The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-09


at the Mobile custom house ten thousand dollars.
For annual repairs Of custom-houses, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For annual repairs Of marine hospitals fifteen thousand
dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
/ ron rms ATLAsrm, GULF, AND LAKE COASTS, VIZ
For supplying the light houses and beacon lights with
OIL glass ehimneys wicks, channels skins polishing pow
der whiting and other cleaning materials transportation
and other necessary expenses of the same repairing and
keeping IN repair the lighting apparatus one hundred
and thirty-two thousand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses, rehtting and inn
proving all the lighthouses, and buildings connected
Herewith, hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For repairing the works and piers in order TO preserve
and the lighthouse at Chicago Illinois, eighty
seven thousand dollars
For repairs and incidental expenses TO the light house
at oswego and the buildings connected Herewith, thirty
thousand dollars.
For salaries of six hundred and two keepers of light
houses and light eacons and their assistants. hun
bred aud ninety three thousand three hundred and nine
dollars and ffty-n cents
For salaries of fy-two keepers of lghtvessels TWEEN
tyseven thousand four hundred and tyeight dollars
and seventy three cents
For seamens wages repairs supplies, and incidental
expenses of hytwo light vessels hundred and six
tysix thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars, and
thirteen cents.
For expenses of raising cleaning painting, repairing,
remoorng and supplying losses of buoys and day bea-
cons and for chains and sinke for the same and or
sand dollars.
For commissions two and half per centum to such
superntendents entitled to the under the pro-
vso to act thrd March, eighteen hundred aud hityone,
the amount that may be disbursed by them, in adli
ton to available balance, thousand eight hundred
and sixteen dollars and sixty-seyen cents.
FOR THE COASTS CALIFORNIA, OREGON. wAsnNdToN.
For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting repairing,
IGNORING, and supplying losses OF buoys and day bea
cons and for chains and sinkers for the same and for
coloing and numbering all the buoys, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the construction of the lighthouse
Minots Ledge of the Cohsset rocks, Boston bay,
Massachusetts, being onehalf of the amount remaining
be appropriated to complete the work according to the
original estimate forty thousand and ninety dol
| lars and thirty-six cents
For communication of fuel and quarters for officers of the
army serving lighthouse duty the payment of which
is longer provided for by the Quartermastes depart
ment two thousand three hundred and sxtyseyen dol
| lars and forty-one cents.
For compensation of two superintendent for the life
saving stations the coasts Of Long Island and New Jer
| sew, three thousand dollars.
For compensation OF fifty four keepers Of stations at
two hundred dollars EACH eight thousand four hundred
and sixy-th dollars and orty-three cents
For the best e-boat TO he placed at each OF the
twentyeght liie-saving stations the coast of New
Jersey six thousand four hundred and forty dollars and
much money appropriated at the last session
of Congress for this purpose remains unexpended is
hereby directed to be carried to the surplus fund
For repairng the lfesaying stations the coast of
Long island ana NEW jersey TWO thousand dollars,
SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC LANDS.
For surveying the public lands exclusive of Califor
MIA Oregon Washington, New Mexico Kansas Ne
braska and Utah. including incidental expenses and
island surveys in the interior and all other special and
difficult surveys demanding augmented rates, to be APP
pooned and applied to the several surveying districts
according to the exgences OF the public service, in
Guiding expenses of selecting swamp lands and the
pensaton and expenses to survey TO locate private
land claims in louisiana, in addition to the unexpend
ed balances of all former appropriations sixty thousand
dollars.
For surveying the public lands and private land claims
in California, including Office expenses incident the
survey of claims and to be discussed at the rates pre-
scrbed by law for the different kinds of work, forty
| three thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey OF base, meridian standard
parallels, township, and section lines in New Mexico
| twenty thousand dollars.
For surveying the necessary base meridian standard
parallels, township, and section lines in Kansas and Ne
braska also outlines of Indian reservations including IL
abilities incurred in the years eighteen hundred and fifty
fve eighteen hundred and fifty six, eighteen hundred
and ty-seven, and eighteen hundred and fifty eight
| forty thousand dollars
For preparing the unfinished records of public and
private surveys to be transferred to the State author
tiles, under the provisions of the act of twelfth june
eighteen hundred and forty in those districts where
the surveys are about being completed ten thousand dol
lars
For resurveys and examinations of the surveys of the
public lands in those States where the offices of the
veyors general have been, shall be- closed under the
acts of twelfth june eighteen hundred and FORTY and
twenty second January eighteen hundred and fifty three
including two thousand dollars for the salary the clerk
detailed to this special service in the General Land Office
| two thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon 20 be dis
bursed at the rates authorized by law twenty thou
| sand dollars
For running and marking that part of the western
boundary of Minnesota which is defined by the
| tual landmarks, estimated distance hundred and
| thirty miles, five thousand dollars.
For binding field notes. pats and records OF
the Office Of the surveyor general of Kansas and Nebras
| ka one thousand dollars
For preservation OF the collections of the exploring and
surveying expeditions of the government four thousand
| dollars.
For collection OF agricultural statistics Investigations
for promoting agriculture and rural economy, and the
procurement Of cuttings and seeds forty Thousand dad ia,
m used or expended n2 deayng the expenses of any
body of men or delegates assembled in Washington OF
elsewhere as agricultural congress- advisory board
on agriculture convened under the orders or by author
y of the Secretary OF the Interior, any other per-
son under any for any pretended object what
| ever.
For drawings to illustrate the mechanical report OF the
a6 sls 5dsa sd doYla asar nnh'ie'
For support care and medical treatment Of forty tran
sent paupes medical and surgical patients in Washing
| ton infrmary, six thousand dollars.
| For purchase of for the public grounds one
| thousand dollars.
For hire of carts the public grounds one thousand
| and ninety-bve dollars.
For purchase of trees and boxes to replace where
necessary such have been planted by the United States
aud the repair OF payements in front Of the public grounds
three thousand dollars.