United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 25
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Chap. XXV.—An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys.
Appropriations for building lighthouses, beacons, buoys.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following appropriations be, and the same are hereby, made, and directed to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract for building lighthouses, erecting beacons, and placing buoys, on the following sites and shoals, to wit:
Maine Lighthouses.State of Maine: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on the most eligible site on an island called Mount Desert Rock.
Five thousand dollars for one on Hendrick’s Head, a point of land near the mouth of Sheepscot river, or some place in the vicinity thereof; and
Tower and bell.Two thousand dollars for a tower and bell at Whitehead Point.
New Hampshire. Lighthouse.State of New Hampshire: Ten thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to appropriations heretofore made for building a lighthouse on a ledge of rocks called the Whale’s Back, near the harbour of Portsmouth.
Buoys.Three hundred dollars, for placing two buoys, one on Kitt’s Rock, and one on a rock in Peperell’s Cove in Portsmouth harbour.
Massachusetts. Monument.State of Massachusetts: Two thousand dollars for the erection of a monument on the eastern point of the harbour of Gloucester.
Buoys.One hundred dollars for placing two buoys at or near the same harbour; and
Spindle.Four hundred dollars for a spindle to be placed on Minot’s Ledge, Cohasset Rock, a beacon on Spit Sand, and a buoy on a ledge called Toddy Rock, at or near the harbour of Boston.
Monument.Twelve hundred dollars for erecting a monument on a ledge of rocks without the harbour of Swampscut, or in the vicinity of the same; and five hundred dollars for placing a spindle on Lone Rock and six spar buoys on rocks and ledges in the passage between the Vineyard Sound and Buzzard’s Bay.
Buoys and monuments.Five hundred dollars for placing buoys and monuments on rocks and shoals in Anisquam harbour, in Gloucester.
Rhode Island. Buoys and spindles.State of Rhode Island: Six hundred dollars for six buoys and a spindle on the following sites, to wit: one on a ledge of rocks east of Brenton’s Point, in the harbour of Newport, one on Auld’s Rock, south-east of Rose Island, one on the extreme north point of Rose Island, one on Dyer’s Rock, northeast of Coaster’s Harbour Island, one on the ledge off the Bishop Rock, and one on the ledge north end of Prudence Island, and a spindle, with a ball, on the rock south of Rose Island.
Buoy.One hundred and fifty dollars for placing a buoy at the end of the shoal making out from the lighthouse on Goat Island.
Lighthouse.Five thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse at a proper site on the northwest point of Block Island.
Bells to lighthouses.And two thousand five hundred dollars for fixing two bells, viz: one to the lighthouse on Gull Island, and one on the Beaver Tail lighthouse.
Connecticut. Beacon instead of beacon light.
1828, ch. 69.State of Connecticut: That the appropriation of six thousand two hundred dollars, made by the act of the first session of the twentieth Congress, for the erection of a beacon light on or near Spindle rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbour, be, and the same is hereby, directed to be applied to the erection of a beacon instead of the said beacon light; and
Lighthouse.Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Great Captain’s Island, or Greenwich Point, or some other fit place in the vicinity of those mentioned in Long Island Sound.
New York. Lighthouse.State of New York: Four thousand dollars for a lighthouse in Hudson river, at Four Miles Point, on the west side of the river, and four miles north of the city of Hudson, or at some other site in the vicinity. Lighthouse.Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on or near one of the Islands called the Brothers, at the Narrows in Long Island Sound; and
Buoys.Five hundred dollars for eight buoys to be placed at proper sites between the city of Albany and a point opposite Red Hook.
New Jersey. Buoys.State of New Jersey: Two hundred dollars for placing buoys at proper sites at New Inlet, or its vicinity, in the district of Little Egg harbour.
Pennsylvania. Buoys.State of Pennsylvania: Seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars for placing four buoys in the channel to the eastward of the Pea Patch.
Delaware. Lighthouse.State of Delaware: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on a proper site, on or near the northern extremity of Bombay Hook Island, in the Delaware bay.
Virginia. Lighthouse.State of Virginia: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse, or beacon light, at a point of land at or near Back River Point on the Chesapeake Bay.
South Carolina. Beacon and buoys.State of South Carolina: Six hundred dollars for the erection of a beacon near the Charleston lighthouse, in order to mark the entrance into the channel commonly known as Lawford’s channel; and three hundred dollars for placing buoys on proper sites on the Georgetown bar.
Georgia. Buoy.State of Georgia: One thousand dollars for placing a buoy on the outer edge of the shoal called Martin’s Industry, at the entrance of Port Royal Sound, or such other place as shall be designated.
Ohio. Buoys.State of Ohio: Three hundred and sixty dollars for six buoys to be placed on proper sites on the middle ground or bar at the entrance of Sandusky Bay.
Lighthouse.Eight thousand dollars to build a lighthouse at Cleveland, on Lake Erie.
Michigan. Lighthouses.
1828, ch. 69.Territory of Michigan: Instead of building the lighthouse at Otter Creek Point, as directed by an act of the first session of the twentieth Congress, the sum of five thousand dollars, therein appropriated, is hereby directed to be applied to build one at some other point or place, to be designated, in that vicinity.
Eight thousand dollars for a lighthouse at a suitable place near Fort Gratiot, at the entrance of Lake Huron.
Florida. Lighthouses.Territory of Florida: Seven thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, for building a lighthouse at the mouth of St. John’s river; and
Eight thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, for building a lighthouse near St. Mark’s harbour.
Mississippi. Lighthouse.State of Mississippi: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse at or near the Pass Christian.
Sums to be placed at the disposition of the President.
Purposes.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums of money appropriated by this section be, and the same are hereby, directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and placed at the disposition of the President of the United States, for the following specified purposes or objects, to wit:
Maine. Kennebunk river, &c.State of Maine: Five thousand dollars for keeping the pier on the eastern side of the main channel at the entrance of Kennebunk river; and
Penobscot.Three hundred dollars for surveying the ship channel of Penobscot river, from Whitehead to Bangor, and ascertaining the cost of improving the navigation of the same, and proper sites for spindles and buoys.
New Hampshire. Piscataqua river, &c.State of New Hampshire: Sixty dollars for making a survey of Cochecho branch of Piscataqua river, from Dover falls to its confluence with the Piscataqua, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of removing obstructions to navigation, and the cost.
Massachusetts. North river, &c.State of Massachusetts: One hundred and eighty dollars for surveying North river, between Scituate and Marshfield, to ascertain the expediency of removing obstructions at the mouth of the same, and to make an estimate of the cost. Sandy Bay.One hundred and fifty dollars for examining the piers erected at Sandy Bay, to report the condition of the same, and what works are necessary to make a good and safe harbour, at that place, together with an estimate of the cost.
Nantucket.Thirty thousand dollars for removing the bar at the mouth of the harbour of Nantucket.
Edgartown harbour.Two thousand five hundred dollars for extending the pier on which the lighthouse is built, at the entrance of Edgartown harbour, to the shore; and
Bass river.One hundred and fifty dollars to survey the harbour at Bass river, between Yarmouth and Dennis, to ascertain the practicability and expense of improving the said harbour.
Connecticut. Mill river, &c.State of Connecticut: Six thousand and ninety-seven dollars for improving the navigation of Mill river by removing obstructions in the said river, and constructing such works as will prevent the sand from filling up the channel of the same.
Thames.One hundred and fifty dollars for making a survey of the river Thames, with a view to improve the navigation of the same, and the cost of such improvements.
Westbrook harbour.One hundred and thirty dollars for making a survey of the harbour of Westbrook, near the mouth of Connecticut river, with a view to the improvement of the said harbour, and for ascertaining the cost of such improvement.
Norwalk harbour.Eighty dollars for making a survey of the harbour of Norwalk, with a view to its improvement.
Stamford harbour.One hundred dollars for making a survey of the harbour of Stamford, with a view to its improvement.
Buoy at Lloyd’s neck.One hundred and fifty dollars to place a buoy on a rock in Long Island Sound, opposite Lloyd’s Neck.
New York. Sag Harbour.State of New York: One hundred and fifty dollars for surveying the bar at the mouth of Sag Harbour, to ascertain the best method of preventing the harbour being filled up with sand, and the cost of the same.
Black Rock harbour.Thirty thousand dollars for extending the pier of Black Rock harbour, at the outlet of Lake Erie, to a point opposite Bird’s Island.
Big Sodus Bay.For removing obstructions at the entrance of the harbour at Big Sodus Bay, on Lake Ontario, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Gennessee river.For the improvement of the navigation of the Gennessee river, in the state of New York, ten thousand dollars.
New Jersey. Flatbeach.State of New Jersey: One hundred dollars for surveying Flatbeach, alias Tucker’s Island, situated between the old and new inlet, with a view to preserve the anchorage of the port, and to report an estimate of the cost of such improvements as may be necessary to effect those objects.
Pennsylvania. Marcus Hook.State of Pennsylvania: Five thousand dollars for repairing the piers at Marcus Hook: for filling up the sluice between the said piers, and improving the harbour of Marcus Hook, by the removal of obstructions.
Virginia. Deep creek.State of Virginia: Eighty dollars for making a survey of Deep creek, or branch of the south branch of Elizabeth river, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the same, and an estimate of the cost.
North Carolina.
Pascotank river.State of North Carolina: Eighty dollars for making a survey of Pascotank river, for removing bars, or obstructions in the same, and an estimate of the cost.
Ocracook inlet.Twenty-one thousand dollars, being an additional appropriation, for effecting the removal of the shoals forming obstructions to navigation near Ocracock inlet; and
Cape Fear river.Twenty thousand dollars for improving the navigation of Cape Fear river, between the town of Wilmington and the mouth of said river.
Buoys.Two hundred and fifty dollars for placing buoys at the new channel point, at Gales’ Island point, and at the lower mouth of Wallace’s Channel in Pamlico Sound. Ohio.
Conneaut creek.State of Ohio: Seven thousand five hundred dollars for improving the navigation of Conneaut creek, by removing the bar at the mouth of the same.
Louisiana. River Teche.State of Louisiana: Two hundred dollars for making a survey of the entrance of the river Teche, with a view to improve and shorten the navigation of the same, and an estimate of the cost of such improvements.
Mississippi river.Five hundred dollars for making a survey at the passes, at the mouth of the Mississippi, with a view to improvements in the navigation, and building lighthouses and buoys.
Mississippi. Pass Christian.State of Mississippi: Five hundred dollars for placing at Pass Christian.
Pass Marianne.Five hundred dollars for placing buoys at Pass Marianne.
Lake Ponchartrain, &c.Two hundred dollars for making a survey of the water tract between Lake Ponchartrain and Mobile Bay, with a view to the erection of lighthouses and placing of buoys.
Alabama. Mobile harbour.State of Alabama: Twenty thousand dollars, the sum required for completing improvements in the harbour of Mobile.
Florida.
St. Augustine harbour.Territory of Florida: Three hundred dollars for making a survey of the harbour of St. Augustine, and the bar at or near the entrance of the same, with a view to remove the latter, and to render the access to the harbour safe at all times, and to make an estimate of the cost of accomplishing that object; and
St. Mark’s harbour.Six thousand five hundred dollars for improving the harbour of St. Mark’s, by removing obstructions in the same.
Approved, March 2, 1829.