The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-19
BY AUTHORITY.

BY AUTHORITY.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
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AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the government the year ending the Kieth of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty mine.
BE Il asocfed BY The &nak and Hds4x Of Representatives, Of
he Ulsd Slater Of Asseoa Cbtgvss sssenssd That the
following be- and the are hereby, appro-
prated the objects hereafter expressed for the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth June eighteen hundred
and fifty nine, viz
SURVEY OF THE COAST. y,
For continuing the survey of tho Atlantic and Gulf
coast of the United States fncludng compensation to
superintendent and assistants, and excluding pay and
emolumsnAs Of officers of the army and navy aud petty
officers, and men Of the navy employed on tho work.
two hundred and 6fty thousand dollsTs- a.aat
For continuing the survey Of the western coast of the
United States, ono hundred and thirty thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the survey Of the Florida reefs and
KEYS Excluding pay and emounon&s of officers of the
army ard navy and petty omcsrs and Of the navy
employed on the work, forty thousand dollars. II
For running lime connect tho trAngulaton the
Atlantic coast with that tho Gulf Of Mexico the
Florida peninsula, ten thousand dollars,
For repairs Of the Crawford, Madison, Mason, and
George NJ Bachc and other rling vessels used In the
coast survey, ten thousand dollars. Lea
For pay aud ratons Of engineory for seven steamers
used in the photography Of tho coast survey, longer
supplied by the Navy Department twelve Thousand eight
Treasury make such allowances TO tho oce and Of
the army and navy while employed ON coast survey
service for subsistence In addition TO their compensation,
he may deem necessary, mot exceeding the sum au-
eighteen hundred forty -four tfe t ~
To supply deficiency in the fund for the relief Of sick
and disabled seamen, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. ~ q q
LIGHT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For the Atlantic, Gulf and Lake coasts viz "
For supplying five hundred and fifty six light houses
and beacon lights with oil chnneys wicks cha
mois SKINS polishing powder whiting and cleaning ma
teras transportation and other necessary expenses of
the same repairing and keeping in repair the lighting
apparatus hundred and thirty eight thousand
hundred and twenty four dollars and forty five
For repairs and incidental expenses retting and i'm
provements Of all the light houses and buildings
nected Herewith hundred and seventy three thou
sand two hundred and eighty nine dollars and twenty
cents ~ ,t q
For salaries of six hunod and eleven keepe Of light
houses and ghtbeAcons and thsr Assistants sixty shou
sand dollars. eFs q
For salaries of fifty two keepers Of light vessels twenty
thousand two hundred and six dollars and fifty seven
cents s az ~
For seanens wages repairs supplies and Incidental
expenses of ifty-two lightyessels, hundred and
eighty five thousand hundred and ninety nine dollars
and fifty cents. g.
For expenses of raising cleaning painting repairing
remoorng, and supplying losses of buoys and day bea
cons and for chains and snkes tor the same and for
colorng and numbering all the buoy eighty two thou
sand two hundred and twenty eight dollars and seventy
eight cents ~ s4ks4 etfst at at 3ett aNDR
COASTS CALIFORNIA, M1GoN, AND WARRINGTON
For oil and other supplies twenty four lights clean
ing materials of all kinds and transportation Of the same
expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair pub
fishing notices to mariners of changes Of aids to navga
on Thousand four hundred and seventy dollars
and ninety-one cent? go H 44a
For repairs and incidental expenses Of twenty four
lights and buildings connected Herewith twenty four
thousand Ave hundred and sixty three dollars
For maintenance of the vessel provided for by the act
of eighteenth August eighteen hundred and tysx for
inspection and transportation purposes thirty Thousand
dollars. ~ ~ ~ n ~
For fuel and quarters for officers Of che army serving
house duty the payment Of which Is no longer
provided for by the Quartsrmaeter Departments
thousand and thirty -four dollars and FIVE cents. IL l
For compensation of two superntendents for the life
saving stations the coasts of Long Island and New
Jersey, three thousand dollars.
For compensation Of fifty four keepers Of stations
two hundred dollars each ten Thousand eight hundred
dollars s2stt AsA42- Bs %eas' af.9alt a4
For contingencies for saving apparatus the coast
of the United States twelve Thousand dollars .s,
For the purchase Of the best selfrghtng eboat to
be placed at each of the twenty esavg stations
the coast of New Jersey six thousand four hundred
and forty dollars. ST.. i.eg3a asIbi
For the purchase of the best e boats to be approved
by the Treasury Department for the coast Of Long
Island, ten Thousand dOllArB. .faIt -Hss7
For procuring additional improved metallic life
boats metallic fecar and necessary harness. lines and
other suitable articles to be used under the direction Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury In saving life In Of
marine disaster off Galveston station, Texas, ten thou
sand dollars.
SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC LANDS.
For surveying the public lands exclusive of Califo
MIA Oregon, Washington, New Mexico Kansas, Nebras
ka and Utah. including incidental expenses and island
surveys In the interior and all other special and difficult
surveys ,-manding augmented rates. to be apporoned
and applied to the several surveying Districts according
to the exgencs Of the public service including expenses
of selecting swamp lands and the compensation and
penses survey to locate private land claims in Louis
lana In addition to the unexpended balances Of all for
mer appropriations, forty thousand dollars.
For correcting and defective lines Of public
and private surveys in Illinois and Missouri at rate not
exceeding six dollars per mile Thousand dollars
For surveying In Louisiana, at augmented rates now
authorized by law three thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands and private land claims
In California including Office expenses incident to the
survey Claims and to be dsbused at the rates pre-
scrbed by law for the different kinds of work, hun
dred thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey Of base meridian standard
parallels, township and section lines In New Mexico,
twenty-Aye thousand dollars
For surveying such Of the private claims in New Mex
leo shall have been confirmed by Congress- including
penses incurred by the surveyor general In adudcatng
the same fifteen thousand dollars.
For surveying the necessary base. meridian standard
parallels, township and section lines In Kansas and Ne
braska also outlines of Indian reservations hundred
thousand dollars.