United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 49
Chap. XLIX.—An Act to erect a Lighthouse at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and also a Lighthouse at or near the pitch of Cape Lookout, in the state of North Carolina; and a beacon at the north point of Sandy Hook.
Lighthouse to be built at the Mississippi under contract to be approved by the President.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That under the direction of the President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by contract, to be approved by the President, for building a lighthouse at the mouth of the river Mississippi, on such site as the President of the United States may deem most proper for the convenient and accommodation thereof.
Lighthouse to be built at or near the pitch of Cape Lookout in North Carolina, under contract to be approved by the President.
Jurisdiction of the soil to be first conveyed to the United States.
Lighthouses at both places to be provided with keepers, &c. &c.
Appropriation for the foregoing purposes.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as land sufficient shall be obtained at a reasonable price for the purpose and the jurisdiction of the land so to be obtained shall have been ceded to the United States by the state of North Carolina, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide by contract, for building a lighthouse on or near the pitch of Cape Lookout, in the said state of North Carolina, which contract shall be approved by the President of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the said secretary to furnish the said lighthouses on Cape Lookout and the mouth of the Mississippi 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 such appointments.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses which shall accrue in consequence of the two first sections of this act, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
A beacon to be erected at the north point of Sandy Hook.
Appropriation.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as the fee of the soil shall have vested in the United States, to cause a beacon to be erected on the north point of Sandy Hook, and the sum of two thousand dollars out of any unappropriated monies is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Approved, March 26, 1804.