...Congress assembled that the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military...points in the States and Territories of the United States for giving notice on the northern lakes and seacoasts, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals,...

...S. Grant signed the joint resolution that authorized and required the secretary of war "to provide for taking meteorological observations, at the military...for giving notice, on the northern lakes and on the seacoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storm."4 These few...

...Lapham's cause, and on February 2, 1870 he introduced a Joint Congressional Resolution ... to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military...for giving notice on the northern Lakes and on the sea coast by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms. The resolution...

...observations was the US Army Signal Service. On February 9, 1870, a joint resolution of Congress provided "for taking meteorological observations at the military...States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and at the seacoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms." The...

...Congrrux axxembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military...States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and ou the sea-eoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms. ACT...

...9, 1870, by the signature of the President, became an Act, authorising "the Secretary of War to take meteorological observations at the military stations...points in the states and territories of the United State*, and to give notice on the Northern Lakes and Sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals,...

...possible. When Grant put his signature to the 1870 resolution requiring the Secretary of War "to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military...and at other points in the States and Territories . . . and for giving notice on the northern (Great) lakes and on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph...

...2, 1870 Paine introduced a joint Congressional Resolution requiring the Secretary of War "to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military...and at other points in the States and territories... and for giving notice on the northern (Great) lakes and on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph and marine...

...nature as may by law be placed under his administration. He is required to provide for the taking, of meteorological observations at the military stations...and at other points in the States and Territories ; arranges the course of studies at the Military Academy; submits to Congress all estimates for public...

...in it. Sections 221 and 222 of the Revised Statutes require meteorological observations to be taken at the military stations in the interior of the Continent...and at other points in the States and Territories, for giving notice of the approach and force of storms. The Secretary of War is also required to provide,...