# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 69

Chap. LXIX.—An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses, and for other purposes.
Secretary of the Treasury empowered to provide for building 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, empowered to provide, by contract, for building lighthouses and light vessels, and erecting beacons, and placing buoys, on the following sites and shoals, to wit:
At Dice’s Head.In the state of Maine, a lighthouse at Dice’s Head.
On Nobsque point.In the state of Massachusetts, a lighthouse on Nobsque point; one on the Point of Flats, at the entrance of Edgartown harbour; a lighthouse on Dumpling rock, south of the mouth of Aponeganset river.
On Nayat point, &c.In the state of Rhode Island, a lighthouse on Nayat point; and two pyramids or spindles, to wit: one on a reef of rocks, under water, opposite to Pawtuxet, and one on a reef of rocks, opposite the Punham Rock, in the northern part of Narraganset bay.
Beacon light on Spindle Rock.In the state of Connecticut, a beacon light on or near the Spindle Rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbour.
Two lighthouses north of Kinder Hook, &c.In the state of New York, two small lighthouses, to wit: one on the flats, two miles north of Kinder Hook, upper landing, called the Drowned Lands, and one on the point of the island on the west side of the channel, opposite the lower landing. A lighthouse at a proper site, at or near Portland, on Lake Erie.
Two lighthouses on Little Watt’s Island, &c.In the state of Maryland, two lighthouses; one on Little Watt’s Island, at the south-eastern extremity of Tangier Sound; and the other on Clay Island, at the northernmost extremity of the same sound; and a beacon light, or a small lighthouse on Point Lookout, in the Chesapeake bay.
Lighthouse on Smith’s point.In the state of Virginia, a lighthouse on Smith’s point, at the mouth of the Potomac, in the Chesapeake bay.
Light vessel to be substituted, &c.In the state of North Carolina, a light vessel, to be substituted for the lighthouse heretofore directed to be built at the Point of Marsh, at the mouth of Neuse river.
Beacon lighthouse on Pamptico Sound, &c.A beacon light, or small lighthouse, at a proper site on Pamptico point; and one at the south entrance of Roanoake marshes.
Lighthouse in Mobile bay, &c.In the state of Alabama, a lighthouse at or near Choctaw point, in Mobile bay; and an iron spindle on Sand island, on the outer bar of Mobile bay.
Two lighthouses, one at Otter creek point, &c.In the territory of Michigan, two lighthouses; one at Otter creek point, at the head of Lake Erie, and the other on the Island of Bois Blanc, near Michilimacinac.
Lighthouse, St. John’s river.In the territory of Florida, a lighthouse at the mouth of St. John’s river.
Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of money be appropriated and paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect, viz:
Lighthouse on Dice’s Head.For building a lighthouse on Dice’s Head, five thousand dollars.
Lighthouse on Nobsque Rock, &c.For a lighthouse on Nobsque point, three thousand dollars; and for the pier and lighthouse at the entrance of Edgartown harbour, five thousand five hundred dollars.
Lighthouse on Nayat point.For a lighthouse on Nayat point, three thousand five hundred dollars; and for two pyramids or spindles, in Narraganset bay, two thousand dollars.
Beacon-light on or near Spindle rock.For a beacon-light on or near Spindle rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbour, six thousand two hundred dollars.
Two lighthouses in Hudson river.For two small lighthouses in Hudson river, eight thousand dollars.
Lighthouse near Portland.For a lighthouse at or near Portland, on Lake Erie, five thousand dollars; one thousand dollars for removing obstructions in order to make the light of the lighthouse at the mouth of the Genessee river, on Lake Ontario, visible at a distance.
A tower, &c. near the lighthouse on Pool’s island, &c.For erecting a tower and placing a bell thereon with machinery, near the lighthouse on Pool’s Island, Chesapeake bay, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
Lighthouse on Little Watt’s Island, &c.For the lighthouse on Little Watt’s island, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for that on Clay island, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for a beacon-light, or small lighthouse, on Point Look Out, four thousand five hundred dollars.
On Smith’s point.For the lighthouse on Smith’s point, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Beacon-light or lighthouse on Pamptico point, &c. 1827, ch. 47.For a beacon-light or lighthouse on Pamptico point, five thousand dollars; and for one at the entrance of Roanoke Marshes, five thousand dollars; for a light vessel, to be placed at or near the point of Marsh Shoal, at or near the Neuse river, six thousand five hundred dollars; this sum to be in addition to the sum already appropriated for building a lighthouse at the point of Marsh, at the mouth of the said river, for which lighthouse the light vessel is substituted.
Otter Creek point.For a lighthouse at Otter Creek point, five thousand dollars.
On Bois Blanc.For one on Bois Blanc, five thousand dollars.
St. John’s river.For one at St. John’s river, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for one on Choctaw point, six thousand five hundred dollars.
Four buoys in the Hudson river.For placing four buoys in Hudson river, on the following sites: One on a reef of rocks opposite Van Wee’s point; one on a reef of rocks north of Constitution point; one on a reef of rocks, the south point of Conner’s Hook island; and one on a wreck of a vessel sunk in Haverstraw bay; three hundred dollars.
Two buoys near the Pea Patch in the river Delaware.For placing two buoys near the channel, to the eastward of the Pea Patch, in the river Delaware, viz: one on the north-east point of the Pea Patch; and one on a small shoal in the passage, four hundred dollars.
Spindles, &c. Kennebec bay.For spindles or monuments, and buoys, to render the navigation of Kennebec bay and river safe, fifteen hundred dollars.
Buoy on Killpond bar.For placing a buoy on Killpond bar, in Buzzard’s bay, sixty dollars.
Twenty buoys in Louisiana.For placing twenty buoys, at proper sites, in the river Teche, in the state of Louisiana, two thousand six hundred dollars.
Iron spindle on Sand Island.For an iron spindle on Sand Island, on the bar of Mobile bay, six hundred dollars.
Five buoys in the channel between Key West.For five buoys, in the channel, between Key West and the islands to the westward of it and the main, leading from the Gulf Stream to the bay of Mexico, seven hundred dollars.
Two buoys at the mouth of St. John’s river.For two buoys at the mouth of St. John’s river, territory of Florida, one hundred and sixty dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said secretary be empowered as aforesaid, and that the following sums be appropriated and paid as aforesaid, for the purposes hereinafter designated, viz:
Lighthouse near St. Mark’s harbour.To build a lighthouse, at a proper site, near St. Mark’s harbour, in Florida, the sum of six thousand dollars.
Lighthouse near the mouth of Duck creek.To build a lighthouse near the mouth of Duck creek, adjoining Delaware bay, the sum of four thousand dollars.
Salaries of the respective keepers of lighthouses. Proviso.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to regulate and fix the salaries of the respective keepers of lighthouses, in such manner as he shall deem just and proper: Provided, The whole sum allowed shall not exceed an average of four hundred dollars to each keeper.
Appropriation.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousand two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, to pay the salaries to the several keepers of the lighthouses within the United States; to be applied under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in conformity to the authority vested by the third section of this act.
Approved, May 23, 1828.