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LIGHT HOUSE BOARD
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RECEIVED
MAY 23 1906

Department of Commerce and Labor
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Washington

May 22, 1906.

Hon. J.M. Gearin,

United States Senate,

Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Referring again to your letter of April 20, 1906, inquiring as to whether the lighthouse reservation on Yaquina Bay, Oregon, could be acquired by private parties I have the honor to state that this lighthouse reservation being needed for life-saving purposes was on May 12, 1906, turned over to the Treasury Department for the use of the Life-Saving Service.

Respectfully,

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Assistant Secretary.