Chapter XXV. making appropriations for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys
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Chap. XXV.— An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys. March 2, 1829. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Appropriations for building lighthouses, beacons, buoys. That the following appropriations be, and the same are hereby, made, and directed to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract for building lighthouses, erecting beacons, and placing buoys, on the following sites and shoals, to wit.
State of Maine: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on the mostMaine.Lighthouses. eligible site on an island called Mount Desert Rock. Five thousand dollars for one on Hendrick’s Head, a point of land near the mouth of Sheepscot river, or some place in the vicinity thereof; and Two thousand dollars for a tower and bell at Whitehead Point.Tower and bell. State of New Hampshire: Ten thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to appropriations heretofore made for building a lighthouse on aNew Hampshire.
Lighthouse. ledge of rocks called the Whale’s Back, near the harbour of Portsmouth. Three hundred dollars, for placing two buoys, one on Kitt’s Rock, andBuoys. one on a rock in Peperell’s Cove in Portsmouth harbour. State of Massachusetts: Two thousand dollars for the erection of aMassachusetts. Monument. monument on the eastern point of the harbour of Gloucester. One hundred dollars for placing two buoys at or near the same harbour;Buoys. and Four hundred dollars for a spindle to be placed on Minot’s Ledge,Spindle.
Cohasset Rock, a beacon on Spit Sand, and a buoy on a ledge called Toddy Rock, at or near the harbour of Boston. Twelve hundred dollars for erecting a monument on a ledge of rocksMonument. without the harbour of Swampscut, or in the vicinity of the same; and five hundred dollars for placing a spindle on Lone Rock and six spar buoys on rocks and ledges in the passage between the Vineyard Sound and Buzzard’s Bay. Five hundred dollars for placing buoys and monuments on rocks andBuoys and monuments. shoals in Anisquam harbour, in Gloucester.
State of Rhode Island: Six hundred dollars for six buoys and a spindleRhode Island. Buoys and spindles. on the following sites, to wit: one on a ledge of rocks east of Brenton’s Point, in the harbour of Newport, one on Auld’s Rock, south-east of Rose Island, one on the extreme north point of Rose Island, one on Dyer’s Rock, northeast of Coaster’s Harbour Island, one on the ledge off the Bishop Rock, and one on the ledge north end of Prudence Island, and a spindle, with a ball, on the rock south end of Rose Island.
One hundred and fifty dollars for placing a buoy at the end of theBuoy. shoal making out from the lighthouse on Goat Island. Five thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse at a proper site onLighthouse. the northwest point of Block Island. And two thousand five hundred dollars for fixing two bells, viz: one toBells to lighthouses. the lighthouse on Gull Island, and one on the Beaver Tail lighthouse. State of Connecticut: That the appropriation of six thousand twoConnecticut.
Beacon instead of beacon light.1828, ch. 69. hundred dollars, made by the act of the first session of the twentieth Congress, for the erection of a beacon light on or near Spindle Rock, at the mouth of Black Rock harbour, be, and the same is hereby, directed to be applied to the erection of a beacon instead of the said beacon light; and Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Great Captain’s Island, orLighthouse. Greenwich Point, or some other fit place in the vicinity of those mentioned in Long Island Sound.
State of New York: Four thousand dollars for a lighthouse in HudsonNew York. Lighthouse. river, at Four Miles Point, on the west side of the river, and four miles north of the city of Hudson, or at some other site in the vicinity. 346 TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25. 1829. Lighthouse.Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on or near one of the Islands called the Brothers, at the Narrows in Long Island Sound; and Buoys.Five hundred dollars for eight buoys to be placed at proper sites between the city of Albany and a point opposite Red Hook.
New Jersey. Buoys.State of New Jersey: Two hundred dollars for placing buoys at proper sites at New Inlet, or its vicinity, in the district of Little Egg harbour. Pennsylvania. Buoys.State of Pennsylvania: Seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars for placing four buoys in the channel to the eastward of the Pea Patch. Delaware. Lighthouse.State of Delaware: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse on a proper site, on or near the northern extremity of Bombay Hook Island, in the Delaware bay.
Virginia. Lighthouse.State of Virginia: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse, or beacon light, at a point of land at or near Back River Point on the Chesapeake Bay. South Carolina. Beacon and buoys.State of South Carolina: Six hundred dollars for the erection of a beacon near the Charleston lighthouse, in order to mark the entrance into the channel commonly known as Lawford’s channel; and three hundred dollars for placing three buoys on proper sites on the Georgetown bar. Georgia.
Buoy.State of Georgia: One thousand dollars for placing a buoy on the outer edge of the shoal called Martin’s Industry, at the entrance of Port Royal Sound, or such other place as shall be designated. Ohio. Buoys.State of Ohio: Three hundred and sixty dollars for six buoys to be placed on proper sites on the middle ground or bar at the entrance of Sandusky Bay. Lighthouse.Eight thousand dollars to build a lighthouse at Cleaveland, on Lake Erie. Michigan. Lighthouses.1828, ch. 69.Territory of Michigan:
Instead of building the lighthouse at Otter Creek Point, as directed by an act of the first session of the twentieth Congress, the sum of five thousand dollars, therein appropriated, is hereby directed to be applied to build one at some other point or place, to be designated, in that vicinity. Eight thousand dollars for a lighthouse at a suitable place near Fort Gratiot, at the entrance of Lake Huron. Florida. Lighthouses.Territory of Florida: Seven thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, for building a lighthouse at the mouth of St.
John’s river; and Eight thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, for building a lighthouse near St. Mark’s harbour. Mississippi. Lighthouse.State of Mississippi: Five thousand dollars for a lighthouse at or near the Pass Christian. Sec. 2. Sums to be placed at the disposition of the President. *And be it further enacted, *That the sums of money appropriated by this section be, and the same are hereby, directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and placed at the disposition of the President of the United States, for the Purposes.following specified purposes or objects, to wit:
Maine. Kennebunk river, &c.State of Maine: Five thousand dollars for repairing the pier on the eastern side of the channel at the entrance of Kennebunk river ; and Penobscot.Three hundred dollars for surveying the ship channel of Penobscot river, from Whitehead to Bangor, and ascertaining the cost of improving the navigation of the same, and proper sites for spindles and buoys. New Hampshire. Piscataqua river, &c.State of New Hampshire: Sixty dollars for making a survey of Cochecho branch of Piscataqua river, from Dover falls to its confluence with the Piscataqua, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of removing obstructions to navigation, and the cost.
Massachusetts. North river, &c.State of Massachusetts: One hundred and eighty dollars for surveying North -river, between Scituate and Marshfield, to ascertain the expediency of removing obstructions at the mouth of the same, and to make an estimate of the cost. TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 25. 1829. 347 One hundred and fifty dollars for examining the piers erected at SandySandy Bay. Bay, to report the condition of the same, and what works are necessary to make a good and safe harbour, at that place, together with an estimate of the cost.
Thirty thousand dollars for removing the bar at the mouth of theNantucket. harbour of Nantucket. Two thousand five hundred dollars for extending the pier on whichEdgartown harbour. the lighthouse is built, at the entrance of Edgartown harbour, to the shore; and One hundred and fifty dollars to survey the harbour at Bass river,Bass river. between Yarmouth and Dennis, to ascertain the practicability and expense of improving the said harbour. State of Connecticut: Six thousand and ninety-seven dollars for improvingConnecticut.
Mill river, &c. the navigation of Mill river by removing obstructions in the said river, and constructing such works as will prevent the sand from filling up the channel of the same. One hundred and fifty dollars for making a survey of the river Thames,Thames. with a view to improve the navigation of the same, and the cost of such improvements. One hundred and thirty dollars for making a survey of the harbour ofWestbrook harbour. Westbrook, near the mouth of Connecticut river, with a view to the improvement of the said harbour, and for ascertaining the cost of such improvement.
Eighty dollars for making a survey of the harbour of Norwalk, with aNorwalk harbour. view to its improvement. One hundred dollars for making a survey of the harbour of Stamford,Stamford harbour. with a view to its improvement. One hundred and fifty dollars to place a buoy on a rock in Long IslandBuoy at Lloyd’s neck. Sound, opposite Lloyd’s Neck. State of New York: One hundred and fifty dollars for surveying theNew York. Sag Harbour. bar at the mouth of Sag Harbour, to ascertain the best method of preventing the harbour being filled up with sand, and the cost of the same.
Thirty thousand dollars for extending the pier of Black Rock harbour,Black Rock harbour. at the outlet of Lake Erie, to a point opposite Bird’s Island. For removing obstructions at the entrance of the harbour at Big SodusBig Sodus Bay. Bay, on Lake Ontario, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For the improvement of the navigation of the Gennessee river, in theGennessee river. state of New York, ten thousand dollars. State of New Jersey: One hundred dollars for surveying Flatbeach,New Jersey.
Flatbeach. alias Tucker’s Island, situated between old and new inlet, with a view to preserve the anchorage of the port, and to report an estimate of the cost of such improvements as may be necessary to effect those objects. State of Pennsylvania: Five thousand dollars for repairing the piers atPennsylvania. Marcus Hook. Marcus Hook: for filling up the sluice between the said piers, and improving the harbour of Marcus Hook, by the removal of obstructions. State of Virginia: Eighty dollars for making a survey of Deep creek,Virginia.
Deep creek. or branch of the south branch of Elizabeth river, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the same, and an estimate of the cost. State of North Carolina: Eighty dollars for making a survey of PascotankNorth Carolina.Pascotank river. river, for removing bars, or obstructions in the same, and an estimate of the cost. Twenty-one thousand dollars, being an additional appropriation, forOcracock inlet. effecting the removal of the shoals forming obstructions to navigation near Ocracock inlet; and Twenty thousand dollars for improving the navigation of Cape FearCape Fear river. river, between the town of Wilmington and the mouth of the said river.
Two hundred and fifty dollars for placing buoys at the new channelBuoys. point, at Gales’ Island point, and at the lower mouth of Wallace’s Channel in Pamlico Sound. 348 TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess . II. Ch . 26. 1829. Ohio.Conneaut creek.State of Ohio: Seven thousand five hundred dollars for improving the navigation of Conneaut creek, by removing the bar at the mouth of the same. Louisiana. River Teche.State of Louisiana: Two hundred dollars for making a survey of the entrance of the river Teche, with a view to improve and shorten the navigation of the same, and an estimate of the cost of such improvements.
Mississippi river.Five hundred dollars for making a survey at the passes, at the mouth of the Mississippi, with a view to improvements in the navigation, and building lighthouses and buoys. Mississippi. Pass Christian.State of Mississippi: Five hundred dollars for placing buoys at Pass Christian. Pass Marianne.Five hundred dollars for placing buoys at Pass Marianne. Lake Ponchartrain, &c.Two hundred dollars for making a survey of the water tract between Lake Ponchartrain and Mobile Bay, with a view to the erection of lighthouses and placing of buoys.
Alabama. Mobile harbour.State of Alabama: Twenty thousand dollars, the sum required for completing improvements in the harbour of Mobile. Florida.St. Augustine harbour.Territory of Florida: Three hundred dollars for making a survey of the harbour of St. Augustine, and the bar at or near the entrance of the same, with a view to remove the latter, and to render the access to the harbour safe at all times, and to make an estimate of the cost of accomplishing that object; and St.
Mark’s harbour.Six thousand five hundred dollars for improving the harbour of St. Mark’s, by removing obstructions in the same. Approved, March 2, 1829.