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AN ACTTo rrcct a light-house on Point Judith, in the state of Rhode-Island.BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Thai the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he hereby is authorized and required, to cause a good and sufficient light-house tobe erected on Point Judith, in the state of llhode-Island, and to appoint the keeper of the said light-house, under the direction of the President of the United States, and otherwise to provide for such light-house at the expense of the United States : Provided, That sufficient land for accommodation of such light-house, can be obtained, at a reasonable price, and the legislature of Rhode-Island shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And the sum not exceeding five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting the said light-house ; to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the treasury, to cause the said light-house to be so constructed, that the light, on being discovered, may with certainty be distinguished from that of other light-houscs, heretofore erected in its neighborhood.J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives.GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. PanRUAKY 10, IttOy.APPROVE O,Til'. JEFFERSON. , _
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Washington National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Wed, Feb 17, 1808
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