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Congress Authorizes The United States Life-Saving Service
On August 14, 1848, the 30th U.S. Congress passed an amendment to an appropriations bill that represented the beginning of a federally funded and organized life-saving service, starting in Monmouth County. Later known as “The Newell Act,” for Congressman William A. Newell of New Jersey, the amendment read as follows: In New Jersey. – For providing …
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