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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 175. 1855. 657 thousand eight hundred and forty-six, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars sliall he expended for clerical services. For compensation to special agents to examine the books, accounts, and 1846, ch. 90. money on hand, of the several depositories, under the act of August sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, five thousand dollars. For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided Miscelleneous. for, as shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury, five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of the appropriation shall be drawn from the treasury, except in pursiiancc of some law or resolution of Congress authorizing the expenditure. For salaries of nine supervising and fifty local inspectors, appointed $¤¤¤¥¤b°¤'¤ under the act of August thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- i°sp°°t°”‘ two, for the better protection of the lives of passengers by steamboats, 1852,qh, ms. with travelling and other expenses incurred by them, eighty thousand dollars. Survey of the Ooa.st.— For survey of the coast of the United States, C0¤¤'¤ ¤¤*V°Y· (including compensation to superintendent and assistants, and excluding pay and cmoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy, employed on the work,) two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the Florida reefs and keys, (excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy, employed on the work,) forty thousand dollars. For publishing the observations made in the progress of the survey of the coast of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars. For fuel and quarters, and for mileage and transportation for officers and enlisted soldiers of the army, serving in the coast survey, in cases no longer provided for by the quartermaster’s department, ten thousand dollars. Light-House Establishment.- For supplying five hundred and ten Light-house light-houses and beacon-lights, with oil, glass chimneys, wicks, ehamois °mbh*hm°°°‘ skins, polishing powder, whiting, and cleaning materials, transportation, and other necessary expenses of the same; repairing and keeping the lighting apparatus, two hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred and forty dollars andfifty cents. For repairs and incidental expenses, refitting, and improvements of all the light—houses, and buildings connected therewith, one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents. For salaries of five hundred and forty-three keepers of light-houses and lighted beacons, and their assistants, and including one thousand two hundred dollars for salary of superintendent of supplies on the upper lakes, two hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. For salaries of forty-nine keepers of light-vessels, twenty-seven thou— sand six hundred and fifty dollars. For seamen’s wages, repairs, supplies, and incidental expenses, of forty-nine light-vessels, one hundred and eighty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-three cents. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, remooring, and supplying losses of buoys and day beacons, and for chains and sinkers for the same, and for coloring and numbering all the buoys, eighty-nine thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents. For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights, and other aids to navigation, two thousand dollars. For commissions, at two and a half per centum, to such superintendents as are entitled to the same, under the proviso to the act of third von. x. Pon. — 83