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thousand dollars; for a light-house at Day’s point, on James river, fivethousand dollars; for a light-boat, or light-house, in the Potomac river between Mathias point, in Virginia, and Maryland point, in the Stateof Maryland ; Provided, On inquiry, the Secretary of the Treasuryshall deem such light necessary to the safe and uninterrupted naviga-tion of that section of the river Potomac , ten thousand dollars; for anew light-boat in the Chesapeake bay , eight thousand dollars ; for alight-house at the mouth of Potomac creek, five thousand dollars.
State of North Carolina . —For alight-house off Powell’s point, Alber-marle sound, five thousand dollars ; for rebuilding a light-house at Fed-eral point, five thousand dollars ; for a light-house on Pea island, nearNew inlet, five thousand dollars ; for building a new light-boat at Longshoal, in Pamlico sound , ten thousand dollars.
State of South Carolina . —For light-houses or light-boats in the in-lets of Saint Helena and Port Royal , twenty thousand dollars; for theconstruction of five beacon-lights in Charleston harbor, six thousanddollars, in addition to the appropriation of the last session ; the locationof said lights to be changed, if deemed expedient by the Secretary ofthe T reasury.
State of Georgia . —For a light-house on the north end of LittleCumberland island, eight thousand dollars; for the erection of a light-house on the north end of Jekyl island, eight thousand dollars. For theplacing of buoys, and beacons, to render the entrance to the harbor ofBrunswick secure and easy at all times, ten thousand dollars. For alight-house on Sapaelo island and for placing buoys and beacons atDoboy bar, and Sapaelo bar, for the purpose of rendering safe and se-cure an entrance at all times to the city of Darien, five thousand dollars;for a floating light to be anchored within Martin’s Industry, ten thou-sand dollars.
State of Alabama . —For placing buoys in the harbor of Mobile, sixhundred dollars ; for the erection of a light-house on Sand island, op-posite Mobile point, ten thousand dollars.
State of Ohio . —For a light-house on Turtle island, at the entranceof Maumee bay, in Lake Erie , eight thousand dollars ; for a beacon-light on a proper site near the entrance of the harbor of Sandusky bay,two thousand five hundred dollars; for a beacon-light at or near Man-hattan , three thousand dollars; for additional buoys to mark the chan-nel at the mouth of the Miami of Lake Erie , and across Maumee bay,two hundred dollars ; for a light-house on the south side of Cunning-ham island, in Lake Erie , three thousand dollars.
State of Indiana . —For a light-house at City West harbor, five thou-sand dollars; to complete the light-house at Michigan City , threethousand dollars.
State of Louisiana . —For a beacon-light at or near the southwestpass of Vermillion bay, five thousand dollars; for erecting alight-houseat the pass between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, six thou-sand dollars ; for erecting a light-house, and a house for the keeper, onSaint Joseph’s island, in Lake Borgne, twelve thousand dollars ; forplacing two buoys at Dauphin Island pass, two buoys at Pass Marianne,two buoys at Pass Christian, and two buoys at Heron pass, fifteen hun-dred dollars ; for beacons and light-houses at the entrance of the harborrecently constructed on Lake Pontchartrain, at the canal above NewOrleans , twenty-five thousand dollars; for erecting alight-house on LakePontchartrain, at the mouth of the Bayou Saint John, ten thousanddollars ; for beacons and light-houses at Port Pontchartrain, in additionto the sum heretofore appropriated, twenty thousand dollars.
State of Mississippi . —For the erection of a light-house at the mouthof Pearl river, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated, five thou-sand dollars.