# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 47

Chap. XLVII.—An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses and beacons, and for other purposes.
Building of lighthouses, &c.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 is hereby, authorized and directed to provide, by contract, for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys on the sites hereinafter mentioned, to wit:
A lighthouse near the mouth of Portsmouth harbour.A lighthouse at or near the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, in the state of New Hampshire, to be placed on the ledge called Whale’s Back, or on such other site, near to said ledge, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall select.
A lighthouse at the Point of Marsh.A lighthouse at the point of Marsh near the mouth of Neuse river, in the state of North Carolina.
A beacon, in the harbour at the mouth of Bass river, &c.A beacon, in the harbour, at the mouth of Bass river, between the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth; a beacon on a ledge of rocks, called the ​Bishops, three miles south-east from the lighthouse on Point Gammon; a beacon on Collin’s ledge; a buoy on the Channel rock; a buoy on the south-west rock; a buoy on the Gangway rocks; a buoy on the southwest part of the Suckenecut shoals; a buoy on the end of Dogfish bar; and a buoy on the south end of Kilpond bar, in the Vineyard Sound, in the state of Massachusetts.
A buoy on Cheppinaxet Point, &c.A boy on Cheppinaxet point; a buoy on Garden point; and a buoy on Long Point in East Greenwich harbour, in the state of Rhode Island.
A beacon on Well’s Point, &c.A beacon on Well’s Point; a buoy on Marchard flat; a buoy on Stoney bar, and a buoy on Allen’s flat, in Bridgeport harbour; a beacon on Patrick’s reef, in Norwalk harbour; a buoy on Smith’s ledge, near Darien, and a buoy on Shippan reef, in the state of Connecticut.
Buoys at the entrance of Mobile bay.Four buoys at the entrance of Mobile bay, and one at the mouth of Dog river, in the state of Alabama.
Buoys on the bar at the entrance of St. Augustine harbour.Three buoys on the bar at the entrance of St. Augustine harbour, and three buoys in St. Mark’s harbour, in the territory of Florida.
Secretary of the Treasury to accept from the state of Pennsylvania, the cession of the public piers, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to accept, from the state of Pennsylvania, the cession, to the United States, of the public piers, and the causeway leading thereto, which were built by said state, at Chester, in the Delaware river, and directed to cause said piers and causeway to be repaired by contract.
A column to be erected Little Mark Island.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered and directed to cause to be built, by contract, a column on Little Mark Island, at the entrance of Harpswell Sound, in the state of Maine.
Sums appropriated.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated to accomplish the objects specified in this act, that is to say:
Lighthouse at Portsmouth harbour.For building a lighthouse at or near the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, fifteen hundred dollars.
Lighthouse near the mouth of Neuse river.For building a lighthouse on the point of Marsh near the mouth of Neuse river, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Beacon at Bass river, &c.For erecting a beacon at the mouth of Bass river, between the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, one thousand dollars; for erecting a beacon or spindle on the ledge of rocks, called the Bishops, one hundred dollars; for erecting a beacon or spindle on Collin’s ledge, one hundred dollars; and for placing six buoys on the sites above designated, in the Vineyard Sound, one hundred and fifty dollars.
Buoys in Greenwich harbour.For placing three buoys in East Greenwich harbour, seventy-five dollars.
Beacon on Well’s Point.For erecting a beacon on Well’s Point, in Bridgeport harbour, five hundred dollars; and for placing three buoys in said harbour seventy-five dollars.
Beacon on Patrick’s reef.For erecting a beacon on Patrick’s reef, in Norwalk harbour, three hundred dollars; for placing a buoy on Smith’s ledge, near Darien, twenty-five dollars; and for placing a buoy on Shippan reef, thirty dollars.
Public piers, &c., at Chester.For repairing the public piers and causeway at Chester, five thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents.
Column on Little Mark Island.For erecting a column on Little Mark Island, at the entrance of Harpswell Sound, twelve hundred dollars.
Pier adjacent to the one at Buffalo, &c. 1826, ch. 73.For erecting a pier adjacent to the pier at Buffalo, in the state of New York, and placing thereon the lighthouse authorized to be built at the east end of Lake Erie, by the act of eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, including the appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars, made by the act aforesaid for that object, six thousand five hundred dollars; any part of which sum may be applied by the Secretary of the Treasury to defray the expense of altering the lighthouse ​already erected at said Buffalo, if he shall be of the opinion that the same may be so altered as to render unnecessary the erection of another lighthouse in the vicinity of Buffalo.
Repairing the Newport lighthouse.For altering and repairing the Newport lighthouse, at the entrance of Narragansett Bay, twelve hundred dollars.
Lighthouse at Natchez. 1826, ch. 78.For erecting a lighthouse at Natchez, in the state of Mississippi, in addition to the appropriation of one thousand five hundred dollars heretofore made for that object, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six dollars.
Buoys at the entrance of Mobile Bay.For placing four buoys at the entrance of Mobile Bay, and one at the mouth of Dog river, nine hundred dollars.
Buoys on the bar at St. Augustine harbour.For placing three buoys on the bar at the entrance of St. Augustine harbour, one hundred and twenty dollars; and for placing three buoys in St. Mark’s harbour, one hundred and twenty dollars.
Light vessel, for the southwest point of Royal Shoal.For the erection of a light vessel of between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and fifty tons, for the south-west point of the Royal Shoal, on Pamptico Sound in North Carolina, eleven thousand dollars, and the vessel now stationed at the shoal commonly called Ocracock, nine feet shoal in said sound.
Lighthouse at Cat Island.For a lighthouse at Cat Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, five thousand dollars.
Two lighthouses on Cape Elizabeth.For the erection of two lighthouses on Cape Elizabeth, in Maine, three thousand dollars.
Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sums hereby appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1827.