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,cape P~a:r-;ri'~tr ift ,lM 8ttl.t~of' Nr;wtl~, ,C:ar1)Unaii' rmil01ea.]1 Be: it t.na~te.d 1Jy.tie; Senate a:rtd 11(Ju's~ t!f R6~smtatiu~8 t& __ SeQ.f't)JbUy Q,f' ,Unite'fl States ,of America m [CfmgTes,s' a~s's.BNtbled~,. '(be iSI'c~'I~ary Tha't :r:~,JI~r1 ~[fin- [of tbe, Tre t8J~U,-.[T,f"'" ·under.::the dir,eetioD_ o[f the Preside-at .... __ ,.U:oite,d [0,',.,-the, '~!3\IW tl!i$ Ug:ht.... b t::. ,",,'L. d . ~'iIl.. 'ibO'!,l'S!i!!1 ~D! Baild.... States.) be ButiliOt'lZed'J' &:3; 8000 ':u~,m:ay be, to cause to ne ,iUDla~e'_'.Jill :9U,~1I. .h!ead in NOl'ta manner 8S sbaD a;ypeu' ad'vieab1.'e, the lighthouse h.eflelofofle beguD, 'ulld'ST 'Oato'Uua., . - the au,thority [of the s~ate:of N,o,rth Carmina,; on Baldb:e~ad 'wt tbe moufh [of Cape Fe',ar river in llle s;~id ,et~te =. ,A,nd 'that a" SU.~, n~t lexe[ood~g four thousand d.onars~ be app'r,op':r.i~ted for ~,b!eSiame'~ ou.t, [of 'monies, b,€:l"ctofore, appf'opriateil" w'hieh m,ay remafn unex,peDded~,after' sat1s(ymg' the 'p~:r,rH]@e6 lor which. they- '",ere apprnpria;ted; or out :~lly 'oth,er' monles, \vhicll. In,ay be: in the 't're:1I6tuy; Dot ;so'bject to· ;a:oy prior' appro-,

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Be it ,,:rtar;Ud Ig ,tAe Stn.a"e anil' HUttiUJ. ~f Repres'entai'i;u'eJ qf t,~e ,Un~d, States_, ~l Amerie_a in. C~e5s' as'sembled~ a~i' , is ~~,e~lI I SECTJO-N

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