Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-31

losses of buoys and day beacons and for
chains and snkers for the same, and for
coloring and numbering all the buoys... S9,357~32
| For expenses of visiting and inspecting
lights, and other aids to nayigation....... 1000 90
For commissions, at two and half per
centum, to such superintendent
/ entitled TO the same, under the proviso
| to the act of third of March, one thou
sand eight hundred and ifty-one, entitled
"An act making appropriations for the
civil and diplomatic expenses OF gov
eminent for the year ending June thr-
tieth, eighteen hundred and ffty-two,
and for other purposes the amount
| that may be dsbursed by them. 5000 90
! For the coasts of California, Oregon,
and Washington:
For oil and other supplies for twenty-one
! lights cleaning materials of all kinds, and
transportation of the same expenses of
keeping lamps and machinery in repair
/ publishing notices to mariners of cham
ges of aids to navigation. aso24 rs
For repairs and incidental expenses Of
twenty-one lights, and buildings
nected herewith. Observation-Disclosures. l275o 90
For salaries of forty-one keepers and assist
ant keepers OF lighthouses, at
/ age not exceeding eight hundred dollars
per ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000 90
For expenses Of raising, cleaning repairing,
remoorng, and supplying losses of float
ing beacons and buoys, and chains and
sinkers for the same, and for cooring
and numbering all the buoys.. 1850 90
For commissions, at two and half per
tum, to such superintendent as are ent-
/ tied to the same, under the provso to the
act of the third of March, one thousand
! eight hundred and ffty-one, entitled "An
act making appropriations for the civil
| and diplomatic expenses of government
/ for the year ending June thrtieth
eighteen hundred and ffty-two, and for
! other purposes" on the amount that may
be disbursed by them. 800 90
For continuing the construction of the
lighthouse near Collins Patches, off Dry
| Bank on the Florida rect, between Carys
Fort reef and Sand Key light-houses.... $4,000 90
For continuing the construction of the
/ pht on led of he
Cohassett rocks, Boston bay, Massachu-
setts. $4,000 90
For continuing the construction of the
| lighthouse on Ship shoal, Louisiana, to
take the place of the light-vesse at that
point neutrality-suspicious.. 10000 90
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
| replace lost ligft-vesse to mark the
| dangerous New South shoals, off Nan
tucket, Massachusetts,. 10000 90
For continuing the appropriation of the
! third of March, eighteen hundred and
| y-three for 6rstclass lighthouse at
| the mouth of the Sabine river 10000 90
For continuing the system of protecting
| human life from shpwreck, as heretofore
| established, by life-boats and other means
the coast of Massachusetts ...... 10000 90
For fuel and quarters for officers of the
| army serving on lighthouse duty, the
! payment of which is no longer provided
for by the Quartermasters department.. 5063 CT
To supply deficiencies in the revenue of the
Post Office Department. l,l06l87 90
For the continuation of the custom-house
at Charleston South Carolina. . 100000 90
| For the continuation OF the custom-house
at New Orleans, Louisiana. ............. 275000 90
To complete the custom-house at Bath
Maine 10000 90
| For the completion of the custom-house at
Mobile, with granite facing in place of
brlck $4,000 90
INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN Ma
| TIONS
For salaries of ENJOYS extraordinary and
ministers plenipotentiary of the United
States 26750O 90
For salaries of secretaries of legahon... 44500 90
For salary of the commissioner TO the Sand
witch islands 5000 90
| For the dragomRn to the mission TO Turkey $500 90
For the interpreter to the mission to China $500 90
For the salaries Of consuls Of the United
27l75o 90
For contingent expenses of all the missions
abroad, much thereof as may be ne
cessary ee54a IS
For contingent expenses of foreign inter-
course................ 10000 90
For expenses Of intercourse with the Barba-
ry powers 5000 90
For Office rent Of the commercial agent at
St Martin, from the twelfth of Novem-
| Der, eighteen hundred and ffty-two, to
/ the end of the present fiscal year at the
rate of one hundred dollars per annum.. 263 80
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay TO James keenan,, consul at Hong
! Kong, in China, the expended by
/ him for the relief of American citizens
! shipwrecked in Chinese waters in August
last. 5Sl %
For the relief and protection of American
seamen in foreign countries ............ $4,000 90
For expenses which may be incurred in
| knowledgng the services of the masters
| and crews OF foreign vessels in rescuing
| citizens and vessels of the United States
from shipwreck ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1000 90
For the purchase Of blank books, station
| cry, arms of the United States presses,
and flags and for the payment of post
ages for the consuls Of the United stetes 10000 90
For compensation Of consul-general, to
reside at Simoda in japan, at the rate Of
five thousand dollars per aunum......... 1880 90
To reimburse Commodore NJ O. Perry, of
the United States navy, the exraordina-
/ ry expenses incurred by him his
cent mission Japan, and as a consid-
Grafton for his eminent public service in
effectng treaty of amity and commerce
with that power. 10000 90
! To pay Robert G. Schenck, of Ohio, for his
full compensation while employed as
voy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
! Tertiary Of the United States special
/ mission to the oriental republic of Uru-
quay, in the year eighteen hundred and
fhy-wo..... 5000 90
I For his full compensation envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States special mission to
the Argentine Confederation in the year
/ eighteen hundred and ffty-three.......... 5000 90
/ To enable the Secretary of State TO
imburse to Edward Riddle such sums as
shall be satisfactorily shown to have
been expended by hum, which said
! Riddle may have obligated himself TO
pay on account Of his official position
| at the Industrial Exhibition at London
England, ........................... $4,000 90
EXPENSES OF THE COLLECTION OF
| REVENUE FROM LANDS.
| To meet the expenses of collecting the
revenue from the sale of public lands
in the several land States and Terri