Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-08
EVENING STAR.
ID 2 FIC A L..
LAWS OF TIKI UNITED STATES,
Passed st Second Session OF FortietA Congress
TPURIlC-No. -Ol

clNu eNil-Eses ~ the COVE! nmAut for The yeSr
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
Sixty nIne, ana for o he pa poses.
BE a eHdet1d ~ t.e SesIG-~ ara Nous q RsDrs-
ssHt1tirts y ;as tRitsd N-tss Of AarrioI "a Con-
grass GSSe ssbtc', That tue .oil Dwng sums b..
ana the same sre hereby, APPROPRIATED. Tor the
obj-cis hereinafter ,sed, Tor the fiscal YEAR
ending he taIrtIeth " June, eighteen huadred
ana sIxiy-niae. VIZ.
MISCELL
For neceSs ~ exp uses IA carving into effect
the several acts OF Congress authorizing Iaans
and the issue If treasury notes. one mutton
two hundred and fifty aousand dJllars. y'ro-
rtced, That none of The SAID sum shsIl D. usea
Go pay cUmml ssions tor tue purchase, sale or
CONVERSION of the bonds or notes OF the Iuitci
S'a'e>: and E5OrtIeO fFrt,ar. That all n, >ssry
letjer-pTess pTInlIug ami book biudIas IA iii
the departments ana bureaus, shalt o. done
and executed at the Government Prtnuug
Once, and not elsewhere, except rsKt,trr-t
bonds and written records, whlch may n.
bound a. here ofore at the department
For carrying out The provisions OF the act
OF The thIrtieth of august eIsn; Al hunire4
and hfty-t1o for the better protection OF ia
lives OF pas epgers GA vessels propelled IA
whole or in part by II 'ayn, and OF the act.
amendalory Il er Of, the following SUM,
Wit: For the salaries OF the supervising aud
local inspectors, eighty thousand four hundred
| dollars: for the travelling expenses OF the su-
peryising inspectors, ten thousand dollar, o
so much thereof as may be necessary: FRO
Utted, That no superN Islng inspector shall b
| allow Cd for travel in has district IN aay on
| Year a greater sum than one thousand dQlla-s
ID
| tors, twelve thoussHd dollars, or - much
| thereof 3s may be necessary. Prsrifsf f,r.ker
| That no local Inspector shall be alIogci TOR
| travel an any oae year greater sum than five
hundred dollars. For the avellIEg expenses
OF a special asent OF the department. Que thou
sard nye hundred dollars: Tor the expenses of
the meeting OF the board OF supervising IN
| >PecIors, including trsy-l, printing CT manual
| and report, three thousand five hundred dol
lars, and there shall be but meeting au-
nually OF the said board, which shalt be Al th-
| city OF Washington on the second "Wednesday
OF January in each year for stationery. Tor fur
nlturr OF offices snd repair thereof, for repatr
| ana uanS poriauOn OF instruments, and TOR fael
| and lights, fitU en- thousand dollars.
For lacIlIffiIng communication between the
| Atlantic and Pacific States by eleCtri al t.Ir-
| graph, forty thousand dollars.
For expenses m detecting and bringing TO
| Iriai ana punishment persons engaged IA cOun-
| terieliIng treasury notes, bonds, and O.hsr So
| CurItI-s OF the United States, "a well a tha
CONS OF the United States, and other frauds
| upon The government, one hundred aud nfty
| thousand dollars.
To meet expenses incurred in the prosecution
| and collection OF claims due t1e United Ststs-,
fifteen thousand dollars, 10 be dIsDurssd uu der
tue direction OF the Secretary uf the Tr-a ,urv.
| For supplying deficiency IN the mud for Tue
relief OF SICK and disabled seanen. Que hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars: PrOrtisf =. Tuat
hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury snalI
/ communicate at each annual session OF Con-
gress full and complete sTrtement IN detarI "
| the amounts collected from ssamen. and al,o
the amount expended for sick and dl-a nlsh =. A.
men. IN ACCORDANCE with The provisions OF IA
| act OF May third. eighteen hundred and tao.
| For salaries oi commissioners uudrr ..An at
| TO provide for the REVISION and consOId a ion
Of the statute laws of the United = -at-S,~ A.
proved June tWrniy-Se enth, elgnIH IN huq-
dred ana sINty-slX, and FOR clerical sprYts. :
and other incidental expenses. the printing 10
| be done by the Government Printing Office
seventeen thousand dollars.
For payment OF the messengers OF the raspac-
| tive States Tor conveying 70 the sea, Of govern
ment the votes OF the electors OF SAID ito tor
President and Vice President of thu Jut.-d
States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
towards rebuilding the United States Mill
tary Asylum Tor disabled soldiers AZ TOgas,
near Augusta. Name, destroyed by accidenr Al
fire, twenty-five Thousand dollars g'rscufef,
Inat the building shall be completed without
any further appropriation by the government
or the pay menI for the Congressional GLOBE
| and Appendix, for the fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred sad sIxty-eight, TWEEN
| ~ thousand dollars; 70 b. taken from the al-
| preparation heretofore made aud uuexpendri
| Tor The purchase OF one complete set OF the
| Congressional Globe and Appendix Tor each
| senator and representative who has MOI a.
| ready received them.
| SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For TIE survey o. the Atlantic and Gu
| coasts OF the United States, including compen-
satIoa OF civilians engaged III the WORK. aud -x
| Guiding pay and enouments OF Officers OF ia
army aud navy, and petty officers and men
the navy empiO Jed IN the work, two huuurr
and seventy five thousand dollars.
| For continuing the survey of the wrS-aIn
coast OF the United States, including COnDeq-
S1tlon OF civilians engaged in the york om d.
HUNDRED AID thirty thousand dollars.
| For publishing the 90 'ervatIons m ade in tn
| progress OF The coast survey OF The UnIce
States, including compensation OF civilians en-
| ployed In the work, five thousand dollar
| For pay and rations OF engineers for So n-r-
used IN the photography oi the cost survey
no longer supplied by the Navy D-par,men
per ect OF j uns twelfI a. eight N hundred 4.
hfty-eIght, ten Thousand dollars.
For repairs anu ma,nt-nanc. OF the compile
ment OF We els used In the COST survey, taIrty
| thousand dollars
| NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN
! LANES.
For the survey OF northern and NORTH as:-
| ern lakes, seventy-five thousand dollars
LIGHT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT
For the Atlantic, Gulf lake, aud Paeilc
/ coasts. viz.
For supplying he lighthouses aud b-asou-
lights with oil, wiclks, class chImueys, cnarals
1 skins, whiting, spirits Of wine, polIshing . ~
| der, cleaning towels, brushes, and otner u--
| ceSsary expenses OF the same, and repairing and
| keeping in repair the lighting appara n. t.5o
| hundred and forty-siX thousand dollars g'r,-
| rtced, That the Lighthouse Board ~. and
| hereby Is authorized 10 apply the amount
heretofore appropriated for building Iigat-
| house on proper site al Trowbrdge PoiuL az
| Thunder bay, In the State OF MichagaA.- 10
| bu ldlng lighthouse 4 more eltgIbl.. Sit- il
sucn can he round IN the immediate vicinity:
| And prOrided further. THAI the APPROXIMATION
| now available for rebuilding the lighthouse Al
Bailey's Harbor, Like Michigan, be applied to
| the erection OF i new structure tweau tQat
| point and North bay. and upon its complexion
the light Al Bailey's Harbor Shall be dIScon-in-
| ued.
| For the necessary repairs and in clien. al eN-
| penses improving and refitting ligh houses
| and buildings Connected Herewith. Two nun
| dred thousand dollars.
| Fer salaries OF fiYe hundred and e.chty-nina
| keepers OF lighthouses and IIghted sacoas
| and their assistants, four hundred and eighty
seven thousand three hundred ana ii.ty-.w,
| dollars.
For salaries OF keepers of Iigh,.yassels
| tWenty-one thousand three auudred dollars
For seamen's wages, repairs, supplies, ard
| incidental expenses, of twenty four li.h. y-s-
| sells, TWO hundred and tnirty-two tlous1nd
| TWO hundred and ninety dollars.
| For expenses OF raising, cleaning, painting.
| repairing, remooring, and supplying losses OF
| beacons and huoys, and for chains aud slullers
| for the same, two hundred and fiity Thousand
4 dollars.
| For repairs and incidental expen ses o: r.fit
| ting and improving fog-slgnals and building.
| connected herewith, twenty thousand doIItTs
EoI expenses OF visiting ana ins pee ting IIgats
| and other AIDS 70 Navigation, Two Thousand
| dollars.
| For lighted beacon On )se island. Nara.
ganseu bay, seven Thousand five huadred dol
] lars.
For repairs and renovations n Watch HIM
| North Dumping. and Say brook light starl5a
Connecticut. ten III 1usand dollars
For log signal AT Eaton's Neck light STA
ton, three Thousand dollars.
For the erection of a permanent buoy on Sac