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That, hereafter, all materials for the construction and repair of 
light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, &c., shall be procured 
by public contracts, under such regulations as the Board may 
from time to time adopt, subject to the approval of the Seére- 
tary of the Treasury, and all works of construction, renova- 
tion, and repair, shall be made by the orders of the Board, un- 
der-the immediate superintendence of their Engineer-secretary, 
or of such Engineer of the Army as may be detailed for that 
service. 
That it shall be the duty of the light-house Board to furnish, 
upon the requisition of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, all the 
estimates of expense which the several branches of the light- 
house service may require, and such other information as may be 
required, to be laid before Congress at the commencement of 
each session. 
That all acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with these recom- 
mendations, be repealed; and all acts and parts of acts relating 
to the light-house establishnfent of the United States, not incon- 
Sistent with these recommendations, and neccessary to enable the 
light-house board, under the superintendence of the Secretary of 
the ''reasuary, to perform all duties relating to the management, 
construction, illumination, imspection, and superintendence of ~ 
light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks, their 
accessories, including the procuring and testing of apparatus, sup- 
plies, and materials of all kinds for illuminating, building, and re- 
building when necessary, maintaining, and keeping in good re- 
pair the light-houses, light-vessels, buoys, beacons, and sea-marks 
of the United States; and the second and third sections of the 
act making appropriations for light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, 
buoys, &c., approved March 3, 1851, be declared to be in full 
force, and have the same effect as though the light-house board 
not been created. =. 
That no additional salary be allowed to any civil, military, or 
large and daily increasing light-house establishment, composed 
of the best adapted materials, from civil, military, and naval life, 
