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titled, "An act to establish the post-office of the united states ;" and every such delegate so admitted to a seat, shall be, and he is hereby authorized to receive, free of postage, under the said restrictions, any letters directed to him, and which shall have arrived at the seat of government prior to the passage of this act: And every such delegate shall receive for his travelling expenses and attendance in congress, the same compensation as is or may be allowed, by law, to the members of the senate and house of representatives of the united states, to be certified and paid in the same manner.

[See Arsenals and Magazines 5. Debt 79. Laws. Militia 3. Oaths and Affirmations 2, 5, 6. Post Office and Post Reads 19, 20. President 5, 9, 13. Public Officers 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. Territory 17, 18, 21, 24. Treasury Department 2, 4, 22.]

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ACT of August 7, 1789. (Vol. I. p. 33.)

1. SECT. I. All expenses which shall accrue from and after the fif teenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, in the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all light-houses,

beacons, buoys and public piers, erected, placed or sunk before the passing of this act, at the entrance of, or within any bay, inlet, harbor, or port of the united states, for rendering the navigation thereof easy and safe, shall be defrayed out of the treasury of the united states: Provided nevertheless, That none of the said expenses shall continue to be so defrayed by the united states, after the expiration of one year from the day aforesaid, unless such light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, shall in the mean time be ceded to, and vested in the united states, by the state or states respectively in which the same may be, together with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and together with the jurisdiction of the same. [See postea 6.]

2. SECT. II. . liet-horse shall be erected near the entrance of the Chesapeake-Bay, at such place, when ceded to the united states in manner aforesaid, as the resident of the united states shall direct.

3. SECT. ill. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide by contracs, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a hight-house near the entrance of Chesapcake-Day, and for rebuilding vken necessary, and keeping in good repair, ine ligat-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers in the several stries, and fur furnishing the sam, with all necessary supplies; and also to agree for the salaries, wages, or hire of the person or persons appointed by the president, for the superintendence and care of the

same.

4. Sect. IV. All pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors and ports of the united states, Saall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the states respectively wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the states may respectively hercafter enact for the purpose, until further legislative provision shall be made by congress.

ACT of August 10, 1790. (Vol. I. p. 257.)

5. There shall be appropriated and paid out of the monies arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the purpose of finishing the light-house on PortlandHead, in the district of Maine; and the secretary of the treasury, under the directions of the president of the united states, shall be authorized to cause the said light-house to be finished and completed accordingly.

ACT of March 3, 1791. (Vol. I. p. 345.)
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6. Sect. III. All expenses which shall accrue from the first day of July next, inclusively for the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, shall continue to be defrayed by the united states, until the first day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, notwithstanding such light-houses, beacons, buoys or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and the jurisdiction of the same, shell not in the mean time be ceded to or vested in the united states, by the state or states respectively, in which the same may be, and the said time shall be further allowed to the states respectively, to make such cession.

Provided, That nothing in the said act shall be construed to limit or restrain the power of the president of the united states, to grant pardons for offences against the united states. [See antea 1, and postea 8.]

ACT of April 2, 1792. (Vol. II. p. 36.)

7. The secretary of the treasury, under the direction of the president of the united states, shall be authorized, as soon as may be, to cause to be finished in such manner as shall appear advisable, the lighthouse heretofore begun under the authority of the state of North-Ca rolina, on Baldhead, at the mouth of Cape Fear river, in the said state: And a sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, shall be appropriated for the same, out of any monies heretofore appropriated, which may remain unexpended, after satisfying the purposes for which they were appropriated, or out of any other monies, which may be in the treasury, not subject to any prior appropriation.

ACT of April 12, 1792. (Vol. II. p. 47.)

8. SECT. I. All expenses which shall accrue from the first day of July next, inclusively, for the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all light-houses, beacons, buoys, the stakeage of channels, on the sea coast, and public piers, shall continue to be defrayed by the united states, until the first day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, notwithstanding such light-houses, beacons or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and the jurisdiction of the same, shall not in the mean time be ceded to, or vested in the united states, by the state or states respectively, in which the same may be, and the said time shall be further allowed, to the states respectively to make such cession. [See antea 6, and postea 11.]

9. SECT. II. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized to cause to be provided, erected and placed, a floating beacon, and asmany buoys, as may be necessary for the security of navigation, at, and near the entrance of the harbor of Charleston, in the state of SouthCarolina And also to have affixed three floating beacons in the bay of Chesapeake; one at the north end of Willoughby's Spit, another at the tail of the Horse-Shoe; and the third on the shoalest place of the middle ground.

ACT of April 12, 1792. (Vol. II. p. 48.)

10. As soon as the jurisdiction of such land on Montok point in the state of New-York, as the president of the united states shall deem sufficient and most proper for the convenience and accommodation of a light-house shall have been ceded to the united states, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the president for the superintendence and care of the same; and the president is hereby authorized to make

the said appointments. The number and disposition of the lights in the said light-house shall be such as may tend to distinguish it from others, and as far as is practicable, prevent mistakes.

ACT of March 2, 1793. Vol. II. p. 238.

11. SECT. I. All expenses, which shall accrue from the first day of July next inclusively, for the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all light-houses,beacons,buoys, the stakcage of channels on the sea-coast, and public piers, shall continue to be defrayed by the united states, until the first day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, notwithstanding such light-houses, beacons, or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and the jurisdiction of the same, shall not, in the mean time, be ceded to, or vested in the united states, by the state or states respectively, in which the same may be: And the said time shall be further allowed to the states respectively, to make such cession. [See antea 8.]

12. SECT. II. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized and directed to cause a floating beacon or buoy to be provided and placed on Smith's point shoal, in the Chesapeake bay, and a beacon or floating buoy at the south-west straddle on the Royal-shoal, near Ocracoke inlet, in North-Carolina.

Nore. The first section of this act is continued in force for two years fron May 30, 1796. [See Vol. III. p. 351.]

ACT of April 5, 1794. (Vol. III. p. 31.)

13. SECT. I. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized and directed to cause to be placed buoys on the rocks called Black Ledge, or South-west Ledge, Goshen Reef, Bartlet's Reef, and Race Rock, off the harbor of New-London, in the state of Connecticut, at an expense, not to exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars; and to cause to be erected a beacon, and to be placed two buoys in the harbor of Portsmouth, in the state of New-Hampshire, at an expense, not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars: And likewise, to cause to be placed in Providence river, in the state of Rhode-Island, and in Savannah river, in the state of Georgia, and at the mouth of the same, buoys, not exceeding ten in number, for each river, and at an expense, not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, for each; the same to be placed in such parts of the said rivers, as he may judge most advantageous for the navigation thereof, respectively.

14. SECT. II. There shall be appropriated and paid out of the monies arising from the duties on imports and tonnage, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose aforesaid.

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15. SECT. I. As soon as the jurisdiction of so much of the head-land of Cape Hatteras in the state of North-Carolina, as the president of the united states shall deem sufficient and most proper for the conveni ence and accommodation of a light-house shall have been ceded to the united states, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to pro

vide by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house thereon, of the first rate, and furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the president for the superintendence and care of building said lighthouse: And the president is hereby authorized to make said appoint, ments. The number and disposition of the lights in the said lighthouse shall be such, as may tend to distinguish it from others, and as far as practicable, to prevent mistakes in navigators.

16. SECT. II. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building on an island in the harbor of Occacock, called Shell Castle, a lighted beacon of a wooden frame, fifty-five feet high, to be twenty-two feet at the base, and to be reduced gradually to twelve feet at the top exclusively of the lantern, which shall be made to contain one large lamp with four wicks, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies. Provided, That no such lighted beacon shall be erected, until a cession of a sufficient quantity of land on the said island shall be made to the united states, by the consent of the legislature of the state of North-Carolina.

17. SECT. III. Sufficient monies shall be appropriated for the erecting and completing the buildings aforesaid out of any monies heretofore appropriated which may remain unexpended, after satisfying the purposes for which they were appropriated, or out of any monies which may be in the treasury not subject to any prior appropriation.

ACT of May 19, 1794. (Vol. III. p. 65.)

18. SECT. I. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide, by contract, which shall be approved by the president of the united states, for building a light-house on the island of Seguin, near the entrance of the river Kennebeck, in the district of Maine, (the commonwealth of Massachusetts having ceded to the united states ten acres of the said island, for that purpose) and to furnish the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons, who may be appointed by the president, for the superintendence and care of the same: And the president is hereby autho rized to make the said appointments: The number or disposition of the light or lights in the said light-house, shall be such as may tend to distinguish it from others, as far as is practicable.

SECT. II. A sum not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be appropriated for the same, out of any monies heretofore appropriated, which may remain unexpended, after satisfying the purpose for which they were appropriated, or out of any other monies which may be in the treasury, not subject to any prior appropriations.

19. SECT. III. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to cause a beacon to be erected, and three buoys to be placed at the entrance of Saint Mary's river in the state of Georgia, and a sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, shall be appropriated in like manner, as the sum for defraying the expenses for erecting a light-house on the

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