# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/9th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 9

Chap. IX.—An Act authorizing the erection of certain Lighthouses, and the fixing of stakes, buoys and beacons, at certain places therein named.
Secretary of the Treasury to have lighthouses built at Fair Weather and Naushawn islands.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed, to cause a good and sufficient lighthouse to be built at each of the following places, that is to say; on Fair Weather island, in the state of Connecticut, and at Naushawn island near Tarpaulin cove, in the state of Massachusetts, at such points as the President of the United States may select for those purposes;To appoint keepers, &c. Proviso. Proviso. and to appoint keepers, and otherwise provide for such lighthouses, at the expense of the United States: Provided, that sufficient ground for the accommodation of said lighthouses, respectively, can be obtained at a reasonable price: And provided also, that the legislatures of the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts shall cede the jurisdiction over each place respectively to the United States.
Secretary of the Treasury to cause the lighthouse at Smith’s point to be rebuilt. Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed, to cause the lighthouse at present established on Smith’s point, at the mouth of the river Potomac, to be taken down, and to cause another good and sufficient one to be built at such other spot on the said point, as the President of the United States may select: Provided, that sufficient ground for the accommodation thereof, can be obtained at a reasonable price: And provided also, that the legislature of the state of Virginia shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States.Secretary of the Treasury to have the lighthouse at North island rebuilt. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized and directed to cause the lighthouse heretofore established on North island, at the entrance into Winyaw bay, in the state of South Carolina, to be rebuilt in such manner as may in his opinion be most likely to secure its future safety.
Secretary of the Treasury to cause buoys and stakes to be fixed in Winyaw bay, and near the shoals and rocks leading to Salem.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is authorized and directed, to cause proper and sufficient buoys and stakes to be fixed in, and along the channel in Winyaw bay, leading to the harbor of Georgetown, in the state of South Carolina: and also, to cause proper and sufficient buoys and beacons to ​be placed on, or near the rocks and shoals in the channel leading into the harbor of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts.
Specific appropriations.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses which may be incurred in the execution of this act, the following sums shall be, and the same are hereby respectively appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated: that is to say, for building the lighthouse on Fair Weather island, five thousand dollars; for building the lighthouse at Naushawn island, two thousand five hundred dollars; for pulling down, and rebuilding the lighthouse on Smith’s point, six thousand dollars; for rebuilding the lighthouse on North island, twenty thousand dollars; for fixing buoys and stakes in Winyaw bay, one thousand five hundred dollars; for fixing buoys and beacons in the channel leading to Salem harbor, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Approved, February 10, 1807.