Lighthouse to be erected on Wigwam Point.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause a sufficient lighthouse to be erected on Wigwam Point, so called, within the town of Gloucester, in the state of Massachusetts, where it will best serve the purpose of discovering the entrance of Anesquam harbor, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise to provide for the support of such lighthouse at the expense of the United States:Land to be first granted to the U. States. Provided, that sufficient land for the accommodation of such lighthouse, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall be duly and legally granted to and vested in the United States.
Appropriations.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That there shall be and hereby are appropriated for providing the said buoys, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and for the erection of the said lighthouse at Wigwam Point, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies which may be in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 29, 1800.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Expired.]
Chap. XL.—An Act supplementary to the laws now in force, fixing the Compensations of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Act of April 29, 1802, ch. 35.
Compensation to the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Vol. i. 448.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, herein after mentioned, shall be, and hereby are entitled to receive, in addition to their compensations as now fixed by law, the following sums, that is to say: The Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, two hundred and fifty dollars each, in addition to their salaries as at present established by law; and each of their principal and engrossing clerks, in addition to their per diem allowance as established by law, two hundred dollars per annum.
Sergeant-at-arms and doorkeepers.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, who also performs the duty of doorkeeper, the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, and the doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, shall be and hereby are entitled to receive five hundred dollars per annum each, and two dollars a day during the session; and the assistant doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives four hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, and two dollars per day during the session, in lieu of the compensations heretofore established by law, which compensations shall commence from the commencement of the present session.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for and during the term of two years and no longer.
Approved, May 2, 1800.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XLI.—An Act to divide the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio, into two separate governments.[1]
Boundary and name of the new territory.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the fourth day of July next, all that part of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio river, which lies to the westward of a line beginning at the Ohio, opposite to the mouth of Kentucky river, and running thence to Fort Recovery, and thence north until it shall intersect the territorial line between the United States and Canada,
