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 sixrY-r11¤sr oonennss. sw. II. Cm 301. 1910. 537 A fo signal and kee rs' uarters at Point Loma California at a P°i¤°L°m¤·°¤l- co? récgs to exlcegd sieveiiizteenlithougalnd five ’hundred ilollars. l Fog Signal m' ashm` g ° t, 0 s` a, an ee ers uarters at Santa S°“'** C'“?·lf¤l· California, at agcost ngt &xceed twenlty-nixil-i thousand dollars. ’ mgmsmw '°°°` THIRTEENTH Liam-uousn DISTRICT. rnmeeuai damicu. A ht and fog-signal station on Eliza Island, Bellingham Ba mm I·**¤¤d·W¤¤*¤· Wasggton, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars. yl mgm' em" mma' The limit of cost of a light and fog-signal station to be established w§s§1“°"’>’ P°*¤*· at Battery Point, Washington, heretofore authorized by the Acts tgazxiici oi cost ro: approved June twenty-eilglith, nineteen hundred and two, February ° xii>ifaiic%i?`vo1. twenty-six, nineteen hun ed and seven, and March fourth, nineteen “·PP·”‘·*31’- hundred and seven, is hereby increased by the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars, so as to make the total limit of cost forty-seven thousand dollars instead of fourteen thousand dollars, as heretofore authorized. Additional aids to navi ation in Alaskan waters, at a cost not to f{},°(§§§g‘H},§“§,§’;·,¤_ exceed sixt thousand do§ars. Sec. 2. Tyhat the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby author- ngvtgstrlzgtigged ¤¤¤- ized to enter into contract or contracts for any or all of the items _ ° °° ° ° provided for in section one of this Act, within the limits of cost therein resgiectivelryhprovided. Ec. 3. at the provision in the Act entitled "A.n Act making kiggg-gm];-u of appropriations for sundigulcivil expenses of the Government for the changing Salaam or fiscal year ending June t tieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for ’°$‘§,'}{*£;,,_3,,,_ other purposes} approved May twexgv-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, reading as follows, to wit: " ereafter no light-ship shall be removed from the place designated for its station in the Act authorizing its construction and be stationed elsewhere except upon express authority of Congress," is hereby re ealed: \ Sec. 4. That hereafter there s allpbe in the Department of Com- hB¤¤=·~¤¤ of lisht merce and Labor a bureau of light-houses and a commissioner of (iilcsiiisiurmicner. light-houses, who shall be the head of said bureau, to be appointed ,_g*g,’f’*“‘“‘°“‘ wd by the President, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. There shall also bein the bureau a deputy commissioner, ,,,{_’,$g§{f,{;,f§§§f °‘°'*· to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of four thousand) dollars per annum and a chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk and such other duties as may be assigned to him 'IHQ the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or by the commissioner. ere shall also be in the b1u·eau such inspectors, clerical assistants, and other employees as may from time to time be authorized by Congress, and there shall also be employed one chief constructing cine: causeway; engineer at a salary of four thousan dollars per annum and one {°§‘,§§'§§‘§€;‘?'},‘§Z'f,‘{°0'§§Z suplerintendent of naval construction at a salary of three thousand °“'¤°**¤¤· dollars per annum, both to be a pointed by the President. The A¤¤“*“'°P°"· commissioner of light-houses shall) make an annual report to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall transmit the same to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; and such H_£)¤:;¤§$1f¤‘<>¤¤ •><>¤· commissioner, subject to the approva of the Secretary of Commerce aa}¤i¤z¤ie¤¤ or and Labor, is hereby authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and °“"”‘“· determine all claims for damagps, where the amonmt of the claim does not_exceed the sum of five undred dollars, hereafter occasioned by collisions, for which collisions vessels of the Light-House Service shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due the claimants to Congress at each sessionthereof through the Treasuig Department for payment as le al claims out of appropriations t at may be made by Congress therefgr. _SEc. 5. That all employees of or in the Light-House Board or the ,,,,f{‘°’°°’ """' Liglht-House Establishment are hereby transferred to the bureau of lng t-houses, excepting, however, army and navy officers.