Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XVI.—An Act to erect a Lighthouse on Point Judith, in the state of Rhode Island.
Lighthouse to be built on Point Judith.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and hereby is authorized and required, to cause a good and sufficient lighthouse to be erected on Point Judith, in the state of Rhode Island, and to appoint the keeper of the said lighthouse, under the direction of the President of the United States, and otherwise to provide for such lighthouse at the expense of the United States: Provided,Proviso. that sufficient land for accommodation of such lighthouse can be obtained at a reasonable price, and the legislature of Rhode Island shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And the sum not exceeding five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting the said lighthouse; to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.Appropriation.
Lighthouse to be so constructed as that the light may be distinguished.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause the said lighthouse to be so constructed, that the light on being discovered, may with certainty be distinguished from that of other lighthouses, heretofore erected in its neighbourhood.
Approved, February 10, 1808.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Specific appropriations.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the expenditures of the civil list in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and offices; for the compensation of the several loan officers and their clerks, and for books and stationery for the same; for the payment of annuities and grants; for the support of the mint establishment; for the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations; for the support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers; for defraying the expenses of surveying the public lands, and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of four months and a half continuance, two hundred and one thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the expense of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress, twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars.
For all contingent expenses of the library of Congress, and the librarian’s allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, thirty thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of State, clerks and persons employed in that department, thirteen thousand dollars.
For the incidental and contingent expenses of the said department, four thousand two hundred dollars.
For printing and distributing copies of the laws of the first session of the tenth Congress, and printing the laws in newspapers, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For special messengers charged with despatches, two thousand dollars.
