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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · August 30, 1890 · Chapter 840

Chapter 840.

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CHAP. 840.— An act to establish a fog-signal at or near the Cuckolds Island, at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor, otherwise known as Townsend Harbor, Maine.August 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cuckolds Island, Boothbay (Townsend) Harbor, Me.Establishing fog-signal at. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to establish a fog-signal at or near Cuckolds Island, at the entrance of Boothbay Harbor, otherwise known as Townsend Harbor, Maine, at a cost, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, including the costCost. of the site.
Approved, August 30, 1890. Chapter 841: to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Chapter 841 26 Stat. 417 1890-08-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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