Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-06-30
BY AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC NO. 4 4.


AN ACT authorizing the building of Light
Houses and Light Vessels, erecting Beacon
Lights, placing Buoys, removing obstruc-
tons IN the RIVER Savannah, and for other
purposes.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives ofhe United States
of lmerica in Congress assembled, That
th1 Secretary OF the Treasury be, and
he IS hereby, empowered to provide by
contract, Tor building Light Houses and
L 90, Vessels, and erecting Beacens and
Bacon Lights, and placing Buoys, on
the following sites or shoals, TO wit:
In the State of Maine, Light House
on Maunlcus Rock. and one on Pema-
quld Point
In The are Of Massachusetts, Light
Vessel to be anchored al or near the
tn kanuck Shoal, in the Vineyard
Sound; the tonnage OF the Light Vessel
not to be under one hundred and tween
ty-Gve tons Light House on the end
OF Sandy Neck, al or near the mouth oil
the Barnstabe Harbor.
A Light House at or near the end Of
A1OtS L JIM; L w IL al OOi
In the State OF Connecticut, a Light
II ,nse at or near the mouth OF Norwalk
Harbor, to be located On the Rauion
Neck, or on the west end OF Norwaik
Long Island, under the direction oil the
Secretary of the Treasury, alter an exa-
minallon OF those sites shall have been
made by suitable persons, to be by him
appointed for that purpose. A Beacon
on the Round SHOALS, at the mouth oi
Opsatonic River.
Ia the STATE OF Ncw-Vork, a Light
House at or near Dunkirk, on Like
Erie. Que at the Eas, end OF Like
Erie, on proper size TO be selected, at
or near the mouth OF Buffalo Creek.
O,e on the west end OF Plum Island, IN
Long Island Sound; aud one on lbil S
Point, in Lake On;ario.
In the States of n WORK and New
Jersey, Light House upon the Bluff,
near Fort Tompklns, on Sta'en Island ;
one in Princess Bay, on said Island and
two on the Highland OF Neversiuk.
In Delaware Bay, Light House on
the Brandywine Shoals.
In the State ct Mary land, Light
House on Cove Point, instead OF Bear
Point, as heretofore ordered. A Light
House on Smiths Island, or on Con-
cord Point, at or near the mouth Of the
Susuuehannah River; and Light YES
sci o be anchored al or near Hooper's
strais, Chesapeake Bay.
In the State oil Virginia, a Light
House on Smiths Island, near Cape
Charles. on proper site to be select
en-, under the direction OF the Secretary
of the Treasury.
In the Safe Of North Carolina, q
Light Vessel, not to be under fifty, nor
to exceed eighty tons, 10 be anchored
at the south west Straddle oil the Roya
Snoal. Aud The Bacon on Fedora
Point, at the New Inlet Of Cape Feal
River, TO be made Beacon Light.
In the state of South Carolina, Ligh
House on Cape Romano, or It's vIcIni
~, or Light Vessel TO be anchored of
the said Cape, or Its vicinity; the pre-
ference to be gwen to the one or this
other, which, IN the opinion OF the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury, shall best sub
serve the purposes of navigation, an6
afford security to the same.
In the state of Georgia, Beacon or
Grass Island at the entrance oil Cockspu'
barber.
In the state Of Mississippi, Llgh
House on The Mississippi river, at the
town oil Nstchez.
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted, Tha
the following sumo OF money be, ane