Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-05-15
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BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IPublic-No. 81

car euuliig the thirtleth OF une eighteen
hundred and fifty eight
BE at enacted 6y the Senate ami House of
Representatives. Of TIE United iStaes of .ADae-
T'ca an Congress assembled, That the follow
ing sums be and the same are hereby appro-
prIated for the objects hereafter expressed. or
the fiscal year ending the thirtieth Of June
eighteen hundred and fiftv-eieht. viz:
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For survey Of the Atlantic snd Cuff coast
OF the United States, {iRciuding compensation
to superintendent and assistants. aud exclud-
ING pay and emolumen1s Of officers of the
army and navy and petty officers and men
employed on the work.) two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey of The western
coast of the bnrted States, ope hundred and
thirty thousand dollars.
For continuing the sarvev Of the Florida
reefs aud keys, Excluding pay and cmolu
mentS CT officers of the arug and navy and
petty officers and men Of the navy employed
on the work forty thousand dollars.
For running a .iue to cenuect the tgian-
gniation on the Atlantic coast with that on
the Gulf of Mexico, across the Florida benin
sula, titteen thousand dolars.
For publishing the observations made in
the progress Of the survey Of the coast of the
United States, fifteen thousand dollars.
For repairs and alt"rat ors of steamer
Nv aiSer' and Of sailing Te>Sels employed in
the coast survey, 6feen thousand dollars.
For fuel and quarters, 3nd for mileage and
transportation for officers and enlisted soldiers
OF the army serving in the coast survey. in
cases no longer provided by the Quartertnas
tiers Department, ten thua>aud dollars
For the discharge 0. such miscellaneous
Claims not otherwise p'oriIed for shall be
admitted IN due course of settlement ut the
Treasury, nv thousand dollars: Provided that
no pmt OF this appropriation shall be drawn
from the lr,a-rry ezc"Vt IN pursuance Of
some law re oiution Of Congress authorizing
the expenditure.
I" supply tine deficiency in the fund f.r
u. ',I,.I ~ -.ca an4 disabled .eau,u, one
n1a.rtd aud Hlty Thousand dollars,
t.s co..uau tue treasury extension. tiy-
man -rra I.Ou~tI. ag.i.r>.
Fos ia cu"tuu..4ou ul a.. custom l,u,r
ID ,t~ss.s ,s.,...l-.
for the continuation @. ,ue custom nous.
~ NeH o'!.ans, Loui-iapa, three huudr,d
rauu-ana tu.lar~.
t,T Ja- .coup.u-atou %. .u a1Juio,.I
"PIs'''s,r 2 Neral TO b. appointed by the
President, y ;.Hd ni.A the iuI,Ic. aud con
sent Of The Senate, to be employed in the
districts or ports OF Florida. Aiabama. Mi>sis
siPpI, Louisiana ana Texas, twenty fye hun
cred dollars.
For annual repairs Of marine hospitals,
twenty five thousand dollars.
For annual repairs CT custom houses, thirty
thousand dOlars.
For enclosing, grading and draining the
lot OF land recently purchased to enlarge the
site of marine hospital at Mobile, Alabama,
five thousand four hundred dollars.
For iron shutters and bars for the windows
Of the custom house al Wilmington, Delaware,
one thousand dollar
For contingent expenses incident to the
construction OF the custom house at 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 aiding an additional
story 10 the custom house and post office
building at PetersbUrgh. Virginia, twenty
thousand do.lus: I'rocided, That no part Of
shall he expended for the construction of a
portico 10 sand BUILDING.
For finishing, repairing, Feitting and refur-
nishlng the marine hospital at Paducah, Ken
tucky, hse Thousand dollars.
For fencing and grading The site of the
marine hospital at Evansville, Indiana, and
for erecting stable, supplying water for kitch-
en- and other fixtures of the same, five thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars.
For fencing and grading the grounds be-
longing 10 the marine hospital at poftlaud,
Maine, and for introducing water, erecting
stables, removing and repairing old building
for post house, and putting in kitchen ranges,
sixteen thousand dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For supplying five hundred and eleven
lighthouses and beacon lights with oil, glass
chimneys, wicks, chamois skins, polishing
powder, whiting and cleaning materials, trans
portatlon and other necessary expenses ofthe
same, repairing and keeping in repair the
lighting apparatus, two hundred and ninety
three Thousand three hundred and fifty seven
doilars and fifty five cents.
For repairs and incidental expenses, reft-
ting aud impro, ements Of all the lighthouses
anu buildings Connected tnefeNitu, one nun
dred and seventy three thousand two hundred
and eighty n.ne dollars and twenty Que cents
For salaries of tive hundred aud forty three
keepers of lighthouses and light beacons and
then assistants, two hundred and seventeen
Thousand tyso hundred dollars.
For salaries ot f.ty two keepers OF lsht
yv>s-l>, t~enly nsne thousand seven huudfed
ai.d tiity dollars.
For seamens' wages, repairs. supplies, and
lucid, ntai expenses Of fifty two hgpt-vessels
one hundred and ninety nlne thousand tse
hundred aud eighty nine dollars.
fS expenses OF raising, cleaning, painting
repairing, remoonng, aud supplying losses Q
buoys and day beacons, aud for chains ano
sinkers for the same, aud for coloring anc
numbering all the buoys. ope hundred anc
seven thousand two hundred and twenty eigh
. dollars and seventy eight cents,