The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-13
NTH. MACON,

NATHL MACON,
Slpeafe, u The House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
GEO: CLINTON,
Hice President Of The United States and
President Of the Senate
February 81, 1907.
APPROVED,
tn JEFFERSON.
IN Ac7 authorisirg The erection Of certain light
houses and the .jiaing n stakes, bugs and 6ea-
cons az certain places therein nam-E
it enacted BY the Senate House Of Repre-
~ aentatives # tie United States q .inetica,
IN Congress assembled, That the Sec etary OF the
Treasury be, and he hereby Is authorised and di-
rcctcd, to causca good and sufficient light house
to be built at each of the following places, that is
TO say on Fair Whether Island in the state Of
Connecticut, and 1T Na'Ishawn island near Tar
Pauiin cove, in the state OF Massachusetts,, at
such points as the President Of the United States
may select Tor those purposes and 10 appoint
keepers, and otherwise provide tor such hglt
houses, at the cxGcnce OF The United States Pro-
SiGeG, That sufficient ground Tor the accommo-
uatOn OF sid light houses, respectively, can be
obtained reasonable price Ind provided also,
That the legislatures OF the states oi Connecticut
and Massachusetts, shall ccdc tie jurisdiction o.
yer each place rcspCCtN ely to tie United States.
sec. 3 lad be az further enacted, that The Sc
crctary CT the Treasury be, and nc hereby IS au
tholised and directed, 10 cause the hight house at
present established on Smiths point, Ut the mouth
OF the l1yer Potomac, to be taken down, snd 20
cause another good and sufficient one 10 DC nl a.
such other sP5, on the SAID point, as the PEcsi-
dent oil the United States NAV select; iFcyl .els
That sufficient ground for the accommodation
thereof, be obtained AZ 4 reasonable pl1ce;
ana provided also, that the legislature oil TIE state
or Virginia shall ccIe the jurisdiction over the
same IL the United States. And the Secretary OF
the Ireasuryis hereby furthcr authorised and dl-
rected to cause the hight house heretofore est--
q
-Wmyaw bay, ii the state of South Carolina 10
nc rebuilt IN such manner may IN his opliho DC
most ikely to secure its future safety.
Sec ). ind be ii. further enacted, That the Sc
cretaIy Of the Treasury be, and he hereby IS au-
thoFsed and directed, toCause proper ana SuiiCi-
ent hu5ys and stakes to be fXedin, and along the
channel III Winyaw bay, leading TO tie haIbor OF
Georgetown the state @: South Carolina: and al
so, to cause proper and s!iicj mt buoys and bca-
cons to he placed %, & near tic roc>s and shcals
in tie channel leading INTO The h@rhoG OF Saicni, IN
the state OF Mass chusetts
Sec. 4. Ana oe it further eacctsd, That for the
purpose of deiraying the eSPcnces which maybe
incurred in the execution OF this act, the follow
ing sums shall be, and TIC same arc ieby res
Pcctvely appropriated, to bc paid out of any mo-
MES III the treasury not Otherwise appropriated
that to say, for building the light house Fair
Weather island, five thousand dollars for build
ing die light house at Nau5haHn island two thou
sand five hundred dollars for pulling down and
rebuilding the light house on Smiths point, six
Thousand dollars; for rebuilding the light house
on North Island, twenty thousand dollars for
fixing buoys and stakes IN Winyaw bay, one thou
sand Ggc hundred dollars; for fixing buoys and
beacons III the channel leading to Salem harbor
one thousand five hundred dollars.
NATHL. MACON,
Speaker If the House If Representatives.
GEO CLINTON,
Pice-P,esiasnt IF the United States, and
President u the Senate.
February 10, 1907.
ApPRovED,
TIL JEFFERSON