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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Suss. H Ch. 292. 1870. 297 For repairs and preservation of the lazaretto property, near Philadel- L”'“’°“° phia, eight thousand dollars. P'°p°ny’ For the erection of a public building in the city of Saint Louis, Mis- b §"€°“°“ gf souri, for the use of the custom-house and other civil officers of the govern-  at t ment of the United States, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, Vol- xvii- D- 12. That the authorities of the city of Saint Louis shall donate to the United .Si:° ?:r?:d,c_ States, by a proper instrument of conveyance, to be accepted by the Sec- ggsckhsd, and retary of the Treasury, a lot of ground in said city, of suitable dimensions ¢¤>$¤*i°¤ ¤>u¤· and centrally located: And provided further, That the State of Missouri q°"h°d‘ shall cede to the United States jurisdiction over the lot donated, and release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way to assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof': Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is h reby directed ?l“”t;:”d to cause plans and estimates for the completion of the building to be pre- °°m°° ' pared and submitted to Congress at its next session. Lighthouses, Beacons, and Sta¢io2zs.—For Whale’s Back lighthouse, be£*;%:;h‘;‘;ff“· of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for rebuilding the lighthouse and pier, ,,,,,,0,,,] seventy thousand dollars. Portsmouth- For three beacon-lights to complete the system for the harbor of Salem, g3é;,;' m0' Massachusetts, thirty thousand dollars. For fog-signal at Beavertail light station, Rhode Island, three thousand Rh°d° m¤¤d· tive hundred dollars. For the construction of three permanent lights in Providence river, Rhode Island, above Sabin’s point, twenty thousand dollars. For shed and open wharf on northern boundary of Staten Island light- Staten island. house depot, twenty-tive thousand dollars, and for a wharf covered with sheet-piling in point of basin at same place, ten thousand dollars, —- in all, thirty-five thousand dollars. For rebuilding beacon-light at Bridgeport, Connecticut, forty-five Bridgeport. thousand dollars. For continuing construction of lighthouse on Race rock, Long Island R¤°° '°°k· sound, ten thousand dollars. For a lighted beacon on Long Beach bar at the entrance to Peconic b L¤¤8 B¤¤¤l1 bay, eastern end of Long island, seventeen thousand dollars. ”‘ For protecting site of Execution Rocks light station, New York, eight R0};§¤<=¤ti¤¤ thousand dollars. s' For repairing the stone piers belonging to the United States in the Dgtiw c¤*l°• harbor of New Castle, Delaware, two thousand five hundred dollars. ' For the improvement of Bulkhead rock in Providence river, Rhode mgtulkhm Island, two thousand five hundred dollars. ` For protecting site of Princess Bay light station from encroachments Princess bay. of the sea, twelve thousand dollars. For rebuilding Esopus Meadow light station, Hudson river, New York, ES¤x>¤¤ mudtwenty-five thousand dollars. °w` For building a lighthouse at Colchester point, or in its vicinity, Lake C<>i¤h°¤°°1'· Champlain, twenty thousand dollars. For protection of Absecom lighthouse site from encroachments of the Ab¤¤¢¤¤· sea, ten thousand dollars. _ For a new lantern at Maurice River, Delaware, light station, two Maurice river. thousand dollars. _ _ For rebuilding Fort Miiilin light station, twenty-three thousand five Fort Mimin. hundred dollars. _ For building wharves, sheds, and otherwise fitting the Christiana light Ch¤¤ii¤·¤¤· station as a buoy depot, and winter harbor for light-vessels, at the mouth of the Christiana river, near Wilmington, Delaware, ten thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light station on White shoals, Virginia, fifteen White ¤b¤¤l•· thousand dollars.