Chapter LI. *for erecting certain Lighthouses in the state of Massachusetts; for building a beacon, or pier, at Bridgeport, in the state of Connecticut; and for fixing buoys in Pamptico sound, in the state of North Carolina.*April 21, 1806. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
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Chap. LI.— An Act *for erecting certain Lighthouses in the state of Massachusetts; for building a beacon, or pier, at Bridgeport, in the state of Connecticut; and for fixing buoys in Pamptico sound, in the state of North Carolina.*April 21, 1806. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lighthouses to be built. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected the following lighthouses in the state of Massachusetts:
One on Franklin island, at the mouth of St. George’s river, in the Franklin island. district of Maine. One on West Passamaquoddy head, at the entrance into the bay and harbor West Passamaquoddy head. of Passamaquoddy, in the district of Maine. And a double lighthouse at or near Chatham harbor, on the back of Cape Cod. Provided sufficient land for the accommodation of the said lighthouses Proviso. can be obtained at reasonable prices, and the legislature of Massachusetts shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States.
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to agree for the salaries, or wages, of the persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of said lighthouses, and otherwise to provide for the same, at the expense of the United States. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury Beacons or piers to be also erected—at what places. be, and he is hereby required to cause a beacon, or pier, to be erected near the mouth of the harbor of Bridgeport, in the state of Connecticut; and to cause buoys to be fixed on Bluff Shoal, Royal Shoal, northwest Straddle, and southwest Straddle, in the waters of Pamptico sound, in the state of North Carolina.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appropriated for Appropriations for erecting the lighthouses and piers. defraying the expense of erecting each of the aforesaid lighthouses, the sum of five thousand dollars: for the expense of erecting the said beacon, or pier, the sum of one thousand dollars; and for the expense of fixing the said buoys, one thousand dollars, to be paid, respectively, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 21, 1806.