Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-10-15

o LAWS ~ TAE UNITED STATES
Public 81
An ACT MAKING appropriations for lighthouse.
recion and sstsbi -shnsnt Of the same. and for 9th
er purposss.
Be u enncted IN tAs .Sewafs and Hovss Of Repre-
seeidtipe- cffae United Ssafes Of Ansertcd in Con
gress assembled, That the following appropriation
be, and TIL. "a are her BY made, and directed 4
be paid ont Of any money n the treasury NOT other
wise appropriated Ia enable The Secretary OF th'
s.uTy 10 carry the provisions VI this act into e
feet
| Provid a, however, IL good title ~ any land
whuh 1t may BE- necessary TO use, cannot be obtain
I'd on reasonable terms, the exclusive right T.
such land cannot be acquired bA cession, when III.
interest II the United AIRS demands 1t before TIL
appropriation would By Law fall into the surplus IDnd
IN any all such cases the sppropria ions shall be
Applicable 10 the objects for which they made Al
any time vii hin two AIRS efter the first meeting
Of the legislature In any State whr 10 such land
may b. situated subsequent 70 the passage Of this
| act to-wit
| For altering, reftiing and improving the light al
Mount Desert Kssk, ten thoufand dollars
For building suitable tower and keepers Dwelling
ami for providing and placing the nec' .sary iunin-
atlng apparaiusat Msrtnicn. Koch thirty We thou.
| -snd five hundred dollar.
! For building the light house tower and keepers
dwelling and for supplying and citing first order H.
mnn' tang apparatus at sesuin thirty hvr thousand
dollars
tor ROUNDING tn lish, house and htting /, with
proper iiiHmuati apparatus at wesf ouoddy
u All, fiite n Thousand dollar.
For rebuilding Brown Head light hsuse, and ut
ting IL with ppop~r Illuminating apparatus, nve
,houbsni doilars
FOR rebn,ldins light house NJ Ills Point and
nttiug II with proper liuminA,l, aratus, five
thousAI dilars.
For rebuilding Of a light hou "a II, Point and
hitting II with proper illum!h n -stus, nve
thousand dollars.
For Ugh, house at Deer Is 4 T.oroushiare, i've
thousand dollars.
FOR iigh. house at Bass Head Hsrhor. Ave thon-
sand dollrrs.
For hight house Spoon Island in al
dtioa 10 the appropriation Of Ave thousand dollArs,
approaed August third, eighteen hundred and dny
four. for light house In Isle Haute Thoronghfsre
On" thousand dollars.
For q ligh, house on or near WIDOWS Island, in adj
dtion 10 tn aspiration of third August, eighteen
hundred and nifty four, two thousand rv- hundred
dollars.
For bell buoy to be placed the south breakcron
White Mead light house, tthf entrance OF P"nob-
scot bay, ive thousand dollars.
For hll buoy 70 BE- placed thu ledge
about three, miles east Of Boone Island, Ave thou
sand dolats.
For the erection ~ = stone beacon Fddier !tdge
three thousand dollars.
For pa cling buols At points ia the wgtes Of
Name. for which none hav. her'tnfor'' suth'Ii7td,
thtee thousand dollars
For's hght hou-e aud keepers dwelling on Round
Island, IN Machss RAJ, i've hundr"d Thousand dol
lsre
MASSACHUSETTS
Yof til, construction and rspars II e'a1ons a.
Sewturyport, two thoutani dollars.
For the erection of Il llaht house, on proper
Foundation. near Billingsgate Island, IN Idsce
% the present one fourte-a thousand dollar.
For the erection OF bacons OK "oid Cock" snd
"Curmutant' Rock, 10 BuzIard's bay and Oh Gres,
Rock entrance To Hysnnis hsrbor, three thousand
dollars
For fog bell at Eastern Point light hou-c, eight
hundred dollars
For a light hous eou the Bishop and Clerks shptl.
in place Of the light vessel placed near that dan
ger, and for stationing the light vess' tou the com
plrton OF said lght house, of the south end Of tina
"Haodkerehief" shosi an the Vineyard sound, TWEEN
~ Thousand dollats,
For rebuilding thu ston. beacon at Lane Point,
Annlsluam hsrbcr seven hundred dollars,
RHOGE ISLAND
For the erection Of q Keepers dwelling ard foot
lridge to Lime R,ck iigh, house, thousand hve
buni dollars.
For reconstructing the light hous to~,r and for
new Illuminating apparatus at Dutch Island. four
thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the high, house tower, fpr pres.
crvation Il site and for diminishing apparatus
for Naval Point light house. six thousand hve hun
drrd doliar..
For the completing Of the wall for the prescr-
va,in OF the light house site at watch Hill ten thou
sAad doiar-.
For rebuilding light boue' tower on prop-t sit,
n place - thr present ght Block Island aud FOR
httts the sams With suitable apparatus, Mo" thou
ana donars.
fnr geaenr. IA Sand srjr ii Cannouicui r.int,
est ihe"G entrahr.. 10 pr.,ht Me- riv.r oh thou
sand j Il r
to- r.,t .riug pi r, dyk"-wal and .hor' facing a,
Goat lana iisht house, two te"u-sna nv hnndr-a
doliai-
For ret uiibing keepers dwelling aud for altl siious
at Pom, judith hight house thrc" thou ami I'VE hun
dr - dollAr-.
CONNECTICUT
For tue protection and Preservation ii the light
house site and for " DIV Hing Sur keeper a. W.
d. Point, mouth u Con ecticut river, eight thou
sand six hund p ed dollars.
For lisht house AMI vessel T. mark the Long
Sand Sh"al. on Corpfeid Point, IN LnEs Island
sound, eighteen thousand threc huuar.d suG seventh
dollars
NEW YORK
For tumnletns IT., drst ciss. lisht hnu-e Al
Great West Bay, Long Island, twelve thousand dol
Iars.
For tn prot -c,ion and pres-rvation of The light
house 81 e at Sands p int, Ling Island Siund,
f'"r thousand uiur hundred and thirty Ave dol
lars
flr securing the foundation and pre>ervalion
Of tn" light house site at Execution Rocks, l. ng
Island Sound, fv" thousand two hundftd and any
dollars.
For an iron spindle on the Hen and Chick n"
Rock, Lond Island Sound yen,y seven hundred
dollars.
For the protection aud preservation of thu piers
/, the Hudson River npon whce lights pia-
ed, fAc Thousand rour hadr"d and forty eisht dol
lars.
For complerng tn, light housc authorized Au-
gust the third eighte hundred and i.ty four for
Horizons Point in addition 10 the form"r Apr iaton
of fonr Thousand, three thousand hve hundred
dollars.
fcr a light house a; or near Tarrytown Posut, gu
the Hudson river, seven thousa dollars
Por tn. preseryatJou and protection u the nght
house site at the mouth Of the Genesee river, two
Thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the beacon light al Van Wise's
dam, Hudson River. one Thousand w, hundred dol.
lars.
For day beacon ou Chs2itG shoals Lake ontario,
fiv- Thousand dollars.
NEW JERSEY
For erecting frs, class light house and fttnE II
with first oIder apparatus at Barnegat in pac'
Of the present ineficient one, forty Ave thousand
doilers.
For continuing and COMPLETING the light house an
thorzed August the third. eighteen hundred and NJ
ty four to he erected al A. secuu seventeen
thousand four hundred and thirty six dollars aud six
~ two cnts
For rebuilding the foundation Of the light house
or and keepers dwelling at Bnr.eu Point. twenty
thousand dollars.
Ger rebuilding the foundation IL. use tower
and keeper. dwelling at Psssiac !. ~ =, in new
ark BAY, twenty thousand dolisrs
Fol compensation Of two sup ~ ni'", FIR thu
lifestatious on the coasts OF L ~ IL and New
Jersey, three thousand dollars.
For compensation If hity four khier- u stations
at two hundred dollars each per annum. t.. arusand
eight hundred dolIars.
To complete The fitting II stations. Old and en-
the coast OF New Jersey, eleven thousand five hun
To complete the htting OF stations old and
the Of New York, eight thousand nv hum
DIR d dollars
For contingencies, I've thousand i've hundred dol
lar
DELAwAREBAY
For making ad,iitibns 10 the light house works,
at Brandy wine shoals and Tor their protection ami
preservation, e.:ghteen thousand hundred aud
twenty dollars and fnrty fcu' crnts.
For continuing the al the light house