Chapter 234. to authorize the city of Chicago to erect a crib in Lake Michigan for waterworks purposes
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CHAP. 234.— An Act to authorize the city of Chicago to erect a crib in Lake Michigan for waterworks purposes.May 9, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lake Michigan. That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,Chicago authorized to extend waterworks. to extend a tunnel, or inlet pipes, into Lake Michigan, so far as may be deemed necessary, to insure a supply of pure FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 234, 241, 242. 1888.137 water and to erect a pier or piers and crib in the navigable waters of said lake, for the making, preserving and working of said aqueducts or pipes or tunnel, the plan and location thereof to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That said city shall furnish*Proviso*.Lights. and maintain at its own expense, such beacon-lights or other signals on such piers or crib, as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. Approved, May 9, 1888.