Chapter XVIII. *to provide for placing buoys on certain rocks off the harbor of New London, and in Providence river, and other places.*April 5, 1794
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Chap. XVIII.— An Act *to provide for placing buoys on certain rocks off the harbor of New London, and in Providence river, and other places.*April 5, 1794. Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of*Secretary of Treasury to place buoys off certain harbors. *Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to cause to be placed buoys on the rocks called Black Ledge, or Southwest Ledge, Goshen Reef, Bartlet’s Reef, and Race Rock, off the harbor of New London, in the state of Connecticut, at an expense, not to exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars; and to cause to be erected a beacon, and to be placed two buoys in the harbor of Portsmouth, in the state of New Hampshire, at an expense, not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars:
And likewise, to cause to be placed in Providence river, in the state of Rhode Island, and in Savannah river, in the state of Georgia, and at the mouth of the same, buoys, not exceeding ten in number, for each river, and at an expense, not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, for each; the same to be placed in such parts of the said rivers, as he may judge most advantageous for the navigation thereof, respectively. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appropriated andAppropriation therefor. paid out of the monies arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose aforesaid.
Approved, April 5, 1794.