Chapter 264. To authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 264.— An Act To authorize aids to navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes. June 5, 1920. [[H. R. 10183](/us/bill/66/hr/10183).] [[Public, No. 275](/us/pl/66/275).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Aids to Navigation. That the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to establish, provide, or improve 1058 the following aids to navigation and other works in the LighthouseWorks, etc., authorized.
Service, under the Department of Commerce, in accordance with the respective limits of cost hereinafter respectively set forth, which shall in no case be exceeded: Constructing or purchasing and equipping lighthouse tenders andVessels. light vessels for the Lighthouse Service, $5,000,000: *Provided, *That*Proviso.*Transfers from Army, Navy, and Shipping Board.*Post*, p. 1416. the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Shipping Board shall report to the Secretary of Commerce such vessels as they are willing to dispose of, and which by reasonable alterations can be used for light vessels, or lighthouse tenders; and if the use of the vessels should be justified by the necessary expenditure for alterations, transfer of the ships shall be made to the Department of Commerce, and they shall be used for the purposes of this Act; and the sum herein authorized shall be available for such repairsRepairs, etc. and be reduced by the sums saved by the use of such vessels. third lighthouse district.Third district.
Extending and enlarging the machine shop at the general lighthouseTompkinsville, N. Y., depot.*Ante*, p. 213. depot, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York, $15,000 additional to the amount appropriated in Act of July 19, 1919. Riprap to reinforce foundations and protect them from damageRiprapping. by sea and ice and make more accessible boat landings at certain light stations, $134,000. fourth lighthouse district.Fourth district. Improving the aids to navigation at the entrance to DelawareDelaware Bay entrance.
Bay, $148,500. sixth lighthouse district.Sixth district. Completing the lighthouse depot for the sixth lighthouse districtCharleston, S. C., depot. at Charleston, South Carolina, $60,000. seventh lighthouse district.Seventh district. Establishing and improving aids to navigation in Tampa Bay,Tampa, Fla. Florida, $17,500. Purchasing site and constructing and equipping a lighthouse depotEstablishing depot. for the seventh lighthouse district, $250,000. eighth lighthouse district.Eighth district.
Improving Galveston Jetty Light Station, Texas, including fogsignalGalveston, Tex. station, $6,500. twelfth lighthouse district.Twelfth district. Improving aids to navigation and establishing new aids at Ludington,Ludington, Mich. Michigan, $50,000. sixteenth lighthouse district.Sixteenth district. For improvements to aids to navigation in Alaska, includingAlaska. improving of Point Retreat and Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station, $32,500. Continuing construction of the lighthouse depot for the sixteenthDepot construction. lighthouse district, $12,000. 1059 eighteenth light house district.Eighteenth district.
Establishing aids to navigation, California, $25,000.California. Constructing two keepers’ dwellings at the Goat Island LighthouseGoat Island, Calif., depot. Depot, California, $16,500. nineteenth lighthouse district.Nineteenth district. Constructing and equipping a lighthouse depot at Honolulu,Honolulu, Hawaii, depot.Vol. 39, p. 538. Hawaii, $120,000, in lieu of $90,000 authorized in Act of August 28, 1916. Sec. 2. That hereafter the salary of the Superintendent of Naval Construction in the Bureau of Lighthouses shall be $4,000 per annum.
Approved, June 5, 1920.