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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, intituled “,” approved on the seventh of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the term of two years from the passage of this act, and no longer.

, March 16, 1804.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of defraying the expense which may arise in carrying into effect the convention concluded between the United States and the king of Spain, on the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and two, the following sums, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same hereby are appropriated, that is to say:

For the salaries of the commissioners, including half the compensation of the fifth commissioner, half the expenses of the board, and the contingent expenses of the commissioners of the United States, twelve thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars: Provided, that the compensation to be allowed to any of the commissioners, who may be appointed in pursuance of the said convention, shall not exceed the rate of four thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars per annum.

For the salary of an agent, whom the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint, for the purpose of supporting the claims of citizens of the United States, before the board of commissioners, and to whom a compensation, not exceeding the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, may be allowed, three thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized to make the appointment of the said commissioners and agent, during the recess of the Senate, and to grant to the persons thus appointed, commissions which shall remain in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.

. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force, from and after the day when the exchange of ratifications of the said convention shall be made.

, March 16, 1804.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as the proprietor of the south end or point of St. Simon’s island in the state of Georgia, shall convey, by good and sufficient titles, unto the United States, so much land on the south end of the said island, as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper for the site and accommodation of a lighthouse; and the jurisdiction of the land, so to be conveyed, shall have been ceded to the United States, by the state of