United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 73
Chap. LXXIII.—An Act for authorizing the building of lighthouses and light vessels, erecting beacon lights, placing buoys, removing obstructions in the river Savannah, and for other purposes.
The Secretary of the Treasury empowered to build lighthouses, &c.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 be, and he is hereby, empowered to provide by contract for building lighthouses and light vessels, and erecting beacons and beacon lights, and placing buoys, on the following sites or shoals, to wit:
Maine.In the state of Maine, a lighthouse on Mantinicus rock, and one on Pemaquid point.
Massachusetts.In the state of Massachusetts, a light vessel to be anchored at or near Tuckanuck shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; the tonnage of the light vessel not to be under one hundred and twnety-five tons; a lighthouse on the end of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth of Barnstable harbour.
A lighthouse at or near the end of Long Point, Provincetown harbour.
Connecticut.In the state of Connecticut, a lighthouse at or near the mouth of Norwalk harbour, to be located on the Rauton Neck, or on the west end of Norwalk, Long Island, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, after an examination of those sites shall have been made by suitable persons, to be by him appointed for that purpose. A beacon on the round shoals, at the mouth of Ousatonic river.
New York.In the state of New York, a lighthouse at or near Dunkirk, on Lake Erie. One at the east end of Lake Erie, on a proper site to be selected, at or near the mouth of Buffaloe creek. One on the west end of Plum island, in Long Island Sound; and one on Tibit’s Point, in Lake Ontario.
New York and New Jersey.In the states of New York and New Jersey, a lighthouse upon the bluff, near fort Tompkins, on Staten Island; one in Princess bay, on said island, and tow on the Highland of Neversink.
Delaware.In Delaware bay, a lighthouse on the Brandywine Shoals.
Maryland.In the state of Maryland, a lighthouse on Cove point, instead of Cedar point, as heretofore ordered. A lighthouse on Smith’s island, one on Concord point, at or near the mouth of the Susquehannah river; and a light vessel to be anchored at or near Hooper’s straits, Chesapeake bay.
Virginia.In the state of Virginia, a lighthouse on Smith’s island, near Cape Charles, on a proper site to be selected, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
North Carolina.In the state of North Carolina, a light vessel, not to be under fifty, nor to exceed eighty tons, to be anchored at the south-west straddle of the Royal Shoal; and the beacon on Federal point, at the New Inlet of Cape Fear river, to be made a beacon light.
South Carolina.In the state of South Carolina, a lighthouse on Cape Romaine or its vicinity, or a light vessel to be anchored off the said cape, or its vicinity; the preference to be given to the one or the other, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall best subserve the purposes of navigation, and afford security to the same.
Georgia.In the state of Georgia, a beacon on Grass island, at the entrance of Cockspur harbour.
Mississippi.In the state of Mississippi, a lighthouse on the Mississippi river, at the town of Natchez.
Sums appropriated.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit:
Maine.In the state of Maine, four thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Mantinicus rock; and four thousand dollars for one on Pemaquid point.
Massachusetts.In the state of Massachusetts, two thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse at or near the end of Long Point, Provincetown harbour; eight thousand, for a light vessel to be anchored at or near Tuckanuck shoal, in the Vineyard Sound; and ninety dollars for Spar buoys, to be anchored, one on the Middle Ground shoal, near the entrance of Salem harbour, and one on the Ledge rocks, of Dorchester Flatts, in Boston harbour; three thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse on the end of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth of Barnstable harbour; and two hundred dollars for placing buoys on proper sites, in or near the harbour of Gloucester.
Rhode Island.In the state of Rhode Island, sixty dollars, for buoys on Sally rock, at or near the entrance of the harbour of East Greenwich.
Connecticut.In the state of Connecticut, four thousand dollars for a lighthouse, to be located on Routon Neck, or on the west end of Norwalk, Long Island; one thousand dollars for a beacon on the Round Shoals, at the mouth of the Ousatonic river; one hundred and twenty-five dollars for placing buoys on the following sites, to wit: one on Thimble Island Reef, one on Inn Reef, one on Negro Head, one on Brown Reef, and one on Bird’s Reef, at or near the entrance of Brandford harbour: and one hundred dollars for making an examination and a survey, if necessary, to ascertain the utility and expense of erecting beacons in Long Island Sound, on Shipman’s Reef, lying near the promontory of the same name, in Stanford, on Smith’s Ledge, opposite the town of Darien, and on a Reef known by the name of Patrick’s Horse, at the western extremity of Norwalk harbour.
New York.In the state of New York, a lighthouse at or near Dunkirk, six thousand dollars, on Lake Erie; two thousand five hundred dollars for one at the east end of Lake Erie, on a site to be selected; four thousand dollars for one on Plum island, in Long Island Sound; three thousand dollars for one on Tibit’s Point, Lake Ontario.
New York and New Jersey.In the states of New York and New Jersey, thirty thousand dollars for a lighthouse upon the bluff, near Fort Tompkins, on Staten Island, for one in Princess bay, on said island, and two on the Highlands of Neversink; also, for keeping the buoys, now anchored, the one on the Romer, on the south-west point of the eastern branch, and the other on the north-east point of Sandy Hook, known by the name of the False Hook, and for placing spar buoys along the channel, from the bar to the south-west spit, and from thence to the middle ground and at such other places between the last-mentioned place and the city, as may be deemed necessary: and also spar buoys on the Stepping Stone, Execution Rocks, and Middle ground, in Long Island Sound.
New Jersey.In the state of New Jersey, three hundred dollars for placing buoys at proper sites, five buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Little Egg Harbour.
Delaware.In the bay of Delaware, twenty-nine thousand and two hundred dollars for a lighthouse on the Brandywine Shoals.
Maryland.In the state of Maryland, three thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse on Smith’s island; two thousand five hundred dollars for one on Concord Point, at or near the mouth of Susquehannah river; and four thousand dollars for a light vessel at Hooper’s straits.
Maryland and Virginia.In the states of Maryland and Virginia, six hundred and sixty dollars for placing buoys in the river Potomac, to wit: one on Port Tobacco Shoals, four on the south side of Nanjemoy Reach, one on Lower Cedar point bar, one on Craney Island bar, and four for designating the channel in that part of the river called the Kettle Bottoms.
Virginia.In the state of Virginia, ten thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Smith’s island, near Cape Charles, on a proper site to be selected.
North Carolina.In the state of North Carolina, nine thousand five hundred dollars for a light vessel, to be anchored at the south-west Straddle, Royal Shoal; and two thousand dollars for a beacon light on Federal Point, Cape Fear river; and one hundred and sixty dollars for buoys, to be placed on proper sites, on the north and south sides of New Inlet, near Federal Point.
South Carolina.In the state of South Carolina, two hundred and forty dollars for buoys, to be placed on the bar of Georgetown; and seventeen thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Cape Romaine, or a light vessel to be anchored off said cape. Alabama.In the state of Alabama, three hundred and twenty dollars for buoys, to be placed on the following points, to wit; A spar buoy at the south-east extremity of the shoal projecting from Mobile Point, one on the west side of the channel on the bar, one on the south-east side of the Spit projecting from Sand Island, and one on Dog river bar.
Louisiana.In the state of Louisiana, one thousand one hundred dollars, for placing eleven buoys on proper sites, at the entrance of the Mississippi river, and six hundred dollars for three lamps or lights, to wit: one for Petit Coquelles, one for Chef Menteur, and one for Fort St. Philip.
Georgia.In the state of Georgia, fifty thousand dollars, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to remove obstructions in the river Savannah, below the city of Savannah; one thousand five hundred dollars for a beacon on Grass Island, at the entrance of Cockspur Harbour.Mississippi. In the state of Mississippi, not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for a lighthouse on the Mississippi river, at the town of Natchez. In the territory of Florida, not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars for a lighthouse on Sambo Keys, or Sand Key.
Addition to the salary of the keeper of Quaddy Head Lighthouse, Maine.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the keeper of Quaddy Head lighthouse, in the state of Maine, shall be allowed, in addition to his present salary, the sum of sixty dollars annually, for ringing the bell connected with said lighthouse, from the time he commenced ringing said bell.
When the lighthouse on the Highlands of Neversink is built a lighted, the light vessel, at present anchored at the Hook, shall be removed, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, when the lighthouses, directed to be built on the Highlands of Neversink, in the state of New Jersey, shall be built and lighted, the light vessel, at present anchored at the Hook, shall be removed, and anchored at or near Five Fathom Bank, off the capes of Delaware Bay. And also, that when the Brandywine lighthouse shall be lighted, the Brandywine light vessel, if the same will answer the purpose, shall be anchored at or near Tuckanuck Shoal, in the Vineyard Sound.
Lighthouse to be built near Buffalo Creek.
Lighthouse at Throgg’s Neck.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, whenever the lighthouse, directed to be built on a proper site, near Buffalo Creek, in the state of New York, shall be built and lighted, the present lighthouse near Buffalo shall ont be lighted. And that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the lighthouse, heretofore directed to be built on Throgg’s Neck, to be erected either on the said Neck, or the reef adjacent thereto, as he may deem expedient.
Sums appropriated to be paid from the treasury.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein made, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 18, 1826.