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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for supplying the deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and five, the further sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated.

, January 22, 1806.

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 shall be, and he hereby is authorized and required, to cause two good and sufficient lighthouses to be erected in Long Island sound, one to be placed on Watch Hill Point, in the town of Westerly, and state of Rhode Island, and the other on Sands’s or Watch Point, in the town of Northampsted, on Long Island, in the state of New York, and to appoint the keepers of the said lighthouses, (under the direction of the President of the United States,) and otherwise provide for such lighthouses, at the expense of the United States: Provided, that sufficient land, for the accommodation of such lighthouses, can be obtained, at a reasonable price, and the legislatures of Rhode Island and New York shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting the said lighthouses, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the said lighthouses so to be constructed, that their lights, on being discovered, may with certainty be distinguished from those of all other lighthouses, heretofore erected in their neighborhood.

. And be it further enacted, That the town or landing place of Roxbury, in the state of Massachusetts, shall be a port of delivery, to be annexed to the district of Boston and Charlestown, and shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions, as other ports of delivery in the United States.

, January 22, 1806.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a sum of two millions of dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying any extraordinary expenses which may be incurred in the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, who shall cause an account thereof to be laid before Congress as soon as may be.

. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and hereby is authorized, if necessary, to borrow the said sum, or any part thereof, in behalf of the United States, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum, per annum, redeemable at the will of the