Organization and Duties of the Light-House Board
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ISBN13: 9781151400475
Paperback|9781151400475
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864. Excerpt: ... RULES, REGULATIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONS. Inspectors' duties. Inspect once a quarter. Lights, &c, to be inspected in regular order. To make quarter-ly reports of ser-vices. Special reports. To report special and general information. When authorized to travel. I. Inspectors assigned from the array or navy are charged in their respective districts with the general and special care of light-hounes, beacons, light vessels, buoys, and other aids to navigation, and with making, -in the absence of the engineers, all such repairs, renovations, and improvements in light-houses, &c, as require, in their opinion, immediate attention.--(Section 12, act approved August 31, 1852.) II. Inspectors provided with light-house and buoy tenders are required to visit the lights once a quarter, if practicable, provided it can be done without detriment to other and more important duties in the districts. Those who are not provided with tenders, or in cases in which the tenders cannot be spared from the current service, shall report the facts to the Board whenever it may be necessary to make a tour of inspection, and await instructions upon the subject. III. Inspectors are required to make quarterly reports of the condition and wants of such of the light-houses, lightvessels, and other aids to navigation as were visited by them during the quarter, and of the state of the buoyage, stakage, fcc, in their respective districts, accompanied by a list of corrections of the printed buoy lists. Those lights, &c, unavoidably omitted in one quarter, will be taken up first, in regular order, during the ensuing quarter, and so on until all in the district shall have been visited, examined, and reported upon. IV. Reports shall be made by inspectors of services performed, at the close of each quart...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151400475 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151400475 |
| Weight | 0.31 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.21 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 86 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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