The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-14
err AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY.
SIXTH CONGRESS
uNITED sTATEs,

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE
SIXTH CONGRESS
OF TIE
INIT sTAIEs,
~ ! I. act making appropriations for
= aaSssss Beaeons, buoys, andso forth.
. taehs 7fb s he Ssnafs ana Hoase ~ Repre-
ne 1870 - Lated States Of Asaersca - Congress
s,...sr5ied That the following ap2Feprla.lSgps y,
- nj Of any money in the treasury not other
Rs..s sss-s1f1tsd ID enable the Secretary Of the
F-s,sarv % carry the provisions Of thisact into
.sFsef: Fsosideds heiceser, That Il coed title 70
any Iaad. which It may De necessary e ess,
right TO such land cannot be acquired BY eession,
when theinterest d the DATED States demands 1t,
before the appropriation would BY law fall into the
surplus fund. in say and all such cases the appfo
nr;ations shall BE applicable TO the objects for
vAich they made, at any time within two years
After the aarst meeting of the Legislature Of any
Sfate wherein such land may be situated, suDse-
quent 70 the passage Of this act, to-sit; =
Mas.achussftss<-For lighthouse at Duxbury, n
sPiymoush hafbor, i've thousand dollars
For the nurehase Of q suitable lot of land, and
the erection theresn of building for the use OF
the Lighthouse B6ards at Woods Hole, treat har-g
:. in the t6Nn Of Falmouth, 1--WE thousand dollars
For iirht-ship Or iight-honse, in the discretion
az ths Seersfary Of the TrsAsurys on the recon-
Tne1aasion Of she lighthouse Boards on, or near,
the aHea and Chickens,R st the entrance OF buz-
zardh Bay, thirty-sss Ihoassna dollar =. Gar !.
lirhkhoussas, or near, the fSow aaa t7gs p sne
entrance of Bazzard.s Bay, one theusaud dollars.
Rkede IsFaad-For the establishment OF beacons
on Counimmieut Point and Bullocks FONT IN rfo-
vidance River three thousand dollars.
For survey Of and for buoyine ont Seekonk
River, between Seekonk and Proyidencs, nse nun
cosasesseat.-ForI. the e-sstsblishmenta and alter
ationsf the beaeon light on Long " nan - ss1
For fog bill to be rung by machinery at the
Strasfofd light house, tWelve hundred doll
For enabling tbs Light-honss Board, under the
direcsfon Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, 70 ex
70 purchase the signal erected By Daboll, and now
in operation at New London, six thousand dollars.
Aese York-Forth the erection of stone beacon
on Mil Reef, Eve thousand dollars
Fal three beacon lights upon the Hudson River,
between Albany AID Troy, tgo thousand dollars.
For > beseon light At Oak Orchard, Lake Ontario
three thousand I'VE hundred dollars.
Miehiqaa-For rebuiling the towers at W hlts
Fish Point Detenrs and AaHltous island All on tne
coast Of Lake Superior, fortyfye Thousand dollars
FerFa light house At Bettraw Bay, SIX Thousand
dollsrs.
Fora ftgh.-houss at or near, Tauas City, 81,
tksusa1d dollars.
rFor . light-hoase at themouth OF Manistee klEe1
For one OF two beacon lights, at the discretion o
the Secretary Of he Treasury, ct the entrance z
Grand Island Bay and harbor, Lake Superior, SIX
fefe iog pen ~ oraae haven -Ao4se' =.
Far a range Of lights for Copper Hafbor, Lake
Superior, with fog bell, orsuch other ear sagnal
msodsti ar he Iiebt. house Board, may adopt,
thirty 1--WE hundred dollars.
six thousand dofiars. ~
Ws.-o..;. = Tar are construction Of q lighthouse
Sss- srS ion. 5ose At NiIUaakee. ia heu of the
Ee-f f,nt 6eSeoT iVht az TIA mace fifty thousand
doIiarx s- :.
F..rs fpr be1t Al Port au MFRS lighthouse, IF
team hundred dollars.
a.i1e., : ~ 1880 80
800. .a,s,-nct;on af !. suifahle beacon light at
a. -. - F.;,ss t;,tr fbousand one hundred
s - - =. -. -rt-e, .--- =
"a 81 s.-s,,-v ~ he Treasury to pay
49, y, -. - - sra foprteen dollar
- ar az - ~. ~ nv. = ''-.-
,s 49,. r.buiiine the two NEIGHBOURS
.o-sr, ~ NJ. Es,S Ns,si ffftpg me ssre witt
Ss - rheusnod nine hun.
f-ss ard forty-o1e dollars.
NORTH Careiisa.-For re-establishing the Beacon
Island H9hf-hDuse, and constructing in connexiou
tbsseTitb : bsseoh light to form a range for run
ning The Ocracoke Inlet. Eve thousand dollars.
For 4 beacon Hight at s9itab bic point 81 or near
fssr,a lHatteras Inlet. 4, . thonsand dollars.
For new Ieht-honse 1t the mouth Of Cape Fear
River in lieu Of the present sEuetare forty thous-
-S h,..9;n y,s.nfart Harbor aua Bogue Sound
one ,thoussnd dollars.
For the erection Of aIighteouse at The mouth Of
North River Aibsmsrle sound ten thousand ao.-
Ia. -, sss
Isai.iaaa Ear lighthouse at the month Of
Gzlezsisa RiFer, seven thousand I've hundred dol
afx ~ =.
YSro;nta.-For the eoustructfon Of q frst-cass
ieht-6ouss 1t Assateague, in lieu of the present
Hghtrhouse, 6fty thousand dollars;
kre1rz
ing he sas-rs Of she Chesapeake Bay With Abe
nalie Send, i've hundred dollars
For tbs complesion Of the tower ana keeper
dusline at Cape charlss, ten thousand two hnndzed
dollars.
sssRPs.-For new hgn.-noa,s ,,s. -, -
one theusaad dollars: Peecidsa That the old light
house and sise n9E q. .as iD.hs - ~ -: -
Light-heuss Board under the authority OF me pee,
retary Of the Treasury, and the proceeds Of SAG
sals applied In aid Of the sum hereby
for the eonsTueslen o. sal1 ng1.-aol - r..
0zllfersse.-eEer 2 hrst-elass hgn..noass :: 1aPs
Meadocinos being the extreme mestera pom. OF
1Sad on the Pscite coast eighty thousand dollars.
For light-house n Trinidad BAY twenty tneas-
and dollars:
Er Eght-heuse On Relns dsl heys, eeons tHen-
Thousand dolars, and for fog ear signals, 70 be
erected in connectipn herewith, upon the recon-
mndatien OF the Eght-hoase Board, under the die
reetion Of the Seeretsry Of the Treasury, Two
For b1eying out the eha<nsi and the bar at the
entrance Of Humboldt BAY and for three movable
beaeons to Be provided With lens lanterns, to be
kept in range vita the channel, ten thousand dol
lars. ss7s.f
HasbiHgfon 1erritory.-For light house at
Gray's Harbor, aHd for baoying out the channel
and bar az said hafbor ~ enty thousand dollars.
q For baoyfng out the channel of the Colnmbia
Riser fran the rRoutb Of the Willamette River to
tie cascade Of the Columbia River, five thousand
dolIars. -, 49, f -
SEC q Had Be Il further enacted, That ne portion
Of the money hSrein appropriated for the erection
Of any Iieht-hdse or beacon light shall be expen-
ded until plans shall be furnished, and contracts
made for the entire csmpIetion Of the said light
home or beacon light for the sum herein sppropra-
ted. zsgsss
SIC s. And Be- Il : further enacted, That the sum
of twenty thonsand dollars be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated and directed TO be paid, ont
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
pristsd for the establishment st the points herein
named Of such ear signals as may prove 70 be "a
tisfactory under the experiments hereinbefore au-
taorised % Be made that i TO say At West Quod-
dy Head and Boone IsIand, in MaiDs at Boston,
in Massachusetts, at Sandy Hook, in New York |;
at Charleston, in South Caroline; at Savannah,
Georgia a the Southaest Passof the Mississippi
River. and az Galveston
zsa.fee That II prAiim-
sy t LS5 any nga.nduss q oInsE aid prossasd n
e = = = 800 n.
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. sra 20 b made, under the direction Of tie Sd.
psrints1denf Of the Coast Survey, and those on the
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