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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 29 STAT. · April 24, 1896 · Chapter 120

Chapter 120. Providing for a naval training station on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 120.— An Act Providing for a naval training station on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes.April 24, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Yerba Buena Island, Cal.Naval apprentice training station established. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a training station for naval apprentices on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California; and said Secretary is authorized to designate two officers of the Navy, and the Secretary of War is authorized to designate one officer of the Army, said three officers to constituteSite. a board, who shall select and assign so much of said islandFIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 120, 121. 1896.97 as maybe necessary for the purpose of establishing said naval training station; and the site so selected, when approved by the President, shall be, by virtue of this Act, transferred to the Navy Department for the purposes of said naval training station. Sec. 2. That all apprentices of the Navy, whether at a training stationApprentices not included in limit of enlisted men.R. S., sec. 1417, p. 250. or on board an apprentice training ship, shall be additional to the number of enlisted persons allowed bylaw for the Navy.
Approved, April 24, 1896. Chapter 121: To grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. 29 Stat. 97 1896-04-24 Chapter 121 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 2 public
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