The Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, &c., for building a sea wall, &c., at the Isles of Shoals.
March 3, 1821, ch. 52.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to provide, by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building a sea wall or pier at the Isles of Shoals, between Cedar Island and Smutty-Nose Island, on the coast of New Hampshire and Maine, conformably to the report of the commissioners appointed under the fourth section of the act passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, entitled “An act to authorize the building of lighthouses therein mentioned, and for other purposes,” and that a sum, not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Two piers to be erected by contract, at a place called the Shears, near Cape Henlopen, &c., if, &c.
The jurisdiction of the state to be first ceded.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and required to cause to be erected in the Bay of Delaware, at or near a place called the Shears, near Cape Henlopen, by contract or contracts, to be approved by the President of the United States, two piers of sufficient dimensions to be harbour or shelter for vessels from the ice, if, after a survey made under his direction, the measure shall be deemed expedient; and provided that the jurisdiction of the site where such piers may be erected, shall be first ceded to the United States, according to the conditions in such case by law provided; and that, for the purpose of carrying the same into effect, there be appropriated the sum of twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The light on Cross Island to be built on the south point of Libby Island.
Appropriation.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the light authorized to be built on Cross Island, in the state of Maine be, and the same is hereby, directed to be built on the South point of Libby Island, and for building and completing the same, the sum of five hundred dollars, in addition to the former appropriation, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Appropriations for purchasing and placing the patent lamp of D. Melville and others.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes to wit: Four thousand dollars to enable to Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the patent right of David Melville and others, to a newly invented lamp for lighting lighthouses; and a sum not exceeding four thousand two hundred and forty dollars, for placing the same in lighthouses.
Appropriation for completing the survey of the coast of Florida.Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That for making and completing a survey of the coast of Florida, under the direction of the President of the United States, a sum of money, not exceeding six thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying the same into effect.
Approved, May 7, 1822.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. CXXII.—An Act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to land in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favourably on by the commissioners appointed by the United States.
Act of April 25, 1812, ch. 67.
Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 100.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the claims to lots in the town of Mobile, founded on complete grants derived from either the French, British, or Spanish, authorities, reported to the Secretary of the Treasury by the commissioner for the district east of Pearl river, appointed under the authority of “An act for ascertaining the titles and claims to land in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the island of New Orleans,” or which were so reported by the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled “An act for adjusting claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans,”
