The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-12
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Public 81
AN ACT making appropriations for certain civil expenses
Of the government for the year ending the th-teth Of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty eight
BE enacted By he Senate and House Of Representative
g the UHied States Of Anaoiea Congress assembled
lhat the following be- and the hereby ap-
popraed for The objects hereafter expressed for the fiscal
year ending the hteth of june eighteen hundred and
hfiy-eight viz;
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For survey Of the Atlantic and Gulf of the United
States ncuding compensation superintendent and
sistans and excluding pay and emouments Of officers OF
The army and navy and petty officers and Of he
dollars
For continuing the survey of the western coast of the
United States hundred and thirty thousand dollars
For continuing the survey of the Florida reefs and keys,
Excluding pay and emolumens of 6fcers of tbe arthy
and nayy ahd petty officers aud men Of the navy employed
on the work, forty thousand dollars
For running line TO connect the trsngulation the
Atlantic coast with that the Gulf of Mexico the
Florida peninsula, fifteen thousand dollars.
For publishing the observations made in the progress of
the survey of the coast Of the United Stat fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and alterations of steamer 4Wake and
sailing vessels employed in the coast survey fifteen thou
For fuel and quarters and for mileage and transpera-
on for officers and enlisted soldiers OF he army serving in
the coas survey in longer provided by the Quar-
termaster's department ten thousand dollars.
For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims not other
wise provided for shall be admitted in due of set
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That part OF this appropriation shall be drawn from the
treasury except in pursuance of sme law resolution Of
Congress authorizing the expenditure.
To supply the deficiency in the fund for the relief OF sick
and disabled seamen hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars
For continuing the treasury extension, five hundred
thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the house Charleston
South Carolina, four hundred Thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the custom-house at New Or
leans, Louisiana, three hundred thousand doars.
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tobe appointed by the President by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate and TO be employed 10 the dis
tricts ports of Florida Alabama Mississippi Loussns,
| and Texas, twenty-five hundred dollars,
For annual repairs Of marine hospitals twenty five thou
sand dollars.
For annual repairs of cusom-housts, thirty thousand
dollars
For enclosing grading and draining the lot Of land
Gently purchased enlarge the site of marine hospital az
Mobile, Alabama, FIVE thousand four hundred dollars.
For iron shutters and for the Windows of the
tom-house at Wilmington, Delaware thousand dol
lars.
For contingent expenses incident 10 the construction
the custom house at Ellsworth Maine thousand five
hundred dollars.
For grading and fencing grounds of the new custom
house at Belfast Maine, i've thousand dollars.
For the purpose Of adding additional story to the
tom-house and post Office building Petersburgh, Vir-
ginia, twenty thousand dollars Provided that part Of
the said Of money hereby appropriated sbhl be
pended for the construction of porco said building
For finishing, repairing, refttng and refurnshng the
marine hospital at Paducah Kentucky five thousand dol
lars.
For fencing and grading the site of the marine hospital
at Evansville Indiana and for erecting stable supplying
water for kitchen and other fixtures OF the five tnou
sand five hundred dollars.
For fencing and grading the grounds belonging 10 the
marine hospital Portland Maine and for introducing
water erecting stables removing and repairing old build
ing for pesthouse aud putting in kitchen ranges sixteen
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For supplying five hundred and eleven lighthouses aud
beacon-ghts with OIL glass chimneys, wicks, ehauois-
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transportation and other necessary expenses Of the
repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus,
two hundred and ninety three thousand three hundred aud
ffty-sesen dollars and ifty-ive cents
For repairs and incidental expenses reftng and i'm
rovemens of all the light houses and buildings connected
Herewith hundred and seventy three thousand two
hundred and eighynine dollars and twen'yone cents
For salaries OF five hundred and keepers Of
lighthouses and lghbeacons and their assistants two
hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred dollars
For salaries Of hfywo keepers Of lighvessels twenty
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
For seamens wages, repairs, supplies, and incidental
expenses OF fytwo ght-vesss hundred and ninety
nine thousand five hundred and eighty mine dollars.
For expenses of raising ceaniag painting, repairing,
remoorng and supplying losses of buoys and day beacons
and for chains and snkers for the same and for csorng
and numbering all the buoys, hundred and seven
thousand two hundred and tweny dollars and
ty-eight cents.
For expenses Of visiting and Inspecting lights aud other
aids TO navigation, two thousand dollars
For commissions at and half per centum 10 such
superntendents entitled TO the under the pro-
vis0 to the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty
entitled Gan act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses government for the year ending
June thrtieth eighteen hundred and y-iwo, and for
other purposes the that may be disbused by
them, eight thousand dollars.
FoR COASTS CALIFoRNA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON.
For oil and other supplies for twenty lights clean
ing materials Of all kinds and transportation of the same
expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair pub
fishing notices mariners of changes of aids
forty five Thousand three hundred and dollars
and seventy-fve cents.
For repairs and Incidental expenses Of twenty y-three
lights and buildings connected Herewith, twenty -four
thousand FIVE hundred and sixty-three dollars.
For salaries of keepers and assistant keepers Of
lighthouses at average exceeding eight hundred
dollars per annum, thrty-six thouand eight hundred dol
lars.
For expenses of raising, cleaning repairing remooring
and supplying losses of floating beacons and buoys and
chains and spkers for the same and for coorng and
berng all the buoya, twenty-five thousand five hundred
dollars.
For commissions at two and half per centum to such
superintendents entitled to the under the pro-
viso the of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty
one entitled An act msking appropriations for the civil
aud diplomatic expenses Of government for the year ending
june thireth eighteen hundred aud ffy-two, aud for
other purposes the that may be disbursed by
tbem one thousand dollars.
For maintenance the vessel provided for by act of
eighteenth August eighteen hundred and fty-six for in
specon and transportation purposes thirty thousand dol
lars.
For rebuilding the lighthouse destroyed by the gale of
September eighteen hundred and fty-six at Cape St
Bias Florida, twenty thousand dollars
For rebuilding aud fitting with 6rstorder apparatus the
lighthouse at Fire island to mark the approach the har
Dor OF New York, forty thousaud dollars
For rebuilding and fitting with 6rstorder apparatus the
lighthouse at Cape May entrance to the Delaware bay
New Jersey, forty thousand dollars
For rebuilding aud fitting with suitable lens apparatus