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junior officer of the Navy to act as secretary to said board; whose 
duty it shall be, under instrnetions from the ‘Treasury Depart- 
ment, to inquire into’ the condition of the light-house establish- 
ment of the United States, and make a general detailed report 
and programme to guide legislation in extending and improving 
our present system of construction, illumination, inspection, and 
superintendence: Provided, That no additional compensation be 
allowed to any person serving on said board.” 
asis of their fuinre light-house establishment, the programme 
Proposed by the board organized for the purpose, at the head of 
Which wag Admiral Rossel, of the French navy. 
About this time the subject, which Sir David Brewster had 
foreshadowed in 1811, was revived in England and Scotland, 
through Colonel Colby, of the royal engineers, and Mr. Steven- 
Son, the engineer to the Northern lights, (and the distinguished 
architect of the Bell Rock int 9 Higbee important step 
Was taken on the English side of the channel to} nce tne 
Fresnel apparatus until afte a most careful and rigid examination 
