United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 25
Chap. XXV.—An Act to provide for Lighthouses and buoys in the cases therein mentioned.
When a sufficient quantity of land at the point shall be conveyed to the United States, the President shall fix upon the site for a lighthouse.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall make arrangements for building one, &c. The President to appoint a keeper, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as the proprietor of the south end or point of St. Simon’s island in the state of Georgia, shall convey, by good and sufficient titles, unto the United States, so much land on the south end of the said island, as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper for the site and accommodation of a lighthouse; and the jurisdiction of the land, so to be conveyed, shall have been ceded to the United States, by the state of Georgia, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same. And the President is hereby authorized to make the said appointments.
Secretary of the Treasury to have buoys placed near the bar of St. Simon’s.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury under the direction of the President, be authorized and required to cause to be placed a buoy or buoys at such place or places on or near the bar of St. Simon’s, as may conduce to the safe pilotage of vessels to and from the ports of Brunswick and Frederica.
The Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be rebuilt, the lighthouse at Clark’s point.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be rebuilt, in such manner as he may deem expedient, the lighthouse at Clark’s point within the town of New Bedford, in the state of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Treasury required to cause a lighthouse to be built at Fivemile point, &c.
Proviso.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause a sufficient lighthouse to be erected on Fivemile point, so called, near the entrance of the harbor of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise provide for such lighthouse at the expense of the United States: Provided, that sufficient land for the accommodation of such lighthouse, can be obtained at a reasonable price, and the legislature of Connecticut shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States.
Appropriations for carrying this act into effect.
Lighthouse at Clark’s point.
Lighthouse at Fivemile point, Georgia.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses to be incurred in executing the two first sections of this act, the sum of seven thousand dollars;—for rebuilding the lighthouse as aforesaid at Clark’s point, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the erection of a lighthouse at the Fivemile point aforesaid, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; which sums shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 14, 1804.