The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-06-12

and twenty. .one, entitled An act to authorise
the building Of lighthouses therein mention
cd, and Tor other purposes" and that sum,
not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred
dollars, is hereby appropriated Tor the pur-
pose aforesaid, TO be paid out OF any moneys
In the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. s. ind be H further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be suthorized and
required to cause TO be erected in the Bay OF
DeiewaIe, al or near . place called The
Shears, Dear Cape Heniopen, by contract or
contracts, to be approved by The President of
the United States, TWO piers, Of Sufficient di-
menslons TO be harbor or shelter for vessels
from the ice, if, after survey, made under
his direction, The measure shall be deemed
expsdient; and provided that the jurisdiction
of the site, where such piers may be direct
ed, shall be first reded to the United States,
according 10 the conditions in such case by
law provided; md that, for the purpose oil
carrying the same into effect, there be appro-
priated tho sum of twenty two thousand sew
en- hundred dollars, TO be paid out Of any mo-
neys IN the Treasury, not otherwise apprqp.
prIated.
Sec ?. .fnd De n further erasfed, That
the light authorised 10 be built on Cross Is
land, in the state Of Maine, be, and the same
is hereby, directed 70 be built on the south
point of Libby Island, and for building and
completing the same, tho sum of FIVE hundred
dollars, in addition to the former sppropria-
tion, is hereby appropriated, out oil any mon
ey In the Treasury, not Otherwise approPria-
ted.
Sec. ind be if .fnrfher enae.eG, That
the following sums Of money Oe, and the
same are hereby, Appropriated, out OF any
moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise ap-
propriated, for the following purposes, to
wits -Four thousand dollars to enable the
Secretary Of the Treasury TO purchase the pa
tent right of David Melville and others, to
newly invented lamp, for lighting light hou-
scs; and sum not exceeding four thousand
TWO hundred and forty dollars, for placing the
same in light houses.
Sec. .dnd be it further enacted, That,
for making and completing a survey of the
coas, OF Florida, under the direction Of the
PresIden, of the United States, a sum of mo-
ney, not exceeding six thousand, be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, out of any mo-
neys in the Treasury, not otherwise appro-
Priated, for carrying the same into effect.
PHILIP +. BARBOUR,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JOhN GAILLAhD,
President of the Senate. pro tempore.
Washington, May z. 1922.
Approved: JAMES MONROE.
An ACT TO establish. an additional Land Of.
flee in the state of Illinois.
BE IL enacted 6y Me Senate and House Of
Reiresentatipes offhe United States Of Amer
ica in Congress a8senri!cd, Tha, go much Of
the public lands of the United States as lies
east OF the Mississippi river, north of the line
separating the thirteenth and fourteenth tiers
ot townships north OF the base line, and west
OF the third principal meridian, in the state OF
Illinois, shall form land district, for the dis
po,al of said lands, and for which purpose
land office shall be established a, such place
therein, as the President Of the United States
shall desgnste, until the same shall be per-
maneu'y fixed by law.
Sec. 2. Ind 6e IL further enacted, That
there shall DC q register and receiver sp.
pointed TO the said land Office, to superintend
tho sales Of the public lands in the said dis.
trict, who shall reside si the place where the
sid office shall be established as aforesaid,
give security in the Same mannsr, in the
same sums, and whose compensation, emolu-
men,s, and duties, and au,horities, shall, in
every respect, be the same in relation to the
lands which shall be disposed of at their Off.
ces, as are, or may be, by law provided in re.
lation TO the registers and receivers of public
moneys in the several Offices established for
the sale o! the public lands. Provided, That
the ssid appointments shall no, be made until
a sufficient quantity Of public lands shall have
been surveyed within the said district, TO au.
tborize, in the opinion Of the President,
sal> a. .:,l:
Sec. ), had be u further enacted, That
the provisions Of the second, third, aud fifth
sections OF the act, entitled An act to desig.
nate tho boundaries Of districts, and establish
land Office, for the disposal of the public
laods, not heretofore offered for sale in the
states Of Ohio and Indiana" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and the
act, entitled "An act making further provis.
&. ~ al q 4.