The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-08-28

| River, six thousand FIVE hundred dollars
this sum 10 be in addition 10 the sum alread,
appropriated for building q Lighthouse o
the Point of Marsh. at the mouth of the sal
river, for which Light house the light.yes
sci is substituted
For light house at Otter Creek Point
1 FIVE thousand dollars.
For one on Bois Blanc, Ave thousand dol
lars.
For one at St. Johns River, six thousant
five hundred dollars; and for one on Choc
tam Point, six thousand five hundred dol
| lars
For placing four Buoys in Hudson Riv
er, on the following sites One on reef o
rocks opposite Van Wees Point one
on u reef of rocks north at Constitution
Poin, one on reef of rocks, the south
point Of Conner's Hook Island, and one OF
wreck of vessel sunk in Haverstraw
| Bay three hundred dollars.
For placing two Buoys near the channel
TO the eastward OF the Pea Patch, in the riv
er Delaware, VIZ one on the north cas-
point of the Pea Patch, and one ON smal
! shoai IN the passage, four hundred dollars
For Spnd!es or monuments, and Bungs
| to render the navigation OF kennobec bay
! and river safe. fifteen hundred dollars.
For placing buoy OH Killpond bar, in
Buzzard's bay, sixty dollars.
For placing twenty buoys, at proper
sites, on the river Teche. in the State OF
Louisiana, two thousand six hundred dol
lars.
For an Iron Spindle, on Sand Island, on
the bar of Mobile Bay, six hundred dollars
For hive buoys, IN the channel between
Key West and the Islands 10 the westward
of it and the nam, leading from the Gulf
Stream to the Bay Of Mexico, seven hun.
dred dollars.
For two buoys al the month Of St. Johns
river, territory o.! Florida, one hundred and
sixty dollars.
Sec. 3. End be II further enacted, That
the said Secretary be empowered as afore
said, and that the following sums be- appro.
prlated and paid as aforesaid, Tor the pur
poses hereafter designated. Wig:
TO build light house, at proper site,
near ST. Marks Eiarbosr, IN Florida, the
sum of six thousand dollars.
10 build lighthouse on ledge of
rocks called the Whales Back. in the har.
bor OF Portsmouth, in the Slate Of New
Hampshire, eight thousand dollars, in ad
di,ion to former appropriation for that ob-
ject.
To build Lighthouse near the mouth
Of Duck Creek, adjoining Delaware Bay,
the sum Of -four hundred dollars.
Sec 4. .4ai be 1t further enacted, That
fiom and after the passage Of this act, TIE
Secretary Of the Treasury he. and he Is
hereby, authorized and empowered to re-
gulate and fix the salaries Of the respec-
tive Keepers of light houses, IN such r:an
ner as he shall deem just and proper Pro.
Uided, The whole sum allowed shall not ex
ceed an average OF four hundred dollars TO
each Keeper.
Sec. 5. .Aad be IL further enacted. That
the sum OF FIVE thousand two hundred dol.
lars be, and the same is hereby, appropra
ted. out OF any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, in addition to the
sums heretofore appropriated, to pay the
salaries to the several Keepers of the light.
houses within the United States TO be ap.
Piled under the direction of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, IN conformity To the au
thority in him vested by the third section
OF this act.
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House of Representa- tives.
$. SMITH,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, 23l May, 1928
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.