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Three thousand dollars for erecting a beacon-light at the junction of Roundout creek and Hudson river, or on or near the Esopus Meadows, as may be deemed most expedient by the Secretary of the Treasury.

One thousand dollars for erecting a beacon on the middle ground between Stratford and Crane Neck, in Long Island Sound.

Twelve thousand five hundred and twelve dollars, in addition to the unexpended balance of former appropriations for erecting a lighthouse, and forming the foundation for the same, in the harbour of Buffalo.

State of Pennsylvania.—Two thousand five hundred dollars for erecting a beacon-light at the end of the pier which forms the entrance into the harbour of Erie, on Lake Erie.

State of Delaware.—Fifteen hundred dollars for erecting a beacon-light near the mouth of Mispillion creek.

Ten thousand dollars for building a lighthouse at Mahon’s ditch, in addition to what remains unexpended of an appropriation to build a lighthouse at Duck creek, and which last-named appropriation is hereby transferred to the first mentioned object.

State of Maryland.—Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on or near Turkey Point, at the mouth of Elk river.

For erecting a beacon-light on Lazaretto Point, at the entrance of the harbour of Baltimore, or on the point of land upon which fort McHenry is situated, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For a floating-light at the Wolf Trap, in the Chesapeake bay, twelve thousand dollars.

Four hundred dollars for placing buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Annapolis.

State of Virginia.—Seven thousand and five hundred dollars for building a lighthouse on one of the Chingoteague islands.

Five hundred dollars for placing in the Potomac river three buoys on the Kettle Bottoms, one on Port Tobacco shoals, one in Nanjemoy Reach, one on Ragged Point bar, and one on Parsimmon bar.

State of North Carolina.—Eleven thousand dollars for building a lightboat, to be stationed at or near Brant Island Shoal, in Pamptico Sound.

For a buoy to be placed on the bar near Harbour island, two hundred dollars.

For three buoys to be placed in the river and inlets of Cape Fear, twelve hundred dollars.

State of South Carolina.—Fifteen hundred dollars for constructing three hollow buoys, and placing the same on the bar at or near the entrance of the harbour of Georgetown, in addition to any unexpended appropriation for placing buoys at or near that harbour.

A sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for purchasing land and removing a wind-mill on Cape Roman.

State of Georgia.—For a beacon on the White Oyster Beds, near the mouth of Savannah river, three thousand dollars.

State of Ohio.—Five thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on Turtle island, at the mouth of Maumee bay, Lake Erie.

One thousand dollars for erecting a beacon-light on the pier at Grand river.

State of Louisiana.—Forty thousand dollars for building two lighthouses, one at the mouth of the south-west pass of the river Mississippi, and the other on the south point, between the south-west pass and the Balize.

State of Mississippi.—Seven thousand dollars for building a lighthouse on St. Joseph’s island, or some other suitable place off the Pascagoula bay.