April 8, 1848.
Chap. XXVIII. — An Act to change the Location of certain Lighthouses and Buoys.
Change of location of certain lighthouses.
Beacon and buoy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 following named lighthouses, directed to be built by the act of the last session, to wit: From Telless 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 knoll 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 lighthouse, 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 buoy authorized by the said act to be placed at the entrance
of Bull's Bay, shall be placed at such point as the collector of the port of Charleston,
South Carolina, shall direct.
Approved, April 8, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 219