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island of Seguin, is appropriated by this act, for the purpose of defraying the charges of erecting and placing the same.

ACT of February 21, 1795. (Vol. III. p. 174.)

20. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby requir ed to cause to be erected, as soon as may be, a light-house near the entrance of the harbor of George Town, in the state of South-Carolina, at such place, when ceded to the united states, as shall be most conve nient for the navigation thereof; and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be appropriated for the same, out of any monics not otherwise appropriated: And a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars shall be appropriated, for placing buoys on certain shoals in CapeFear-river, below the town of Wilmington in the state of North-Carolina.

ACT of March 2, 1795. (Vol. III. p. 193.)

21. SECT. I. Where cessions have been, or hereafter may be made, by any state, of the jurisdiction of places, where light-houses, beacons, buoys or public piers have been erected and fixed, or may, by law, be provided to be erected or fixed, with reservation, that process, civil and criminal, issuing under the authority of such state, may be executed and served therein, such cessions shall be deemed sufficient, under the laws of the united states providing for the supporting or erecting of light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers.

SECT. II. Where any state hath made, or shall make a cession of jurisdiction, for the purposes aforesaid, without reservation, all process, civil and criminal, issuing under the authority of such state, or the united states, may be served and executed within the places, the jurisdiction of which has been so ceded, in the same manner, as if no such cession had been made.

ACT of April 8, 1796. (Vol. III. p. 256.)

22. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby autho rized and directed, to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house on Baker's island, near the entrance into the harbor of Salem and Beverly, in the state of Massachusetts, (as soon as a cession of the jurisdiction, to the united states, over the land proper for the purpose, is made by the said state)and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies: And also, to agree for the salaries or wages, of the person or persons, who may be appointed by the president, for the superintendence and care of the same: And the president shall be authorized to make the said appointments: The number or disposition of the light or lights in the said light-house, shall be such, as may tend to distinguish it from others, as far as is practicable: And six thousand dollars shall be appropriated for the same, out of any monies not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of May 17, 1796. (Vol. III. p. 290.)

23. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to provide, by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house on Cape-Cod, in the state of Massa

chusetts, (as soon as the necessary cession of land for the purpose shall be made by the said state to the united states ;) and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies: And also, to agree for the salaries, or wages of the person, or persons, who may be appointed by the president, for the superintendence and care of the same: And the number or disposition of the light or lights in the said light house, shall be such, as may tend to distinguish it from others, as far as is practicable; and the light or lights on Gurnet-head, at the entrance of Plymouth harbor, shall be altered or diminished, if necessary: And eight thousand dollars shall be appropriated for the same, out of any inonies not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of March 3, 1797. (Vol. III. p. 428.)

24. SECT. I. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized and directed, to cause to be placed in and near the harbor of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, upon such rocks, ledges, or shoals, as the security of navigation there most requires to be distinguished, not excceding six larger, and ten smaller buoys, whereof the whole expense shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars.

SECT. II. A sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars, shall be, and hereby is appropriated to defray the necessary expense of the said buoys, to be paid from the duties on imports and tonnage.

ACT of March 14, 1798. (Vol. IV. p. 67.)

23. SECT. I. As soon as the jurisdiction of so much of the head-land of Eaton's Neck, on Nassau-Island, in the state of New-York, as the president of the united states shall deem sufficient and most convenient for the purpose of erecting a light-house, and its appurtenances shall have been ceded to the united states, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to provide, by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house thereon, and furnishing the same with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the president for the superintendence and care of building the said light-house: And the president is hereby authorized to make the said appointments.

26. SECT. II. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized and directed to cause to be placed, six buoys on the shoals called the east and west banks, and the middle ground, near Sandy-Hook, off the harbor of New-York, and two buoys on the north and south points of GoatIsland, near the entrance of the harbor of Newport, in the state of Rhode-Island: And also, to cause to be placed such number of buoys as may be necessary for the security of the navigation in and near the harbor of Nantucket, in the state of Massachusetts.

27. SECT. III. There shall be appropriated and paid, out of the monies arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, for the purposes aforesaid.

ACT of March 27, 1798. (Vol. IV. p. 82.)

28. The consent of congress shall be, and hereby is granted and declared to the operation of an act of the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed the second day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An act to incorporate Tobias Lord, Oliver Keating, Thatcher Godard, and others, for the purpose of keeping in repair a pier, at the mouth of Kennebunk river, and to grant them a duty for reimbursing the expense of erecting the same."

ACT of April 27, 1798. (Vol. IV. p. 99.)

23. SECT. I. As soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Virginia to the united states, of the jurisdiction over a tract of land proper for the purpose, the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide, by contract, to be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house on old Point Comfort, in the said state, and to furnish the same with all necessary suppiles; and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the president for the superintendence and care of the same; and the president shall be authorized to make the said appointments; and also, the secretary of the treasury shail be authorized to cause six buoys to be placed near the entrance of Portland harbor, in the state of Massachusetts, at such places as, in his opinion, will best secure the navigation of the said port; and to cause the channel of Warren river, from Narraganset Bay, to the port of Warren, in the state of Rhode-Island, to be staked out and distinctly marked.

30. SECT. II. There shall be appropriated and paid, out of the monies arising from imports and tonnage, the sum of three thousand and fifty dollars, for the purposes aforesaid.

ACT of July 16, 1798. (Vol. IV. p. 225.)

31. SECT. I. As soon as the jurisdiction of such land at Gay-Head, on the western part of Martha's Vineyard, in the state of Massachusuits, as the president of the united states shall deem sufficient, and most proper for the accommodation of a light-house, shall have been ceded to the united states, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide by contra, which shall be approved by the president, for building a light-house thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies; and also, to agree for the salaries and wages of the parson or persons who may be appointed by the president, for the superintendence of the same: And the president is hereby authorized to make the said appointments.

32. Sect. II. As soon as such land at the New Inlet of Cape Fear river, in the state of North-Carolina, as the President of the united states shall deem suflicient and most proper whereon to erect a lighted beacon, sacil have been ceded to the united states, together with the jurisdi tion thereof, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide by contract, for erecting a lighted beacon thereon; and also for placing a buoy in the inlet aforesaid, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies.

33. Secт. III. For the purposes aforesaid, and also for the payment of such sum as shall be found due to the commissioners of pilotage of the port of Savannah, in the state of Georgia, for erecting a beacon, and placing sundry buoys at the entrance of the said port, on a settlement of their accounts at the treasury, there shall be appropriated out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise particularly appropriated, the sum of five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided always, That no payment shall be made for erecting the said beacon, until the land whereon the same has been erected, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall have been ceded to the united states, agreeable to law, and in like manner as has been done in other cases.

ACT of March 2, 1799. (Vol. IV. p. 500.)

34. The secretary of the treasury, under the direction of the presi dent of the united states, shall be authorized, as soon as may be, to cause a beacon or monument to be erected on a ledge of rocks, called Boon-Island, on the sea coast of the district of Maine; and the sum of four hundred dollars shall be appropriated for the same, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of April 29, 1800. (Vol. V. p. 156.)

35. SECT. I. Under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, there shall be purchased for the use of the united states, so much land contiguous to their territory, now occupied for the light-house at NewLondon, as shall be sufficient for vaults and any other purpose, necessary for the better support of the said light-house: Provided, That the legislature of the state of Connecticut shall cede to the united states the jurisdiction of such additional territory.

SECT. II. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to procure a new lanthorn with suitable distinctions, and to cause convenient vaults to be erected, and the said light-house at New-London to be rebuilt.

35. SECT. III. The light-house lately erected at Clark's point, so called, at the entrance of Accushnet river, within the town of NewBedford, in the state of Massachusetts, shall and may be supported at the expense of the united states: And the secretary of the treasury shall and may appoint a keeper thereof, and take further order respecting the same as in other cases: Provided, That the property and jurisdiction of the said light-house, and sufficient territory for the accommodation thereof shall be fully ceded and legally vested in the united states.

37. SECT. IV. Under the direction of the secretary of the treasury, there shall be provided and maintained at the expense of the united states, not exceeding six buoys to be placed within Buzzard's Bay, upon the most dangerous ledges there, in such manner as the safety of navigation in that bay requires.

38. SECT. V. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause a sufficient light-house to be erected on Wigwam Point, so called, within the town of Gloucester, in the

state of Massachusetts, where it will best serve the purpose of discovering the entrance of Anesquam harbor, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise to provide for the support of such light-house at the expense of the united states. Provided, That sufficient land for the accommodation of such light-house, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall be duly and legally granted to and vested in the united states.

39. SECT. VI. There shall be and hereby are appropriated for providing the said buoys, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and for the erection of the said light-house at Wigwam Point, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies which may be in the treasury of the united states not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of January 30, 1801. (Vol. V. p. 229.)

40. SECT. 1. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause a sufficient light-house to be erected on Cape Poge (so called) on Martha's Vineyard, in the state of Massachusetts, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise to provide for the support of such light-house at the expense of the united states: Provided, That suchcient land for the accommodation of such light-house, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall be duly and legally granted to, and vested in the united states.

SECT. II. There shall be, and hereby is appropriated for the erection of said light-house on Cape Poge, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies which may be in the treasury of the united states, not otherwise appropriated.

ACT of March 3, 1801. (Vol. V. p. 311,)

41. SECT. I. As soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Virginia to the united states, of the jurisdiction over the land proper for the purpose, the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide by contract, to be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house on New Point Comfort, and another light-house on Smith's Point, both in the state aforesaid, and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the persons, who may be appointed by the president for the superintendence and care of the same, and the president shall be authorized to make the said appointments.

42. SECT. II. As soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Connecticut, of the jurisdiction over the land proper for the purpose. the secretary shall be, and he is hereby authorized to provide by contract, to be approved by the president of the united states, for building a lighthouse on Faulkner's Island, in Long Island sound, in the said state of Connecticut, and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons appoint ed by the president for the superintendence and care of the same, and the president shall be authorized to make the said appointments.

43. SECT. III. The secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be placed one buoy on the shoal south of Kinnimicut Point, and one buoy on a ledge called the half way rock, in the Narraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode-Island.

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