The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-21

Little Bay du NOqus in Lake Michigan FIVE thousand d
lars.
I5,tle Raw an Nooaet one thousand dollars.
For lake-coast light at Grand Point au Sable a.
Michigan, six thousand dollars.
WISCONSIN.
,,,,.,,, ~. m-s.-house at Port dc Mort siI Tia,
sand dollars.
For light on the outer end Of the outer pier at Ksp
one thousand dollars
For lake-coast light on the west shore Of Lake Ia
gan at or near the Portage and opposite TO the b!
Big Sturgeon bay, Ave thousand dollars.
MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
For a lighthouse at Beaver bay, Lake Superior .
thousand dollars
For lighthouse at Grand Marais Lake Superior
thousand dollars
CALIFORNIA.
For providing suitable vessel and for maintaining
same for one year In Visiting the lights and other aids
nsDections and delivery Of supplies for placing and
moving buoys. and for the transportation Of maert
supplies and laborers for constructing and repal2g &
houses on the Pacific coast sixty thousand dollars
For the construction of road for the keepers dWs
at the South Faraone to the lighthouse tower on
Peak one thousand Ave hundred dollars.
For the construction of road from La Playa n
Diego bay, to the lighthouse at Point Iona, one Ihou
FIVE hundred dollars.
For improving the road from the Coxo or landing
Point Conception to the lighthouse one thousand do
For the erection of light the main land
tween Buepa Ventura and Point Duma, at such place
may be determined upon, to indicate the approach to
Santa Barbara channel in addition to the appropra
contained in the third section of the act Of August Id
eighteen hundred and fty-four making appropriation
light houses, &C.. thirty-fve thousand dollars
For completing the lighthouses at Santa Barbara l
Pedro, and Santa Cruz harbors, seven thousand five
dred dollars.
For rst-class light at Cape Mendocno, forty hoQa
dollars.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
For lighthouse at Red Bluff on Whidbys ilI
twenty-five thousand dollars.
SEC. g. And be further enacted, That the Secretar
the Treasury be- and he is hereby, authorized to ac
from the city of Charleston conveyance Of a lot bl
held and used solely for the purpose, of Lighthouse
and not otherwise and that he be authorized to use
appropriations heretofore made for that purpose m
lighthouse or beacon-light or near the Battery
city, upon the Attorney General certifying to the val
of such limited title.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted, That the fonovI
named lights be discontinued, provided the secret
the Treasury so directs, Wis
At Silver creek, the southeast shore of Lake q
New York
At Barcelona, (or Portland on the southeast Sho
Lake Erie, New York.
At Port Clinton, in Portage bay, Ohio
At Cleveland, east side of entrance to Cleveland Ol|
hill) Ohio.
Al the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi PROVIDED l
Secretary of the Treasury shall decide said light to
necessary.
At Diee's Head, Maine
At Parmet barbor, Massachusetts,.
Sec. 4. And be ii further enacted That the Secretr
the Treasury be- and he is hereby, authorized to have
examination made (under the seventh section Of ths
approved August three, eighteen hundred and fifty d
making appropriations for lighthouses and forth oil
Point of Rocks, West Port, Massachusetts,, to deeru
whether not the lighthouse authorized for that
necessary to the commerce of that vicinity; and if r
upon favoraby and approved by him. to use the approx
ton heretofore made for that purpose in erecting
house and keepers dwelling at that place.
Sic. g. And be IL further enacted, That If prelimi
surveys required to ascertain the necessity for
lighthouse other aid provided for in this BILL ID
termne the proper site for the same, to ascertain
fully what the public exigency requires, the SecreA
the Treasury shall cause the necessary examinations
surveys the sea-board to be made under the dire
of the Superintendent Of the Coast Survey and hoa
the northwestern lakes to be made under the direct
the Bureau of Typographical Engineers; and in all 4
to Congress at its next session and in all cases in
the objects authorized are hyorably reported upOt
works shall be commenced Immediately after valid !
and State jurisdiction shall have been obtained
sites.
Sac. g. AHd BE- q further enacted, That If good
cannot be obtained by the United States to Dry point
Liniken's neck, the western side of the Damarsu
river in the State Of Maine the Secretary Of the Treas
is hereby authorized TO cause another suitable site Z
selected for the lighthouse appropriated for at the md
of the said river by the act of Congress approved A
third eighteen hundred and tifty-four.
Approved August h. 1856