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 344 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 195, 196. 1854. sissippitobe dis- and exhibition of the light authorized by the first section of this act to ¤°¤*i¤¤°d· be erected near the entrance to the South-West Pass of the Mississippi, to cause the present light at that locality to be extinguished, and the tower, buildings, and land belonging thereto to be sold, and upon the payments for the same being made, to execute and deliver all needful conveyances therefor; and the jurisdiction of the United States over said land shall thereafter cease, and revert to the State of Louisiana. L_ Sec. 6. And be it {further enacted, That if} after a careful hydrogramm§§1;°B’;l°  phica.1 examination o the locality, and the approaches thereto, shall have may be dlscon; been made, it is found that the light at the entrance to Vermillion Bay, “°“°d· Louisiana, is not necesssary for the navigation of that bay and the adja. cent coasts, it shall be extinguished; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to cause the lands and buildings belonging thereto to be sold, in the same manner as is provided in the fifth section of this bill. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if preliminary surveys are retugfllmgag quired to ascertain the necessity for any light-house or other aid provided ,;m,E,_ for in this bill, or to determine the proper site for the same, or to ascertain more fully what the public exigency requires, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the necessary examinations and surveys on the seaboard to be made under the direction of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and those on the northwestern lakes to be made under the direction of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers; and in all cases in which adverse reports are made, they shall be submitted to Congress at its next session; and in all cases in which the objects authorized are favorably reported upon, the works shall be commenced immediately after valid titles and State jurisdiction shall have been obtained to the sites. Approved, August 3, 1854. August 8, 1854. CHAP. CXCV.-An Act to authorize the State ty` Illinois to select the residue tf the ——·——-—-—— Lands to which she is entitled under the act of second of March., eighteen. hundred and 1827, eh. 51. twenpqrserm, granting Land to aid that _Stgte in opening ct Canal to connect the waters of the 1 lmozs River with those of Lake Michigan. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Zhzited msagg?) °f 1:***}, States of America in Congress assembled, That the Governor of the glad, sh, gltgozy State of Illinois is hereby authorized to cause to be selected, the balance selected- of the land to which that State is entitled under the provisions of the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, granting land to aid that State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan, out of any of the unsold public land in the State subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty- five cents per acre, and not claimed by preemption, the quantity to be ascertained upon the principles which governed the final adjustment of the grant to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie Canal, under 1848,ch.86. the provisions of the act’of Congress approved the ninth of May, eigh— teen hundred and forty-eight. APPROVED, August 3, 1854. August s, 1854, Cmxr. CXCVI. -—An Act to amend the provisions of the ji/ty-si.rt/4 section of the act —-——-·-—··-—- entitled "An Act to Regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage," l1[>]7TOU· 1799, eh. 22. ed lheseconcl day of March, one thousand seven hundred and nineiymine. - 1854* ch°_80` Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse qf.Represc1ztat{ves of the Milled imlg§ft°g}i“;f”° States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever merchandise ,,mm,,,,.AcP°. shall hereafter be imported into any port of the United States from any sit cfm bonded foreign country in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and it ""°h°“S°“' shall appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after the entry of the vessel, it shall be lawful for the collector of such port to take possession of such merchandise and