American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-30

gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Trea-
sury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to provide, by contract. for building lighthouses
and beacons and placing huoys the sites herein
after mentioned, to wit:
A lighthouse at OF near the mouth of Portsmouth
harbor in the State of New Hampshire, to be pla-
ced on the ledge called the Whales Back, on
such other sitc said ledge, as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall select
lighthouse at the Point Of Marsh near the
mouth OF Neuse river, in the State Of North Car
olina
A beacon, in the harbor. at the mouth of Bass
river between the towns OF Dennis and Yarmouth !;
a beacon on ledge Of rocks, called the Bishops,
three miles Southeast from The lighthouse Point
Cannon beacon on Collins ledge; buoy ON
Channel rock a buoy on the Southwest rock and
buoy on the Gangway rocks; buoy on the South
west part Of Suckenecut shoals; buoy on the end
Dogfsh bar and buoy on the South end OF Kill
pond bar. in The Vineyard Sound, in the State Of
Massac husetts.
A buoy on Cheppinaxet Point; buoy On Car.
den Point; and buoy on Long Point in East
Greenwich harbor, in the State of Rhode Island.
beacon on Wells's Point +; a buoy Marchard
fat; a buoy on Stony bar, and buoy on Aliens
Rat in Bridgeport harbor; beacon on Pa,rick's
reef, in Norwalk harbor; buoy on Smiths ledge,
near Darien, and buoy Shipper reel, in lhs
State OF Connecticut.
-Four buoys at the entrance Of Mobile bay. and
one at the mouth of Dog river, in The State OF
Alabama.
Three buoys at the bar at the entrance OF St.
Augustine harbor, and three buoys in St. Marks
harbor, in the Territory OF Florida.
! SEC. Q. .and be 1t further enacted, That the
Secretary OF the Treasury be, and he is hereby au.
thoized to accept, from The State OF Pennsylvania,
the cesson, to The United States of The puolic piers.
and the causeway leading thereto, which built,
by said State, at Chester, in the Delaware river,
and directed 10 said piers and canseway 10 be
repaired by contract.
| SEC. 8. find BE- 1t further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, ard he is hereby
empowered and directed to cause to be built, by
contract column on Little Mark Island. at the
entrance of Harpswe sound. in the State Of Maine.
SEC. 4. .fnd be it further enacted, that the fol-
lowing sums be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priaed to accomplish the objects specified in this
act, that ia to say:
For building lighthouse at or near the mouth Of
Portsmouth harbor, fifteen hundred dollars;
For building lighthouse on the point Of marsh
near the mouth OF Neuse river, three thousand five
hundred dollars;
For erecting beacon at the mouth of Bass river.
between the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, one
thousand dollars; for erecting beacon or spindle
on the ledge OF rocks, called the Bishops, ore hun
dred dollars; for erecting beacon or spindle en-
Collins ledge, one hundred dollars; and for placing
Yard Sound, one hundred and fifty dollars;
For placing three buoys in East Greenwich hal-
bor, seyenty-6ve dollars;
For erecting beacon on Wells Point, in Bridge
port harbour, Ave hundred dollars and for placing
three buoys in said harbor, seseniy-ise dollars;
For erecting beacon on Pa,rick's reef, in Nor
walk harbor, three hundred dollars for placing a
buoy Smiths ledge, near Daren. twenty 6se
dollars; and for placing buoy on Shippan reef.
thirty dollars;
For repairing the pubic piers ard eausewsy al
Chester, five thousand three hundred and eishtG-
three dollars and forty cents;
For erecting column Little aIak Island 9.
the entrance Of Harpswell Sound, twelve hundred
dollars;
For erecting pier adjacent to the pier at Buffa
10, in the State Of New York, and placing thereon
the lighthouse authorized to be bull. q, the East
end Of Lake Erie, by the act Of eighteenth Of May.
one thousand eight hundred and twenty nclu.
ding the appropriation of two thousand five hum
dred dollars, made by the ect aforesaid for that OBJ
ject six thousand Eve hundred dollars; any part OF
which sum may be applied by the Secretary oil the
Treasury to defray the expense Of altering the lighs
house already erected at said Buffalo, if he shall be
of The opinion that the same may be so altered as
to render unnecessary the erection Of another light
house, in the vicinity Of Buffalo;
For altering and repairing the Newport light
house, at the entrance Of Narraganse, Bay, twelve
hundred dollars;
For erecting lighthouse at Natchez in the State
Of Mississippi, in addition to the appropriation os
one thousand five hundred dollars heretofore madr
for that object, one thousand nine hundred and twen-
ty six dollars;
For placing four buoys at the entrance OF Mobile
Bay, and one at the mouth of Dog river, nine hun
dred dollars.
For placing three buoyson the bar at the entrance
of ST. Augustine harbour, one hundred and twenty
dollars and for placing three buoys St. Marks
hsrbor, one hundred and twenty dollars.
For fhe erection of a I.ipht Vesstl of between