The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-04-26
IPUBIIc-No. 301

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PUBLIc-No. 30
An ACT TO authorse the building O
Lighthouses aud Beacons, and for othe
purposes.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House o
Representatives. ofHe United States Of a
meTtcd an Congress assembled, That thC
Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he i,
hereby, authorized and directed 10 provide
by contract, tor building light. houses anc
beacons, ana placing buoys on the sites
hereinafter mentioned, to wit:
/ \ lghth ouSc at or near the mouth o,
| Portsmouth harbor, in the State OF New.
! Hampshire, to be placed on the ledge
called the Whales Back, or on such other
! site, near to said ledge, as the Secretary OF
| the Treasury shall select.
a lighthouse at the Point of Marsh near
/ the mouth OF Neuse river, in the State oi
| North Carolina.
a bescon, IN the hnrbor, at the mouth
Of Bass river, between the towns of Den.
MS and Yarmouth; beacon on u ledge OF
rocks, calico the Bishops, three miles
southeast from the lighthouse on Point
Gainmon; beacon on Collins ledge; a
buoy Oh Channel rock; buoy on the
Southwest rock; buoy on the Ganrway
rocks; buoy on the Southwest part OF
Suckcntcut shoals; a buoy ON the end of
Dogish bar; aIu a buoy on the south end
OF h!llpond bar, III the Vineyard Sound, in
he state Of Massachusetts.
A buoy on Cheppinoyp, Point; buoy on
Garden Pont, and buoy on Long Point.
n East Greenwich harbor, in the State OF
Rhode Island
4 beacon on Wells Point; n bro. on
'l:ch ri Hat; buoy on Stouey bar, and
y buov on Aliens ilat in Bridgeport har-
Dor, b aeon on Patrick's reef IN Nor.
walk harbor; buoy on Smiths ledge.
3"ar DaYcH. and buoy on Shippau reef
II the s'a.e Of Connecticut
Four bnoys at the entrance OK Mobile
Day, and ono al the mouth OF Dog river, in
he state OF Alabama.
Three buoys on the bar at the entrance
If Saint Augustine harhor, and throe
5uoys IN ST Marks harbur, IN the Terrific
~ of Florida.
SEC. . Ind be 1t FURTHER enuctcH, That
Ne Secretary OF the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, authorised to ac,ept, from the
State Of Pennsylvania, the cessicn 20 the
United St0te,, of the pUbIic piers. and the
"auseway leading thereto, which were
built by said state, at Chesic.. in the De-.
aware river and directed to cause sale
piers aud causcway 10 be repaired by con
tract.
SEC. 3. End be Il Jtuthcr enacted, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he
IS hereby, empowered and directed to
cause to bC built. hy contract coiu1n ou
Little Mark Island, 1t tho entrance of
ltdrpsweIl sound, in the state Of Naine.
SEC. 1. Ind be Il. .foAer cuucied, 1'har
the following sums BE-, and the same are
hereby, appropriated 10 accomplish TIA"
objects specified m this act, that IS to SAY:
For building hgHtlsuse at or near The
mouth of Portsmouth, harbog, fifteen hun
dred dollars;
For building lighthouse on the poiu, OF
marsh near the Ihouih Of Ncuse rycr.
three thousand five hundred dollars:
For erecting a beacon nj the mouth Of
Bass rver, between the towns OF Dennis
and Yarmouth, ono Thousand dollars; Tor
erecting beacon Or spindle pn the ledge
Of rocks, called the Bishops. one hundred
dollars; for erecting n beacon or spindle
on Collins ledge, one hundred dollars.
and Tor placing six buoys on the sites a.
boye designated, in tie Vineyard Sound,
one hundred and fifty dollars;
For placing three buoys in East-Grecn.
wich harbor, seyenty-fye dollars;
Fer erecting beacon on Wells Point,
in Bridgeport harbor, FIVE hundred dollars:
and for placing three buoyS IN said harbor,
seventy.fve dollars;
For erecting a beacon on Patrick's reef
in Norwalk harbor, three hundred dollars
for placing buoy on Smiths ledge, near
Daricn, twenty-five dollars and for plac-
ing buoy on Shppan reef, thirty dollars.
For repairing the public piers and cause
way at Chester, five thousand three hun
dred and eighty thee dollars and forty
cents;
For erecting column on Little Mark
Island at :he entrance ofIIarpsw ell Sound,
twelve hundred dollars
For erecting pier adjacent at Buffalo,
10 the State of New-York, and placing
thereon the lighthouse authorized to be
built at the East end ofLake Erie. by the
act Of eighteenth Of May, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty six, including
the appropriation Of two thousand five hun /
dred dollars. ruade by the act aforesaid for |
that object, six thousand five hundred dol |
'aTs any part which sum may be applied
hy TIE Secretary of the Treasury to de- |
fray the expense Of altering the lighthouse !
already erected at said Buffalo, If he shall .
be Of the opinion that the same may be 20
altered as to render unnecessary the erec-
ion Of another lighthouse, IN the vicinity
of Buffalo
For altering and repairing the Newport
lighthouse. atthe entrance Of Naragsnsett
Bay, twelve hundred dollars