Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-09-13
Approved, June 10, 1860.
AN ACT making Appropriations for Light
uOmses. RencnIs Runvs nnd 50 firth

AN ACT making Appropriations for Light.
Houses, Beacons Buoys, and 50 forth,
BE il enacted By The Senate and House of Repre-
sentdtipes of The United Suites of America in Con.
greSs assembled, That the following appropriations
he, and the same are hereby, made aud directed tC
he paid, out OF any money in the treasury not other
Wise appropriated, to enable the secretary of the
Treasury to carry the provisions of this act into
eiiecG PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That il n good title
| to any land, whcc it may be necessary to use
cannot be obtnlnCd reasonable terms, or the ex.
clnsive right 10 such land cannot be acquired by
Cesslon, when the interest of the United States
demands I, before the appropriation would by law
TALL into the surplus fund, in any and all such
cases the appropriations shall bo applicable to the
objects for which they are made, Mt any time
WITHIN two ycnrs after the frs, meeting of the leg
lslatnre OF any state wherein such land may be
situated, subsequent to the passage OF this act TO
wit;
MASSACHUSETTS,. For a lighthouse n, Duxbury,
in Plymouth harhor fue thousand dollars,
For the purchase oi a suitable lot of land, and
the erection the reon Of n building for the use OF
the Light house Board, at Woods Hole, Great
linrbor, in the town Of Falmouth, five thousand
dollars.
For ligh,.shp or light, house, in the discretion
oi the Secretary OF the Treasury, on the recon-
mcndalion ot the l.gh house Board, on or ncar.
the Hen and Chickens" at the entrance of Buz.
Yards Bay, thirty five thousand dollars
For a survey to determine the proper site for a
light house at or near, the 'S0w and Pigs" at
the entrance Of Buzlard's Bay, one thousand dol
lars.
RHODE lsLAND.-FOr the establishment of bea
cons on Connimmcut Point and Bullock's Point,
in Providence River, three thousand dollars.
For survey of and for buoying out Seekonk
River, between Scckonk and Providence, five
hundred dollars.
CONNECTICUT For the re.establshment and
ala at tl.nh ;..1t I
New Haven, two thousand dollars.
For fog bell to be rung by machinery at the
Strntiod light house, twelve hundred dollars
For cnabinh the Lighthouse Board, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to ex-
pertinent with Daboll's and other ear signals, and
To purchase the signal erected by Daboll, aud now
in operation at New London, six thousand dollars
NEw ioRK.-For the erection of n stone bea-
con on Mill Reef five thousand dollars,
For three beacon lights upon the Hudson River,
bctwc cen Albany and Troy, two thousand dollars
Fora beacon light at Oak Orchard, Lake On
tario, three thousand five hundred dollars.
MICHIGAN. .--For rebuilding the towers at White
Fish Point, Detonr, and Manitou Islands, all on
the coastoi Lake Superior, iorty-tre thousand
dollars.
For lighthouse at Bertraw Bay, six thousand
dollars.
For light.hause at, or near, Tawas City, six
thousand dollars,
For u lighthouse at the mouth of Manistee
River, five thousand dollars.
For one or two beacon lights, at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Treasury, at the ontrasce
TO Grand Island Bay and harbor, Lake Superior,
six thousand dollars.
For fog bell at Grand Haven light house, fit.
teen hundred dollars.
For range of lights for Copper IIarbor, Lake
superior, with fog bell, or such other ear signal
as the Secretary of the Treasury, on the recon-
lnendaton of the Lighthouse Board, may adopt,
thirty five hundred dollars.
For lighthouse at, or near, Old Fort Mackin-
aw, six thousand dollars
WiscoNsN-for the construction of light
house piel and lighthouse at Mwsukee, in lieu