The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-06-15
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OE Tilf
NINETEENTH CONGRESS.
BIZ AUTHORITY


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES, ofMe United STATES If II
> nerica in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary ofthe Treasury be, and he Is here
by, empowered to provide by contract for
building Light Houses and Light Vessels.
and erecting Beacons and Beacon Lights,
and placing Buoys, on the following sites or
shoals, to wit:
In the State OF Maine. a Light House or
Mantinicus Rock, and one On Pemaquid
Point.
In the state of Massachusetts,, a Light
Vessel to be anchored at or near Tucka-
muck Shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; the ton
mage ofthe Light Vessel not to be under one
hundred and twenty-five tons; n Light
House on the end of Sandy Neck, at or near
the mouth of Barnstable Harbor.
A Light House at or near the end Of Long
Point, Providcncstown Earbor,
In the state of Connscsfcut a Light House
at or near the mouth OF No1 walk Earbor, TO
be forased on she Routon Neck, or on t;e
west end Of Norwalk- Long Island, under
the direction Of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, after an examination Of those sites shall
have been made by suitable persons, to be
by him appointed for that purpose. A Bea-
con on the Round Shoals, at the mouth OF
Ousatonic River
In the state of New York, Light 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 Buf
falo creek. One on tle west end Oh Plum
Island, in Long island Sound; and one on
Tiblt's Point in Lake Ontario.
En- the states of New York and New Jer-
sey, a Light House upon the Bluff, near Fort
Tomkins, on Staten ISLAND; one in Princess
Bay, on said Island; and two on lae High
land of Neversink.
In Delaware Bay, Light House OIL Bran
dywine Shoals.
In the state of Maryland, Light House
on Cove Point, instead o. Cedar Point, as
heretofore ordered A Light House on
Smiths Island, one on Concord Point, at or
rsar the NORTH of the Susquehannah river;
and Light VESSEL 10 be anchored at or near
Hooper's Straits. Chesapeake Bay.
In the state of Virginia, Light House on
Smiths Island, near Cape Charles, on pro-
per site to be selected, under the direction
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 southwest
Straddle of the ROYAL Shoal; and the Beacon
on Federal Point, at the New Inlet of Cape
Fear river, to be made Beacon Light.
IN .fte state Of South Carolina, Light
House On Cape Romaine or its vicinity,
or a Light Vessel 10 be anchored Of the ,a,d
Cape, or its vicinity; the preference to be
given to the one or the other, which, in the
opinion of the Secretary os The Treasury,
shall best subserve the purposes of nayiya-
ton, and afford security to the same.
In the state OF Georgia, Beacon on Grass
Tp1o 81,
In the state of Mississippi, Light House
on the Mississippi river, at the town of Nat
chez.
SEC. 2. find be il further enacted, That
rlTe following sums of money be, and the
same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
In the state of Maine, four thousand dol
lars for a Light House on Mantinicus Rock;
and four Thousand dollars for one on Pcma
guild point.
In the state Of Massachusetts, tive sl;ous-
and FIVE hundred dollars for Light House
at or near the end of Long Point, Province
Town harbour; eight thousand fcr q light
vessel to be anchored a, or near Suckanuck
shoal, in the Vineyard Sound ; arr, ninety
dollars for Spar Buoys, to be anchored, ono
on the Middle Ground shoal, near the ent-
rance of Salem harbour, and one on the
Ledge Rocks, Of Dorchester Flats, in Boston
harbour; three thousand hve hundred dol
lars for Light House on the end of Sandy
Neck, at or near the mouth of Barnstable
harbour; and two hundred dollars for plac-
ing Buoys on proper sites, in or near the har-
bour of Gloucester
In the state of Rhode Island, sixty dollars
for Buoys on Sally Rock, at or near the Ell.
trance Of the harbour of East Greenwich.
In the state of Connecticut, four Thousand
dollars for Light House, to be located o,
Routon Neck, or on the west end of Nor
walk, Long lsland one thousand dollars fo
Beacon on the Round Shoals, at the mouti
of the Ousatonic river one hundred an,
twenty-five dollars for placing Buoys in tn
following sites, to wit: one on Thimbe Isl
and Reef, one ON Inn Reef, one on Ncgr
Head, one on Brown Reef, and one on Bird
Reef at or near the entrance of Branfur
harbour; and one hundred dollars for ma
king an examination and a survey, if neces
sary, to ascertain the utility and expense
erecting Beacons.in Long Island Sound, o
Shipman's Reef, lying near the promontor
OF the same name, in Stamford, on Smith
Ledge, opposite the town of Darien, and O
Reef known by the name Of Patrick
Horse, at the western extremity OF Norwal
harbour.
In the state Of New York, a Ligt Hous
at or near Dunkirk, six thousand dollars, c
Lake Erie; two thousand five hundred do
lars for one at the east end of Lake Fri