The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-14

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directed to be huilt At the Point of Marsh, al the
mouth OF Nruse Riy,r.
4 Beacon-light, q, small Lighthouse. ut u
proper site on PanpIico Point aud one at the
soutb entrance of Roanoke Marshes
In the stat" Of Alabama, n Lighthouse 1T OF
nrnr Gboctaw Point, in Mobile Bay. aud an /.
ron Spindle on Sand Island on the QUITE, bar OF
Mohlle i ".
In The Territory of Michigan, two Lighthous-
Is one on Outer Creek Point. a. the head at
Lake Enc, and the other On the Island Of Bots
Blanc. near Mlchilimackinac,
In The Territory OF Florida, a Light. house at
the mouth of 81. Johns river.
Sec. , .7pd be II further enacted, That the
following sums If money be appropriated aud
paid ont of any moneys IN the Treasury, not q
therwise appropriated, Ion the purpose ol carry
ing the provisions of this act into effect VIZ
For building a Lighthouse on Dico's Head,
1--WE thousand dollars.
For the Lighthouse, on Nobsque Point, three
Thousand dollars aud for the Per aud Light
house at the entrance of Edgartown harbor, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For a Lighthouse on Dumping Rock. four
thousand dollars.
For a Lighthouse on Nayat Point three thou.
sand five hundred dollars and ior two pyra-
m,ds or S%pindlcs, in Narraganset Bay, two
thousand dollars.
For a Braconlleht on or near Spindle Rock
at tue mouth of Black Rock hu,hor. sz llous-
and two hundred dollais.
For two small Light houses in Hudson fi,rr,
eight thousand dollars.
For a Light house at or near Portland, on
Lake Erie. hye thousand dollars one thousand
dollars for removing Instructions IA order 10
make the light of the Ligit house Ut the mouth
OF Gennessee river, on Lake Ontario, visible At a
distance.
For erecting a Tower & placing a Bell there
on with machinery, ncaf the Light House on
Pools Island, Chesapeake, Bay, two thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For the Lighthouse On Little Watts Island,
SIX thousand five hundred dollars; and for thai
on Clay Island six thousand FIVE hundied dol.
lars a0l for q Bcac - light or smal Ligll-bouse
on Point Look Ont, four thousand Iys hundred
dollars.
For the Lighthouse. on Smiths Point. seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
For a Beacon-Iight, or light house on Pamp-
tico Point FIVE thousand dollars aud ior ons Al
the entrance ct Roanoke Marshes. five thousand
dollars. For a Ighf.vcssel 10 he placed Al or
near the Point of Marsh Shoul, at OF urar thc
mouth Of N,use River, SIX thousand five hnn
dred dollars, this sum 10 be in addition 10 The
sum already Appropriated tor %huldiug u Light
house al the Point Of Marsh, at the mouth ofihr
said river. foI which lighthouse the light-ycssel
is substituted
For a lighthouse at Otter Creek Point, i've
Thousand dollars.
For one on Bois Blanc. five thousand dollars
For one at st JOHNS River, six thousand i've
hundred dollars aud ior one on Cho,taw Point
SIX thousand five hundred dollars.
or placing four huoys IN Hudson River, IN
the following sites One ON a rect OF rocks OPP
posite Van Wc"'s Point one on a reefof rocks.
north of Constitution Point one on "A reef Of
rocks, the south point Of Corners Hook island
and one on n wreck Of vessel sunk in ilavcr-
straw Bay three hundred dollars.
For placing two Buoys near the channel, 20
the eastward Of the Pea Patch. in tie river Del
aware, viz Que on the north east point Of The
Pea Patch. aud one on n small shoal IN the pas
sage, four hundred dollars.
For Spindle or Monuments, and Buovs, 10
render the navigation Of kenuebec bay and II
yer safe, fifteen hundred dollars
For placing a buoy on klllpond bar, in BuS-
yards bay, sixty dollars.
For placing twenty huoys, at proper sites. On
the river Tcc5e, in the State of Louisiana, two
thousand SIX hundred dollars.
! Fof an Iron Spindle, on Sand island, on the
' bar Of Mobile Bay, SIX hundred dollars.
For five buoys, IN the channel, between KY
| West aud the Islands 10 tie westward Of Il aud
the main, leading from the Gulf Stream to
the Bay of Mexico, seven hundred dollars.
For two buovs atthe mouth OF 81. Johns river,
territoryof Florida. one hundred SKY dollars.
Sec. 3 .4udb be il fariher enacted, Tint the
said Secretary he empowered as aforesaid, add
that the following sums be appropriated aud
pad as aforesaid, for the purposes hereafter de
signatcd, VIZ
To build a lighthouse, at a proper site. near
St. Marks Harbour, IN Florida, the sum OF SIX
Thousand dollars.
To build a light.housc on = ledge of rocks,
called the Whales Back, in the harbor of Ports.
mouth. in he State OF New-Hampshlre, eight
thousand dollars, in addition to ii former appro-
prlation for that object.
To build a lighthouse near the mouth Of Duck
Cree, adjoining Delaware Bay, the sum OF four
thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. .And be further enacied, That, rom
and after the passage Of This act, the Secretary
of the treasury be, aud he is hereby, auiho-
rized and empowered to regulate aud fin the sa-
laries OF the respective Keepers of lighthouses,
i'm such manner as he shall deem lust aud pro
per PrOuided, The whole sum allowed shall not
exceed an average OF four hundred dollars 10
each Keeper.
sec 5 And be IL further enaciea. That
the sum olive thousand two hundred dollars he.
aud the same is hereby. appropriated, out OF
any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap.
ptopfiaied, in add ion to the sums heretofore
appropriated, 10 pay the salaries to the several
Keepers of he light houses within the United
States to be applied under the direction ofthe
Secretary Of the Treasury, in conformity to the
authority in him vested by the third section oil
this act.
A~ppRoyEp-May %, 1929.
4 TumOnr.-Dr. W. f Cooper, OF 5elnpro-
MUS, n. Y. has lately taken from the back pf
Joshua Yanaukin, of that town. "A tumour, meas
uring in circumference 80 inches, and weigh
ing 10 pounds and -four ounces. The operation