504 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Szss. I. Ch. 78. 1850. able without fur- Congress, at the next ensuing session; but in all cases where such per-
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- ;§;lat*;°£ 9 son as the Secretary of the Treasury slhall designate not report
me wp,,,; y,,.,;,,,); such preliminary exam1nation a2lcxpcd¤ept, the provnsmns of this gu C°¤8¤'€¤¤· shall without delay be carried mtc cxecutnon. Marks wd Sm. 6. And be it further enacted, That hercailcr all buoys along
- ‘f!‘Q{’j£)n%’u0b§ the coast, or in bays, harbors, sounds, or channels, shall be colored
m designate the and numbered, so that passing up the coast or sound, or entering the °l*°”*¤°l- bay, harbor, or channel, red buoys with even numbers shall be passed on the starboard hand, black buoys with uneven numbers on the port hand, and buoys with red and black stripes on either hand. Buoys in channel ways to be colored with alternate white and black perpendicular stri es. Commissions S1=:c.p7. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to ?;;*;;;dJ;’mé"2; collectors, when acting as superintendents of lighthouses, heacons, superintendents light-boats, and buoys, the same rate of commxsswu on the disburseof 1igMb¤u¤•=¤, ment of the aforesaid appropriations, as were allowed and paid for the &'jE;mviS0 year ending fourth March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine: Provided, That no collector shall receive for his services, as superintendent afore- _Further pro- said, over the sum of four hundred dollars per annum : And provided, “s°‘ further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall assign to the collectors the superintendencc of such lighthouses, beacons, lightboats, and buoys, as he may judge best and most convenient for the ublic interest. Aé>vr<>8j)¤¢i¤¤ P Sec. 8. And be it fhrther enacted, That there be, and hereby is, gfuclfgé of f°: appropriated the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to pun steamer for the chase a steamer to be employed in the coast survey upon the Pacific $;*°m° °°°·°*““*" coast, and used, if deemed expedient, in designating the sites of the y' several lighthouses provided for in California. ASg6<>1>fi¤¢i0¤ Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousand Qigong M M' dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the balance due to M. La Pont, of Paris, for the light at Saneoty Head, Nantucket. APPROVED, September 28, 1850. Sept. 28, 1850. CHAP. LXXVIII.-.61:. dot making Appropriations for the Support of the Army
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jijly-mu:. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anuzrim in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fill -0ne. Pay of the For gay of the army, one million seven hundred and fifty-nine thou- “"§£vis0 as to sand eight hundred and forty-two dollars : Provided, that the pay and pay of the éuper— emolumente of the superintendent of the United States Military Acadm§;*;°¤* *2:;*; emy shall m no case be less than the pay and emoluments of the proemy_ y fessor of natural and experimental philosophy. Commutatign For commutation of officers’ subsistence, Eve hundred and fifty ¤f °*H¤¢¥S' S¤b· thopsand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars, including the additional °'st°"°°’&°' rations for commissioned officers of ordnance commanding arsenals or armories, being fixed or permanent posts of the army of the United States, and the additional rations for the commissioned officers of engiuee: cgmpzanging separate and fixed or permanent posts of the army Em, 3 to o the mte tutes. glhccrs ¤r$dysq1— For extra pay to thecommissioned officers and enlisted men of U18 O‘f;0 °;‘“§&l;f army of the United States, serving in Oregon or Califomia, tbrec hullmm. dred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-four dollars, 0¤
