United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/6th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 34
Chap. XXXIV.—An Act for erecting Lighthouses on New Point Comfort, and on Smith’s Point, in the state of Virginia, and on Faulkner’s Island in Long Island Sound, in the state of Connecticut, and for placing buoys in the Naraganset Bay.
Lighthouses to be erected on New Point Comfort and on Smith’s Point.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Virginia to the United States, of the jurisdiction over the land proper for the purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to provide by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse on New Point Comfort, and another lighthouse on Smith’s Point, both in the state aforesaid, and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the persons, who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same, and that the President be authorized to make the said appointments.
A lighthouse to be erected on Faulkner’s Island.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as a cession shall be made by the state of Connecticut, of the jurisdiction over the land proper for the purpose, the Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized to provide by contract, to be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse on Faulkner’s Island, in Long Island Sound, in the said state of Connecticut, and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same, and that the President be authorized to make the said appointments.
Buoys to be placed in the Naraganset Bay.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be placed one buoy on the shoal south of Kinnimicut Point, and one buoy on a ledge called the halfway rock, in the Naraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode Island.
Appropriation.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated and paid, out of the monies arising from imports and tonnage, the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting the lighthouse as aforesaid on New Point Comfort; the sum of nine thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting the lighthouse as aforesaid on Smith’s Point; and the sum of six thousand dollars for erecting the lighthouse as aforesaid on Faulkner’s Island in Long Island Sound, and the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for placing two buoys as aforesaid in the Naraganset Bay, in the state of Rhode Island.
Approved, March 3, 1801.