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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 144. 1834.
State of Maine . —For a lighthouse to be erected on a proper siteon Fort Point, at the entrance of Penobscot bay, five thousand dollars.
For a lighthouse to be erected on a proper site on Negro Island, atthe entrance of Camden harbour, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For the erection of a beacon on the end of a shoal in George’sriver, round which is formed what is called the Great Bend, threethousand dollars.
For a fog-bell to be placed on a proper site on Cape Elizabeth, nearthe eastern lighthouse, seven hundred dollars.
State of Massachusetts . —For the erection of a lighthouse on thenorth-easterly part of Straitmouth harbour, five thousand dollars.
For building a lighthouse at the entrance of the harbour of Marble-head , four thousand five hundred dollars.
For a beacon at the harbour in the mouth of Bass river, betweenthe towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, at or near the site where the for-mer beacon was erected, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For a beacon or monument on Deer Island Point, Boston harbour,three thousand five hundred dollars.
For a monument of stone on the Island of Nixe’s Mate, in the har-bour of Boston , one thousand dollars.
State of Rhode Island . —For the removal of the lighthouse now onthe north end of Goat Island, near the harbour of Newport , to a pointnorth of its present site, agreeably to a survey and estimate heretoforemade by direction of the Department of War , thirteen thousand sixhundred dollars.
State of New York . —For a lighthouse on a proper site at or nearthe mouth of Esopus creek and near Saugerties, five thousand dollars.
For beacon lights on the piers at the mouth of Genesee river andSodus bay, four thousand dollars.
For a lighthouse or beacon-light on one of the piers at the harbourof Oswego, on Lake Ontario , three thousand six hundred and sixty-sixdollars. For placing four lights on the following points in Hudson’sriver, viz : one near Van Wie’s point; one near Castleton; one on theisland near New Baltimore; and one at Kinderhook, six hundred dol-lars. For a lighthouse on a proper site at the mouth of Oswegatchie,a tributary stream of the St. Lawrence, five thousand dollars.
For .a lighthouse on the flats in Hudson’s river, above Sluyvesant’sLanding, in the place of the one carried away by the ice, five thou-sand dollars.
State of New Jersey . —For a lighthouse on or near the shoals ofBarnegat, to be erected in such a manner as to be distinguished fromthe adjacent lights, six thousand dollars.
State of Delaware . —For rebuilding the lighthouse on Brandywineshoals, in the bay of Delaware , thirty thousand dollars: Provided,however, That before the commencement of the work, a resurvey, planand estimate shall be made, and that then it shall be in the discretionof the proper department to enter upon the rebuilding of the said light-house, or to report such survey, plan and estimate to Congress as shallbe considered best for the public interest.
For building a lighthouse at the mouth of Christiana river, six thou-sand dollars.
State of Maryland . —For a bell, and fixing the same on the lighthouseat Cove point, in Chesapeake bay , one thousand two hundred dollars.
For building a lighthouse on Love point, the sum of five thousandfive hundred dollars.
State of Virginia . —For a light-boat to be anchored in a properplace at the mouth of the Rappahannock river, twelve thousand dollars.
State of North Carolina . —For a light-boat to be anchored in a properplace at or near the mouth of Roanoke river, ten thousand dollars.