The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-06-15
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
TPUBLIc-No. AL

An ACT for authorising the building of Light.
Houses and Light Vessels, erecting Beacon
| Lights, placing Buoys, removing obstruc.
| tions in the river Savannah, and for other
purposes.
BE Il enacted BY The Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the United States Of II
meriea an Congress assembled, That the
Secretary OF the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, empowered TO provide by contract
for building Light Houses and Light YES
sells, and erecting Beacons and Beacon
Lights, and placing Buoys, OH the follow
inc sites or shoals, to wit
In the State of Maine, a Light House on
Mantinicus Rock, and one on Pemaquid
Point.
In the State Of Massachusetts,, Light
Vessel to be anchored at or near Tuckan-
tick Shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; the tom
mage of the Light Vessel not to be under
one hundred and twenty-five tons Light
House on the end ofSandy Neck, at or near
the Mouth of Barnstable Harbor.
A Light House at or near the end Of
Long Point, Provincetown lIarbor.
In the State of Connecticut, a Light
House at or near the mouth of Norwaik
or on the west end of Norwalk, Long-Is.
land, under the direction of the Secretary
OF the Treasury, after an examination OF
those sites shall have been made by suita-
BILE persons, to be by him appointed for
that purpose. A Beacon on the Round
Shoals, at the mouth of Ousatonic River.
In the State Of New York, a ..ght House
at or near Dunkirk, on Lake Erie. One at
the East end Of Lake Erie. on proper site
to be selected, at or near the mouth of But.
falo Creek One on the west end Of Plum
Island, in Long Island Sound; and one on
Tibits Point, in Lake Ontario.
In the States of New York and New Jer
sey, a Light House upon the Bluff, near
Fort Tompkins, on Staten Island one in
Princess Bay, on said Island and two OH
the Highland of Ncversink.
In Delaware Bay, Light House on the
Brandywine Shoals,
In the State of Maryland, Light House
on Cove Point, instead OF Cedar Point, as
heretofore ordered. A Light House on
Smiths Island, one on Concord Point, at OF
near the mouth fthe Susquehannah river;
and Light Vessel to be anchored at or
near Hooper's Straits, Chesapeake Bay.
In the State of Virginia, a Light House
on Smiths Island, near Cape Charles, on ii
proper site to be selected, under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury.
In the State, of North Carolina, Light
Vessel, not to BE under fifty, nor TO exceed
eighty tons, TO be anchored at the south
west Straddle Of the Royal Shoai and the
Beacon on Federal Point, at the New In
let Of Cape Fear river, to be made a Beacon
Light.
In the State of South Carolina, a Light
House on cape Romaine or its vicinity, or
Light Vessel to be anchored of the said
Cape, or its vicinity; the preference TO be
given to the one or the other, which, in the
opinion Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
shall best subserve the purpos 'S Of naviga-
ton, and afford security to the same.
In the State Of Georgia, a Beacon on
Grass Island, at the entrance Of Cockspur
harbor.
In the State of mississippi, a Light House
on the Mississippi river, at the town Of
Natchez.
Sec. 2. .4nd be II further enacted, That
! the following sums of money be, and the
same are hereby appropriated, TO wit
In the State Of Maine, four thousand dol
larsf for Lighthouse on Mantinicus Rock;
and four thousand dollars for one on Pema-
quid Point.
In the State Of Massac husetts, two thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars for Light House
at or near the end of Long Point, Province
Town harbor; eight thousand for a Light
Vessel TO be anchored at or near Tucka-
muck shoal, in the Vineyard Sound and
ninety dollars for Spar Buoys, TO be anchor
ed, one on the Middle Ground shoal, near
the entrance of Salem harbor, and one on
the Ledge Rocks, off Dorchester Flats, in
Boston harbor; three thousand FIVE hun
dred dollars for Lighthouse on the end
of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth Of
Barnstable har) or and two hundred dol
lars for placing Juoys on proper sites, in or
near the harbor of Gloucester.
In the State of'Rhode- Island, sixty dol
lars for Buoys on Sally Rock, at or near the
entrance Of the harbor of East Greenwich.
| In the State Of Connecticut, four thou
sand dollars for Light-Iiouse, to be loca-
ted on Routon Neck, or on the west ena Of
! Norwalk, Long Island ; one thousand dol
/ lars for Beacon on the Round Shoals, at
| the mouth Of the OuSatonic river one hun
/ dred and twenty-five dollars for placing
/ Buoys on the following sites, to wit one on
! Thhnblc Island Rect, one on Inn Reef, one
on Negro Head, one on Brown Rect, and
one on Birds Reef, at or near the entrance
of Brsnford harbor and one hundred dol
lars for making an examination aud sur
/ vey, if necessary, TO ascertain the utility
and expense of erecting Beacons in Long
Islard Sound, on Shipman's Reef, lying
near the pFoiDontory of the same name, in
Stamford, on Smiths Ledge, opposite the