Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
rPrnI1c-Nn 81.

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
IPuBLIc-No. 81.
AN ACT making appropriations for certain civil expenses
of the Government for the year ending the hrtieth of
June eighteen hundred and ffty-eight.
Be IL enacted J the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of america Congress assembled,
That the following be and the are hereby ap
proprated for the objects hereafter expressed for the
fiscal year ending the thrtieh of June, eighteen hundred
and ffty-eight viz:
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United
States Including compensation to superintendent and
assistants and excluding pay and emouments of officers
of the army and navy and petty officers and OF the
navy employed the work. hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the western coast of
the United States one hunsSea and thirty thousand
dollars. ..e
For continuing the survey 81. the Florida reefs and
keys Excluding pay and emolumens of officers of the
army and navy and petty officers and men of the navy
employed ON the work, forty thousand dollars.
For running line to connect the triangulation on the
Atlantic coast with that the Gulf of Mexico, across
the Florida peninsula, fifteen thousand dollars
For publishing the observations made in the progress
of the survey of the coast OF the United States nfteen
thousand dollars.
For repairs and alterations of Walker and
Of sailing vessels employed in the coast survey fifteen
thousand dollars
For fuel and quarters and for mileage and transporta
ton for officers and enlisted soldiers of the army serving
in the survey in longer provided by the
ouartermas.frs Department, ten thousand dollars.
scharge Of such miscellaneous claims not
othe es;led for As shall be admitted in due course
p p,os;d,s. ~ Trsasury4lve thousand dollsfs
drawn from the Teasury except in pursuance of some
law or resolution Of Congress authorizing the
To supply the deficiency in the fund for the relief of
sick and disabled seamen one hundred and hfty thou
For continuing the treasury extension, five hundred
thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the custom-house at Charleston
South Carolina four hundred thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the custom house at New Or
leans Louisiana three hundred thousand dollars.
For the compensation of additional appraiser gem
era to be appointed by the President by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate be employed In the
districts or ports of Florida Alabama Mississippi Lou
isana, and Texas, twenty five hundred dollars.
For annual repairs of marine hospitals twenty five
thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of custom houses thirty thousand
dollars
For enclosing grading and draining the lot of land
Gently purchased enlarge the site of marine hospital at
Mobile Alabama, five thousand four hundred dollars
For iron shutters and bars for the windows of the
tom-house at Wilmington, Delaware one thousand dol
lars.
For contingent expenses incident to the construction
of the house Ellsworth, Maine one thousand
FIVE hundred dollars.
For grading and fencing grounds of the new custom
house at Belfast, Maine, five thousand dollars.
For the purpose of adding additional story to the
Virginia. twenty thousand dollars: Prorided, That no
part of the said of money hereby appropriated shall
be expended for the construction of portico TO said
building.
For finishing repairing reftng and refurnishing the
marine hospital at Paducah, Kentucky, FIVE thousand
dollars.
For fencing and grading the site of the marine hospital
Evansville Indiana and for erecting stable supplying
water for kitchen and other fixtures of the same, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For fencing and grading the grounds belonging to the
marine hospital at Portland Maine and for introducing
water erecting stables removing and repairing old build
ing for post-house, and putting in kitchenranges six
teen thousand dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For supplying FIVE hundred and eleven lighthouses and
beacon-lighs Eith OIL glass ehmneys, wicks clamois
SKINS polish powder, whiting and cleaning materials
repxning a ping in repair the lighting ar us
two hundref ninety three thousand three sdaated
and fifty dollars and ffty-fve cents
For repairs and incidental expenses, reftting and i'm
provements Of all the lighthouses and buildings
ed herewith, hundred and seventythree thousand
two hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-one
cents.
of lighthouses and ght-beaeons and their assistants
two hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred
dollars.
For salaries of ytwo keepers of lightyesses twenty
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For seamens' wages, repairs, supplies, and incden
tai expenses of y-twe ligh-vesses, hundred and
ninety Thousand five hundred and eightyn dol
lars.
For expenses of raising cleaning painting, repairing
remoorng snd supplying losses of buoys and daybea
cons and for chains and snkers for the same and for
soloring and numbering all the buoys one hundred and
seven thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars
and seventy-eight cents.
For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and
other aids to navigation, two thousand dollars
For commissions, at two and half per centum, to
such superntendents entitled the under
the provo the of third March, eighteen 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 the amount that
may be disbursed by them, eight thousand dollars.
For CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON
For oil and other supplies for twenty-three lights
cleaning materials of all kinds and transportation of the
same expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in
pair publishing notices to mariners of changes of aids
to navigation forty-fve thousand three hundred and
twenty Eight dollars and seyenty-fve cents.
For repairs and incidental expenses of twenty three
lights and buildings connected Herewith twenty
thousand FIVE hundred and sixty-three dollars
For salaries of keepers and assistant keepers
Of lighthouses at average not exceeding eight hum
dred dollars per annum thrtysix thousand eight hun
bred dollars.
For expenses of raising, cleaning repairing, remoor
ing and supplying losses of floating beacons and buoys
and chains and snkers for the same and for eoloring
and numbering all the buoys, twenty-five thousand five
hundred dollars
For commissioner at and half per eentunn, to
such superinendens entitled to the under
the provso to the act of third of March, eighteen hun
dred and ffty-one entitled g An making appropria
tions for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of Govern
ment for the year ending June thrtieh, eighteen hun
dred and ffty-two, and for other purposes" the
amount that may be disbursed by them, thousand