Chapter 4.
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CHAP. 4.— An act to aid in the protection of the public buildings and property against loss and damage by fire Dec. 13, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a commission composed ofProtection of public buildings from fire. the Commissioner of Patents, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby constituted and authorized to examine such automatic signal telegraph systems as may be submitted to them by the owners and agents thereof,
(257)258 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 4, 5. 1878. and to ascertain which of the same, is best adapted for the purpose of the earliest and most certain transmission by signal of the occurrence of fire, and also the adaptability, usefulness, and need of the same for the further protection of the buildings and property of the government in the several departments in Washington, and to report the results of their examination to the next session of Congress Approved, December 13, 1878.