1838.

Lynde point.

and upon Turner's reef, according to said survey and report, one hundred dollars.

For the erection of a light-house on Lynde point, at the mouth of Connecticut river, in addition to the sum of five thousand dollars already appropriated, two thousand five hundred dol lars.

To complete a sea-wall, to preserve the light-house and other Fairweather is buildings on Fairweather island, near Blackrock harbor, pursuant to the report of Captain Gregory, one thousand five hundred dollars.

land

For the erection of buoys on such of the rocks in the harbor Milford harbor. of Milford as may be designated by the Superintendent of Light-houses for that district, three hundred dollars, for one Shoal ledge. buoy on a ledge called the Shoal, west of Black point, and one Pond reef. buoy on Pond reef in the bay of Niantick one hundred and sixty Cornfield point dollars, for buoys on Cornfield point rock, Adams rock, and rock, Adams rock, and Oyster Oyster Pond point rock, near Plum island, in Long Island sound two hundred and forty dollars.

Pond point rock.

Romer's shoals.

Esopus dows.

mea

Cedar island.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

For completing a beacon on Romer's shoals, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made, ten thousand dollars; to be expended under the direction of a competent engineer, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury.

To complete a light-house on Esopus meadows, on the western shore of the Hudson river, three thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated.

To complete a light-house on Cedar island, Sag Harbor, two thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated.

For the erection of a light-house on the northern islet in Fisher's sound. Fisher's sound, near the northwest end of Fisher's island, three thousand dollars.

For the payment of the balance remaining due for the expenses of procuring and locating buoys in the new channel in Gedney's chan- the port of New York lately discovered and called Gedney's channel, eight hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-six cents.

nel.

South Amboy.

Great Beds.

NEW JERSEY.

For erecting a small beacon-light at South Amboy, and putting down the following buoys, to wit: One on the tail of the Billop's Point Great Beds; one off Billop's Point shoal, southwest part of Staten island; one on the Middle Ground, near Prince's bay; Orchard one on the Old Orchard shoal; one off the point of the Great Kill shoals, one thousand and fifty dollars.

shoa!.
Middle Ground.
Old

shoal.

Great Kill

shoals.

Corner Stake.

For the erection of a beacon-light at the Corner Stake so Shorter's island. called, between Elizabethtown point, and Shorter's island; also another small light or lantern on Shorter's island; also for buoys, Bergen point. &c. at the following places: A spar buoy at Bergen point; a Mill Rocks. Spar buoy at the Mill Rocks, in Newark bay; a spar buoy on The first oyster the first oyster bed or point of the bar between the Hackensack and Passaic channels, one and a half mile below the crossing

bed.

1838.

Corner Stake.

place; a spar buoy at the Corner Stake, so called; a spar buoy at the crossing place, on the north side; a spar buoy at the elbow; all pursuant to the report of Captains, Kearney, Sloat, The crossing and Ferry, thirty-four hundred dollars.

STATE OF DELAWARE.

place.
The elbow.

Bank.

For rebuilding a floating-light on Five Fathom Bank, at the Five Fathom entrance of the Delaware Bay, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

STATE OF MARYLAND.

For placing four buoys at or near Pool's Island channel, the Pool's Island. sum of one thousand two hundred dollars.

STATE OF VIRGINIA.

For placing spar-buoys in James river, between Day's point James river. and Richmond city, on such ledges and shoals as may be se

lected, two thousand dollars.

For building a light-boat to take place of the one in the narrows of the Potomac, eight thousand dollars.

Potomac.

For placing three or more buoys, at the entrance of Onan- Onancock creek. cock creek, in the county of Accomac three hundred dollars.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

For marking, staking out, and placing buoys or other such monuments as are most suitable, to designate the channels in Crowatan sound, Crowatan sound, and at outlets of Pasquotank, Little and Per- Little and Perquimans rivers, one thousand dollars.

For the construction of a new light-boat, in lieu of that now stationed off Wade's point, eight thousand dollars.

For a light-house on Pea island or Boddy's island as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem to be most for the public interest, five thousand dollars.

Pasquotank.

quimans rivers.

Wade's point.

Pea island of Boddy's island.

mico channel.

For three buoys or such marks, designating Chickama-comico Chickama-cochannel in Hide county as shall be found most suitable for that purpose, one hundred and fifty dollars. For placing buoys at Shallote river five hundred dollars.

STATE OF OHIO.

Shallote river.

For securing or rebuilding on a better site, the light-house on Turtle island, at the entrance of Maumee bay, in Lake Erie, Turtle island. six thousand seven hundred dollars.

For completing a beacon-light near the entrance of Sandusky bay, three thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated for that purpose.

Sandusky bay

For the construction of a light-house on the northwest end of Bass island, commonly called Putin-bay, in Lake Erie, in- Bass island. stead of one on Cunningham's island, three thousand dollars.

For placing buoys on a shoal or sunken island, near the

western Sister island, and to the southward thereof, in Lake Sister island, Erie, five hundred and fifty dollars.

1838.

Tybee channel.

St. Andrew's in

let.

Brunswick har

bor.

Dauphin island.

Atchafalaya

bay.

STATE OF GEORGIA.

For constructing a floating-light, to be stationed in Tybee channel, ten thousand dollars, in lieu of an appropriation of that sum heretofore made for a similar light on Martin's Industry shoal.

For placing three buoys at the entrance of St. Andrew's inlet, five hundred and forty dollars.

For placing beacons or buoys at the entrance of Brunswick harbor, the sum of one thousand dollars.

STATE OF ALABAMA.

For the construction of a light-house on Dauphin island eight thousand dollars.

STATE OF LOUISIANA.

For marking the entrance and the channel of Atchafalaya bay, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For rebuilding the light-house at the southwest pass of the

Mississippi ri- Mississippi river, twenty thousand dollars.

ver.

For completing a light-house at or near the southwest pass Vermilion bay. On the Vermilion bay, eight thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated.

Bois Blanc island.

New Buffalo.

South Manitou island.

Ledge near Wagooshance.

Presque isle.

Point aux Barques.

Grassy island.

St. John's.

Cary's Fort reef.

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

For rebuilding a light-house on Bois Blanc island, if a suitable site for the same can be found on said island, five thousand dollars.

For erecting a light-house at New Buffalo, on Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars.

For erecting a light-house on South Manitou island, Lake Michigan, five thousand dollars.

For erecting a light-house on the ledge or reef near Wagooshance, in the Straits of Michilimackinac, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For erecting a light-house at Presque isle, Lake Huron, five thousand dollars.

For erecting a light-house on Point aux Barques, Sagana bay, Lake Huron five thousand dollars.

TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN.

For the construction of a light-house on Grassy island, at the head of Green bay, near the mouth of Fox river, four thousand dollars.

TERRITORY OF FLORIDA.

For placing buoys at the mouth of St. John's, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made, for the purpose, eight hundred and fifty dollars.

For erecting a light-house on Cary's Fort reef, forty thousand dollars in addition to the appropriation already made for that purpose.

1838.

And so much of the appropriation heretofore made and unexpended for a light-house on Amelia island, be, and hereby is, Great Cumber appropriated, for the removal of the light-house situated on the land island. southern end of Great Cumberland island to the said site on

Amelia island.

cause two sets of

ticular apparatus

tus, to be import

rits tested.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Sec. Treas. may Treasury be and he hereby is, directed to cause two sets of dioptric or lendioptric or lenticular apparatus, one of the first, the other of the and one set of the second class, and also one set, if he deems it expedient, of the reflector apparareflector apparatus, all of the most improved kinds, to be im- ed, and their me ported, and to cause the said several sets to be set up, and their merits, as compared with the apparatus in use, to be tested by full and satisfactory experiments; and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby appropriated for that purpose; and the Secretary of the Treasury is also further authorized to ascertain, Sec. Treas. to by suitable and proper experiments, the merits of the apparatus rits of E. Blunt's lately invented by Mr. E. Blunt, of New York; and if, in his apparatus, &c. judgment, it has merits which justify the adoption of it, he is hereby authorized to contract with Mr. Blunt, to light any light-house on the coast with it; and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the above purposes. And

ascertain the me

ascertain the me

the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized to Sec. Treas. to ascertain the merits of the patent fog bell of Andrew Morse rits of A. Morse's junior, and if he deems it expedient to establish one on the fog bell. coast, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose, out of any money not otherwise appropriated.

taken by the Pre

that Congress

information

houses, &c.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in order that Con- Measures to be gress may be furnished with more exact information in regard sident in order to light-houses, the light-house system, the President is hereby may be furnished authorized to divide the Lake and Atlantic coasts into such with more exact districts as he may deem expedient; and he shall appoint a regard to ligh naval officer or officers, if the public service will allow of it, to survey and examine each district, with reference to all the objects aforesaid; and it shall be their further duty to inspect all the light-houses, light-boats, buoys, beacons, &c. and to report upon their present condition and usefulness; also to inquire and report whether the present public emergencies require any, and if any, what, further additional works and improvements of the above description, and of what kind; and, also, further, to report whether, in their judgment, the public interest requires any modification of the system of erecting, superintending, and managing the light-houses, light-boats, &c.; and if so, in what particulars; and each board shall report separately on all these matters; which reports shall be laid before Congress.

instruct officers

determine whe

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the, Sec. Treas. to Treasury be, and hereby is, directed to instruct such officers to to examine and examine and determine whether it be expedient to construct ther it be expelight-houses, or beacon-lights, and other works hereinafter described, at the following places, viz:

dient to construct the following works.

1838.

Western point.

Heron's neck.

Saddle-back

ledge.

Little river harbor.

Sail rock.

Fiddler's ledge.

Southern island.

White's ledge,
Lee's island.

IN THE STATE OF MAINE,

A light-house on the Western point, so called, at the entrance of York harbor.

A light-house at Heron's neck, on Green's island, in the town of Vinalhaven.

A sea-wall to protect a light-house heretofore authorized to be erected, on Saddle-back ledge, in Penobscot bay, and the expediency of erecting said light-house provided such wall be necessary to its security.

A light-house on the island at the entrance of Little-river harbor, in the town of Cutler.

A light-house on "Sail rock" off West Quoddy head, and the removal to said site of the fog-bell now located on West Quoddy head.

A monument on Fiddler's ledge, near the mouth of Penobscot bay.

A light on the Southern island at the mouth of Tennant's harbor, at St. George.

Jacknife ledge, Buoys at the following places, to wit: On Jacknife ledge; off White's ledge; off Lee's island; all near the mouth of Kennebec river.

Plum island.

Point of Rocks.

Vineyard Sound.

Bartlett's reef.

Teller's point.
Genesee river.
Bartlett's point.

Race point.
Hudson river.

Gardiner's Is

land.

Execution rock.

Delaware flats.

IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
A bridge to connect Plum island with the mainland near
Newburyport.

A light-house or beacon on or near a point call the Point of
Rocks, at the mouth of Westport harbor.

A light-boat between Succonessett point and a shoal called the Horseshoe, in the northern channel of Vineyard sound.

IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

For a light-boat of increased size on Bartlett's reef, and a light-boat in lieu of the one stationed at said island.

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

A light-house on Teller's point, in the Hudson river.
A light-house on the pier at the mouth of Genesee river.
A light-house on Bartlett's point, at the mouth of the bay
formed by the entrance of French creek into the river St. Law-

rence.

A light-house on the west end of Fisher's island, at a place called Race point.

A light-house on the Hudson river, at a point about one mile south of the village of Athens.

A light-house on the northwest point of Gardiner's island, Suffolk county.

A light-house or light-boat on Execution rock, Long Island sound.

IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

A beacon-light on a point near Delaware flats, so called, in the Maumee bay.