The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-04-19
tPcn1rc. No. sol
AN ACT TO autho:iac the building Of Light
houses and Bcacors, and for other purpose

AN AL 10 antnO &c inc pulidlNS OF llWHt-
houses and Bcacou5, and for other purpose.
Beu enacted by khe Srnate AMI Heus~ II
Representatives Qftbc UnHcd Stafca n n
msyiea in Congress oSaemble5, That the
Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he IS hcrebr
authorized and directed 90 provide by contract
forbullding lighthouses md beacou, and placing
buoys on the sites hereinafter mentioned, tn
wit
A lighthouse a ny Nrnr the mouth Of Ports
mouth hnhur, ia the State Of New Hampshire,
to be plsccd ON the ledge called the whales
Back, or ON such other site, rcar u SAID ledge,
as The Secretary Of the Treasury shali select.
A lighthouse At tho Pont Of Marsh near the
mouth Of Nrusc river, II the State ct North Car
olina.
beacon, in tie la.bor, nj the mauth or rIlass
river. between the towns Of Dcrns and Var.
mouth; beacon on le%e Of rocks, called the
Bishops, three miles southeast from the light
house on Point Cannon. beacon on Collins
ledge; a buoy on Channel rock; a buoy on the
Southwest rock; AMI a buoy on the Gangway
rocks, buoy the Southwest pat Of Slckcn-
ccut shoals; buoy on the eni Dogiish bar, and
a BUOY cn the Sout! end Of kIipnnl bar; III the
Vineyard Sound, in the State Ct Massachusetts.
4 baov on CacppinaXct Point; a buoy on Gar
den Point; and buoy on Long Point, in East
GrccnMc hubnr; IN the state os Rhode island.
A beacon on Wells Point, Il buoy on MercIlard
\ tlat a buoy on Stoncy bar, and buoy on Aliens
1 Hat in bridgeport harbor; beacon on Patrick S
rect IN NorWalk halhor; buoy on Smiths ledge,
near DarIcn, and buoy on Shppan rect, in the
State Of Connecticut.
Foar buoys at the entrance Of Mobile bay, and
one at the mouth of Dog river il the State OF
Alabama.
! Three buovs on The bar at the entrance OF St.
Marks harhor, in the Territory OF Florida.
( SEC. .. mi be ii fNrthcr cnactcd That the
Secretary Of the Treasury be- and he is hereby,
authorized to accept, from the State of Penusyl-
vania, the ccsson, to the United States, Of the
public piers, and the causeway leading thereto,
which were built by said state, ut Chester, in
the Delaware river, and directed TO cause said
piers and causeway TO be repaired by contract.
SEC. 5. ind be il .furthcr enacted, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he is here.
by. empowered and directed to cause TO be built
| by contract, a column on Little Mark Island, at
the entrance Of tiarpswell sound, in the State o.
Maine.
SEC. a. .fnd be il .furthcr enacted, That
the following sums be, and the same arc hereby
appropriated to accomplish the objects specified
in this act, that is 10 say;
For building lighthouse at ornear the mouth
of Portsmouth harbor, fifteen hundred dollars;
For building lighthouse on the point of marsl
near the mouth Of Neuse river, three thousant
five hundred dollars;
For erecting beacon ut the mouth of Bass riv
en- between the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth
one thousand dollars; for erecting beacon o
spindle on the ledge ofrocks. called the Bishops
one hundred dollars; for erecting beacon o
spindle on Collins ledge, one hundred dollars
and for placing six buoys on the sites above de
/, signated, in the Vineyard Sound, one hundret
and fifty dollars;
: For placing three buoys in East Greenwich
: harbor, seventy-fve d...iars;
, For erecting a beacon on Wells Point, il
$ Bridge port harbor, five hundred dollars and fo
5 placing three buoys in said harbor, seycnty-iv
l dollars;
/ For erecting beacon on PatrcNs reefin Nol
: walk halbor, three hundred dollars; for placing
: buoy on Smiths ledge, near Darien, twenty-tv