Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-24
CALIFORNIA;

asnecon and delivery # supplies placing
ing buoys and Tie transbortoon of materials sup
plies and aborers for constructing and repairing hgn'
For the construction Of the ra.d for the keepers dwell
ing the South Faraone tc the light house tower ON tne
Park ono thousand five hundred dollars
For the construction of road from Ca Playa san 1ego
bav the lighthouses at Point Iona, one thousand hve
For improving road from the Coco or landing at
Point Conception to theght house. one Thousand dollars
For the erection of seacoas light on the main land be-
tween Ventura and Point Duma, at such place as
Santa Barbara channe in oddtion to the appropriation
contained in the third section Of the act August third
houses ssr a'. &C., thlrty-gye thousand dollars
For ctmgleng he light house at Santa Barbara Snn re-
dro and Santa Cree harbor seven thousand five hundred
For first class light Cape Mendocino forty Thousand
0'''''' WASHINGTON TERRITORY
For q light house at Red Bluff, on Whdby's issnd,
twenty-five thousand dollars
q Ane be it further enacted That the Secretary of
the Treasury ard he hereby
hecity o Charleston conveyance OF OF I'd be be laid
not Otherwise and that he be authorized appro-
pations heretofore made for that pnrPhse to erect light
upon the Attorney General cestng the validity Of such
limited title
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted That the following
named lights be discontinued provided tho Secretary Of
the Treasury so directs, viz
At Silver creek southeast shore of Lake Erie New
At Barcelona for Portand on the southeast shore of
At Port Clinton, u Portage bay Ohio
At Cleveland east side OF etranee to Cleveland ION the
At the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi Provided Fhe
Secretary Of the Treasury shall decdr said light be un
At Dies Head, Maine
AT Palmet harbor Massachusetts,
SEC And be further enacted That the Secretary of
examination made (under the seventh of the
approved August ,hr eighteen hundred and fifty four
the Point Of Rocks West Port Massachusetts to deter
mine whether not the light house authorized for that
reported upon voraby and approved by him, the
heretofore made for that purpose in erecting
light house and keepers dwelling that place
sED And be it further euac;ed That if preliminary
required TO ascertain the necessity for any
termiue the proper size for The ascertain
fully what The public exgency requires the Secretary of
ON the seaboard to be made under tbs direction Of
the Superintendent Of the Coast Survey the
northwestern lakes to be made under the direction of the
which adverse reports made they shall be submitted
Congress its and in all which the
commenced immediatey after valid titles and State
jurisdiction shall have been obtained to the sites
by The United States to Dry Point and
Lpikens neck, The western side Of the Damarscotta
river in the State of Maine the Secretary of the Treasury
hereby authorized causeanother suitable be
for the light house appropriated for the mouth of
the said river by the act OF Congress approved August
third eighteen hundred and ify-fouy
Approved August 49, lsu6
AN AT making aIporations for the transportation Of
dueiug the fiscal year endi the thirtieh of June,
thousand eight hundred ana hity-seven
Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
OF the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the following sums be, and the hereby APP
propa'ed to be paid out of any money the treasury
otherwise appropriated for the ending the threth of
June Thousand eight hundred and ffty-seven
For transportation of tie mails frm New York Liver
pool and back eight hundred and nineteen thousand five
hundred dollars; Provided Tina, tho Secretary OF the M
W Is hereby dioee'ed to give The notice provided in tho
cies in the appropriations for the of the fiscal
endiag the irtieh of June thousand eight hundred
eight hundred and tytwu to terminate the Arrangements
Tor rhe additional ailo vance fr the transportation the
the Collins line of steamers as therein provided
For transportation Of the mails from New York to New
orleans, Charleston. Savannah Havana and Chagres and
| back two hundred and sixty thousand dollars
Eor transportation of the mails from Panama Coor-
MIA ard Oregon and back three hundred and twenty
| thousand three hundred and fifty dollars
Fer carrying out the contract entered into by the Post
Office Department, under the provisions act APPROX
ed thlrtieth August thousand t hundred add fifty
tw" establishing tr-mon'hy mail BY vessels be-
tween New Orleans and Vera Cruz Tamp;co sixy-nne
SEC 2 And be it further enacted, That the following
sumlbe and the hereby appropriated
vice of tine Post Office Department for the year ending The
thirteh OF June, thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven cut Of any in the treasury arising from
| thir,y-six
For transportation of the mails in two steamships from
New York. BY Southampton to Bremen and back at one
hundred thousand dollars for each ship and in
thousand dollars for each ship under the con-
tract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New
York three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For transportation of the mills between Charleston and
Havana, a sum not exceeding CITY thousand dollars
For transportation of the mails the ishmus of
Panama, hundred and thirty five thousand dollars
Approved Aug Is, 1856.
AN ACT to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems
Resolved by the Senate House of Representatives of
the United States of Amerca in Congress assembled That
ambassadors ENJOYS extraordinary and penpo-
Tertiary ministers resident, commissioners charges
fares and secretaries of legation appointed to the coun-
tries hereinafter named in schedule A. shall be entitled to
compensation for their services respectively the
per hereinafter specified that is to saw nmbassa
doris and ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers penDoteI-
tary the full amounts specified therefor in said Schedule
ministers resident and commissioners sevenyfve per
pensaton of the Secretarof Legation to China acting as
interpreter shall be at the Eve thousand and
and thai ohe Secretary of legation to Turkey acting
dregomen the of theee thousand dollars and not
acting such at the rate Of two thousand dollars per
onnum
Great and France EACH seventeen thousand five
Russia Spain Austria Prussia, Brazil, Mexico and Chi
ma, each, twelve thousand dollars
All other countries, each, ten thousand dollars
SEC g. And be it further enacted That President he
ana hereby authorized to appoint for the legations at
London and Paris respectively assistant secretary
services respectively at the rate of ern hundred dollars
per for the legation to China interpreter when
shall be entitled to at the rae If five hon
sand dollars and for the legation to Turkey dragoman
when the secretary Of legation shall not be acting as such
VINO shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of
thousand dollars per
Sec Aud be it further enacted, That consus general
places hereinafter specified Schedule and c, shall b.
entitled to compensation for their services respectively,
the per annum hereinafter specified in said Schedules
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