Washington telegraph., 1851-01-15
BY AUrHoRITY>
PUBLIC ACTS.
Pussea during the frst sessiontf the 1xifsyS Sfrst

kussea during the first ssssiontf tie NIFTY sfrss
Tfuot--4 Congress.
IN ACT making appropriations for Light.
House, Lgh, Boats, Buoy>, &C., and provi-
ding for tho erection aud -stablishdaen Of The
same, and for other purposes.
SEC I. BE ffestefe. blythe Senate and House Of
R,tresentttioss Of tAe Ua,ted States Of America
An Congress assexblea. That the following APP
aropfiations b-, and the same hereby made,
sar' directed to b. paid ont of any money ia the
treasury not other Vase appropriated, 10 enable
the Secre,sty of the Tr asnry to carry the pro-
vision. of this act into effect Pr0Uided hoUeosr,
Ii u good title to any iand which it may be nee
'essary 20 use, cannot be obtained OF Teas0na01e
terms, or the exclusive right to such land cAnhot
BE- acquired bv cession, when the interest Of the
United States demau.is il, before the appropria-
,ou would bv law tall into the surplus 'und. ia
-.ny and all such cas-s. the appropriations shall
~ apD,icab,. to the objects for which they a-e
ssm.dr. At any time within two years sat~s the
first meeting Of the Legislature. in any State
wherein such land may be situated, Subsequent
70 the passage oi this ac,, To wit:
- IN MAINE
For a buoy on Il l-dg- abo It ON. league east Of
Boon island, one ,u ir-d ami fifty doiiars.
For dumb b-acons on Drunk-n and F'd'er
9.dy.s a, the mouth Of The til"ruughfare between
Nor,nhnven AMI VindIhaven, oae thOus 'nd DOL
axrs
For light house on Black Sad ~bsck Island,
e.; IN. c,uu,y of Hancock, tnur tn 'usand doilats.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
F.r beacon and buoys at the mouth Of Little
HarDor, near Portsmouth, Two thousand nve nun
+drrd dollars. ..sfi
For beacon on Ixgy's ledge, in PiscaisqnA 4
river five hundred dollar
IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
For a dweIlfHy- house Tor the keeper "f the bea.
con light at fly anuis, eight hundred dollars.
F0r spar buny OH the middle gr"unI aff C,at-
hahn one on the east -ud Of Mrn0n'v Rip; one
1ou Schooner Bar;o'- At P.wd-r Hole H,rbor;
sud OH. ON stone Horse Siloal near Pollock Kip.
four hundred dollars
For one spar buoy at the north and Que at tho
south md, Of ledge called M,sk-grt Rocks.
,our on the uorthw.s st end Of the Horseshoe, one
nj Hyanuis, one on the Sturgeon Fiat, one OF
'S,oury Point aud one on b aukensiIips rock, ia
the tdgaitowu district, five hundred and sixty
dollars.
For lighthouse on Egg Rock, near Nanant,
five thousand dollars.
For fog signal, to be placed at tho outer light
house in Boston Bay, three thousand do lars.
For spar buoys al the entrance Of Lynn llar-
-bor. viz: one on the Dolphin Rock, the
Libb~y Rock, one on Sawn-y's Rock. QUO the
nor,i,-sa, aud Que on the southwest of Pig Rock,
ono on Old Harry Rock, aud one on LoSster
Rock, five hundred aud sixty dollars.
For the comA Aetou Of the causeway from tho
shore to the light house al Edgartown, four thou
send dollars.
For huoys or beacons at the Harbor of New
buryporl, five hundred dolisrs.
For light house the brexkwater at Bass
river, four thousand dollars.
For beacon on Bird Island, aud one on the
False spit, and a buoy OH Stale Ledge, near the
lower ,n,ddIe in the harbor Of Boston, two thou
sand nine hundred dollars.
For beacous on Black Rock, harbor Rock, aud
Five Pound Island Point. in the harbor 0f Gvcss-
ter fifteen hundred dollars.
Fur the erection Of u b. aeon aud placing bu0ys
at the mouth OF aud in E sex river, iu Ipswich
Bay, srv-L hundred and fifty dollars.
For light house upon reef of rocks called
the Sow aud Pigs, off the Island Of Cuttytunk, in
place Of the light boat stationed If said reel, aud
th- Iph, hous- ON said island: Propided. GU EXAM
imAtion, a good fouudatiou be :Ouud, thirty
Thousand dollars.
IN RHODE ISLAND.
For a lipht-h0u sandy Pu,mt, Prudence
Islaud three thousand five hundred dollars.
For spar buoy the middle ground sIlua.
Dutch Island Harbor, in N Arragans-t bay, forty
dollars.
For buoy upon a rock uear Coal Nine VIVA f.
on the Island of Rhode island, Que hundred del.
lars.
IN CON FL tl(U L.
For a can buoy Pea Fields reef, off Black
Rock Harbor, one huudrej dollars.
For b-acom giM on bridgeport bar, three
thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
~ NEW YORK.
Far four spar buoys in Gree port Harbor,
three hundred dollars.
For two beacon lights near For, Hamilton. as Il
range 1" guide ". ss~is from THE Southwest SPIT
TO tue Narruws, iour thousant dollars
For seven can buoss in Niagara river, between
Horse Shoe reef and Grand Island, Que thousand
dollars.
For the erection of a beacvn on the southeast
part Of Rome, ShoAl, t',ir,y thousand dollars.
For a spar buoy on Growers Reef, neAr Port
Chester, Loug island Sound, seventy dollars.
For spar buoy at Cold Spring, Long Island.
seventy dolors.
For four spar buoys. to h- placed in the inlet
to Fire island Bay. Long island.
IN NEW JERSEY
For an iron buoy between The new and old
Inlet Shoal at Little Egg HArbor, two hundred
dollars.
For beacon at the Elbow" in Passaic river,
and for four spar buoys ia d river, four hundred
dollars
For a ap ,r buoy on Mil Reef at the entrance
Of the Kills, aud beacon Ut the COsnef Stake,
near EIIzab-ihtown Point. four hundred dollars.
For u light on CunAskouk Pviul, four
thou.and five hundred dollars
~ IN DELAWARE
For q Il house at the entrance Of Indian
river, five thousand dali ,rs.
IN tYLAVD.
For lighthouse ut Seven Foot Knoll, ten
thousand dollars.
F"f light -bSa, to be stationed of James Is
land. Tangier Sound eight thousahd d0iIars; or
for light thou in the southwest point oi ] .m =
Island, If the Secretary OF the Treasury shall de
eide that 1t will answer h- irppses oil commerce.
IN VIRGINIA.
For two fights thu south end Of Hog Island,
as range for tn. cftann-I Of Great ML,chipua-
60, Sand Shoal, the Ulr or the other up ~
nctuaI survey may b. found to be b-st. teu thou.
sand dollars; aud the appropriation Of ten thou