Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1857-05-21

entitled Tan act making appropriations for
the civil and diplomatic expenses Of govern
ment for the year ending ] une thirtieth, eigh-I
teen hundred and fifty-tw and for Other pur-
poses" OH the amount that may be disbursed
by them,, eight thousand doliaS.sZ e|
For the coasts Of CaEy0Faid, Oregon, and
. ao7sBaG .b,a,sH Washington. ag. Il
100 For oil and other supplies for twenty y-three
lights, cleaning materials of all kinds, and
transportation of the same, expenses of keep
ingthe IllachinetyIin repair. publishing notices
to mariners of changes of aids to navigation,
forty Eve thousand three hundred and twenty
eight dollars and seyenty-fve cents. sv
For repairs and Incidental expenses of
TWENTY three lights, and buildings connected
Herewith, twenty four thousand five. hundred
and sixty-three dollars r.
For salaries of forty keepers and assis-
tant keepers of Lighthouses, atan ayeragenot
exceeding eight hundred dollars per ahnum,
thirty-six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For expenses O, raisingsclearing, repairing,
remooring, andsuppfyipg losses Of floating bea:
cons and buoys, chains and siniSers for thesane,
and for celoFing and numbering all the buoys,
twenty-thFee thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
esFor commissions at two and half per
centum, to such Superntendents as are entitled
to the same underthe proviso to the act third
March, eighteen hundred and ffty-one, en-,
titled, rAn act making aPPrdptissdOps for the
civil and diplomatic Expenses of government
for the year ending june thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ffty-two, and for other purposes"
on the amount that may be disbursed by them,
one thousand dollarsa
For maintenance of the vessels provided
for by the act Of eighteenth August, eighteen
hundred and ffty-six, for inspection and trans
portation purposes, thirty thousand dollars. &
For rebuilding the lighthouse destroyed by
the gale of September eighteen hundred and
forty-six, at, Cape st. Bias Florida, twenty
| thousand dollars. ig7Ef soHl,gtt IS hi1i''t
T. For rebuilding and fitting With 1first-order
apparatus the lighthouse at Fire island, to
mark the approach to the harbor iof New
} York, forty Thousand dollars ii-s-E aH
7 For rebuilding and fitting with sfrstorder
| apparatus the lighthouse at Cape May, en-
trance to the Delaware bay, New jersey, forty
/ thousand dollars s s-l
For rebuilding and fitting with suitable lens
apparatus the light house at, Boty's island,
North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For rebuilding and fitting with frst.order
apparatus the light house at Cape Lookout,
North Carolina, .forty-fve thousand dollars.
For completing the light house at or near
Ethe north pier-head at Chicago, Illinois, and
for protecting the same, in addition to the
balances of previous appropriations made
prior to the thirty.frst August eighteen hun
| dredand eighty-two, thirty two thousand seven
/ hundred eighty7fve dollars and two cents.
For fuel and quarters for officers serving OF
light house duty. .ahe payment of which is nc
4 tlonger provided for by the Quartermaster,
I department, six thousand five hundred and
and eight dollars and eighty-two cents.
For restoring the light house works neal
4 Cof1in'S patches, Florida, to the condition pro
to the hurricane of twenty seventh and TWEEN
ty-eighth of Augustt, eighteen hundred and
fifty-six, twenty-nine thousand and fifty thret
l;dollars and eightS-one cents. 12lal ..ti .71
I For compensation Of tive superintendent
for the LIES stations on the coast of Long is
land, and New Jersey9two thousand anC
sixty-one dollars anu fourteen cents. 90 52z'st
For compensation of ifty-four keepers o
stations, seven thousand one hundred anC
4 twenty three dollars and eighty cents ~
.i Fer contingencies of life stations on tn
: coast Of Long Island and New jersey, fifteel
Thousand dollars. ..- -. =. r.--,-
AZ .- SURVEY OF, THE PUBLIC LANDS. -.;r
: For surveying the public lands, (exclusiv
(, Pof California, Oregon, Washington, New
i Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah, includ
4 ing accidental alexpehseS, and island surveys il
? the interior, and all other special and Difficult
: surveys demanding augmented rates, to be ap
portioned and applied to the several surveyin
! districts according to the iexigenc;es of tn
public service, including expenses OF seleetin
. swamp lands and the compensation and ex
penses to- survey or to locate private dan
claims in Louisiana, in addition to theiuneX
pepded balaucesfQf .allformer appropriation
, one hundred, thousand dollars. ss
. For completing the survey of towns an
! villages in Missouri two thousand dollars
: For correcting erroneous and defective line
! ! of public aid private surveys in Illinois an
: Missouri, at arate not exceeding six dplIal
4 per mile, two thousand dollars. i--- r.
+ For surveying in Louisiana, at augmente
: rates, now authorized by law, -four thousan
seven hundred and sixty-six dollars.
For surveying the publiicc lands and spfivaI
" land claims in California, including office e2
penses, incident to the survey of claims. an
to be disbursed, at the rates prescribed by lay
N for the different kinds of work, one hundre
! thousand dollars. s.-..a.-s ....r
= For surveying standard, parallel, and mer
= dian lines in Washington Territory, seve
= thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
= For surveying township and subdivision
: lines in Washington Territory, at rate N
= exceeding twelve dollars per mile, twent
: thousand dollars.
NJ For continuing the survey Of base, merida
+ standard parallels, township, and sections lin
a in New Mexico, fifty Thousand dollars.
a n For surveying the necessary base, merida
- standard parallels, township and section lin
~ in Kansas and Nebraska, also outlines of Indi;
a reservations, fifty thousand dollars.
~ For continuing the survey of the bas
" meridian, correction parallels, township al
: section lines in the Territory of Utah, fif
"A thousand dollars.
For preparing the unfinished records of pu
u bic and private surveys to be transferred 70 t
i State authorities, under the provisions of Il
- act of twelfth june, eighteen hundred al
forty, in those districts where the surveys a
. about being completed, twelve thousand dc
ef lars.
rs For,resuFyey. and examination Of thesurv
~ of the pubic lands IA those States where t
"a offices of the surveyor. general have been,