United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 121
[Obsolete.]
Chap. CXXI.—An Act to authorize the building of three light-houses, viz one on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, and on the Island of Petite Manon, in the state of Massachusetts.
Certain lighthouses to be built.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Massachusetts to the United States, of the jurisdiction over the land sufficient for the purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide, by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building three light-hosues, viz. one point on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, in the town of Yarmouth, and one on the island called Petite Manon, near the Naraguages river, in the state of Massachusetts; and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the persons who shall be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same; and the President shall be authorized to make the said appointments.
Specific appropriations.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, and also for purchasing such lots of land as shall be required for the erection of the said light-houses, and other buildings necessarily connected therewith.
Light of Scituate light-house may be extinguished.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the light of the Scituate lighthouse to be extinguished, should the extinguishment thereof be deemed expedient for the safety of navigation on that coast.
Approved, April 27, 1816.