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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · April 8, 1848 · Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXVIII. *to change the Location of certain Lighthouses and Buoys.* April 8, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Change of location of certain lighthouses.of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed t

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Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *to change the Location of certain Lighthouses and Buoys.* April 8, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Change of location of certain lighthouses.of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to change the location of the following named lighthouses, directed to be built by the act of the last session, to wit: From Telless Point, on the Hudson River, to Tarrytown Point, on said river; from Galveston Island to Bolivar Point; from Long Island, in Savannah River, to the knoll connected with Cockspur Island, in the said river; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to substitute a dumb beacon, instead of a Beacon and buoy.lighthouse, if he shall deem it best for the public interest, from Santee River to the outer point of Bull’s Island, at the entrance of Bull’s Bay; and that the buoy authorized by the said act to be placed at the entrance of Bull’s Bay, shall be placed at such point as the collector of the port of Charleston, South Carolina, shall direct.
Approved, April 8, 1848.
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