shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, by contract, which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse on the island of Seguin, near the entrance of the river Kennebeck, in the district of Maine, (the commonwealth of Massachusetts having ceded to the United States ten acres of the said island, for that purpose) and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons, who may be appointed by the President, for the superintendence and care of the same: President to appoint superintendent.And the President is hereby authorized to make the said appointments: That the number or disposition of the light or lights in the said lighthouse, be such as may tend to distinguish it from others, as far as is practicable.
Appropriation therefor.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars be appropriated for the same, out of any monies heretofore appropriated, which may remain unexpended, after satisfying the purpose for which they were appropriated, or out of any other monies which may be in the treasury, not subject to any prior appropriations.
Secretary of Treasury to cause beacon, &c. to be placed at St. Mary’s river, &c.
Appropriation therefor.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause a beacon to be erected, and three buoys to be placed at the entrance of Saint Mary’s river in the state of Georgia, and that a sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, be appropriated in like manner, as the sum for defraying the expenses for erecting a lighthouse on the island of Seguin, is appropriated by this act, for the purpose of defraying the charges of erecting and placing the same.
Approved, May 19, 1794.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅡ.—An Act further to authorize the Adjournment of Circuit Courts.
Act of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20.
When circuit court may be adjourned by district judge or marshal.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a circuit court in any district, when it shall happen that no justice of the supreme court attends within four days after the time appointed by law for the commencement of the session, may be adjourned to the next stated term by the judge of the district, or in case of his absence also, by the marshal of the district.
Approved, May 19, 1794.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. ⅩⅩⅩⅢ.—An Act prohibiting for a limited time the Exportation of Arms and Ammunition, and encouraging the Importation of the same.
Exportation of arms and ammunition prohibited for one year.
1795, ch. 53.
1797, ch. 2.
Forfeiture on landing any of the said articles with intent to export them, &c.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful to export from the United States any cannon, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords, cutlasses, musket balls, lead, bombs, grenados, gunpowder, sulphur or saltpetre, but the exportation of all the aforesaid articles are hereby prohibited for and during the term of one year.
