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 424 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 81. 1859. Louisiana- Louisiana.-For the commencement and completion of an iron screw pile light-house at or near the entrance to the channel of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass, authorized August three, eighteen hundred 1854.¢=l¤·194.§5· and fifi: —four in addition to the former appropriation, as per estimate J, Y >. . . gg *‘ Pp' 343* page 103, (general estimate of appropriations for eighteen hundred and ` fifty-eight, and eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,) sixty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars. Texas. 7lea:as.—For the erection of range beacons for crossing the bar and entering Galveston Bay, in place of the present light-vessel at that place, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For a light-house at San Luis Pass, and at the mouth of Brazos River twenty thousand dollars. C,,ug0mi,_ _ OoZ#'m·n£a.——I<`or a light-house on Mare Island, San Francisco bay, nine thousand mne hundred and eighty-mne dollars: P-ravzded, That no part of this money shall be paid until the Secretary of the Treasury is satisfied that the United States has a perfect title to this island. That the appropriation heretofore made for a light-house at Point Lobos be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated provided the United States has a perfect title to the site of said light-house. P 8 t Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That hereafter whenever any of the striiislttdreilscilotake light-vessels occupying positions which are adapted to the erection of 5;;;°° ?;1‘€;_;'_$; light-houses upon pile foundations require to be rebuilt, or such extensive cases. repairs as to render the substitution of such light-houses advisable and practicable, then such permanent structures are authorized to be erected proviso_ in place of any such light-vessels: Provided, That the expense arising Expense, how from all such changes and erections shall be defrayed from the general d¤fr¤y¤d· annual appropriations for repairs, &c. of light—vessels, unless special appropriations should ibe made for any such change. Secretary or Sec. 3. And be ztfurther enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, 3;;*:;;*gue *****7 on the recommendation of the Light-house Board be, and he hereby is, lights, &e_ autholpiazed in big distpetion to dipcplptinuetfpom time to time, suclg lights as may come use ess y reason o e mu a ions o commerce an c anges of channels of harbors, and other causes. Virgintarre- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That the sums appropriated Auvust ”‘PP'°l’"““°“°· third, eighteen hundred and fifty-fodr for a light-house half-way betuibeen 185% ch` 1% Cape Henry and Body’s I land and for a l'ght to mark the e trance to v 1. . . sas. S l H 0 X P the Cone and Yeocomico riversi, Virginia, be, and the same are hereby, reappropriated for those objects, respectively. Minnesota- 81:0.*5. And be it further enacted, That the appropriation approved °h}*¤fS*’ °f ¤PP’°‘ August eighteen eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for a light-house at Grand pr¥§?§?gh_ we Marais, Minnesdta,lis hereby authorized to be applied th the erection of a Ame, p- 100- light-house at Grand Portage, mouth of Pigeon River, Minnesota. llxlgcggsayy pre. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if preliminary surveys are {_»m¤9;;yfSu}Qv<;1>;j required to ascertain the necessity for any light-house or other aid pro- ,32,3, gapg be vided for m this bill, or to determine the proper site for the same, or to made on the sen- ascertain more fully what the public exigency requires, the Secretary of N_ w_ 1,,kee_’by seaboard to be made under the direction of the Superintendent of the Coast Eppgggpshicd Surveyhancfg those on the northwestern lakes to be made under the direc- ‘ tion 0 the ureau of To ora hical En ineers · nd in all caswhich f m po p g, a es in adversx?)0 m adverse reports are made, they shall be submitted to Congress at its next If ,·,,Q,Ombp,_ session; and in all cases in which the objects authorized are favorably repoged upon, the works may be commenced immediately after valid titles and tate jurisdiction shall have been obtained to the sites. [Lig1i(t)at Cleve- Sec.-  And be it further enacted, That authority is hereby given ““‘r ***0* tg exhibit a light from the light-house tower on the hill at Cleveland, Part of Act hl0-
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