Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

30th CONGRESS,
30th1st Session. H. R. 175.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
February 10, 1848.
Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
AN ACT
To change the location of certain light-houses and buoys.

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14 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and directed to change the location of the fol-
lowing named light-houses, directed to be built by the act
of the last session, to wit: From Teller’s point on the
Hudson river to Tarrytown point on said river; from
Galveston Island to Bolivar point; from Long island, in
Savannah river, to the knob connected with Cockspur
island in the said river; and that the Secretary of the
Treasury be authorized to substitute a dumb beacon
instead of a light-house, if he shall deem it best for the
public interest, from Santee river to the outer point of
Bull’s island, at the entrance of Bull’s bay; and that the

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18 buoy authorized by the said act, to be placed at the en-
trance of Bull’s bay, shall be placed at such point as the
collector of the port of Charleston, South Carolina, shall
direct.

Passed the House of Representatives: February 8, 1848.
Attest: THO. J. CAMPBELL, Clerk.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to change the location of the fol- lowing named light-houses, directed to be built by the act of the last session, to wit: From Teller’s point on the Hudson river to Tarrytown point on said river; from Galveston Island to Bolivar point; from Long island, in Savannah river, to the knob connected with Cockspur island in the said river; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to substitute a dumb beacon instead of a light-house, if he shall deem it best for the public interest, from Santee river to the outer point of Bull’s island, at the entrance of Bull’s bay; and that the
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15 16 17 18	buoy authorized by the said act, to be placed at the en- trance of Bull’s bay, shall be placed at such point as the collector of the port of Charleston, South Carolina, shall direct.