Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-08-01
Public 60.
AN ACT making appropriations for lighthouses,

AN ACT making appropriations for lighthouses, beacons,
buOyS, and so forth.
tveS of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the following appropriations be- aud the same
hereby made and dec ed to be paid Oi money
the treasury not otherwise appropriated To enable the Sec
of the Treasury tn the of tins
into effect Provided however That If good title to any
land which may be necessary cannot be obtained
reasonable TERMS the exclusive right To such land
cannot be acquired by ceSson when the interest of the
United States demands it, before the appropriation woud
BY law fall into the surplus fund.- in any and all such
the appropriations shall be applicable the objects for
which they are made at any time within two after
the first meeting Of the legislature of Stale wherein
such land may be situated subsequent to the passage Of this
act, to wit:
For light house at Duxbury in Plymouth harbor, five
thousand dollars
FIR the purchase of suitable lot of land and the erection
thereon OF building for The Of the lighthouse Board
at Woods Hole, Great darbor in the town Of Falmouth
five thousand dollars.
For light ship light house, in the discretion of the
Secretary of the Treasury the recommendation Of the
Light house Board the Hen AMI Chickens, at
the entrance of Buzzards bay thirty live thousand dol
lars.
For survey to determine the proper for lighthouse
at or near the Sow and at the entrance Of Buzzards
bay, one thousand dollars
RHODE ISLAND.
For the establishment of beacons COMMITMENT Point
and Bulocks Point in Providence river, three thousand
dollars.
For survey of and for buoying out seekonk river be-
tween SeekOnk and Providence, five hundred dollars
CONNECTICUT.
For the reestablshment and alteration of the beacon
light Long Wharf, at New Haven, two thousand dol
lars
For fog bell to be rung BY machinery the Straord
lighthouse, twe Fe hundred dollars.
For enabling the Lighthouse Board, under the direction
of the Secretary of the Treasury, TO experiment with Da
bos and other signals and purchase the signal
ted by Dabo, and operation New London, six
thousand dollars.
NEW YORK.
For the erection of stone beacon Mill Reef five thou
sand dollars
For three beacon lights upon the Hudson river between
| Albany and Troy, two thousand dollars: r .
For beacon light at Oak Orchard, Lake Ontario three
| thousand i've hundred dollars
For rebuilding the towers White Fish Point DetOur,
and Manituu Island all the of Lake Superior
| ty-fve thousand dollars.
For light house at or Tawas City, thousand
| dollars. -.-..-..
Fur lighthouse at the mouth of Maustee river five
| thousand dollars .-..... ...
For one beacon lights at the discretion of the Sc
crelay of the Treasury at the entrance 10 Grand Island
bay and harbor, Lake Superior, six thousand dollars.
For fog bell at Grand Haven lighthouse fifteen hum
dred dollars ..-. D.. ..
For range of lights for Copper harbor Lake Superior
with fog be such other signal the Secretary of
the Treasury the recommendation of the Lighthouse
Board, may adopt, thirty live hundred dollars
For lighthouse at Old Fort Mackinaw six thou
sand dollars.
For the construction Of house pier and lighthouse
place, fifty thousand dollars.
For fog bell at Port du Morts lighthouse fifteen hun
dred dollars. .a.rr
For lighthouse Kewaunee six thousand dollars.
For the construction of suitable beacon ght al the port
OF Baeine, thirty thousand one hundred dollars.