Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-19
IOFFICIAL.I
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Pesssd at the ESrsS Sessions OF she ROrsu.
third (OaErsss.
IOFFICIAL.
GENERAL NATuRR-No. s9.l-cOntinued.

Pesssd at the kSrst Ssssfoa OF she Forty.
third COnErsss.
GENERAL NATURB-No. 9.l-Continzed.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For salaries OF nine hundred and thirty-nine
light house keepers and hght-beac0n keepers,
and their assistants, i've hundred and sixty-tive
thousand eight hundred doll ars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in refit-
ting and improving lighthouses and buildings
connected herewith, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars: Prorided, That the Secretary
OF the Treasury shall have power to order the
sale at suction, after due public notice, of any
real estate or other property pertaining TO the
Light House Establishment, no longer required
for light house purposes; the proceeds OF such
sales, after the payment therefrom of the
expenses OF making the same, to be deposited
and covered into tho Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts, as now provided by law In like cases.
For supplying the light-hou and beacon
lights on the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific
coasts with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, chsmois-
skins, spirits of wine, whiting, polishing pow
der, towels, brushes, soap, paints and other
cleaning materials and tor expenses OF repair
ing and keeping in repair Illuminating appars-
tus and machinery, and of gauging, testing,
transportation, delivery of ell, fuel, and other
supplies for lighthouses and feg-signsls, and
other Incidental necessary expenses, three hun
bred and eighty thousand dollars.
For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights
and other aids to navigation, two thousand dol
lars.
For seamen's wages, rations, repairs, salaries,
supplies, and Incidental expenses of twenty two
hght-ships and seven relief light vessels, two
hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred
and thirty-t collars and fifty c. nts.
For repairs and Incidental expenses in renew
ing, renting, and improving fog signals and
buildings connected herewith, fifty thousand
dollars.
For expenses OF raising, cleaning, painting,
repairing, renewing, and supplying losses OF
buOys, spindles, and day OeacOns nd for chains,
3inAers, and similar necessaries, three hundred
thousand dollars.
MGHT-BoUsEs, FoG-sIGSALs AND BEAooNs.
For Luilding a lighthouse and fog signal at
AveTy's Rock, Macnias Bay, Maine, (or yicin-
ity,) fifteen thousand dollars.
Fer lighthouse and fog-si at Egg Rock,
trtnch9anS Bay, Maine, Tor vicinity,l fifteen
For keepers dwelling at Monhegan light
station, Maine, five Thousand dollars.
Fer re- establishing the light house at Indian
i,land, at RocsIort Harbor, Maine, nine thou
sand dollars.
For q lighthouse at Portland breakwater,
Maine, six thousand dollars.
For rebuilding dwelling and tower and erect
Ing fog-signsl at LongpoInt, Provincetown,
Massachusetts,, thirteen thousand dollars.
For fog signals on light-ships at entrance to
Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, ten thousand
dollars.
For enlarging foundation Of light house and
adding dwelling for keepers at Bullock's Point
Shoal, Providence River, Rhode Island, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For protection of site and erection of keepers
dwelling at Fuller's Rock and Sassafras Point,
Providence River, Rhode Island, i've thousand
dollars.
For general repairs at Stonington Harbor,
Connecticut, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing the landing-dock at Little
Gull Island, New York, i've thousand dollars.
For general repairs at 5 aybrook, Connecticut,
one thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing construction or lighthouse at
Southwest Ledge, New Haven Harbor light
station, Connecticut, fifty thousand dollars.
For completing the light house at Stratford
Point Shoals, Long Island Sound, New York,
fifty thousand dollars.
For additional protection of screw-pile light
house in Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, i've
Inn fixah ndrah a llarS
For protection OF the lighthouse site at
Lloyds' Harbor, New York, TWO thousand dol
lars
For building day-beacon on the Stepping
Stones, Long Island Sound, New York. six
thousand dollars: and the lighthouse on or near
the end Of Hart Island, Long Island Sound
New York, authorized by the act OF June tenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, may be
placed anywhere in the near vicinity of Hart
Island that the Light House Board may decide
on.
For general repairs at the light-station, High
lands of Neversink, New Jersey, one thousand
five hundred dollars: Provided. That whenever
ii may become necessary, in the adjustment OF
boundary-lines or in the opening or changing OF
necessary roadways affecting lands belonging to
the United States and used for the purposes of
the light house establishments at Staten Island,
New York, and at the Highlands of Neversnk,
New Jersey, or any part thereof, the Secretary
| OF the Treasury IL hereby authorized to execute
for such purposes touching the property above
referred to, or any part thereof, the necessary
cOnveyances and assurances, and to receive, in
cOnsluerauOn tnereoi, sucn ctner conveyances
or assurances of adjoining lands, or of lands in
| the immediate vicinity, or other consideration,
| as may be agreed upon.
For light ship to replace one recently sta
| toned near the entrance of New York Harbor,
to mark the site of the wreck of the steamship
Scotland, forty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding fog-bell frame at Juniper
Island, Lake Champaign, New York, one thou
sand dollars.
Fer additional protection to site of light
house at Colchester Reef, Lake Champiain,
New York, five thousand dollars.
Long Island Sound, ave thousand dollars. ~
Block Island lght-station, Long Island Sound,
Rhode leland: For constructing q sea-coast
lighthouse on the southerly end OF Block
Island, entra nce to Long Island, Rhode Island,
| the balance Of appropriation made june tenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, remaining
unexpended on the first day Of July, eighteen
hundred and seventy four, not to exceed the
SUM OF nifty six thousand one hundred and forty
one dollars and ninety-three cents.
Race Rock hght-station, Long Island Sound,
Connecticut For construction of lighthouse
ON Race Rock, Long Island Sound, Connecti-
June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
remaining unexpended on the first DAY Of July,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, not to ex-
For general repairs at the Delaware Break.
dollars.
For general repairs at the Brandyvine shoal
hght-station, Delaware Bay, one thousand dol
lars.
For rebuilding the lighthouse at Mshon's
River hghtstation, Delaware, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For range-iiehts to guide past Bulkhesd
Shoal, Delaware River, In addition to the ap-
preparation OF hfty thousand dollars for light
| house at Buikhsad Shoal, (which is hereby rem
| dertd available for this purpose,) twenty 1--we
For hsht-Iouse a. Ship John shoal, Delaware
| Bay, TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars.