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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 112. 1820. 599 shan be ceded to, and the property thereof vested in, the United Sims ¤¤¢ !¤1¤¤ ¤*` gt shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, by cam; §h‘f’€“=.”.“QF"‘ tract, which shall be approved by the President, for building a lighthouse tiivn liélsurlfeés on such island, to be so lighted as to be distinguishable from other light,. <>¤d¤d» M- houges on the east and west of the same; and, also, to agree for the sala- {Ox':} °?’ ;ggf° ries, wages, or hire, of the person or persons to be appointed by the of ¤u;;i·l:¤leni‘ President for the superinteudence of the same. dents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand Aptr>Ir¤pri¤¢i¤¤ dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the purpose of E)? e liglnhtbuilding such lighthouse, to be paid Out of any moneys in the treasury, Igzzcoyoghoui not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary be, and he is hereby, authorized to provide, by contract, for building hgh;. 2***** T,:f=*°¤;>' houses, erecting piers, beacons, or land marks, and building and placing c2,,,?;,:;:, 8;*,,,. y light vessels, or boats, and buoys, on the following sites or shoals, to wit; building other A pier at the mouth of Kennebunk river, in the state of Maine; two light- h¥h‘h°§S°S> houses, one on Tenpound island, at the entrance into Gloucester harbour, plizzhnxunk and the other on Bukefs island, near Salem, in the state of Massachusetts; river. a lighthouse at a proper site near the mouth of Genessee river, in the state of I lT°é‘P°“”d New York; a buoy on Southwest Ledge, and another on Adams’ Fall, in 1;;:,;, wud_ or near to the harbour of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut: A light _ Genessee vessel at the end of Smith’s Point Shoals, in the Chesapeake bay, in the m';'- th t stare of Virginia: A lighthouse on Shell Castle Island, in the state of North LBd°`;_ `w°° Carolina: or, in lieu thereof, a light vessel, to be moored in a proper Adam? Fall. place, near the said island, it} in the opinion of the Secretary of the S§‘l“E’j:P°§“*· Treasury, the latter shall be preferred: A beacon and two buoys on I51in; au ° proper sites in the channel leading to the harbour of Charleston, in the Charleston. state of South Carolina: A lighthouse on a proper site in Mobile bay, in Mobile buy. the state of Alabama, ur, in lieu thereof, a light vessel in the said bay; if 1VIOuth of the the same shall be preferred: A light vessel, should the same be deemed Ml“°*°**PP*· necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, at the mouth of the Mississippi, in the state of Louisiana. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated, out of F“m’ ’*PP'°‘ - * · · · printed for obany moneys m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums jam of-this M_ of money, to accomplish the objects specified in this act, to wit: for erecting a pier at the mouth of Kennebunk river, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars; for placing a bell near the lighthouse on West Quody Head, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; for erecting two lighthouses, one on Tenpound Island, and the other on Baker’s Island, and placing three buoys on the rocks and flats near Salem, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars ; for defraying the expense of lighting the lighthouse on the south side of the harbour of Nantucket, and superintending the same, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars; for a lighthouse near the mouth of Genessee river, a sum not exceeding live thousand dollars; for placing two buoys, one on Southwest Ledge, and the other on Adams’ Fall, in or near the harbour of New Haven, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars ; for a light vessel, and placing the same at the end of Smith’s Point Shoals, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars; for a lighthouse on Shell Castle Island, or a light vessel, if preferred, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars; for a beacon and two buoys on proper sites in or near to the channel leading to Charleston harbour, a sum not exceeding six thousand five hundred dollars; fora lighthouse, or light vessel, for Mobile buy, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars ; for a light vessel at the mouth of the Mississippi, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. h _ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury d£9‘;;§1l"’;‘:“s° be, and he is hereby, authorized, if he shall deem it expedient and proper, Spanowl, pom to build the lighthouse directed to be built on Sparrow’s Point, in the may be built state of Maryland, on North Point in said state; and also to substitute a °“ N°“h P°‘“°‘
