THIR.TY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 38. 1851. 629 local wants of trade and navigation: And, fifth, whether there be any, and if any, what other facts of importance touching the subject. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That all such reports shall, as Report. speedily as may be, be laid before the Secretary of the Treasury, and if such as to authorize the work without further legislation, he shall forthwith proceed with it, otherwise, such reports shall be laid before Congress at the next ensuing session; but in all cases where the person designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the second section of this act, does not report such preliminary examination as expedient, the provisions of this act shall without delay be carried into execution. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the salary of the keeper Salary ofkeepof the Minot’s Ledge light shall hereafter be at the rate of one thou- sj d¤Y,_1m¤¤¤¢“3 sand dollars per annum, and the assistants, five hundred and hfty dol· as;,?;,,,,;? an lars per annum. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case it should be impos- Provision resible, in the opinion of the colonel of the topographical corps, to jg°°;;”§);:g*£: obtain a perfect title to the necessary land upon which to build the of lighlihouse at lighthouse heretofore ordered to be built at the mouth of the Calumet mouth of t-he Rivendon Lake Liicgiganhiaid Sin?] slp11h if apprsysip oby th;,,, (psi? ¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤ Rrvcrtereste persons uu er oa , an the lg t ouse s a imme iatey e built, and the appraised value of said land shall be paid to any person who shall make to the United States what the Attorney-General shall consider a perfect title thereto. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That hereafter, in all new light- The lens, or houses in all lighthouses re uirin `new lightin a aratus and in all F'°S“°l S “l’°‘“ . ’ . g .q . g. . g. g PP ’ maybeaoptedi. lighthouses as yet unsupplied with illuminating apparatus, the lens, or Fresnel system, shall be adopted, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the public interest will be subserved thereby. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- Bvard to b¢ ury be, &. he is hereby, authorized and required to cause a board to g‘Q,l‘,l,,°“Q?,‘i,;° be convened at as early a day as may be practicable after the passage condition or the of this act, to be composed of two officers of the navy, of high rank, l*S{)l{Ph,;‘;$° t two officers of engineers of the army, and such civil officer of high tg ,.;,0,:n ’ stpeptrlic attamments as may be under the orders, or at the disposition, 0 the treasury department and a junior officer of the navy to act as secretary to said board, whose duty it shall be, under instructions from the treasury department, to inquire into the condition of the lighthouse establishment of the United States, and make a general detailed report and programme to guide legislation in extending and improving our present system of construction, illumination, inspection, and superin- Iendeénce: Provzded, That no additional compensation shall be ar hNof extra pay Owe any person serving on said board. t °'° 9*- Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is Engineersmay hereby, required to cause to be detailed from the engineer corps of the Ejufgiflfufl l°’
- ¤;1g’;l:`;0m time to time,1 such officersiaigpay be necessary to superin- gm, of uéht.
cons ruc ion an renovatmv ig Ouses. °\¤°¤· APPROVED, March 3, 1851. U Can. XXXVHI.—An Act to amend the Acts regulating the ./Hppraiscmmt of March 3, 1851. imported Merchandise, and for other Purposes. *"‘t*‘_"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases In assessing where there is or shall be imposed any ad valorem rate of duty 01*1 HDV duh" °° m` E00ds w ._ . . . . ~ ports, the mar- . ares, or merchandise imported into the United States, it shall ke; pme of the b° the dill! Of the collector within whose district the same shall be im- ¤<>¤¤*rY from
