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[EY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Congress of the United
States .
At rhe firft Seflion, begun and
held at tne City of Wafhwig
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 71b
of December, 1801, 1
jin \CT author fug the ere ft ten
of Light-Heuies ; and [or other
purptfes.
BE it enabledhy the Senate end
Houfe of Reprefent Stives cf
the United States cf America , in -
Ctngrefs affemhled, That under
the direction of the Secretary
cf the Treafury, riicQe lhall be
purchafed, for the ufe of the
United States, the land whereon
lately Hood the I ighe I loufe on
Gurnet Point, and to much
’land adjoining thereto, as may
be fum lent for vaults, and any
other purpofe neceffiry for the
better fupportof the laid Light-
Houfe.
Sec. 1. And he it further
enabled, I hat the fecretary of
the treafhrv fhall be, and he is
j '
hereby authorifed, at his dilcrc
iion, to procure a new lanthern
or lantherns, with fuitable dif
tinibons, and to caufe conve
nient vault*, to be erected ; and
the Laid licht-houfe on the Gur
bet, a: the entrance of Pl ; mouth,
haibour to be rebuilt.
Sec. 7. And he it further
, j r
enabled, That the fecretary or
the treafury fnali be, and he is
hereby author!fed to caufe to
be rebuilt, of fuch height as
. he may deem expedient, the
light houfe now firuated on the
call cm end of New Caßle If
land, at the entrance of Pifca
taqua river, either on the land
owned by the United State;, or
on Pollock Rock ; Provided,
that it built on Pollock Rock,
the Legißature of New- 1 lamp
. Hi ire fnali veil the property of
the laid rock in the United
States, and cede the juriidiclion
of the fame.
Sec. 4. And he it further
tnhcledy That the fecretary of
the treafury Hi all be, and he is
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE •
A N I)
REPUBLICAN TR U M PET-
rw i ■ vrr»ar jkj *k« -a**
hereby authoiifed and dire God
to caufe a fufficient light-houfe
to be eroded on 1 ynde’s point,
at the mouth of Connecticut
river, in the Rate ofConnedicur,
and to appoint a keeper, and
! other wife provide for fuch light
houfe, at the expenfe of the j
United States ; Provided , That
fufhcient land for the acconv
I modation of fuch light-houfe I
j car. be purchafed at a reasonable i
I price, and the leg’fUture of the
(late t f Connedicut hull cede
the jnnfdidion over the fame
to the United States.
Sec. 5. Ami he it further
enaftedy That the fecretary ot
the treafury be direded to caufe .
proper light-houfes to be bulk, I
and buoys to be placed, in tne !
fituations necelfary for rhe navi
gation of the found between
1 Long Inland and the main; and i
| be, to that efFcd, audiorifed to '
caufe, by proper and intelligent
perfons, a furvey to be taken
of the laid found, a: far as may
be requilue ; and to appoint
| kcept rs and otherwife provide
j for Inch light-houfes, at the
-j expenfe of the United States :
Provided, That fiifrlcienr land !
for the accommodation of the j
rclpeidive light-houles can be
purchafed at a reafbnable price ;
and that the leg'flaruicsofßhode
Hand, Connedicut, and New-
York, fhall, rcfpedively, ctde
the jurifdidion over the fame j
to the United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further
enabled, That the fecretary .of
die treafury fnali be, and he is
hereby authonhd and directed
to caufe a fufficient light-houfe
to be erected on the faith point 1
of Cumberland Hand, at the
entrance of St. Mary’s river,
within the Race of Georg a ;
and thar, under the direction
of the Laid fecretary, thcie fhall
be purchafed, it the fame can
not otherwife be obtained, fuf
ficient land for die erefhon cf
the faid light-houfe, and accom
modations for the better fupport
thereof: Provided, That die
legi Rati ire of Georgia fnali cede
the jurifdiftion over the fame
to the Uni tC c States.
Sec. 7. And he it further
enaffedy That tnerc fhall be,
and hereby are appropriated,
for the re-imbuiTeuienc cf the
merchants cf Plymouth and
Duxbury, for monies expended
by them in erecting a temporary
light on the Gurnet, a fum not
exceeding two hundred and fc
! ventv dollars ; for the rebuild
j ing the light-houfe on the faid
I Garner, a fum not exceeding
j two thou land five hundred dol
*! lars ; for the rebuilding of the
' J-ghw-LoufeoadiS caßcra end of
• smu urerv m«. r—r m. m « *—• •» mmm mm
New-C a Pile Tfland, a Turn not
excet ding four thoufand dollars;
and for the credlion of the laid
light-houfe on faid Lymle’s |
poinr, a him not exceeding two j
thoulknd five hundred dollars ;
for the eredirn of the light- '
O I
houfe on Cumberland fouth
point, a 1’ m not exceeding four >
thoufind dollars j and for taking
the furvey, and for creding
light-houfes ami placing buoy >
in the found, a fum not exceed
ing e»g : ’t thouland dollars; to
be paid out of any monies whic h
may be in the treafury, not
otherwife appropriated.
Sec. 8. And he it further
enafled, Thar it fhall be lawful
i for the fecretary of the treafury,
! under the direction <d the Prc
fident of the United States, to
caufe to be expended, in rc
, pairingand erecting public piers,
! in the liver Delaware, a fum
not exceeding hirty thouland
dollars : and ti at the fame be
! paid out of any monies in the
treafury, not otherwife appro
priated : Provided, That the
jurifcii£tion of the fuo whore any
fuch piers may beerciTed, fhad
1 be firft ceded to tlic United
j otales, according to the condi
tions in fuch cale by law pro
vided.
Nat mangel Macon,
Speaker cf the 7 1 ufe f U epre
fer fat ives.
A A RON TT UX X ,
J ice-Pr efdent of the United states
and Prejident of the Senate.
Approved, April 6, idoa.
T HOM AS JE F F ERSON,
Prejident of the United Slates. ;
j An ACL to eft ah itfh an Uniterm ;
rule cf naturalization, and to j
repeal the ads beret if ore tajfed
on treat fuajeit
\ eE it enabled hy tne Senate and
1 * Houfe of lieprefentalives of
the United States of America , in
Cor greys affembled. That any.
alien being a free white perfon,
may be admitted to become a
citizen of the United rates, or
any of them, oa the following
conditT »ns, and not otherwife :
Fir ft, i hat he fhall have de
clared, on oath or affirmation,
before the fupremc, Inperior,
diftrict or circuit court of fame
one of the Rates, or of the ter
ritorial diftrifrs of the United
I States, or a circuit or diftrid
court of die Lmitcd States,
three years at leak, before his
adiTiifTion, t’ at it V. ao >ona fide,
his intention to become a citizen
of the United States, and to
renounce forever, all allegiance
and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, Rare or foven-ignty
wh never, and particularly by
name the prince, pot'cr.tarc^.
or fovcrcignty whereof fiich
alien may, at the time, be a
citizen or fuhjeft.
Secondly , That he fhali, at the
time of his application to br*
admitted, declare on oath or
affirmation, before fome oik of
the courts afordaid, that he will
I fupport tne conftuucion of the
United States, and that he doth*
ahfolu;cl> r and entirely renounce
and abjure ail allegiance and
fidelity to every foreign prince,
p militate, (late or fovemgnty
whatever, and particularly hy
name the prince, potentate,
ft ate, or fovereignty whereof
he was before a cmzf ri or fub
jc<T ; which proceedings f all
be recorded by the clerk of t ic
court.
Thirdly , That the court ad
mitting fiich alien (hall be fa
tislied that he has refuted within
the United States live years a:
it aft", and witliin the (late or
territory where Inch court is at
the time held, one year at leaft ;
and it fl»Tl further appear to their
fan s: action, that dunn rr thalll me,
9 *
he lias behaved as a man of a
good moral diaratfer, attached
to the principles or die confti
tution of the United States, and
well dilpofed to the good order
and Jiappi .( Is of the fame :—-
i'hat ti.e oa li of the
applicant fhail, in no cafe, be
allow. d to prove Iks rcTidence.
Fourthly , That in rale lie
alien applying to be admitted to
ciuzenfhi s 111 all have borne
any hereditary tide, or been of
any of die orders of nobihtv in
| the kingdom or ft ate from which
; he came, he fnaii, in addition
|to thc above rcquifUe, make a n
i exprefs renunciation of his tide
or order of nobi) y in the court
to which his applicad >n fh.iil be
made, which renunciation ftiall
be recorded in the laid court :
Prozided, That no alien who
ftraii be a native citizen, denizen
or fubji dt of any country, flate
nr fo vertigo, with whom the
United States ftiall be at war/
at the time of his applical on,
ftiall be tl.cn admitted to be a
citizen of the United State:-. :
Provided r/h, Thar any alien
who was redding within the li
mits, and under the junfiScftion
i of the United States, before
the twenty-ninth day of January,
one thou fund l.wen hundred and
ninety-five, im.y be admit tec!
to becon ea citizen, on due
proof made to home one of the
courts afore'hi J; that lie lis
ref Jed tv. o .cars, at Irz.ft, within
and under the junfdidlion of the
1 p.ited State:, and one ’.ear, at
It aft, inwvitdi; rely preceding
his ‘Opylication, within the itacc
cr wi.uc f-wii court