Chapter CXXI. to authorize the building of three light-houses, viz. one on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, and one on the Island of Petite Manon, in the state of Massachusetts
320 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-3/chapter-cxxi-1403991·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. CXXI.— An Act to authorize the building of three light-houses, viz. one on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, and one on the Island of Petite Manon, in the state of Massachusetts.April 27, 1816. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Certain light-houses to be built. United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That as soon as a session shall be made by the state of Massachusetts to the United States, of the jurisdiction over the land sufficient 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 317FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 123, 127. 1816. three light-houses, viz. one on Race Point, one on Point Gammon, in the town of Yarmouth, and one on the island called Petite Manon, near Naraguages river, in the state of Massachusetts; and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the persons who shall be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same; and the President shall be authorized to make the said appointments.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of eight thousand Specific appropriations. dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes aforesaid, and also for purchasing such lots of land as shall be required for the erection of the said light-houses, and other buildings necessarily connected therewith. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury Light of Scituate light-house may be extinguished. be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the light of Scituate light-house to be extinguished, should the extinguishment thereof be deemed expedient for the safety of navigation on that coast.
Approved, April 27, 1816.