Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-20

81 y .sss
For miscellaneous items eundred and seventy thou
sand dOare 80 gasss = 5s.s7 ~ =.
SEC And be further enacted Tha. the snf ct Two W.,
hereby appropriated to be paid out OF auy
in the T ss Sss RpS
e year eedug thrteth of jude one thousand eight
hundred and fiftyseved
hundred thousand dollars be and the is hereby up
propriaed for purchasing Site and the erection or pre-
of the necessary building for the post once IN 'ne
SEC 4 And be it further enacted That the fourth Sec
ton Of the act of Congress approved NTH OF August esn
preparations fol the service Of the Post Office
during the fiscal year ending hireth of June one hons
by continued for year from August fifth gh'een nun
drel and ffty-sx c,
toler of the Treasury shall proceed to the
ions of the ninth section of the Of March thid egh-
nraons for the service of the Post Office Department for
the fiscal wear ending the tn rtieh of June eghteen nun"
drcd and fysx" in conformity with me W1,;o'm
said act Notwithstanding the acceptance by 'ii"ih ~
Ranchnrd of one months extra compensa under his
contract said payment being deducted from any rn
er allowance if any. made under said act p.,, c,,-
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That the First Comp
troer of the Treasury be- and he is hereby required
RAMSEY on account of the abrogation. by the Postmaster
General of their contract to carry tue ma,i on EZRA
Acapulco and San Franc dated the and
and Justice the amount 81 found DUE and the Secretary OF
said Oarlnck and Ramsey of any ley in the reasu
ry not otherwise appropriated .u,,,-
ed and paid to Jacob Hall carrying the NAL on route
number eight tho usand nine hun tred and twelve from n
dependence to Santa fe mt ;c h CON-
mencing Bueust eighteen hundred rnd nHy.nst anu en-
ing with his contract and the same shall! be III f9 tor
the by him sustained g said service by Ind an dep
relations m o,ne, wse this rag is made on the condition
that the Post Master General may at any time on giving
three months ,tce annul the contract ct said Hall
SIC 4 And be il further enacted That The Postmaster
is hereby authorized to to George Gdd
thousand nine hundred from Santo Fe New Mexico to San
Antonio Texns. monthly each way according t" the CO.
sum of thrtvhree thousand five hundred dollars for each
y-rrs service commencing with the day of Au
gust eighteen hundred and MY hye ana continue during
and hereby authorized TO annul sas CONTRACT ON CIV
ing three months notice to said contractor
counting officers the Post of Office Department be and they
are hereby authorized and required to execute the Joint
e,sed approved the sixth day of August eighteen hundred
aud and that the found due shall be paid
to hit legal representatives out Of any money III the treas
SEC TO- And be further enacted That the proviso at
the of the third section of act of March third eg
teen hunnred and !tynne eetitled An act making up
preparations for the service of the Post Office Department
durug the gsca year ending tina thrtieh Of Juue eg-
hundred and fy-two, and for other purposes is here
Approved, August 18th, 1856
AN ACT making appropriations for lighthouses light
boats buys &C. and providing for the erection and es-
Enlistment Of the same and for other pHETpases
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That following appropriations be- and n. same are
tn treasury herwse appropr aed to enable he Sec
rotary ofhe Treasury to carry the OF this &c IN
which it may be necessary USE cannot be Obtained
reasonable the exclusive right to u land can
befD
fall into the plus fund.- and all such Cases the
preparations shall be applicable to the objects for which
they are made within two years after the first
meeting of the legislature State wherein such land
may be situated subsequent to the passage of this act to
w.t.
For altering reng and improving the light at Mount
Desert Rock, ten thousand dollars
For building suitable tower and keepers dwell ing and
for providing and placing the illuminating appa
ras at Mariincus Rock thryhve thousand five hundred
dooars
For rebuilding the lighthouse tower and keepers dwe
ling, and for supplying and fitting first order Illuminating
For rebuilding the Clubhouse. and fitting it with proper
ilum mating apparatus at West Quoddy Head, fifteen thou
For rebuilding Browns Head lgh house, and fitting
with proper Illuminating app Tats five thousand dollars
fit ing with proper Illuminating apparatus hive thousand
For rebuilding the lighthouse at For. Point fitting
it with proper illuminating aparau i've thousand do
For lighthouse Deer is and Thoroughare five thou
sand dollars
For lighthouse ae Bass Head Harbor five thousand
dollars
For lighthouse on or near Spoon island in addition
the augmentation of five thousand dollars approved Au
gust third. eighteen hundred and fftyfour for light
house i'll 1se-anHaute Thoroughare one thousand dol
For lighthouse Widows island in addition
to the appropriation of third August geen hundred and
fifty four. two thousand five hundred dollars
For bell buoy be placed the south breakers off
White Head at the entrance Of penobsco bay
For bell buoy to be placed the ledge about three
miles east of Boone island, five thousand dollars
For the erection Of stone beacon Fiddle ledge three
For pIacin. buoys at various points in the waters
Maine, for which hyve heretofore been authorized,
three thousand dollars
For lighthouse and keepers dwelling on Round island,
in Mach;as bay, five thousand dollars
MASSACHUSETTS
For the construction and repair of beacons at Newbury
port, two Thousand dollars
For the erection of lighthouse propre fundaton,
Bugsgate island in place Of the present
fourteen thousand dollars
For the erection of beacons Cock" and "Cormo-
rant Rock Buzzards bay and Great Rock entrance
to Hyanns harbor, three thousand dollars
For fog bell at Eastern Point lighthouse, eight hundred
dollars
For lighthouse the Bishop and Clerks shoal in
place of the ghtvessel now placed near the danger and
for staonng the lght-vessel the completion of said
lighhouse) off the south end ofthe Handkerchief shoa
in the Vineyard sound. twenty thousand dollars g..
guam harbor, seven hundred dollars
RHODE ISLAND
For the erection of keepers dwelling and foot bridge
to Lime Rock lighthouse thousand five hundred dol
For reconstructing the lighthouse tower and fol-
Illuminating apparatus at Dutch island four thousand dol
For rebuilding the lighthouse tower for preservation
of SITE and for illuminating for Nayat Pc int
light house, six thousand five hundred dollars
For the completing the wall for the of
the ghthJus, site AT Watch hill, ten thousand dollars
For rebuilding lighthouse tower proper site, in
place of the present light Block island, and for fit
ting the with suitable apparatus, nine thousand dol
For beacon on Sand Spit, off Cannonicnt Point west