be lawful for the said company, to cause each leaf of the said draw to be made of the width of twenty feet instead of thirty-six feet, the width of the said bridge; and if at any time hereafter the channel under the said princ pal draw of thirty-five feet shall change and shift to and under any other part of said bridge, then it shall be the duty of said company at all times to remove the former and keep a good and sufficient draw of thirty five feet in width over the main and principal channel, wherever the same shall pass under the said bridge; provided, that the same shall appear necessary on a survey to be made by three commissioners to be appointed for that purpose by the President of the United States.

A second made across the Maryland

draw to be

channel.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall, in like manner, cause a draw or passage way, at least fifteen feet wide, to be m..de in the said bridge, across the other channel of the said river, near the eastern shore, commonly called the Maryland channel, subject to all the restrictions, penalties and provisions contained in the last preceding section, for keeping and maintaining the draw or passage way over the main channel of the said river, except so far as respects the building of wharves on each side thereof: Provided, The same shall appear Proviso. necessary on a view and survey thereof, by three commissioners to be appointed for that purpose by the President of the United States.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That Tolis. as soon as the said bridge and wharves shall be erected and built, and furnished and completed, as required by this act, the said com

Penalty.

tolls.

be presented for such neglect, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof, to pay to the United States a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court; and shall also be responsible for all damages which may be sustained by any person or persons in consequence of such want of repair, to be recovered in an action or actions of trespass on the case, in any court compe. tent to try the same.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That Limitation of the toll to be taken at the said bridge shall be receivable by the said corporation, for and during the term of sixty years, to commence from the day when the said bridge shall be opened for passengers; after which time the said bridge shall be the property of the United States, and the said corporation be dissolved.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEO. CLINTON,

Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.

February 5, 1808.

APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

CHAPTER XVI.

AN ACT to erect a light-house on Point Judith, in the state of Rhode Island.

BE

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he

Point Judith.

hereby is authorized and required, to cause Light house a good and sufficient light house to be to be built on erected on Point Judith, in the state of Rhode 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, Proviso. That sufficient land for accommodation of such light-house can be obtained, at a reasonable price, and the legislature of RhodeIsland shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And the sum Appropria not exceeding five thousand dollars is here- tion. by appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting the said lighthouse; to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

structed as

may be dis

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Light-house it shall be the duty of the secretary of the to be so contreasury, to cause the said light house to be that the light so constructed, that the light on being discovered, may with certainty be distinguished from that of other light houses, 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.

February 10, 1808.

APPROVED,

E

TH: JEFFERSON.

tinguished

Specific appropriations.

CHAPTER XVII.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the expenditures of the civil list in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and offices; for the compensation of the several loan officers and their clerks, and for books and stationery for the same; for the payment of annuities and grants; for the support of the mint establish. ment; for the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations; for the support of light. houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers; for defraying the expenses of surveying the public lands, and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:

For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, es. timated for a session of four months and a half continuance, two hundred and one thousand, four hundred and twenty five dollars:

For the expense of fire wood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two Houses of Congress, twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars:

For all contingent expenses of the library of Congress, and the librarian's allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, eight hundred dollars:

For compensation to the President and Specific apVice President of the United States, thirty propriations: thousand dollars:

For compensation to the secretary of state, clerks and persons employed in that department, thirteen thousand dollars:

For the incidental and contingent expenses of the said department, four thousand two hundred dollars:

For printing and distributing copies of the laws of the first session of the tenth Congress, and printing the laws in newspapers, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars:

For special messengers charged with despatches, two thousand dollars:

For compensation to the secretary of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars:

For the expense of translating foreign languages, allowance to the person employed in receiving and transmitting passports and sea letters, stationery and printing, one thousand dollars:

For compensation to the comptroller of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars:

For expense of stationery, printing and incidental and contingent expenses of the comptroller's office, eight hundred dollars:

For compensation to the auditor of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty one dollars:

For expense of stationery, printing, and incidental and contingent expenses in the office