred and eighteen lighthouses
and buildings connected herewith one hundred and forty
For salaries of four hundred and eighteen lighthouse
keepers and thirty yegt assistants, and including
thousand hundred dollars for salary OF superintendent
Of supplies the upper lakes one hundred and eighty
three thousand six hundred dollars; -....
For salaries Of fortynne keepers OF hght-yesse wen-
ty-aix thousand five hundred ana nifty dollars;
For seamens wages repairs and supplies OF ioFy-nne
Ilghvcsses, one hundred and hlty-two thousand nine
hundred and forty dollars and twentyhree cents;
For expenses o raising, cleaning and repairing emoor-
ing aud supplying losses OF floating beacons and buoys
aud chains and snkos for the same, and for colong and
numbering all the buoys eghty-nne thousand three hun
dred and Gfty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents;
For lite-boas aud other of rendering assistance
to wrecked mariners and others the coast Of the United
States ten thousand dollars;
For Gfe-boats and other means of rendering assistance
shpwrecked mariners and others, on the coast OF the
United States to be expended under the direction OF the
Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand dollars
For the purchase of metallic sutboats 70 rescue lives
and property and to be located at each of the following
twelve Thousand tive hutired dollars, VIZ: On lLe
east side of Lake Michigan at Michigan City, one; New
Buffalo, one ST Joseph one; Kalamazoo, one; Manlsee,
one Grand River, one; Muskegon, one; White River,
one Pier Marquette one; and South Black River one;
and on the west side of Lake Michigan, at Chicago, two;
kenosha one; Mlwaulie one Sheboygan, one; Death
Door, one; Two Rivers, one; Manitowack, one Wauhe-
qan enc; Racine one; Por; Washington one; Washing
ton Harbor one; South Mantou Island, one; halieys
arbor one and at Calumet or at such other points
as shall be designated by the Secretary OF the Treasury TO
be expended under the direction Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury who shall also adopt such measures as shall be
necessary for the preservation OF such boats;
For expenses Of visiting and inspecting lights, and other
aids to navigation, two thousand dolars
For commissions, at two and half per centum to such
supelintendcnts as are entitled to the same under he pro
vso to the act Of third of March, one thousand eight hun
drcd and fty-one entitled "An act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses CT government for
the year ending June thrteh, eighteen hundred and ty-
two and for other purposes ON the amount that may DC
dsbursed by them eight thousand dollars.
For the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington:
For oil and other supplies for fifteen lights cleaning
materials OF all kinds and Sportaon OF the same eN
penses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair publ h
ing notices mariners of changes Of aids TO navigation,
tweny-sx thousand nine hundred and eghtysiX dollars
For repairs and incidental expenses of fifteen lights, and
buildings connected herewith, eight thousand five humid
red dollars;
an average not exceeding eight hundred dollars per annum
each, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars;
For expenses Of raising cleaning repairing lemoolng
and supplying losses of Heating beacons and buoys, and
chains and sikers for the same and for cooring and num-
beripe all The buoys eight thousand five hundred dollars
For commissions Two and half per centuH, TO such
surerintcndonts as are entitled 10 the same, under the
pr0yso to the act of the hld OF March, one thousand
eight hundred and Gy-one entitled, "An act making APP
preparations for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of gov
ernment for the year ending June thirl ueth eighteen
hundred and hitytWO, and or other purposes ON the
amount that may be dsourscd by then four hundred do
lars;
For completing the gh';horses on the coast of Calilor
MIA and Oregon, the of tty-nne thousand four hund
rcd and hty-our dollars Pjocided, That it shall be the
duty Of the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay the contract
for building the lighthouse on Point Lena, near San
| DiepO what the reasonably worth.
LtercoarSe acM f0reiga Adt0"@-For salaries of Min
listers of he United States to Great Britain, France Rus
sia Prussia spain Brazil Peru Mexico Chilli and Cent
raj America, ninety thousand dollars;
For salaries of Secretaries of Legation to the same
places twenty thousand doMs;
For salary Of Minister resident to Turkey, six thousand
dollars;
For salary Of the Dragoman to the Legation to Turkey
two thousand five hundred dollars;
For salaries of Charges Aaile or Ministers resident
to Portugal Austria, Denmark Sweden, Holland Belgium,
Naples Sardinia the Papa States New Grerada Nenezu-
ela Bueuos Ayres, Bolivia Ecuador, and Switzerland,
sixty-seyon thousand five hundred doliaTsi
For salary Of Clerk the United States Legation at
For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad forty
For contingent expenses Of foreign intercourse, forty
thousand dollars;
For expenses Of intercourse with the Barbary Powers,
nine thousand dollars
For salary Of the Consul at London thousand dollars;
For salary Of the Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands,
five thousand dollars;
For interpreters guards and other expenses of the Con-
suates Gonstantnople, Smyrna Candia and Aexand-
/ ria, two thousand doilars
For office Of the Consul ut Basle IN Switzerland
| one hundred dollars
For salary OF Commissioner to reside IN Chlna, nine
! thousand dollars;
For salary Of the Interpreter and Secretary to said mis-
son two thousand five hundred dollars;
For salary Of Consul General AT Alexandria, live thou
sand dollars;
China, viz. kwang Chow, Annoy Fuchov, Ming Po, and
Shanghai, five thousand dollars;
For the relief and protection Of American seamen, and
seamen belonging to American vessels IN foreign coun-
tries one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
For clerk hire, Office rent and other expenses OF the Of
fee Of the Consul Of the United States London, two
thousand eight hundred dollars;
That the Consul Beirout, Syria is hereby allowed q
salary OF thousand dollars per annum and, the said
Consulate shall comprehend both Syria and Palestine and
two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the salary
Of said consul.
For Office rent of the Consul at Zurich, in Switzerland
one undred dollars;
That the Secretary Of the Treasury atd and settle the
accounts Of Robert O. Schenck, late Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister PlenpotenlGy of the United States Bra
z and of John s. Pendleon late Charge Ataires OF the
United States TO the Argentine Confederation, for add
oual compensation and for expenses incurred by them i'll
the performance Of special services, not pertaining to
their respective missions and points distant from those
to which they originally accredited, in compliance
with instructions from the Department of State in set
ding which the certificate Of the parties shall be
regarded sufficient evidence the amount Of eXpen
incurred where regular voucher be produced
and compensation at the of twenty five dollars pei
were employed to be paid out OF any money in the
treasury not otherwise apprOprated
For expenses which may be incurred IN acknowledging
the services OF the and Of foreign vessels in
rescuing citizens and vessels of the United States from
slipwreck five thousand dollars: Pr0Cded, That the
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