THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 97. 1853. 201 Ligfzt-houses.- For rebuilding light-house on Chaudeleur Island, Louis- Light-houses. iana, destroyed in August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, fifteen thousand dollars; For restoring the livht-house buildings sca-walls &c. which were injured or destroyed duidng the late gales oh the southern boast, twenty- five thousand dollars ; For fitting Cape Hatteras light with first order of illuminating apparatus and lantern, and elevating the light, fifteen thousand dollars; For removing the iron light-house tower at the junction of south-west and north-east passes of the Mississippi to Bass a 1’Outre, and substituting a small beacon light in its stead, six thousand dollars. Independent Treasurg.—For salaries of the Assistant Treasurers of Independent the United States at New York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis, Treasury" eleven thousand five hundred dollars; For additional salaries of the Treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia of one thousand dollars, and of the Treasurer of the Branch Mint at New Orleans, of five hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars ; For salary of the Treasurer of the Branch Mint at San Francisco, four thousand five hundred dollars; For salaries of ten additional clerks, authorized by the acts of August 18467 ch, go, sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, August twelfth, eighteen hundred 1;;*% cp gd and forty-eight, March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and thirty- §85;;gh;10g_ first of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, ten thousand eight hundred dollars; For salary of Chief Clerk to the Assistant Treasurer at New York one thousand six hundred dollars ; , For salary of a Clerk for the Treasurer of the Branch Mint at San Francisco, California, two thousand five hundred dollars ; For contingent expenses under the act for the safe-keeping, collecting, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue of sixth August, eigh- 184*% ch- 9°· teen hundred and forty-six sixteen thousand Eve hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of ,said sum of sixteen thousand five hundred PF°ViS°· dollars shall be expended for clerical services ; k For compensation to special avents to examine the boo s accounts and money on hand in the several depositories, under the act df August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thousand dollars; _ _ For the compensation of an additional Appraiser—General, to be ap- PI·*;;<gfg¤;*;l€£¥· pointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the on the Pm5C_ Senate, and to be employed on the Pacific coast, six thousand dollars. Survey of the Coast. -—For survey of the coast of the United Stgtes, 0055* Sm'V°Y· including compensation to superintendent and assistants (and exclu ing pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, dud petty officers and men of the navy, employed on the work,) one hundred and eighty- six thousand dollars; For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, (excluding the pay and emoluments of the officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy employed on the work,) one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; _ For continuing the survey of the Florida reefs and keys, (excluding the pay and emoluments of the officers of the armyand navy, and petty ofiicers and men of the navy, employed on the work,) thirty thousand dollars ; For continuing the survey of the northern and north-western lakes, _ b t including Lake Superior, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a sur- Lsaiigifurgnwggg vey of so much of the communication between Lake Huron and the the Sant Ste.Ma· Sault Ste. Marie as may be necessary to ascertain what part thereof"‘°‘ requires to be deepened, shall be made without delay, and plans and estimates of the nature and expense of the work shall be laid before Congress at its next session. v01.. x. Pre. —-— 26
