Correspondence and reports from the U.S. advisory council, 1866-1878.

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Correspondence and reports from the U.S. advisory council, 1866-1878.

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When the Board of Harbor Commissioners was established in 1866, it appointed an advisory council made up of representatives from the U.S. Coast Survey and others, which issued reports to the board relating to the improvement, development, and protection of Massachusetts waterways.

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Massachusetts. Board of Harbor Commissioners

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The Board of Harbor Commissioners was created by chapter 149 of the acts of 1866 to provide general care and supervision over all the harbors, tidewaters, and flats in Massachusetts except for Back Bay lands in Boston, which remained under the charge of the Commissioners on Public Lands (St 1861, c 89). The board was comprised of five members appointed by the governor. They were required to keep account of their actual services and expenses and to submit an annual report...

United States coast survey

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