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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · October 1, 1888 · Chapter 1059

Chapter 1059.

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CHAP. 1059.— An act providing for the erection of sundry light-houses and fog-signals in Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Erie, and Michigan, and range-lights in Lake St. Clair and Detroit River.October 1, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lighthouses, fog-signals, etc., established.Beaver Island. That a fog-signal be established at Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, at a cost not to exceed five thousand five hundred dollars.
That a fog-signal be established at Machinac Point, Straits ofMackinac Point. Mackinac, at a cost not to exceed five thousand live hundred dollars. That a lighthouse be established at White Shoals, or at SimmonsWhite Shoals. Reef, Lake Michigan, as the Light House Board may determine, at a cost not to exceed sixty thousand dollars. That a fog-signal be established at Twin River Point, Lake Michigan,Twin River Point. at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. That a fog-whistle be established on the breakwater at Chicago,Chicago.
Illinois, at a cost not exceeding five thousand two hundred dollars. That a steam-fog signal be established at Manistee Light Station,Manistee. Lake Michigan, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. That range-lights be established in the channel of Detroit River,Detroit River. Michigan, between Fighting Island and Lime Kiln Crossing, at a cost not exceeding seven thousand dollars. That a fog-whistle be established on the breakwater at Cleveland,Cleveland.
Ohio, at a cost not exceeding five thousand two hundred dollars. That a fog-signal be established at LaPointe (Point Chequamegon),La Pointe. entrance to Ashland Harbor, Lake Superior, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. That a fog-signal be established at Point Iroquois, Lake Superior,Point Iroquois. at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. That a fog-signal be established at Cheboygan Point Light Station,Cheboygan. Lake Huron, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. 500FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 1059–1061. 1888. Presque Isle.That a fog-signal be established at Presque Isle, Lake Huron, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Lake Saint Clair.That range lights and stakes be established in Lake Saint Clair from Grosse Point to the entrance of Detroit River, at a cost not to exceed three thousand dollars. Saint Clair Ship Canal.That range-lights be established at Russel Island to Saint Clair, Flats Canal, Lake Saint Clair, at a cost not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.
Two Harbors.That a fog-whistle be established at Two Harbors, Lake Superior, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars. Devil’s Island.That a light be established at Devil’s Island, Apostle Group, Lake Superior, at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. Duluth.That range-lights be established at Duluth Harbor, at a cost not to exceed three thousand two hundred and eighty-four dollars and twelve cents. Approved, October 1, 1888. Chapter 1060: providing for the establishment of an additional life-saving station on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
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