Chapter 231. Authorizing certain life-saving apparatus to be placed at the Farallone Islands, off the coast of California
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CHAP. 231.— An Act Authorizing certain life-saving apparatus to be placed at the Farallone Islands, off the coast of California. May 30, 1908.[[S. 5983](/us/bill/70/s/5983).][[Public, No. 171](/us/pl/70/171).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theLife-Saving Service.Lyle gun. etc., to be placed at Farallone Islands, Cal. Treasury is hereby authorized to cause a Lyle gun and the necessary beach apparatus used in connection with it to be placed at the Faral- lone Islands, off the coast of California, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend, and to furnish ammunition for said gun and make repairs to the apparatus from time to time as necessary. 554 Sec. 2.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized toDetail of surfman to instruct inhabitants. detail an experienced surfman from one of the life-saving stations on the coast of California for duty at the Farallone Islands for a sufficient time to instruct and drill the inhabitants of the islands as to the proper use and care of the life-saving apparatus. Approved, May 30, 1908.