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For custom-house, court-house and post office at Memphis, Tennessee: For completion of building and approaches, fifty thousand dollars; and for the construction of a supporting wall for the custom-house lot at the city of Memphis, Tennessee, where the same has been cut away along the river front thereof by certain railway companies, fifty thousand dollars: in all, one hundred thousand dollars.

For post-office at Minneapolis, Minnesota: For extension of site and continuation, seventy thousand dollars.

For court-house and post-office at Montgomery, Alabama: For completion of building and approaches and inclosing grounds with an iron fence, five thousand dollars.

For custom-house at New Orleans, Louisiana: For plumbing, and for completion of repairs, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For court-house and post-office at New Haven, Connecticut: For extension and repairs of building, fifty thousand dollars.

For court-house and post-office at Paducah, Kentucky: For iron fence and gates, two thousand dollars.

For post-office and court-house at Peoria, Illinois: For continuation of building, fifty thousand dollars.

And the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, authorizing the construction of a building at Poughkeepsie, New York, is so amended as to require an open space of not less than thirtyfive feet in lieu of fifty feet on the west and north sides of said building. For post-office and court-house at Quincy, Illinois: For continuation of building, forty thousand dollars.

For post office at Scranton, Pennsylvania: For completion of building, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For post-office at Saint Joseph, Missouri: For continuation of building, forty thousand dollars.

For post-office and court-house at Syracuse, New York: For continuation of building, seventy five thousand dollars; stone used in the construction of said building to be procured from quarries in the State of New York.

For custom-house and court-house at Toledo, Ohio: For continuation of building, fifty thousand dollars.

For court-house and post-office at Topeka, Kansas: For approaches, fencing, and grading, ten thousand dollars.

For court-house and post-office at Utica, New York: For outstanding bills for completion of building, seven hundred and nineteen dollars and seventeen cents.

For court-house and post-office at Williamsport, Pennsylvania: For continuation of building, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: Annual repairs to Treasury building, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation of custom-houses, court-houses, post-offices, and other public buildings, under control of Treasury Department, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.

For repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, twenty thousand dollars.

To erect the unfinished portion of the United States penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, and to complete the same in accordance with the original plans, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That the work shall be carried on under the direction and general supervision of the governor of the Territory of Montana.

For the repair of the United States mint building at Denver, Colorado, fifteen thousand dollars.

For hydraulic passenger elevator for building at corner of Seventeenth and F streets, known as Winder's Building, six thousand five hundred dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to inspect all public buildings and examine into their requirements for furniture and other furnishings, including fuel, lights, and other current expenses, three thousand dollars; and for necessary expenses, not exceeding three thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars: Provided, That a report in detail of all such inspections shall be made to the Secretary of the Treasury who shall annually transmit the same to Congress.

LIGHT-HOUSES, BEACONS, AND FOG-SIGNALS.

That the Erie Land Light-House, discontinued by Light-House Board, be, and the same is hereby, re-established on the site where it stood when discontinued: Provided, That the same can be obtained for that purpose at a cost not exceeding four thousand dollars. That the LightHouse Board is authorized and required, immediately after the passage of this act, to purchase, upon the terms herein prescribed, from the owner or owners thereof, the site of the original Land Light-House, for the re-establishment and maintenance of the Land Light-House herein authorized; and for the purpose aforesaid, and for the re-establishment of said light, seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used and expended by the Light-House Board, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Hyannis Light-Station, Massachusetts: For establishing a small beacon to range with the main light at Hyannis, Massachusetts, the lease of the site for the purpose being hereby authorized, three hundred and fifty dollars.

Saybrook Beacon-Light, Connecticut: For completing the erection of a beacon-light on the end of the west jetty-wall at Saybrook, Connecticut, eighteen thousand dollars.

For the purpose of erecting a light-house on the north end of Conanicut Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, eighteen thousand dollars.

Hell Gate electric lights, New York: For duplicating the apparatus and machinery necessary for the production of electric light in the tower at Hallet's Point, near Hell Gate, New York, eight thousand dollars.

For lease of ground for electric light at Hell Gate, four hundred dollars; and the Light-House Board is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to lease such parcel of land as is required for the establishment of said electric light at Hell Gate. For the establishment of lights on Hudson River, five thousand dollars.

For the establishment of lights on Cape Fear River, five thousand dollars.

For the establishment of lights on Saint John's River, Florida, ten thousand dollars.

Lights, Lake Champlain: For the establishment of lights on Watch Point, and to guide through the channel between North and South Hero Islands, Lake Champlain, one thousand dollars.

Cape Charles Light-Station, Virginia: For protecting the site of Cape

Charles Light-Station, entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.

For establishing a small light and fog-signal on Killick Shoal, in Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.

Croatan Light-Station, North Carolina: For removing the Croatan Light-House to a point where it will be of more value to navigators, fifteen thousand dollars.

For removal of the Cape Henlopen Beacon to the Delaware Breakwater, and for the establishment of a small light at each end of the latter, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the establishment of a light on Ludlam's Island, New Jersey, five thousand dollars

Depot in the fifth district, Virginia: For establishing a buoy and supply-depot at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, in place of the one now at Portsmouth, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.

Rebecca Shoal Light-Station, Florida: For completing the erection of a light-house on Rebecca Shoal, Florida Reefs, Florida, twenty thou sand dollars.

Sand Island Light-Station, Alabama: For protecting the site or commencing the rebuilding of the light-house at Sand Island, Alabama, ten thousand dollars.

Northwest Seal Rock Light-Station, California: For continuing the construction of a light-house on the Northwest Seal Rock, off Point Saint George, California, thirty thousand dollars.

Gray's Harbor, Washington, Territory: For the establishment of a light at the entrance of Gray's Harbor, Washington Territory, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For commencing the construction of a light-house at or near Port Sanilac, Lake Huron, Michigan, ten thousand dollars; and said light. house shall not cost, when completed, exceeding twenty thousand dol lars.

Steam-tender for the Pacific coast: For building a steam-tender for service on the Pacific coast, eighty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance of lighted buoys: For the maintenance of lighted buoys now in use, five thousand dollars.

That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Light-House Board to apply the money appropriated, other than for surveys, as far as can be without detriment to the interests of the Government, by contract.

LIFE-SAVING STATIONS.

For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows: On the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire one, and on the coast of Massachusetts one, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, of one assistant superintendent on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island who shall reside on the mainland of the State of Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.

For salary of one superintendent on the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For salaries of superintendents on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, one, at one thousand five hundred dollars; on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For salary of one superintendent for life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida,

one thousand two hundred dollars; of one superintendent for the lifesaving and life-boat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; and of one on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving and life-boat stations: One on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one on the coast of Lake Michigan, and one on the coasts of Washington Territory, Oregon, and California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each.

For salaries of two hundred and sixteen keepers of life-saving and life-boat stations and of houses of refuge, one hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars.

For pay of crews of surfman employed at the life-saving and life-boat stations, during the period of actual employment; compensation of volunteers at life-saving and life-boat stations, for actual and deserving service rendered upon any occasion of disaster, at such rate, not to exceed ten dollars for each volunteer, as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine; pay of volunteer crews for drill and exercise; fuel for stations and houses of refuge; repairs and outfits for same; rebuilding and improvement of same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, labor, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, six hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

For establishing new life-saving stations and life-boat stations on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, fifty thousand dollars.

REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE.

For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains, lieutenants, engineers, cadets, and pilots employed, and for rations for the same; for pay of petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coalpassers, and firemen, and for rations for the same; for fuel for vessels, and repairs and outfits for the same; ship-chandlery and engineers' stores for the same; traveling expenses of officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department; instruction of cadets; commutation of quarters; contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, eight hundred and seventy five thousand dollars; and hereafter revenue cutters shall be used exclusively for the public service, and in no way for private purposes.

For rebuilding the revenue steamer Richard Rush, including a new hull, boiler, and outfits, but retaining the present engines, eighty thousand dollars; and a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars to be obtained from sale of the old hull and materials: Provided, That the same shall be sold only after due appraisement and advertisement, and at a price not less than the appraised value. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to advertise for bids for the rebuilding of the Richard Rush, and for the construction of the steam lighthouse tender herein provided for, according to the plans and specifications, which shall be open for inspection by persons proposing to contract. Advertisement shall be made for a period of not less than one

month. The bids shall be opened and the contract or contracts let. The Secretary of the Treasury may reject all bids; but in the event of acceptance of any bid, the lowest and best bidder shall have the contract or contracts awarded to him.

ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.

For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, and for labor (by the day, piece or contract), including labor of workmen skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States and national-bank notes, the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, at rates not exceed ing the rates usually paid for such work; and for other expenses of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States and national-bank notes; for materials other than distinctive paper required in the work of engraving and printing; for purchase of engravers' tools, dies, rolls, and plates, and for machinery and repairs of same; and for expenses of operating macerating machines for the destruction of the United States notes, bonds, and other obligations of the United States authorized to be destroyed, four hundred and seventy five thousand seven hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and from said sum work may be executed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the following purposes, namely:

For engraving, printing, and finishing United States notes, gold and silver certificates, registered bonds for transfers, and other securities, three hundred and sixty five thousand dollars.

For engraving (except face-plates), printing, and finishing circulating notes for national banking associations, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.

For engraving, printing, and finishing certificates of letters patent, seven hundred dollars.

LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.

For supplies of light-houses: For supplying the light-houses, beacon lights, and fog-signals on the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake and Pacific coasts with illuminating and cleansing materials, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption, including the expenses of inspection and delivery of the same; for books and furniture for stations, and other incidental and necessary expenses; and the Light-House Board is hereby authorized to lease, for the sum of one dollar per annum, a wharf for the landing of supplies near the Currituck Beach Light-House, North Carolina, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairs of light-houses: For repairs and incidental expenses of light-houses and stations, including the two lights at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, which shall remain as they are until Congress shall otherwise direct, and including the restoration of Portland Head Light to its former height and power, which is hereby directed; for rebuilding, renovating, and improving the same, and buildings connected therewith; for the establishing and repairing of pier-head lights; and for the purchase and repair of illuminating apparatus and machinery, three hundred and ten thousand dollars.

For salaries of keepers of light-houses: For salaries, fuel, rations, rent of quarters, where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of one

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