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IOFFICIAL.J
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the First Session OF the FORTH.
third Con Frsss.
GENERAL NATURR-No. III

GENERAL NATURR-No. Ill
AN ACT TO provide for the establishment of
life saving stations and houses of refuge upon
the sea and lake coasts of the United States,
and TO promote the efficiency OF the life-saVing
service.
Be IL enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtireS Of the United States Of America an Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury lie hereby authorized to establish life-saving
stations, hte-bost stations, and houses of refuge
for the better preservation of life and property
from shipwreck, at or in the vicinity OF the
following named points upon the sea and lake
coasts Of the United States, namely:
ON THE COAST OF DELAWARE.
Cape Henlopen, complete Hfe-saving sta
ton; Indian River, complete life-ssTing sta
ton.
ON THE COAST OF MARYLAND.
Green Run Inlet, complete life saving sta
ton.
ON THE COAST OF VIRGINIA.
Cbincoteague, a complete hfe-savlng station:
Watchapreague Inlet, a complete life-sayng
station; Hog Island, complete lfe-saving sta
ton; Sandy Shoal Island, complete life-savng
station; Smiths Island, complete hfe-saying
station.
ON THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
About eighteen miles north of Indian River
Inlet, house OF refuge; Gilbert's Bar, house
OF refugei near orange Grove, a house Of refuge;
between Hillsborough and New River Inlet, a
house of refuge; about ten miles south OF New
River Inlet, a house of refuge.
Neah Bay, life-boat station; ShOslwster
Bay, life-bost station; Cape Disappointment,
lfe-boat station.
ON THE COAST OF OREGON.
Cape Arago, a life boat station.
ON The COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
Humboldt Bay, a hfe-boa. station; Point
Reyes, nfe-boat station; between Point Lobos
and Point San Pedro, a life-b boat station; Point
Conception, near the lighthouse, life-bOat
station.
ON THE COAST OF LAKE ONTARIO.
Mexico Bay, about seven miles westward of
Stony Point, a complete life-ssving station;
Mexico Bay, about seven miles eastward OF
Nine Mile Point, a complete life saving station;
Oswego, a e-boat station; Charlotte, q life
boat station.
ON THE COAST OF LAKE ERIE.
Buffalo, life-boat station; Presque Isle, a
complete life-saving station, Fairport, q life
boat station; Cleveland, Iife-bost station;
Marblehead (SanduskyD q life-boat station.
ON TIE COAST OF LAKE HURON.
Point aux Bsrques, complete life-savfng
s Sturgeon Point. a Complete iifs-ssvins Station;
Nerth Point, Thunder Bay, life-boat station;
Forty Mile Point, Q complete ufe-saving sta
ton.
on rHs COAST or LAKE NrcHreAx.
Beaver Island, life-boat station; Norls
Msnitou Island, life-boat station; Point aux
Bee Scies, o complete life-ssving station; Grsnde
ton. Grand Haven, . lifeboat station; saint
Joseph's, life boat station; Chicago, . life
boat station; Crosse Point, . completes life
waukee, q life-boat station; Sbeboyean. life
boat station; Twin Rivers Point, . hfe-boat
station.
on THE COAST or LAKE SUPERIOR.
Between White Fish Point and Point an Ssu-
BILE, four complete life-saving stations.
SIC. z That the Secretary Of the Treasury d
may become necessaxy for the proper adminis-
tration Of the lfe- saving service, and the pro-
lection Of the public property q the ststIons
tabiished, to appoint one superintendent for the
coasts OF Delaware and Virginia, one for the
coast Of Florida, one for the coasts Of Lakes