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HeinOnline Citation: 30 Stat. 1896-1899 Content downloaded/printed from HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org) Wed Oct 7 16:19:14 2009 -- Your use of this HeinOnline PDF indicates your acceptance of HeinOnline's Terms and Conditions of the license agreement available at http://heinonline.org/HOL/License -- The search text of this PDF is generated from uncorrected OCR text. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1121 CHAP. 425.--An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and March 3, 1899. preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums f ^"harborsfor money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money rlvers an< ar ors' in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, com pletion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: Improving Moosabec Bar, Maine: Completing improvement, eleven Moosebec Ba r. thousand dollars. He. For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine Breakwater, Mount Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Desert, Me. Improving harbor at Sullivan Falls, Maine, in accordance with the approved project, five thousand dollars. Harbors. Sullivan FaQs, Ale. Improving Carvers Harbor, at Vinalhaven, Maine: Continuing Vinalhaven, Me. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cape Porpoise, Maine, in accordance with the Cape Porpoise, Me. report printed in House Document Number One hundred and sixty, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, seventy thousand dollars: Frovided, Proviso. That a coutract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary ot Contracts. War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate fifty-five t housand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire: Con Little Harbor, N. H. tinuing' improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improve Burlington, Vt. ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improve Boston, Mass. ment, seventy five thousand dollars: Provided, That this sum may, in Provisos. the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the preservation and -Great Head, ole. improvement of said harbor, including the protection of Great Head and other headlands and islands in and about said harbor, to prevent further washing away by the sea: Providedfurther, That five thousand Chelsea Creek. dollars of this sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in improving Chelsea Creek: Provided further, That the Secretary of War may use five thousand dollars thereof and enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of the improvement in accordance with the project recom mended iu the report printed on pages eight hundred and eighty-seven et sequentes of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hun dred and ninety-eight; such improvement to provide for a channel one Channel from ship channel, 1* rest dent thousand two hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep from the main Koacls, etc. ship channel in President Roads through Broad Sound Channel, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time; be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Con Nantucket, Mass. tinuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. - ' Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Coutinuing Newburyport,Mass. improvement, twenty-five thousand dollarih Provided, That of this Proviso. appropriation a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars may, in the --removing Hock." "North ' discretion of the Secretary of War, .be' expended in removing from Newburyport Harbor, a rock, called "North Rock." Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: For maintenance, Plymouth, Mass. ten thousand dollars; for repairs made necessary by the great storm of November, eighteeu hundred and ninety-eight, according to plans and estimate submitted Jannary twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, seventy live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Provincetowu, Massachusetts: For mainte- i'n>viucetwn,Mas*, nance, ten thousand dollars. VOL XXX- HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1121 1896-1899 1122 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. Seituate, Mass. Improving harbor at Seituate, Massachusetts: 'For maintenance and repairs, fifteen thousand dollars. Hyannia, Maaa. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Completing improve1 ment, two thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars. 1 Manchester, Mass. Improving harbor at Manchester, Massachusetts, in accordance with the project submitted July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, five thousand dollars. Vineyard Haven, Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Completing Mass. improvement, three thousand dollars. Sandy Bay, Cape Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachu Ann, Mass. setts: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand Board to examine, dollars. And the Secretary of War shall appoint a hoard of three etc. engineers, whose duty it shall be to examine said project and report whether any modification of the same should, in their judgment, be made, with an estimate of the cost of completing the same, and so much of the above appropriation as may he necessary shall he used for that purpose. Gloucester, Mass. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing improve ment, forty thousand dollars. Sea wall, Marl) 1 e- For the repair of the sea-wall at Marblehead, Massachusetts, made head, Mass. necessary by tjie great storm of November, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, one thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Harbor, Du sbur y, Improving harbor at Duxbury, Massachusetts, and for repairs made Jktass. necessary by storm-, twelve thousand dollars. New Bedford, Mass. Improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Continuing im provement'under the approved project of eighteen hundred and ninety- five, ten thousand dollars, and to complete the channel east of Fish Island in accordance with the report printed on page niue hundred and thirty of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, thirty-four thousand dollars. Chatham, Mass. Improving harbor at Chatham, Massachusetts: Completing improve ment, three thousand seven huudred and thirty-two dollars and seventy-nine cents. Woods Hole Chan* Improving Woods Hole Channel, Massachusetts: Continuing im nel, Mass. provement, twenty thousand dollars. Fall River, Mass., Improving the harbor of Fall River, Massachusetts, in accordance harbor. with the plau numbered two in report printed on pages nine hundred and thirty-one et sequentes of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engi neers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, twenty thousand dollars. Block Island, R. I. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode, Island: Continuing im provement and maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Newport, R. 1. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: Continuing improve ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Great Salt Pond Improving harbor, Great Salt Pond, Block Island, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. SakonnetPoint, R.l. Improving harbor at Sakonnet L'oint, Rhode Island: Completing improvement according to the plan snbmitted June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, twenty-five thousand dollars. Bridgeport, Conn. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improve ment in accordance with the modified and extended project referred to by the Chief of Engineers in his annual report for the fiscal year end ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, fifty thousand Proviso. dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts maybe entered into by Contracts. the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. New Haven, Conn. Improving New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, in accordance with the project printed as House Document Number Eighty-two, Fifty-fifth Proviso. Congress, first session, fifty thousand dollats: Provided, That the Sec Contracts. retary of WTar may enter into a contract or contracts for materials and HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1122 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1123 work necessary to complete so much of said project as includes a chan nel twenty feet deep through Long Island Sound from Tomlinson's etc.6 ' Bridge, including three interior basins affording separate auchorages with depths of twenty, sixteen, and twelve feet, respectively, and con . nected by adequate channels, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Five Mile River, Connecticut: Continuing iin- Five Mile River, provement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Cun11' Improving harbor at Stamford, Connecticut: Continuing improve- Stamford,conn, meut, six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut: For maintenance, two Norwalk,Conn, thousand dollars. - Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: For maintenance, seventy- Buffalo,x.v. five thousand dollars. For improvement of the Buffalo entrance to Erie Basin and Black to Erie Rock Harbor, New York, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a con tract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such Contracts, materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of War, House Document Number Seventy-two, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and ninety-eight thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty cents, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: For maintenance, seven ciiariotte,x.v. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: For maintenance, x<'^caL Sodns Ear- fourteen thousand dollars. "` ' Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: For maintenance, Little so.iua nay, five thousand five hundred dollars. K Y- Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York : Continuing improve Ogdeusburg, N. T. ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement, Oswego, Is'. Y. sixty thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be used lor repair of the breakwater. Improving New York Harbor, New York: For maintenance, one hun New York Harbor. dred thousand dollars. For improving said harbor by a deep channel, Maintenance. Channel from Nar two thousand feet wide and forty feet deep from the Narrows, by the rows to tlie sea. so called East Channel across Sandy Hook Bar to the open sea, in accord auce with the recommendations contained in House Document Num bered One hundred and fifty-nine, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, one million dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may forthwith Proviso. enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may Contracts. be necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appro priations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three million dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. If, however, the Secretary of War shall be unable or contracts for the completion of said project for to a make a contract sum within the --work formed of War. may be per by Secretry amounts above specified, then the said one million dollars herein appro priated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied by him in the construction or purchase of such dredges, steamboats and other plant, machinery and appliances as may be necessary to prose cute said project, and shall cause the work on said project to be entered upon and prosecuted under the charge of ,he Secretary of War by employment of labor and materials necessary therefor, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the said sum of three million dollars exclusive of the one million dollars herein appropriated. Improving Bay Ridge Channel aud Red Hook Channel in the harbor Ray Ridge and Rett of New York: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: Hook channels- HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1123 1896-1899 1124 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. Proviso. Provided, That the work shall be begun at the forty-foot curve at the mentatlTM lmproTe' southerly end of Bay Eidge Channel, and be continued through it along the Brooklyn shore to Twenty-eighth street until the said Bay Eidge Chanuel shall have a uniform depth of forty feet at low tide and a width of one thousand two hundred feet; and the improvement of the Eed Hook Channel shall be begun on its southerly end and at its junction with the Bay Eidge Channel, and be continued through it to its junc tion on its northerly end with the Buttermilk Channel until said Eed Hook Channel shall have been made to a depth of forty feet at low tide and a width of one thousand two hundred feet: And provided fur- Contracta. tiier, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of said Bay Eidge Channel and Eed Hook Channel, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate two million four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amouut herein and heretofore appropriated. Tonawanda Harbor Improving Tonawaiida Harbor and Niagara Eiver to the north line and^ioagara Kiver, ^ vjijage Gf North Tonawanda, New York: Continuing improve ment, seventy-five thousand dollars. Saogerties, jt. y., Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: For maintenance, two Harbor' thousand five hundred dollars. Wilson,n.y. Improving harbor at Wilson, New York: Continuing improvement, . two thousaud five hundred dollars. Port Chester, u. y. Improving Port Chester Harbor, New York: Twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended in enlarging the channel below and up to Town Dock to a depth of twelve feet and a width of seventy feet, and from Town Dock to the steamboat dock to a depth of nine feet and a width of sixty feet. st2thennneisiandtWand Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore, New6jersey shore." New York and New Jersey: Completing improvement, thirty-two thousand dollars. " Huntington,n. y. Improving harbor at Huntington, New York: Continuing improve ment, seven thousand five hundred dollars. PortJefferson inlet, Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York: Continuing N'1' improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars, channef n y reek Improving harbor at Gowanus Creek Chaunel, New York: Continu- ann6' ' ' ing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Peekskm, n. y. Improving harbor at Peekskill, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousaud dollars. ^waiiaboutchannel, Improving Wallabout Channel, New York: Completing improvement ' ' in accordance with the project printed as House Document Number Fifty, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, forty thousand dollars. Mamaroneck, n. y. Improving harbor at Mamaroneck, New York: Continuing improve ment, seven thousand dollars. Puitneyviiie, n. y. Improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Mattitnck,n.y. Improving harbor at Mattituck, New York: Continuing improve ment, five thousaud dollars. Cape Vincent, n.y. Improving harbor at' Cape Vincent, New York,, to be expended according to the approved project, or such modification thereof, not increasing the total cost, as the Secretary of War may approve, twenty- five thousand dollars, in addition to any balance on hand. Larchmont, n. y. Improving harbor at Larehmont, New York: For continuingimprove- Proviso. ment, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That said sum, or such part an' thereof as may be necessary, may be used by the Secretary of War on such project under any modified plan that may hereafter be adopted by him. . Eantan Bay.N.j. Improving harbor at Earitan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improve ment, sixty-five thousand dollars, of which forty thousand dollars may be used in dredging the channel from South Amboy to Great Beds Light. Keypbrt Harbor, Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey: For maintenance, two ' ` thousand five hundred dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1124 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.TIL Ch. 425. 1S99. . 1125 Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, Erie, Pa. one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the project printed in House Document Numbered Seventy, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, or such modification thereof, not increasing the total cost, as the Secretary of War may approve. Improving harbor at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Completing improve Pittsburg, Pa. ment in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated December sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety cents. Improving harbor at Wilmington and Christiana River, Delaware: Wilmin gton- and Continuing improvement, forty-five thousand dollars, of which amount Christiana River, Del. Contracts. twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, shall be used for maintenance, and the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project of improvement, in accordance with the project submitted by the Board of Engineers, in its report of October third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and including the removal of rock from the chaunel as recommended in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and five thousand seven hundred aud eighty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated, that being the amount reported by the Chief of Engineers as necessary to complete said project. Improving harbor at Cape Charles provement, twenty thousand dollars. City, Virginia: Continuing im Cape Charles City, Ya. , Improving harbor at Milford Haven, Virginia: Completing improve Milford Haven, Ya. ment iu accordance with the project printed in House Document Number Two hundred aud ninety-nine, Fifty-third Congress, third session, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Harbor of refuge, Cape Lookout, North Carolina: The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to appoint a board of three array engineers Cape Lookout, N. C. Bojard to Burvey, eto. to make examination, survey, plan, and estimate for a harbor of refuge at or near Cape Lookout, North Carolina; and five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the cost of the same. Improving Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in accordance with Charleston, S. C. the project of November eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as modified and approved by the division engineer: The Secretaryof Contracts. War may enter into a contract or contracts for materials and work necessary to carry on the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred aud seventy five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount heretofore appropriated and now on hand, and a suitable dredge may Dredge. be purchased or constructed for the prosecution of said work, to cost not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid for from amounts now on hand or herein authorized to be expended. Improving the outer bar, Brunswick, Georgia:. O. P. Goodyear, the Brunswick, G-a. contractor with the Government of the United States to deepen the outer bar of Brunswick. Georgia, under the river and harbor Acts of Outer bar. Yol. 28, r>. 342. eighteen hundred and ninety-four and eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Vol. 20, p. 208. shall be entitled to receive the sums appropriated by said Acts for obtaining a channel twenty-four feet deep and two hundred feet wide, and a channel twenty-five feet deep and one hundred feet wide, pro vided the same are obtained on or before June third, nineteen hundred, and said Acts are hereby amended accordingly. After the expiration of the time herein stated within which said work of improvement must be obtained, tbe Secretary of War shall cause a survey of tbe same to Survey, eto. be made, and report a plan, with estimate of the cost thereof, with a view to obtaining a depth of twenty-six feet at mean high tide, with a width of two hundred feet; and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray tbe cost of making said survey, and estimate based thereon. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1125 1896-1899 1126 FIFTY-FIFTH .CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. --inner harbor. Improving inner harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Savannah, Ga. Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: For maintenance, fifty Vol. 29, p. 208, thousand dollars. And the Act making appropriations for the con amended. struction, repair, and preservation of public works on rivers and har bors, and for other purposes, passed June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby ameuded to permit the Secretary of War to con Steamboat channel struct the steamboat channel between Beaufort, South Carolina, and from Beaufort, S. U. Savannah, Georgia, by way of route numbered one, instead of by way of route numbered two, as required by the said Act. Darien, Ga. Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Doboy Bar, Ga. Improving Doboy Bar, Georgia, in accordance with plan presented in House Document, Number Thirteen, Fifty-fifth Congress, first ses sion, seventy thousand dollars. Apalachicola Bay, Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay, Florida, in accordance with Fla. the project printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, pages sixteen hundred and fifty-five and those that follow, and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Pensacola, Fla. Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seventy thousand dollars; the same to be used toward securing a channel depth of thirty feet at mean low water, from the Gulf of Mexico to the dock line at the east end of the city of Pensacola. . Biacayne Bay, Fla. Board on proposed channel. Biscayne Bay, Florida: The of three engineers to examine Secretary of War and report upon shall appoint a board the respective routes from Miami to the sea by Norris Cut, Bear Cut, and Cape Florida Entrance, respectively, with reference to the most feasible route and the cost of providing a channel eighteen feet in depth and suitable width, with a view to ascertaining the desirability of improving the same; and to pay the expense of said board the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. Key "West, Fla. Improving entrance to harbor at Key West, Florida: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Charlotte Harborand Improving Charlotte Harbor and Pease Creek, Florida: Completing Pease Creek, Fla. improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Carrabelle Bar, Improving Carrabelle Bar and Harbor, Florida: Continuing improve Fla. ment, ten thousand dollars. TampaBay, Fla. Improving Tampa Bay, Florida: For improvement of Tampa Bay, Florida, from its entrance into the Gulf ot' Mexico to Port Tampa, Proviso. Contracts. seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary toward securing a channel depth of twenty- seven feet from said Gulf of Me ico to Port Tampa, and of a width five hundred feet across the bar and three bundl ed feet in the hay, as pro posed in the .report of November fourteenth, eighteen bundled and ninety-eight, published in House Document Number Fifty-two, Fifty- fifth Congress, third session, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hun dred and seventy-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Hillsboro Bay, Fla. Improving Hillsboro Bay, Florida, in accordance with project printed in House Document Number Fh'e hundred and forty-five, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Mobile, Ala. Proviso. Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may Contracts. be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary, with tbe view of ultimately securing a channel twenty-three feet deep and one hundred feet wide at the bottom, with appropriate slope, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time he made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appro priated. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1126 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1889. 1127 Ship Island Pass, Mississippi: To complete dredging a channel Ship island Pas9, through Ship Island Pass, with a depth of twenty-six feet, in accord Miss. ance with the report and estimate printed in House Document Number One hundred and twenty, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, forty thousand dollars. Gulfport, Mississippi, to Ship Island Harbor: The Secretary of War Gulfport, Miss. is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts to dredge a Contracts. channel three hundred feet wide and nineteen feet deep at mean low water from the anchorage at Ship Island Harbor, on the Gulf of Mex ico, to Gulfport, in to construct at the Harrison County, in end of said channel the State of Mississippi, and next the shore an anchorage Channelaud anchor* age basin. basin of similar depth not less than two thousand six hundred and forty feet by one thousand three hundred and twenty feet in area, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is further authorized to contract for the maintenance of said channel and anchorage basin for the term of five years after its completion, for the sum of ten thousand dollars annually: Provided, Proviso. Expeuses, surveys, That the necessary expenses for such examinations, surveys, and in etc. ' spections of the work as may be required from time to time to deter Vol. 23, p. 147. mine whether the channel and anchorage basin are dredged and maintained as required by this Act, shall be paid from the permanent indefinite appropriation made by section four of the river and harbor Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four: And pro vided further, That the depths provided for shall be at mean low water Depths. as determined by the engineer officer in local charge of work. Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Con Calcasieu P.iver, La. tinuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving outlet of the Mississippi River by constructing a sill Improving outlet Mississippi River, across Pass a Loutre and by constructing and operating two dredges, Pass a Loutre. two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts Proviso. may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and Contracts. work as may be necessary to carry on such improvements, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount.herein appropriated. Aboard of four engineers shall be Board to report on channel through appointed by the President, of whom at least two shall be from civil Southwest Pass. life, who shall prepare and report, as soon as conveniently may be done, a project for securing a navigable channel of suitable width and of thirty-five feet depth at mean low water of the Gulf of Mexico through out the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River; said board of engi neers shall submit detailed estimates of the cost of each and every feature of the project, and they shall report especially whether it is necessary to construct inner jetties;, and if, in their judgment, inner jetties should be constructed, they shall provide for the location of the same, so as to involve the least cost consistent with the safety and efficiency of the work hereby contemplated. The sum of twenty thou sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the cost of said board and of the preparation of said project. Improving entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas: For maintenance, Galveston, Tex. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Galveston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayou, Texas: For Galveston Ship improvement of the Galveston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayoit, by Channel and Buffalo BnyijB, Texas. dredging or otherwise, from the jetties at Galveston, Texas, up through the present ship channel aud Buffalo Bayou to the proposed harbor site at Houston, Texas, to be provided by the citizens of Houston, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That out of said sum a suitable Proviso. dredge may be constructed for said work. Dredge. For commencing the improvement of the water route from the mouth Water route from of the jetties at Galveston, through the existing ship channel and up Buf Galveston tou, Tex. to Hous- falo Bayou to Houston. Texas, including harbor at Houston, in accord ance with project submitted by the Board of Engineers in report of survey dated November third, eighteen hundred and ninety seven, tuo HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1127 1896-1899 ma. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS." Sess.-HX -Ch. 425. 1S99 Provisos. Contracts. hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the whole or any part of such materials and work as may be required for prosecuting said improve ment, or the said materials may be purchased and the work done other wise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million Dredges. dollars: Provided further, That out of said sum two dredges maybe constructed for said work. Brazos River, T^x. Mouth of Brazos River, Texas: For dredging, and such other work as may be deemed most effective in the judgment of the Secretary of War in improving and developing the harbor, eighty-five thousand Proviso. Transfer of rights, dollars: Provided, That no. part of said sum shall be expended until etc., by Brazos River the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company shall file with the Secre Channel and Company. Dock tary of. War a transfer to the United States of the jetties, and auxiliary works; also a release of all rights and privileges conferred upon said Vol. 25, p. 444. company by its charter or by the Act of Congress approved August ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, to charge or collect tolls for ! Examination of the use and navigation of said river; and the Secretary of War is river. directed to have an examination made of the mouth of the Brazos and the jetties, and report to Congress the estimated cost of extending tlie jetties one-half mile, and the estimated depth and width of the channel to be obtained by such extension, and the estimated cost of obtaining twenty feet of water and a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide. Deepening channel Deepening the channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: Thefrom Galveston Har bor to Texas City. Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or Contracts. contracts for deepening the present channel north of Pelican Island from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas, to a depth of twenty-five feet and one hundred feet wide at the bottom, at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred thousand dollars shall be paid whenever it shall satisfactorily appear to the Secretary of War, through army engineers, that said channel has been deepened to a depth of twenty-one feet, and the remainder of the price shall he paid when the whole work has been completed in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War. Aransas Pass, Tex. Improving Aransas Pass, Texas: For dredging and other improve Provisos. ment of Aransas Pass Harbor, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That Removal of old ernment jetty m bor Gov har the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to of that portion of the old Government jetty contract for the removal in said harbor from the end nearest the curved jetty constructed by the Aransas Pass Harbor Company to the wreck Mary, in such manner as to in no wise interfere with the curved jetty now located in said harbor: And provided further, Surrender of rights That said contract shall not be let by the Secretary of War, nor said by Aransiis Pass Har workbor Company. done, until the said Aransas Pass Harbor Company shall have properly released and surrendered all rights and privileges heretofore granted to it in said harbor by Congress, also the jetty constructed in said harbor. Sabine Pass, Texas Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana: For straightening, widening, and and Louisiana. otherwise improving the main ship channel, Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana, by tlie removal of the oyster reefs, mud fiats, and other material between a point one thousand feet north of the United States life-saving station and a point opposite the United States light-house, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Corpus Ohristi and Corpus Christi and Padre'Island Harbor, Texas: Section two of "An Padre Island Harbor, Tex. Act to promote tbe construction of a safe deep water barbor on tlie Vol. 26, p. 741. coast of Texas," approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 27, p. 422. Time extended for ninety-one, and as amended January twenty-third, eighteen hundred commencing runs mic tion. and and ninety-three, is hereby amended so as to extend tbe time to commence the construction of the said Corpus Christi and locate Padre Island Harbor, off' Padre Island, on the coast of Texas, two years from February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Aslitabnla, Ohio. Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement, fifty Proviso. thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be Contracts. entered into by tlie Secretary of War for such materials and work as HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1128 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1129 may be necessary to 'complete the present project, to be paid ibr as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and thirty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Black River (Lorain), Ohio: Continuing improve Black River rain), Ohio. (Lo ment, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts Proviso. may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such inaterials and Contracts. worjt as may be necessary to complete the project designated as Plan B, in the report dated November first, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio, according to the report of Cleveland, Ohio. January tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety nine, seventy-five thou sand dollars, of which amount such sum as may be necessary may be used in dredging between the Government piers. Improving harbor at Conneaut, Ohio: Continuing improvement, one Conneaut, Ohio. hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement, one Fairport, Ohio. hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement, twenty- Huron, Ohio, five thousand dollars. , Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement in Sandusky, Ohio. accordance with plans submitted February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: Continuing improvement, Port Clinton, Ohio. six thousaud dollars. . Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio, by providing a straight channel Toledo, Ohio. through Maumee River and Bay four hundred feet in width and twenty-one feet deep, in accordance with the project dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be Proviso. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as Contracts. may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appro priations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed eight hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and hereto fore appropriated. Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: The Secretary of War may, in his discretion, modify the existing project in accordance Michigan City, Ind. Outer harbor. with the recommendations contained iu the report of the Board of Eugiueers under date of March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, and expend the balance on baud from previous appropriations to the improvement of said harbor according to the project so modified: Provided, That contract or contracts may be entered into by the Sec Proviso. Contracts. retary of "W ar for such materials and work as may be necessary to com plete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, uot to exceed iu the aggregate oue hundred and' ninety-five thousaud dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing -- inuer harbor improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Waukegan. III. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: For maintenance, five thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Chicago Harbor, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one Chicago, 111. hundred thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the project submitted by the Secretary of War as set forth in the report of Major W. L. Marshall of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. . Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois, according to the project of Calumet, 111. February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That Proviso. a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War Contracts. for such materials and woick as may be necessary to complete said HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1129 1896-1899 1130 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1890. project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Charlevoix an<l J'int Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michi Lake, Midi. gan: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Frankfort, Mich. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement, thirty-live thousand dollars. (irajui Haven, Mich Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improve ment, ten thousand dollars. Grarul Marnis, Mich Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan : Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. .Manistee. Mich. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Uolhnid {1 Slack Improving harbor at Holland (Blacii Lake), Michigan, in accordance Lake), Mich. with the report and plaits submitted in House Document Number Two hundred and seventy-two, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, thirty- seven thousand five hundred dollars. , Monroe, Mich. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: Continuing improvement by dredging channel, five thousand dollars. Muskegon, Mich. Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement, Proviso. sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That any portion of the above sum Preventing erosion. may be used at the discretion of the Secretary of War, in sheet piling or otherwise, to prevent erosion and preserve the channel at any point where it may be necessary between Lakq Michigan and Muskegon Lake. Pentwater, Mich. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan: Continuing improvement, twenty five thousand dollars. Portage Luke, Mich. Improving harbor of refuge, Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing Proviso. Contracts. improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secre tary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the present project for said harbor of refuge, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eighty-five thou sand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Sand Beach. Mich. Improving harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Michigan, fifty thousand Proviso. dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a con Contracts. tract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to repair such harbor of refuge in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appro priated. St. Joseph, Mich. Improving barbor at Saint Josepb, Michigan, in accordance with the modified project as printed in House Document Number Three hundred and seven, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars: Proviso. Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or con Contracts. tracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete such harbor in accordance with said modified project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and thirty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. South Haven, Mich. Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Completing improve ment, forty-five thousand dollars. "White Lake, Mich. Improving harbor at White Lake, Michigan: For maintenance and continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars. Mafquette, Mich. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Luflington. Mich. Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan, in accordance with the report and plan submitted in House Document Number Two hundred and seveuty-three, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, twenty five thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1130 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1S99. 1131 Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: Continuing improvement, Petoskey, Mich. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugatuck, 'Michigan: Continuing improve Saugatuck, Mich. ment, seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Menominee, Michigan and Wisconsin: For Menominee, Midi, maintenance, five thousand live hundred dollars. and Wis. Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan: Continuing improve Cheboygan, Mich ment, eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Presque lie Point, Marquette Bay, Michigan: Presque He Point, Completing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Mich. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement Ahnapee, "Wis. according to Plan A, submitted under date of December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, thirteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improve Green Bay, "Wis. ment, twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to the project Kenosba, Wis. dated January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the project for deepening the basin and widening and deepening said harbor, based upon the removal of the present north pier, dated Jan uary twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, fifty thousand dollars, of which three thousand dollars may be used for maintenance: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Sec Proviso. retary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to Contracts. complete the said projects, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of one hundred and forty-one thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: For maintenance, eight Kewaunee, "W is. thousand eight hundred dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing Milwaukee. Wis. improvement, fifty thousand dollars: Provided. That a contract or con harbor of refuge. Proviso. tracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials Contracts. and work as maybe necessary to complete the present project for said harbor of refuge, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of one hundred and five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For maintenance, four --harbor. teen thousand dollars; for deepening the channel at the entrance in accordance with the project submitted November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, twelve thousand dollars. . ImprovingharboratPort Washington, Wisconsin: For maintenance, Port Wis. "Washington, four thousand four hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin, according to the project llacine, "Wis. reported January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the project for widening and deepening said harbor and correcting the funnel-shaped entrance thereof, reported January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, Proviso. That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of Coutracts. War for such materials and work as maybe necessary to complete said projects, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate sixty seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and hereto fore appropriated, of which three thousand dollars may be used for maintenance. Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: For maintenance, three Sheboygan, "Wis. thousand four hundred dollars; for improving said harbor according to the project for a breakwater reported July twenty-sixth, eighteen hun dred and ninety eight, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That a Proviso. contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for Contracts. such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to tinie be made bylaw, HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1131 1896-1899 1132 FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch: 425. 1899. not to-exceed in the aggregate the sum of titty-two thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Ashland, Wis. Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars, of which so much as shall be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in com pleting the shore end of the breakwater, now partly constructed, and connecting it with the land. . Two Rivers, "Wis Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: For maintenance, eight thousand dollars. Sturgeon Hay Canal Improving Sturgeon Bay Canal, harbor of refuge: For maintenance harbor of refuge. of channel and piers, five thousand five hundred dollars. Ocotuo, Wis. Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. - Sturgeon Ray and Improving Sturgeon Bay and Rake Michigan Ship Canal: Continu Lake Michigan Canal. Ship ing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Manitowoc, Wis. Improving harbor at Manifowoc, Wisconsin: For maintenance, three thousand three hundred dollars. La Crosses Wis. Completing harbor at La Crosse, Wisconsin: Continuing improve ment according to the project reported January eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, twelve thousand dollars, exclusive of five Vol. 29, p. 243. thousand dollars appropriated by river and harbor Act of June third, Proviso. eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Provided, That no expenditure shall Condition ofexpend iture. be made for such purpose by the United States until the city of La Crosse shall have taken the necessary steps to carry the sewers across the area to be filled in, so as to discharge outside of the bulkhead proposed in said project. Grand Marais, Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: Completing improve Mien. ment, thirty thousand dollars. Agate Ray, Minn. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: Completing improve ment, seventy-one thousand seven hundred and eight dollars. Alviso, Cal. Improving Alviso Harbor, Santa Clara County, California, in accordance with project reported December eleventh, eighteen hun dred and ninety-six, forty-eight thousand dollars. San Diego, Cal. Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Continuing improve ment, sixty-five thousand dollars. . San Luis Obispo, Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing im Cal. provement,, fifty-five thousand dollars. Humboldt, Cal. Improving harbor at Humboldt, California: Continuing improve ment, by dredging in the inner harbor, fifty thousand dollars. Sau Francisco, Cal. Improving San Francisco Harbor, California: By removing Arch Rock and Shag Rocks Numbered One^and Two, all to a depth of thirty feet below mean low water, according to the report made October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred thousand Proviso. Contracts. dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for the materials and work necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. ' Yaquina Ray, Oreg. Hoard to investigate proposed improve* Yaquina to appoint Bay, Oregon: The Secretary of War is a board of three engineers who shall hereby authorized make examination meat. Vol. 29, p. 214. thereof, with a view to ascertaining the desirability, of prosecuting the work authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for such modification thereof as, in the judgment of said board may be desirable for the commerce of said bay, together with an estimate of the cost of such work, and until such report shall have been made and acted upon by Congress, no further action shall be taken by the Secretary of War in pursuance of existing law, and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of such examination. ' Tillamook Bay and Imjtroving Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon: Continuing improve Bar, Oreg ment, twenty-five thousand dollars. Siualaw River,Oreg. Mouth of Siuslaw River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1132 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. 111. Oh. 425. 1899. 1133 Improving entrance to Coos Bay and Harbor, Oregon: Continuing Coos Bay, Ore". improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Olympia Harbor, Washington: Continuing improvement, Olympia, Was]*. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Everett Harbor, Washington: Continuing improvement, Everett, Wash. fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter Proviso. into a contract or contracts for the materials-and work necessary for the Contracts. completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hun dred and forty-two. thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated- Improving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in accordance with the report sub Pearl 11 a r b o r, mitted by Bear Admiral Walker, July eleventh, eighteen hundred and Hawaii. ninety-four, and contained in Senate Executive Document Number Forty-two, Fifty-third Congress, third session: Completing improve ment, one hundred thousand Hollars. Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvement, three Rivers. thousand dollars. Me.Bagaduce liiver, Improving Penobscot River, Maine, in accordance with submitted May third, eighteen hundred and ninety seven: the project Completing MeP.enobscot River, improvement, twenty-eight thousand dollars. Improving Narragaugus Biver, Maine: Completing improvement, Narragaugus River, five thousand dollars. Me. Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement, twenty- Lubec Chauuel, Me. five thousand dollars. Improving Georges River, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten .Georges River, Me. thousand dollars. . Improving Union River, Maine: Continuing improvement, fifteen TJnion River, Me. thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into Proviso. contract or contracts for such fhaterial and work as may be necessary Contracts. to Complete the present project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Saco River, Maine, including breakwater, five thousand Saco River, Me. dollars. Improving Cocheco River, New ment, twenty thousand dollars. Hampshire: Continuing improve H.Cocheco 'River, N. Improving Exeter River, New Hampshire, in accordance with project Exeter River, X. H. submitted May third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Completing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving Otter Creek, Vermont: Continuing improvement, one Otter Creek, Yt. - thousaud dollars. Improving the Narrows of Lake Champlain, Vermont: Continuing Lake Champlain, improvement, five thousand dollars. Narrows. Improving Powow River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, Powow River, MasSr twelve thousand dollars. Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, Taunton River, seven thousand dollars. Mass. Improving Weymouth River, Massachusetts: Continuing improve 'Weymouth River, ment, ten thousand dollars. . Mass. Improving Essex River, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, Essex River, Mass. ten thousand dollars. Improving Mystic and Malden rivers, Massachusetts: Continuing Mystic and Malden improvement, five thousand dollars. Rivers, Mass. Improving Mystic River, Massachusetts, below the mouth of Island Mystic River, Maas. End River, fifty thousand dollars, according to the project printed in --'below River. Island End House Document Number One hundred and seventy-eight, Fifty-fifth Qougress, third session. , Improving Town River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, Town River, Mass. eight thousand dollars. . Improving Merrimac River,, Massachusetts: Continuing improve Merrimac River, ment in accordance with the project submitted May fifth, eighteen Mass, hundred and ninety-seven, forty thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1133 1896-1899 1184 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. II.ra1.wtueket Hirer, l*ro 'so. Improving Pawtucket liiver, Rhode Island: Continuing improve ment, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That so much of this sum as Straightening chan may be deemed necessary by the engineer in charge may be used in nel. straightening the channel between the mouth of Ten Mile River and- Bucklins Island. Connecticut River. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continu ing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Housatonii: River, Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, Conn. fifteen thousand dollars. .Mystic River, Conn. Improving Mystic River, Connecticut: Completing improvement, nine thousand six hundred dollars. Thames River, Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, Conn. Provisos. twenty thousaud dollars: Provided, That a part of this appropriation Norwich, Conn., creased depth. in may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used to secure depth of water for anchorage purposes at Norwich, west of Norwich docks: Survey directed at Provided further, That out of this appropriation the Secretary of War New London, Conn. is directed to cause a survey and estimate of the cost of improvement to be made with a view to improving the harbor at New London, Con necticut, to meet the demands of commerce at that port. Pawcatuck Riv<r, Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut: Con R. 1. and Conn. tinuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Sakonnet River, R. 1. Sakonnet River, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, with authority to use the unexpended balance. Hudson River, N.Y. Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may make such changes in the project for location and width of channel at and near Proviso. Contracts. Troy as in his opinion the interests of navigation may require: Pro vided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such /materials aud labor as may be required for prosecutiug such improvement according to approved project, not to exceed in the aggre gate five hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amount herein aud heretofore appropriated, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. ` Harlem River, N.Y. Improving Harlein River, New York: Continuing improvement, one --use of unused stone, hundred thousand dollars. A.nd the Secretary of War is authorized etc. and directed to take such action as may be most advantageous to the United States regarding the unused stone originally excavated for this improvement and now stored on leased ground known as Dyekmans Meadows, and so much of the appropriation herein made as maybe neeessary may be used for such purpose. East River and He! I Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: Continuing Gate, N. Y. improvement, including the removal of Man of War Rock, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Browns Creek, Say- Improving Browns Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York: Con ville, L. I., N. Y. tinuing improvement and for maintenance, three thousand dollars; St. Lawrence River, Improving shoals between Sister Islands and Cross Over light, Saint N. Y., shoals. i ni p r o v i n g Lawrence River, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousaud dollars, to be expended for improving shoals between Sister Islands and Cross-Over light and in the Saint Lawrence River between Ogdens- burg and the foot of Lake Ontario. Niagara River. Improving Niagara River from.Tonawanda to Port Day: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Bronx River, N. Y. Improving Bronx River, New York:, Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Passaic River, N.J. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Raritan River, N. J. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Shrewsbury River, Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: For maintenance, ten N.J. v thousand dollars. South RiVer, N.J. Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,,five thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1134 1896-1899 'FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 189!). 1135 Improving AHoway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement. creek,x..j. three thousand dollars. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: For maintenance, three Mattawan Creek, thousand dollars. `' Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continn- o?jk\-"jd ingimprovement, eight thousand dollars; which sum shall be expended 01"1>tu" iee ` forextending the improved channel farther toward the five-foot con tour of Raritan Bay. Improving Goshen Creek, New Jersey: Completing improvement, Gusiun creek,x.j. eight thousand dollars. Improving Manasquan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, Mannaquan River, five thousand dollars. `' Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, jiancoms River, two thousand dollars, to be expended in the Lumberton branch thereof. I' J' Improving Mantua Creek, New Jersey, iu accordance with the Mantua Creek, x.j. project presented iu House Documeut Number One hundred and twenty-three, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars: Prodded, That no part of any money appropriated for this available project in excess of eight thousand dollars shall be expended for right for rig'it" of fTM*-, eteT of way privileges, easements, or other rights above the phosphate works and below Paulsboro, and no part thereof shall be expended for any such purpose unless all such rights are secured for an amount not in excess of said sum of eight thousand dollars. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improve- r.Allegheny River, ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River from Trenton to its mouth, Pennsylvania f,,jfTrenton e^iver' and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand --improvement,Phila* dollars, of which the Secretary of War may use so much as may, in deiphia. his opinion, be required between Trenton and Christian street in Phil-, adelphia, and the balance shall be available for obtaining a channel six hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep from said Christian street to deep water in Delaware Bay, iu accordance with the report printed in House Document Number Two hundred and nineteen, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, or such modified project as shall hereafter be recommended by a board of engineers and approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the total cost of the work shall not be increased Provisos. - thereby: And providedfurther, That the Secretary of War may enter ContractTM81' into contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be required for prosecuting such improvement, not to exceed iu the aggre gate five hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. The Secretary of War is )r"eart,i to examine hereby authorized to appoint a board of three engineers to make a 1 ' further examination of the project and report such modification of the same as may be deemed desirable, with an estimate of the cost, the expense of such examination to be paid from the appropriation herein ' made. Improving Monongahela River: For the enlargement and improve- I!iwr. ment of Lock Six on the Monongahela River, and for extension of iXmL't tim-e. existing fender and mooring crib three hundred linear feet above Lock Three, and building a deflecting dike one thousand eight hundred feet above said lock on said river, and for a new repair steamer with snag- Repair steamer, etc. ging appliances, and for a new dredge boat and two dump scows, fifty thonsaud dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into TMtj?,ots a contract or contracts for the completion of said work and the purchase ' 11 s' or construction of said boats, to be paid for as appropriations may from - time to time be inadeby law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and thirty five thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. . Improving Appoquinimink River, Delaware: Continuing improve- Appoquinfmink ment, five thousand dollars. River, Dei. Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Continuing improvement, five Smyrna River, Dei. thousand dollars. . HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1135 1896-1899 1136 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1S99. Murderkill River, Improving Murderkill River, Delaware: Continuing improvement, Del. five thousand dollars. Broad Creek River, Improving Broad Creek River, Delaware: Completing improvement, Del. five thousand dollars. Mispillion Rive r, Del. Improving Mispillion River, Delaware: Completing improvement and for maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Nanticoke River, Improving Nanticoke River, Delaware and Maryland: Continuing Del. and. Md. improvement, three thousand dollars. Choptank River, Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, Md. eight thousand dollars. . Chester River, Md. Improving Chester River, Maryland: Completing improvement, three thousand two hundred dollai's. Manokin River, Md. Improving Manokin River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Warwick River,Md. Improving Warwick River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, two thousaud dollars. Patapaco River to Improving Patapsco River and channel to Baltimore: Continuing Baltimore. improvement, two hundi'ed thousand dollars, for the purpose of obtain ing a channel thirty feet in depth, in accordance with the project sub mitted December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended Contracts. by the report of December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and the Secretary of War may enter into contracts for such material and labor as may be required for prosecuting such improvement, not to exceed in the aggregate one million dollars,.to be paid for as appropria tions may from time to time be made by law. Pocomoke River, Improving Pocomoke River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, Md. three thousand dollars. Potomac River be Improving Potomac River at and below the city of Washington, low Washington. Proviso. District of Columbia, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That Contracts. the Secretary of War may enter into a coutract or contracts for the materials and work necessary for the completion of the improvements below the city of Washington, in accordance with the project submitted November sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Appomattox River, Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, Ya. five thousand dollars. ,, -Uansemond River, Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, Ya. five thousand dollars. James River, Ya. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ftomini Creek, Ya. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Deep Creek, Ya. Improving Deep Creek, Virginia, from the South Branch of the Eliza beth River to the new lock at the Dismal Swamp Canal, Turners Cut Level, Croatan Sound, and Pasquotank River, North Carolina, twenty- Proviso. five thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be Contracts. entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project -for the said improvement as submitted by Major Thomas L. Casey, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. ' Rappahannock Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improve River, Ya. ment, fifteen thousand dollars. Urbana Creek, Ya. Improving Urbana Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. York River, Ya. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. OccoqnanCreek,Ya. Improving Occoquan Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1136 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1137 Improving Lower Maehodoc Creek, Virginia: Continuing improve- Cr^"J'evaMachodoc ment, one thousand five hundred dollars. ree ' a' - Improving Nandua Creek, Virginia:' Completing improvement in Kasdua creek, va. accordance with the project submitted June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three thousand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated. _ Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement, the ElkEiTer-w.Va. funds now available for expenditure above Frametown, Braxton County, West Virginia, shall, so far as may be necessary, be spent in removing snags, overhanging timber, bowlders, and other similar obstructions. Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia: For clearing r Little Kanawha obstructions and maintenance, seven hundred and forty-three dollars. lLlTer,w- a Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: For maintenance, one Gajandotte River, thousand dollars. . ' a' Improving North East River, North Carolina: For maintenance, two xNorth East River, thousand dollars. "' ' Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington: ^cjpe sw itiver, Continuing improvement and maintenance, five thousand dollars. x' ' Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, at and below Wilming ton : Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: For maintenance, ^Contentnia Creek, including snagging, two thousand dollars. '' Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: For maintenance, ten NeoseBiver,n.c. thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar rivers, North Carolina: Continuing .Pamlico and Tar improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. rivers, n.c. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: For maintenance, two thou- Trent Biver, x. c. sand five hundred dollars. Improving Black River, North Carolina: For maintenance, two thou- Black River, n. c. sand dollars. Improving inland water route from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, to ivater ro,,te f,om Albemarle Sound,North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Continu- sound1,VcAlbemarle iug improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving Fishing Creek, North Carolina: Completing improvement, Fishing creek, n. c. seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Town Creek, Brunswick County, North Carolina: To make Town creek, x.c. a channel forty feet wide at bottom and five feet deep at mean low water from the mouth to Upper Bridge, and to snag and remove obstructions from the creek from the mouth to The Rocks: Provided, Froviso- That no work be done until Upper Bridge is provided with a proper at upp er draw, eight thousand five hundred dollars. e` Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improve- s Great Pedee River, ment, four thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, Santee Biver, s. c. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Waccamaw River, North Carolina and South Carolina: .^accamaw Biver, Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. ' ands c- Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: For maintenance, two watereeRiver,s.c. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Congaree River, South Carolina, from Gervais Street gRiver, Bridge, Columbia, to Granby, in accordance with plan submitted Jan- ' ' uary second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War growo. for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said n'act8' improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, six G^-Uamaha River, thousand dollars. ,` Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing E1v 'raQtaid0cliee improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, iRedgeionttor! and or as much thereof as may be necessary, may be applied to the building Fllnt. etc., rivers.' von xxx----72 HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1137 1896-1899 1138 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. or purchase of a dredge boat to be used ou the Chattahoochee, Flint, Surveys. and Appalachicola rivers; and live thousaud dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied to the survey of that portion of the river between West Point and Franklin, and, in addition, the bal ance of appropriation heretofore made now ou baud shall be available for the purpose of the survey. . Flint River, Ga. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, five thou sand dollars. : Ocinulgeeltiver, Ga. Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, Proviso. twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That a contractor contracts may Contracts. be entered into by the Secretary of War to complete the present proj ect of improvement, namely: The project proposed in the leportof a preliminary examination and survey of Captain O. M. Carter, printed in House Executive Document Number Two hundred and fifteen, Fifty- first Congress, first session, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hun dred and thirty-six thousand dollars, exclusive of amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Oconee River, Ga. Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Savannah Hiver.G a. Improving Savannah River between Augusta and Savannah: Con Proviso. tinuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That a con Contracts. tract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the materials aud work that may be necessary to complete the existing project of improvement, namely: The project provided by the survey of eighteen hundred and ninety, aud published in the Appendix to the Report of the,Chief of Engineers, eighteen hnudred and ninety, pages thirteen hundred and twenty-eight to thirteen hundred and sixty-three, or the required materials may be purchased and the work done other wise than by contract, to he paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein aud hereto fore appropriated. ' Savannah River, Improving Savannah River above Augusta, Georgia: Continuing above Augusta. improvement, one thousand dollars. Coosa River, Ga. and Improving Coosa River between Rome, Georgia, aud the East Ten Ala. nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge in Alabama: For main tenance aud deepening the channel over the shoals aud removing obstructions therefrom, tweuty thousand dollars. Apalachicola Raver, Fla. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida, including the cut-oil' and Lower Chipola River: Continuing improvement, three thousaud dollars. Caloosaliatohoe Improving Caloosahatcbee River, Florida: For maintenance, two River, Fla. thousand dollars. Choct awhatchee Improving Choetawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: Continu River, Fla. and Ala. ing improvement, sixteen thousand dollars; "of which amount teu thousaud dollars shall be expended for the improvement of the river between Newton aud Geneva. Escambia and Cone Improving Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Florida: Continuing im cuh Rivers, Fla. provement, five thousand dollars. Manatee River, Fla. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, ten Proviso. thousand dollars: Provided, That eight thousaud dollars, or so much Dredging channel. Cut Off thereof as may be necessary, be used in dredging, deepening, and otherwise improving the navigation of the channel known as the Cut- Oil', extending from said Manatee River, on the north side thereof, and below the town of Palmetto, in Terraceia Bay. St. Johns River,Fla. Improving Saint Johns River, Florida, from Jacksonville to the ocean: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Suwanee River, Fla. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Volusia Bar, Fla. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Ocklawaha River, Improving Ocklawaha River, Florida: For maintenance, three thou Fla. sand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1138 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess, III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1139 Improving Sarasota Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, five Sarasota Bay, Fla. thousand dollars. Improving Indian Eiver, Florida: By dredging channel at Negro Out Indian River, Fla. near Indian River Inlet, five thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of the amount heretofore appropriated may be expended in the construction of training wall or piling for the protection of the dredged channel. . Improving Upper Ghipola Eiver, Florida, in accordance with the Upper Chipola Riv* project submitted, five thousand dollars. er, Fla. improving Anclote Eiver, Florida, in accordance with the project Anclote River, Fla. submitted, five thousand dollars. Improving Black Water Eiver, Florida, from Milton to its mouth, in Black "Water River accordance with the project submitted, five thousand dollars. Fla. . Improving Holmes Eiver, Florida, from Vernon to its mouth: So Holmes River, Fla. much of the unexpended balance as is necessary in the opinion of the Secretary of War is hereby reappropriated for maintenance in accord ance with the existing project. Improving Saint Johns River, Orange Mills Flats, Florida, in accord St. Johns River,Fla. ance with the approved project, forty thousand dollars. The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may Dredge, etc.,Florida be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be expended, in the discretion improvements. of the Secretary of War, in the purchase or construction of a,suitable dredge, with snagging outfit, to be used in connection with the several works of river and harbor improvement on the coast of Florida and the waters tributary thereto. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may Boat to remove the be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direc water hyacinth. tion of the Secretary of War, for the construction of a boat suitable tor operating on the navigable streams of the State of Florida, in removing therefrom the aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth, so far as it is an obstruction and hindrance to interstate or foreign com --expenses, etc. merce; also, one thousand dollars for log booms to be used as adjuncts to such steamer, and ten thousand dollars for conducting the neces sary operations, making thirty-six thousand dollars in-all, according to the estimate and recommendation of the War Department as fonnd in House Document Number Ninety-one, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, fifty Alabama River,Ala. thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to Dan Black Warrior Riv iels Creek: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, er, Ala. Proviso. That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of Contracts. War. for such materials and work as may be necessary to construct Lock and Dam Numbered Four, above Tuscaloosa, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama: Continuing Warrior and Tom improvement of Warrior River, two hundred and twenty thousand bigbee rivers, Ala. dollars: Provided,'That a contract or contracts may,be entered into by Proviso. the Secretary of War for. such materials and work as may be necessary Contracts. to construct three locks and dams next below Tuscaloosa, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and forty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Tombigbee River from Fulton to Columbus: Continuing Tombigbee river. improvement and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee Eiver from Demopolis, Alabama, to Colum bus, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Walkers Bridge to Fulton: Con tinuing improvement and for maintenance, one thousand dollars. ' Improving Tombigbee Eiver, Alabama, from mouth to Demopolis: HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1139 1896-1899 1140 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. Proviso. Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Lock Skoals. at McGrows - same or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be used to complete the lock at McGrews Shoals. Big Sunflower Riv Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing improve er, Miss. ment, five thousand dollars. ; Pascagoula River, Pascagoula River, Mississippi, and Horn Island Harbor: Improving Miss., and Horn land Harbor. Is the same as recommended by the reports dated December twenty- eighth, eighteen huudred and ninety-six, and August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, respectively, fifty thousaud dol Proviso. lars : Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by Contracts. the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the plan of improvement so recommended, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropria/ted. Pearl River, Miss. Improving Pearl River, between Edinburg and Carthage, Mississippi: For maintenance, one thousand dollars. . , Improving Pearl River, between Carthage and Jackson, Mississippi: For maintenance, two thousand live hnndred dollars. Improving Pearl River, below Jackson, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, seven thousand dollars, which shall be expended in work on the river, beginning at the bead of Holmes Bayou and continuing up the river to Monticello. Tallahatckee River, Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improve Miss. ment, live thousand dollars. . Tazoo River, Miss. " ImprovingYazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in removing the bar at Yazoo City. , Ckickaaahay River, Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi: For maintenance, two Miss.- thousand five hundred dollars. Leaf River, Miss. Improving Leaf River, Mississippi: For maintenance, two thousand five huudred dollars. . Homochitto River, Improving Homochitto River, Mississippi: Completing improvement, Miss. in accordance with the approved project, sixteen thousand dollars.. Pearl River, Miss., Mouth of Pearl River, Mississippi: Completing improvement in mouth. accordance with the project dated December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eighteen thousand one huudred and ninety- nine dollars and eighty cents. Amite River. Improving Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana: For main Bayou Manchac, La. tenance, two thousand five huudred dollars. Boeuf River, La. Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. , Bayou Bartholo Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: For main mew, La. and Ark. tenance, five thousand dollars. - , Tensas River and Improving Tensas River and Bayou Maon, Louisiana and Arkansas: Bayou Magon, La. and Completing improvement, four thousand dollars. ' Ark. Red River, La., Improving Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Indian Territory: Ark., and Ind. T. Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Alexandria, La. And an examination shall be made of the harbor of Alexandria, and a report as to what improvement, if any, should be made thereof, together with an estimate of the cost thereof. Tickfaw River, La. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: For maintenance, one thousand dollars. , Bayou Lafourche, Improving Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana: For maintenance,`seven La. thousand five hundred dollars. Cbefuncte River Improving Chefancte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana: For mainte and Bogne Falia, La. nance, one thousand dollars. ' Bogue Chitto, La. Improving Bogue Chitto, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. .... Bayou Yermilion, Improving channel, bay, and passes of Bayou Yermilion, Louisiana: La. Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. ' HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1140 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. On. 425. 1899. 1141 The sum of be necessary, twenty-five thousand dollars, is hereby appropriated, to be or so much thereof as may expended under the direc Boat for waters oi Louisiana to reniove tlie water hyacintfi. tion of the Secretary of War, for the construction of a boat suitable for operating on the navigable streams of the State of Louisiana in removing therefrom the aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth, so far as it is an obstruction and hindrance to interstate or foreign com merce; also, one thousand dollars for log booms to be used as adjuncts --expenses, etc. to such steamer, and ten thousand dollars for conducting the necessary operations, making thirty-six thousand dollars in all, according to the estimate and recommendation of the War Department as found in House Document Numljer'Nihety-one, Fiity-fifth Congress, third session. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, ten Bayou. Teche, La. thousand dollars. Improving Mermentau Biver and tributaries, Louisiana: Completing Mermentau River, improvement, six thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars apd twenty- La. five cents. . Improving Johnson's Bayou, Lonisiana: Completing improvement in Johnson'sBayou, La. accordance with the approved project, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, by removal of the raft at its mouth and preventing re-formation thereof, Bayou Courtableau, La. twenty thousand dollars. ' Improving Trinity Biver, Texas: Continuing improvement, seven Trinity River, Tex. thousand dollars: Provided, That out of said stun the Secretary of War Proviso. is hereby directed to cause a preliminary survey of said Trinity Biver Preliminary cf, etc. survey to be made from its mouth to the city of Dallas, with separate estimates of the cost of procuring a navigable depth at low water of four feet, five feet, and six feet, respectively, in said river, by locks and dams or otherwise; said report to include the best method for improving the river, and such report may be made so as to divide said river into sepa rate sections, with a statement of the advisability of such improvement. Improving Sabine Biver, Texas: For maintenance, two thousand Sabine River^Tex. dollars. For the improvement Of the Brazos Biver between Velasco and Bicb- Brazos River. mond, West Galveston Bay Channel, Double Bayou, and the months WestGalveston Bajr of adjacent streams', sixty-five thousand dollars, out of which said sum Channel, y.u, etc. Double Ba- a suitable dredge and snagging outfit may be provided to carry on said work and to be used on other approved projects on the Texas coast, including streams emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and bays connected therewith. Improving the mouths of the Sabine and Neelies rivers, ten thousand Sabine and Heches dollars: Provided, That from said amount there shall be paid the rivers. Proviso. expenses of making a survey by a board of engineers to be designated Board to reexamine by the Secretary of War, and. said board shall make a reexamination channel' through bine Lake. Sa of the proposed channel through Sabine Lake and make a report thereon. . Improving Arkansas Biver, Arkansas and Indian Territory: Con Arkansas Rives, tinuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That Ark. and Ind. T. Proviso. the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use so much of said sum Distribution, as may be necessary to repair and protect existing dikes, and to remedy and guard against any injury to the harbors or river banks in their vicinity that may have been injured or endangered by reason of changes in the channel or encroachments of the river at or near Pine Bluff, Little Bock, Dardanelle, Van Buren, and Fort Smith, for the purpose of confining the river to the adopted channel, so as to give ease and safety to navigation: Provided further, That in the discretion of the Removingdnags,etc. Secretary of War the sum of fifty thousahd dollars of said amount hereby appropriated may be used in removing snags, sand bars, and other obstructions to navigation in said; river, and in repairing and Board to examine operating snag boats. The President is authorized to appoint a board river. ' ofthree from the Corpsof Engineers, whose duty it shall be to thoroughly examine the Arkansas Biver and report as soon as practicable to the HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1141 1896-1899 1142 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. Secretary of War such plan for the permanent improvement of said river as in their opinion is most feasible and best adapted to the neces sities of commerce, together with a statement as to the usefulness of such improvement to navigation and its relation and value to commerce. Report on improve They shall also report the details of such plan, with estimates of the ments. cost thereof. The cost of such examination and survey and the expenses of said board shall be paid out of the sum above appropriated. St. Francis River, Improvement of Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improve Ark. L'Anguille River. ment, eight thousand dollars; of which sum one thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in removing obstructions in the L'Anguille River, its tributary, from its mouth to the town of Marianna. Arkansas River. Improving Arkansas River: Removing obstructions and operating snng boats, twenty thousand dollars. Black River, Ark. Improving Black River, in Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing and. Mo. improvement, eight thousand dollars. White River, Ark. Improving White River, Arkansas: For completion, fourteen thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars. Cache River, Ark. Improving Cache River,. Arkansas: To be expended in removing obstructions, one thousand dollars. Upper WhiteRiver, Improving Upper White River, Arkansas: For the construction of Ark. Lock and Dam Number One, on Upper White River, at or near Bates- ville, according to the project, plans, and specifications submitted in report printed in House Document Number Seventy-eight, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, to complete said lock and dam, one hundred Contracts,. and sixty thousand dollars, dnd the Secretary of War may also enter into contract or contracts for the completion of Lock and Dam Num bered Two, according to same plan, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. Current River, Ark. and Mo. Improving Current River, itt Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement, and for maintenance, five thousand dollars. Buffalo Fork of Improving Buffalo Fork of White River, Arkansas: For completion White River, Ark. . of improvement, according to project, plans, and specifications printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, pages nineteen hundred and ninety-four et sequentes, three thousand five hundred dollars. Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La. Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana: Con tinuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which sum so much as may be necessary shall be used by the Secretary ot War in his discretion for the completion of the survey of said Ouachita River, heretofore authorized, for the purpose of obtaining a plan ot construction and estimates of the cost of the locks and dams necessary to give slack,water, navigation. Clinch River, Tenn. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Completing improvement, eight thousand five hundred dollars. Cumberland River, Improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee, one hun Te'nn. dred thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be available, besidqs the amount required for essential maintenance, maybe applied toward'the completion of unfinished locks and dams one, five, six, and seven, or either of them. Harpeth Shoals. Improving Cumberland River below Nashville; Tennessee, one hun dred thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be available, besides the amount requifed for essential maintenance, shall be applied in the construction of the lock' and dam1 and otiter1 projected improve ments at Hafpeth Sluials.' , , .i French Broad and Improving French Broad and Little Pigeon nvdrs, Tennessee: Con Little Tenn. Pigeon rivers, tinuing improvement, five thousand,dollars. . Tennessee River. Improving Tennessee River below Riverton, Alabama, one hundred thousaud dollars; and so much 'thereof as may be necessary may be used for the construction and equipment of a dredge boat. Improving Tennessee River betweeu Chattanooga and Riverton, thirty-five thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1142 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1143 necessary snail be applied m the survey of that portion between Bridgeport and Decatur and a resurvey of the remaining portions of said river between the points named, and in making the survey between Chattanooga and Sbellmounds through that portion of the river com monly called the "`Suck,'' an examination shall be made with a view ,to the construction of locks and dams suitable for convenient and safe navigation, also if on examination it shall be thought desirable, an estimate shall be made of the cost of constructing a canal across Moccasin Bend below Chattanooga: Provided, That so much as may Proviso. be necessary may be used for a survey of the Clinch and French Broad Survey Clinch, etc., rivers. rivers. Improving Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals and Bee Tree Shoals: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River above Chattauooga: Continuing improve ment, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Obion River, Tennessee: For maintenance, two thousand Obion River, Tenn. five hundred dollars. Improving Forked Deer River, Tennessee: For maintenance, two Forked Deer River, thousand dollars. ' Tenn. Improving Elk River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, four Elk River, Tenn. thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River, Kentuckyand West Virginia: Continu Big Sandy River, ing improvement, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, Ky.and W. Va. Provisos. That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the' Secretary of Contracts. War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete two locks and dams in the Big Sandy River between Louisa and the mouth of the Big Sandy River, in accordance with the report of April tweuty- seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to be paid-for as appropria tions may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four.hundred and twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, That of Distribution. -the amount authorized to be expended, one thousand dollars may be expended for maintenance on Leviza Fork, and one thousand five hun dred dollars on Tug Fork, and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for a detailed survey of the Big Sandy River and Leviza aud Tug forks of the same in Kentuckyand' West Virginia: Provided, That the rest of the amount may be used for the --Sites, etc. local survey, acquisition of sites, and commencement of construction of the above-named locks and dams. Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big Barren. Green River, Ky. River: Completing improvement, eighty-five thousand six hundred and ' seventy-three dollars and twenty cents. '- . ' For survey of Licking River, Kentucky, from its ihquth, opposite Licking River, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio, to Falmouth,. Pendleton County, Kentucky, and for estimate of the cost of a'lock, and dam at or near Three Mile Riffle, about three miles from its mouth, ten thousand dollars. Improving Ohio River from its head toitsmouth: Continuingimprovement, three hundred and seventy-live thousand dollars, of which amount Ohio River, head to mouth. from the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon a survey'of said Ohio River from Marietta, Ohio, to the mouth of the Big Miami River, with a view to the improvement of said river between said points by movable dams and otherwise, so as to provide six- feet of water in said river at low water, this survey to include a report upon the location of the necessary dams and the probable cost thereof: Provided further, Distribution. That out of the three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars herein appropriated there shall be expended the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to wit: Thirty-five thousand dollars for general snagging purposes; twenty thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at Madison, Indiana, to six feet depth at low water, of which so much as may be necessary may be spent upon a special survey to deter mine the total cost of extending such harbor up to the present low-water front of said city; ten thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1143 1896-1899 1144 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. Golconda, Illinois; ten thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at Brooklyn, Illinois; twenty-five thousand dollars for dredging and dikes to deepen the river channel at Mound City, Illinois; fifteen thousand dollars upon the continuation of the repair of the embankment at Lawrenceburg, Indiana; twenty-five thousand dollars upon the contin uation of the embankment at Shawneetown, Illinois; one thousand dol- dollars for a survey of the river bank and adjoining ground at or near New Liberty, Illinois, so far as necessary to determine the cost of work necessary to prevent the Ohio River from cutting through its banks at this locality, the survey to include a report upon the same; one thousand dollars for a survey of the river bank at or near Paducah, Kentucky, so far as necessary to determine the cost of properly protect ing the city front against injury by high water, the survey to include a EvanBville, Inl.. report upon the same: Provided further, That out of the unexpended dredging. Yol. 29, p. 225. balance of the funds already appropriated by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the harbor at Evansville, Indi ana, the sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be spent for dredging along the city front of said city. Ohio River. Dam No. 13. Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement at Dam Numbered Thirteen, fifty thousand dollars, to be used for the local survey, acqui sition of site, and commencement of construction of said dam in accord ance with the report of December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and Proviso. Contracts. ninety-eight: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropria tions may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggre gate eight hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Dam No. 18. Improving Oliio River: Continuing improvement at Dam Numbered Eighteen, fifty thousand dollars, to be used for the local survey, acqui sition of site, and commencement of construction of said dam in accord ance with the report of December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and Proviso. Contracts. ninety-eight: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be nece'ssary to complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropria tions may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggre gate eight hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. ' Belle River, Mich. Improving Belle River, Michigan: Completing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Hay Lake Channel, Improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River: Continuing im St. Marys River. Provisos. provement, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That for the pur Contracts. pose of more rapidly prosecuting the project of improvement as hereto fore adopted and entered upon, in addition to expending the balance on hand, a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as maybe necessary lor such purpose, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made bylaw, hot to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred and fifteen [dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and Survey between heretofore appropriated: Providedfurther, That the Secretary of War LakeB Huron Superior. and shall cause to be made and reported as early as practicable, a survey of the connecting waters between Lakes Superior and Huron, including Hay Lake Channel, with a plan and estimate of the cost ofsuch improve ment as will secure a safe and convenientichannel twenty-one feet deep between said lakes, the expense of which shall be paid frbm the said appropriation for improving Hay Lake Channel. Saginaw River,Mich. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Pine River, Mich. Improving Pine River, Michigan: Completing improvement, five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Black River, Mich. Improving Black River, Michigan, at the mouth: Continuing improve ment, four thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1144 1896-1899 FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1145 Improving Detroit River, Michigan, removing shoals from Detroit to Detroit River, Mich. Lake Erie: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That ,a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Sec- extracts, retary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the same in accordance with the present project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred and sixty-one thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amouiit herein and heretofore appro priated: Provided further, That the Secretary of War shall cause to survey from Detroit be made and reported as early as practicable a survey of the DetroittoLakeErle- River from Detroit to Lake Erie, with a plan and estimate of the cost of such improvement as will secure a safe and convenient channel twenty- one feet deep between said points, the expense of which shall be paid from the said appropriation for improving Detroit River. Improving Black River at Port Huron, Michigan: Continuing bim*River,Mich, improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Kalamazoo River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, M^ainazo0 Kiver' ten thousand dollars. ImprovingGrand River, Michigan: Continuingimprovement, seventy- Grand Eiver' Mich, five thousand dollars. Improving Sebewaing River, Michigan: Completing improvement, Mf^Bwains Kiver' thirty-two thousand dollars. Improving Rouge River, Michigan: Any amount heretofore appro- Rouge River, Mich, priated for .the construction of a turning basin at Rouge River, Miehi- gan, which is now unexpended, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be made available for improving the channel of said river. Improving Chippewa River, Wisconsin,including yellow banks: Con-* W<?ahipp6wa Ki,irer' tinuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. .. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, twenty- nSraution7'8' seven thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to remove bars and snags from and to otherwise improve Wolf River below Shawano, Wisconsin; and two thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the protection of and in further improving the harbor of refuge established and partially constructed on the east shore of Lake Winnebago, Wis consin, under the provisions of the river and harbor Act, eighteen hundred aDd Dinety six, and two thousand five hundred dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the construction of a retaining wall on the north side of the canal, at the city of Kaukauna, for the protection of said canal. Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Continuing adMSnlElTer,Wis` improvement, nine thousand dollars. .' Improving Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin: According to MicRandwra.ElTer' the second, or dredging, plan, reported November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eighteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota, and its tributaries: Nm-th, the Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum Red'iake River, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in improving the navigation of the Red Lake River. ota Ejver Improving Minnesota River, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, Minn""630- >ver' one thousand dollars; said sum, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, to be used in removing the bar at or near the mouth of said river. For removing a sand bar at the mouth of Warroad River, ^Minnesota, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For making a survey, of Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minnesota, Li|edpj 3er?M?Dn.Reii with a view to the construction of a dam with locks at the outlet of ' said lake, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Red River of the North and said Red Lake River, Minnesota, and estimating the cost of said improvement, five thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1145 1896-1899 1146 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. Otter Tail Lake and River, Minn. For making a survey of Otter Tail Lake Minnesota, with a view to the construction of aud Otter Tail River, a dam at the outlet of said Jake, for the purpose of improving the navigation on the Red River of the North, Minnesota, and estimating the cost of said improvement, three thousand dollars. Big Stone Lake and For making a further survey of Big Stone Lake and Lake Traverse, Lake Travers, and S. Dak. Minn, Minnesota and South Dakota, with a view to, construct reservoirs therein for the improvement of .the navigation of the Minnesota River, and an estimate of the cost of such improvements, five thousand dollars. Wabash River, Iu<l. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes: and 111. Completing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Calumet River, 111. Improving Calumet River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, sixty Proviso. thousand dollars: Provided, That the expenditure of said money shall Location ofimprove ment. be made upon said river from the mouth thereof to the forks in said river. Illinois River, III. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Illinois and Dea Illinois River and Des Plaines River, Illinois: The Secretary of War Plaines rivers, 111. Board to survey, etc. is directed to appoint a board of three engineers, which board shall make a survey and estimates of cost for the improvement of the Upper Illinois River and Lower Des Plaines River, in Illinois, with a view to the extension of navigation from the Illinois River to Lake Michigan at or near Chicago; said board of engineers shall report the estimates of cost for a channel seven feet deep, and also for a channel eight feet deep, throughout said proposed route; said survey and; estimates of cost shall be made in pursuance of and according to the recommenda tions in report of January twenty-seventh, eighteen. hundred and ninety-seven, and there is hereby appropriated for the expenses of said board and such survey the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much, thereof as may be necessary. ' Mississippi River. Reservoirs at head waters. Reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River: Continuing improvement, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. The funds herein Renewal andrepair, etc. appropriated, and the unexpended balance of former appropriations for this work, shall be expended for the necessary renewal and repair of the reservoirs that have already been completed, and for the pur chase of the lands, of easements therein, which are necessarily subject to overflow by reason of the legitimate operation of the said completed Provisos. reservoirs: Provided, That so much of said funds as may be required Surveys of fiowage lines directed, Win- may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in making nibigoshish, etc., full and accurate surveys of the ttowage lines of Win nibigoshish, reservoirs, etc. Leech Lake, Pokegama Falls, and Pine River reservoirs, and in per Floods, Sandy Lake, etc. manently marking such lines on the ground; also in making a survey and investigation to determine the causes of, and the means of pre venting, the excessive floods on the river between the Government dam at Sandy Lake and Brainerd, Minnesota, and the effect thereof on the -Failure embank interests of navigation: Provided further, That of said funds a sum of ment,'vPjne reservoir. River not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars may be used, and is hereby made available, for the payment of damages, if any, to lands and tenements caused by the failure of the natural embankment ot the Pine River reser voiron June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. . Work under Missis For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the sippi sion. River ..Commis Mississippi River Commission : New Orleans, La. At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Natchez and Yi At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana, dalia, Miss, and La. fifty thousand dollars. .Memphis, Tenn. At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee: The Mississippi River Com mission Is directed to examine the harbor at Memphis, Tennessee, and HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1146 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1147 report what improvement, if any, should be made to remove the bar in front of the city of Memphis, together with the cost thereof. For rectification of Red and Atchafaiaya rivers, Louisiana: Con Red and Atchafa tinuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. iaya rivers. La. Improving the Mississippi River, between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Improvement b e - Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Bridge at Saint Paul, and the Wash tween St. Paul Minneapolis, etc. and ington Avenue Bridge at Minneapolis: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or con Proviso. tracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials Contracts. and work as may be necessary to complete said improvement, or said material may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by con tract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eight hundred and fifteen thou sand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-three cents, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. For Iowa, improving the Missouri River from its mouth to according to plans and specifications of the Missouri Sioux River City, Com Missouri River Com-, mission. mission, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That of this amount Provisos. the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the Distribution discretion of the Secretary of War, shall be expended for continuing improvements at the following places, namely: For work at the mouth of Haw River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars; for work on the right bank above the mouth of Little Blue River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars; for work above Glasgow, Missouri, ten thousand dollars; for work near Huntsdale, Missouri, ten thousand dollars; for local works above Kansas City, Missouri, not yet completed, twenty thousand dollars; for repairs on works and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, also, That of the said amount of one hundred Snag boats, etc. thousand dollars the sum of thirty-five thousand may be expended in operating snag-boats on the Missouri River between Sioux City and its mouth, in removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions. ' To repair the south bank of the Missouri River at the town of Judith, Juditb, Mont Montana, five thousand dollars. To repair the levee at the town of Fort Benton, Montana, and confine Port Benton, Mont. the river within its present limits, five thousand dollars. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, Gasconade River, fifteen thousand dollars. Mo. Improving Osage River, Missouri, by the construction of a lock and Osage River, Mo. dam in accordance with the plan and estimate submitted by the Mis souri River Commission in their report of July twelfth, eighteen hun dred and ninety-eight, and printed in Volume Six of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight-, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War Proviso. may enter into a contract or contracts for such work and materials as Contracts. may be necessary for the completion of such lock and dam, or the materials may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by con tract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Missouri River: For the removal of obstructions Missouri River above Sioux City, lowh, fifty thousand dollars. in the Improving Missouri River above Sioux City, Iowa. ' Improving Missouri River: Continuing improvement, above Sioux City, to and including Bismark, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War. For the improvement of the Missouri River on the Nebraska side opposite Sioux City, Iowa, and from the lower limits thereof to a point opposite Elkpoint in South Dakota, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Improving Sacramento River, California, from the city of Sacramento Sacramento River. to thermouth: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars: Pro Cal. Provisos. vided, Tbat~a"contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secre- Contracts. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1147 1896-1899 1148, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS., Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. tary of War for such materials and work as may he necessary to carry out the revised project printed in House Document Number One hun dred and eighty-six, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, and House Document Number Forty-eight, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, to'be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand -Acceptance from dollars, exclusive of amount herein and heretofore appropriated. The California of dredger authorized. Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept from the State of California the use of any dredger, or appliances owned or controlled by said State, conformably to any offer thereof by the said State; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to use any such dredger or appliances in any river or harbor improvement that may be prosecuted therein by the United States, either on the part of the United States Proviso. ~No payment. alone or conjointly with said State: Provided, That nothing shall be paid to the State of California for the use of said dredger, and that nothing herein`contained shall create any liability against the United States. 'Restraining of min That the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act making ing (16bris, California. Ante, p. 63J appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Agreementthatcon authorizing the Secretary of War, in expending certain specified appro tractor shall look sole priationsly to State for- half in the preparation for and construction of certain works for expenses to apply to the restraining or impounding of mining debris in the State of Cali future provisions. fornia, to enter into a contract or contracts wbereiu the contractor or contractors shall look solely to that State for one-half of such expense, and that the United States shall in no wise be liable for said one-half, are hereby extended to any appropriations, when made, that may here after be made for said purposes. Work done by hired That the Secretary of War, in carrying out the provisions of any labor -where available funds sufficient, etc. Act of Congress providing for the restraining or impounding of mining debris in California, may, in his discretion, when in his judgment the aggregate of appropriations already made by said State and Congress and available therefor are sufficient to complete the same, undertake the wol'ks necessary thereto by hired labor and by purchase of supplies and materials therefor, and may accept payments on account thereof as the work progresses under and according to the provisions of the acts of the legislature of said State for such purposes. San Joaquin River, Improving San Joaquin River, California: Continuing improvement, Cal. , twenty thousand dollars, to be expended in dredging, making cut-offs, or otherwise improving said river, and Stockton and Mormon Channels to the heads of navigation. PetalumaCreek, Cal. Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. XTpper Columbiaand Improving Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon and Washing Snake river's, and Wash. Oreg. ton : Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Coos River, Oreg. Improvement of Coos River, Oregon: Completing improvement, three thousand dollars. Columbia River, Canal at Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing improve Oreg., '. cades. canal at Cas ment, seventy-five thousand dollars. Long Tom River, Improving Long Tom ..River, Oregon: The sum of three thousand Oreg. '' Ante, -p. 47. dollars, or so much thereof as may b.e necessary to be expended in the Transfer of appro priation for." Willa matte River, above discretion pf the Secretary of balance remaining to the credit War, of the is hereby transferred from the appropriation made June fourth, Portland.' eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, Sundry Civil Act, for the improve ment of the Willamette River above Portland. ` Lower "Willamette River, Oreg., Colum bia River, Oreg. and Improving Oregon, and Lower Willamette River in Columbia River below the front of and bel'ow Portland, Willamette River iu Oregon Wash. . - and Washington: Continning improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. CoquilleRiver, Oreg. Improving Coquille River, below Coquille City, Oregon: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1148 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill Oh. 425. 1899. 1149 Improving Clatskanie River, Oregon: To complete improvement ^latskanie EiT^r. recommended in report printed in House Document Number Two r g' hundred and eighteen, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, thirteen thousand dollars. For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and Columbia River, river volumes, one thousand dollars. Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle kFpp^ CoquiUo Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement, nine thousand dollars. lver' Improving Columbia River below Tongue Point by way of the South- Columbia River be Channel in front of Astoria, Oregon, in accordance with project sub- low r<msne Pomt- mitted in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-five: Completing improvement, seventy-one thou sand dollars. For improving Clearwater River, Idaho: Completing improvement, Ida{,e0arwatcr Biver' ten thousand dollars. a ' Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement, Cowlitz River,Wash, three thousand dollars, * For.the improvement of the Lewis River, Washington, from its mouth Lbw1s Elver, wash to Lacenter, according to the plan submitted by the.Chief of Engineers in his annual report for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Con- Pagetsmnd, wash, tinuing improvement in accordance with approved projects, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Chehalis River, Washington: For snagging, three thou- wShhali8 EiTer' sand dollars. ' For the improvement of the Pend Oreille River, Washington, from wpTMd 0reil,ei Biver- Albany Falls to the town of Metalline, Washington, in accordance with as ' approved plans, ten thousand dollars. Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improve- w^nomi8h Sl0ugh' ment, twenty thousand dollars. ' Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington: Continuing w^,apa Rn-er.etc., improvement in accordance with approved project, five thousand dollars: as> *' Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War so much of this through amount as may be necessary shall be expended for more thoroughly North Riverjam. clearing a channel through the North River jam. Improving Okanagon River, Washington: Continuing improvement ws"agon River' in accordance with project printed in the Annual Report of the Chief S1' of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, fifteen thousand dollars. The depth of water in tidal waters, whenever referred to in this Act, ^f^tera defined*11 shall be understood to mean the depth at mean low water unless ' otherwise expressed. . Appropriations made for the respective works herein named, or so i;it-"118 much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secre- well aa improvement. . tary of War, be used for the repair and restoration of said works when ever from any cause they have become serionsly impaired, as well as for the further improvement of said works. Sec. 2. For preliminary examinations, surveys (except where other- ^Preliminary xami- wise herein especially provided for), contingencies, expenses connected ns on8'8Ur,,ey8'et;o- with inspection of bridges, the service of nocice required in such cases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and harbors, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no preliminary exami- Provisos. nations, survey, project, or estimate for.new works other than those desiK' designated in this or some prior Act or resolution shall be made: And provided further1, That after the regular or formal report on any exami- Reports,etc. nation, survey, project, or work under way or proposed is submitted,, no supplemental or additional report or estimate for the same fiscal year shall be made unless ordered by a concurrent resolution ofCongress. The Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement,of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1149 1896-1899 1150 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill; Ch. 425. 1899. until funds for the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law. Isthmus of Panama. Sec. 3. That the President of the United States of America be and heInvestigation of, for construction, of canal. is hereby authorized and empowered to make full and complete investigation of the Isthmus of Panama with a view to the construc tion of a canal by the United States across the same to connect the N i c a r a g uan and Atlantic and Pacific oceans; That the President is authorized to make Panama routes. investigation of any and all practicable routes for a canal across said Isthmus of Panama, and particularly to investigate the two routes known respectively as the Nicaraguan route and the Panama route, with a view to determining the most practicable and feasible route for such canal together with the proximate and probable cost of construct Existingfranchises. ing a canal at each of two or more of said routes: And the President is further authorized to investigate and ascertain what rights, privi leges and franchises if any may be held and owned by any corporations, associations or individuals, and what work, if any, has been done by such corporations, associations or individuals in the construction of a canal at either or any of said routes, and particularly at the so-called . --cost of purchasing. Nicaraguan and Panama routes respectively; and likewise to ascertain the cost of purchasing all of the rights, privileges and franchises held and owned by any such corporations, associations and individuals in any and all of such routes, particularly the said Nicaraguan route and Cost of harbors at the said Panama route; and likewise to ascertain the probable or termini. proximate cost of constructing a suitable harbor at each of the termini of said canal, with the probable annual cost of maintenance of said harbors respectively. And generally the President is authorized to make such full and complete investigation as to determine the most feasible and practicable route across said Isthmus for a canal, together with the cost of constructing the same and placing the same under the control, management and ownership of the United States. Engineers. Sec. 4. To enable the President to make the investigations and ascertainments herein provided for, he is hereby authorized to employ in said service any of the engineers of the United States army at his discretion, and, likewise to employ any engineers in civil life, at his discretion, and any other persons necessary to make such investigation, aDd to fix the compensation of any and all of such engineers and other persons. Appropriation for Sec. 5. For the purpose of defraying the expenses necessary to be expenses. incurred in making the investigations herein provided for, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by order of the President. Report. Sec. 6. That the President is hereby requested to report to Congress the results of such investigations, together with his recommendations in the premises. Report of Chief of Sec. 7. That' the Secretary of War shall cause the Chief of Engi Engineers to show de terioration in works, neers of the United States Army, in submitting his annual reports to etc. Congress with regard to works of river and harbor improvement under his charge, to state what deterioration, if any, has taken place by destruction, decay, obstructions, or otherwise, in connection with any of such works, tog. ther with an estimate of the cost of rebuilding, or repairing such works, or removing such obstructions; and he shall also cause the said Chief of Engineers to recommend,- with his reasons therefor, the discontinuance of appropriations for any river and harbor work which he may deem unworthy of further improvement. Report of Govern Sec. 8. That.the Secretary of War is directed to cause to be pre ment piers, etc., occu pied by private cor pared and reported to Congress a list of all piers, wharves, and other porations. structures or property pertaining to river and "hdrbor works belonging to the Government of the United States now occupied by pfivate cor porations or persons, together'with the terms upon which such piers,, wharves, or other property are occupied, and the date of the agreement or permission granting the privilege to occupy the aafno, and shall HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1150 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1151 wake such recommendations as he may deem desirable in connection therewith. Sec. 9. struction That it shall not be lawful to construct or commence the cbriof any bridge, dam, dike, or causeway over or in any port, Congress to author ize construction of bridges over naviga roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, water of the United States until navigable river, or other the consent of Congress to navigable the build ble waters. --approval of plans. ing of such structures shall have been obtained and until the plans for the same shall have been submitted to and approved by' the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War: Provided, That such structures may be built under authority of the legislature of a State across rivers Provisos. Legislatures to au thorize on waters and other waterways the navigable portions of which lie wholly within wholly within State. the limits of a single State, provided the location and plans thereof are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War before construction is commenced: And provided further, That when plans for any bridge or other structure have been Deviation from approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War, it plans. shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans either before or after completion of the structure unless the modification of said plans has previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War. Sec. in. That the creation of1 any obstruction not affirmatively No obstrnction to authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters navigation notautborized. of the United States is hereby prohibited; and it shall not be lawful Works outside .har to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, bor lines forbidden. weir, breakwater,, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of-Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the only8,'where aotEor8 course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, lze,L harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engi neers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same. Sec. 11. That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that Establishment of the establishment of-harbor lines is essential to the preservation and harborlmes- protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him: Provided, compensation for That whenever the Secretary of War grants to any person or persons tidifwaSTdispiaoed!1' permission to extend piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works, or to make deposits in any tidal harbor or river of the United States beyond any harbor lines established under authority of the United States, he , shall cause to be ascertained the amount of tide water displaced by any such structure or by any such deposits, and lie shall, if he deem it necessary, require the parties to whom the permtission is given to make compensation for such displacement either by excavating in some part of the harbor, including tide-water channels between high and low water mark, to such an extent as to create a basin for as much tide water as may be displaced by such structure or by such deposits, or in any other mode that may be satisfactory to him. Sec. 12. That every person and every corporation that shall violate Fanaities; removal any of the provisions of sections nine, ten, and eleven of this Act, or 8tracturea- any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section fourteen, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dol lars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1151 1896-1899 1152 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. On. 425. 1899. Ana farther, the removal of any structures or parts of structures erected in violation of the provisions of the said sections may be enforced by the injunction of any circuit court exercising jurisdiction in any district in which such structures may exist, and proper proceed ings to this end may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney- General of the United States. ' Depositing refase in Seo. 13. That it shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit, uavigable waters bidden. for* or cause, sutler, or procure to be thrown, discharged, or deposited either from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft of any kind, or from the shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment, or mill of any kind, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the.United States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water; and it shall not be lawful to deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be deposited material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the bank of any tribu tary of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be Provisos. impeded or obstructed :~Provided, That nothing herein contained shall --not applicable public works. to extend to, apply to, or prohibit the operations in connection with the improvement of navigable waters or construction of public works, con sidered necessary and proper by the United States officers supervising --permits for deposit- such improvement or public work: And provided further. That the ingin defined limits. Secretary of War, whenever in the judgment of the Chief of Engineers anchorage and navigation will not be injured thereby, may permit the deposit of any material above mentioned in navigable waters, within limits to be defined and under conditions to be prescribed by him, provided application is made to him prior to depositing snch material; and whenever any permit is so granted the conditions thereof shall be strictly complied with, and any violation thereof shall be unlawful. Using,etc.,wharves, Sec. 14. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take levees, etc., forbidden. possession of or make use of for any purpose, or build upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by fastening vessels thereto-or otherwise, or in any manner whatever impair the usefulness of any sea wall, bulk head, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the United States, or any piece of plant, floating or otherwise, used in the construc tion of such work under the control of the United States, in whole or in part, for the preservation and improvement of any of its navigable waters or to prevent floods, or as boundary marks, tide gauges, survey ing stations, buoys, or other established marks, nor remove for ballast or other purposes any stone or other material composing such works: Proviso. Provided, That the Secretary of War may, on the recommendation of --permits v use. for ternpo- the Chief of Engineers, grant permission for the, temporary occupation or use of any of the aforementioned public works when in his judgment sucli occupation or use will not be injurious to the public interest. O hstructions by Sec. 15. That it shall not be lawful to tie up or anchor vessels or anchoring vess Is. other craft in navigable channels in such a manuer as to prevent --sunkeu vessels, tim or obstruct the passage of other vessels or craft; or to voluntarily or ber, etc. carelessly sink, or permit or cause to be sunk, vessels or other craft in navigable channels; or to float loose timber and logs, or to float what is known as sack Shafts of timber and logs in streams or channels actually navigated by steamboats in such mauner as to obstruct, impede, --daties of owuer of or endanger navigation. And whenever a vessel, raft, or other craft sanken vessel. is wrecked and sunk in a navigable channel, accidentally or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and a lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect or failure of the said owner so to do shall lab unlawful; and it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunkeu crattato commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute -mehremoval diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1152 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1153 abandonment of such craft, and subject the same to removal by the United States as hereinafter provided for. Sec. 16. That every person and every corporation that shall violate, Penalties. or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one- half of said fine to be paid to. the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction. And any and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any material specified in section thirteen of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge in any harbor or navigable water, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War, or who shall willfnlly injure or destroy any work of the United States contemplated in section fourteen of this Act, or who shall willfully obstruct the channel of any waterway in the manner contemplated in section fifteen of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act, and shall\ipon con viction be punished as hereinbefore provided in this section, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted. And any boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft used or employed in violating any of the pro visions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall be liable for the pecuniary penalties specified in this section, and in addi tion thereto for the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft, which latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of the harbor or waterway in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any dis trict court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof. Sec. 17. That the Department of Justice shall conduct the legal pro Legal. proceedings, ceedings necessary to enforce the foregoing provisions of sections nine by whom etc. conducted, to sixteen, inclusive, of this Act; and it shall be the dnty of district attorneys of the United States to vigorously prosecute all offenders against the same whenever requested to do so by the Secretary of War or by any of the oflicials hereinafter designated, and it shall further more be the duty of said district attorneys to report to the Attorney- General of the United States the action taken by him against offenders so reported, and a transcript of such reports shall be transmitted to the Secretary of War by the Attorney-General; and for the better enforce Power to arrest ment of the said provisions and to facilitate the detection and bringing granted cials. certain offi co punishment of such offenders, the officers and agents of the United States in charge of river and harbor improvements, and the assistant engineers and inspectors employed under them by authority of the Secretary of War, and the United States collectors of customs and other revenue officers, shall have power and authority to swear out process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses pro hibited by the aforesaid sections of this Act, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: Provided, That no person shall be arrested 1`rovisoa. without process for any offense not committed in the presence of some --ottens^ to he uommilted in presence of. one of the aforesaid officials: And provided further, That whenever any --examination of pris arrest is made under the provisions of this Act. the person so arrested oner. shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States. Sec. 18. That whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason Obstru^fcmh to navi to believe that any railroad or other bridge/now constructed, or which gation by bridges. ' voi. xxx----- 73 / HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1153 1896-1899 1154 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cfl. 425. 1899. may hereafter be constructed, over any of the navigable waterways of the United States is an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of such waters on account of insufficient height, width of span, or otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw opening or the draw span of such bridge by rafts, steamboats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary, first giving the parties --notice to alter. reasonable opportunity to be heard, to give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling such bridge so to alter the same as to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed; and in giving such notice he shall specify the changes recommended by the Chief of Engineers that are required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make --penalty. them. If at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United States district attorney for the district in which such bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings hereinafter mentioned may be taken. If the persons, corporation, or association owning or controlling any rail road or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to that effect, as here inbefore required, from the Secretary of War, and within the time prescribed by him willfully fail or refuse to remove the same or to com ply with the lawful order of the Secretary of War in the premises, such persons, corporation, or association shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and every month such persons, cor poration, or association shall remain in default in respect to the removal or alteration of such bridge shall be deemed a new offense, and subject the persons, corporation, or association so offending to the penalties Proviso. above prescribed: Provided, That in any case arising under the provi --appeal. sions of this section an appeal or writ of error may be taken from the district courts or from the existing circuit courts direct to the Supreme Court either by the United States or by the defendants. Removal of obstruc Sec. 19. That whenever the navigation of any river, lake, harbor, tions to navigation. sound, bay, canal, or other navigable waters of the United States shall be obstructed or endangered by any sunken vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or other similar obstruction, and such obstruction has existed for a longer period than thirty days, or whenever the abandonment of such obstruction can be legally established in a less space of time, the sunken vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or other obstruction shall be subject to be broken up, removed, sold, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary of War at liis discretion, without liability for any damage to the Provisos. owners of the same: Provided, That in his discretion, the Secretary of --notice. War may cause reasonable notice of such obstruction of not less than thirty days, unless the legal abandonment of the obstruction can be established in a less time, to be given by publication, addressed "To whom it may concern," in a newspaper published nearest to the locality of the obstruction, requiring the removal thereof: And provided, also. --proposals to remove. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, at or after the time of giving such notice, cause sealed proposals to be solicited by public advertisement, giving reasonable notice of not less than ten days, for the removal of such obstruction as soon as possible after the expiration of the above specified thirty days' notice, in case it has not in the mean time been so removed, these proposals and contracts, at his discretion, to be conditioned that such vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or qtlier obstruction, and all cargo and property contained therein, shall become the property of the contractor, and the contract shall be awarded to the bidder making the proposition most advantageous to the United --bond of bidder. States: Provided, That such bidder shall give satisfactory security to Imposition of funds execute the work: Provided further. That any money received from the trom s:ilr of wrecks.- sale of any such wreck, or from any contractor for the removal of wrecks, under this paragraph shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Vessels grounding. Sec. 20. That under emergency, in the case of any vessel, boat, water et<\ --destruction, etc. of. craft, being i'r raft, or other similar unnecessarily dela/ed in obstruction, sinking or-grounding, any Government canal or lock, or or in HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1154 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1155 any navigable waters mentioned in section nineteen, in such manner as to stop, seriously interfere with, or specially endanger navigation, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, or any agent of the United States to whom the Secretary may delegate proper authority, the Sec retary of War or any such agent shall nave the right to take immediate possession of such boat, vessel, or other water craft, or raft, so far as to remove or to destroy it and to clear immediately the canal, lock, or navigable waters aforesaid of the obstruction thereby caused, using his best judgment to prevent any unnecessary injury; and no one shall interfere with or prevent such removal or destruction: Provided, That .Provisos. the officer or agent charged with the removal or destruction of an -notice. obstruction under this section may in his discretion give notice in writ ing to the owners of any such obstruction requiring them to remove it: And providedfurther, That the expense of removing any such obstruc -expense of removal, tion as aforesaid shall be a charge against such craft and cargo; and -reimbursement. if the owners thereof fail or refuse to reimburse the United States for such expense within thirty days after notification, then the officer or agent aforesaid may sell the craft or cargo, or any part thereof that may not have been destroyed in removal, and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Such sum of money as may be necessary to execute this section and Appropriation. the preceding section of this Act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of War. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing sec Repeal. tions ten to twenty, inclusive, of this Act are hereby repealed: Pro Proviso. vided,, That no action begun, or right of action accrued, prior to the --prior act ions ex passage of this Act shall be affected by this repeal. cepted. Sec. 21. Whenever in this Act the amount provided for the comple Appropriation for tion of any project under continuing contract is less than the cost as completion of project les than estimated estimated by the engineers, proposals for bids shall be invited without cost; bids. ' further action by Congress. Sec. 22. That tlie Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause pre Preliminary exami liminary examinations or surveys to be made at the localities named in nations and directed. snrvevs this section as hereinafter provided. In all cases a preliminary exam Scope ofpreliminary ination shall first be made, which shall embrace information concerning examination, etc. the commercial importance, present and prospective, of the river or harbor mentioned, aud a report as to the advisability of its improve ment. Whenever such preliminary examination has been made, in case such improvement is not deemed advisable, no further action shall be taken thereon without the direction of Congress; but in case the report has be'en or shall be to the effect that such river or harbor is worthy of improvement, the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improving such river or harbor to be estimated and to be reported to Congress, to wit: CALIFORNIA. Inner Harbor, San Pedro. Napa River. Sonoma Creek. Suisnn Creek. Crescent Bay. Channel between the straits of Carquinez and the Golden Gate, off Point Pinole, Point Wilson, and Lone Tree Point, with a view to obtain ing a channel three hundred feet in width, of a depth of thirty feet. Harbor of South San Francisco, San Mateo County. California. Milford Harbor. CONNECTICUT. DELAWARE. Connecticut. Delaware. Saint Jones River, Delaware, from its mouth to the highest point of feasible navigation. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1155 1896-1899 1156 Florida. Georgia. Illinois. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 125. 1899. FLORIDA. East Pass, at the entrance of Carrabelle Harbor, Florida, with a view to obtaining a channel depth of twenty-two feet at "mean low water. Ocklockonnee River. Bay at Hudson, Pasco County. Inside passage through Sarasota Bay to Lemon Bay. Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor, with a view to obtaining a depth of twenty-four feet of water over the bar at the entrance of the harbor and eighteen feet thence up to Punta Gorda. Kissimmee River and connecting lakes and canals flowing into Lake Okechobee, thence down the Caloosahatchee River to the Gulf of Mexico, with a view to improving the navigation of the channels therein. Punta Rassa: Inside passage to Charlotte Harbor. Orange River: To its confluence with Caloosahatchee and thence to Gulf of Mexico. Crystal River: From the town of Crystal River to its entrance in the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA. Brunswick, Georgia: Inner harbor, with a view of determining what Improvement thereof is desirable in the interest of commerce and the cost thereof. ILLINOIS. Survey of Ohio River from Mound City, Illinois, to Cairo, Illinois: With a view to ascertain what improvement, if any, is desirable with a view to the protection of the banks and levees on the Illinois side. Survey with a view to ascertain what, if anything, should be done to stop the caving of the banks of the Ohio River, at or near Yew Liberty, in Pope County, Illinois, and to prevent said river from cutting into a slough and chain of lakes at said point, together with the cost thereof. Waukegan Harbor, with a view to obtaining a channel three hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep. Survey and estimate of cost for the improvement of the channel and to prevent the cutting and caving of the bank of the Mississippi River, on the Illinois side thereof, at or near Wagners Landing, in Jackson County, below Rockwood, Illinois. Improving Chicago River, in Illinois: Survey and estimate of cost for a channel twenty-one feet deep from its mouth to the stock yards on the South Branch, and to Belmont avenue, on the Forth Branch, so far as may be permitted by existing docks and wharves, exclusive of cost of removing or constructing bridges or piers or lowering tunnels; and the aforesaid deptli of twenty-one feet is hereby adopted as the project depth for the improvement in lieu of that fixed by the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Provided, That all the work of remov ing and reconstructing bridges and piers'and lowering tunnels neces sary to permit a practicable channel with said depth to be obtained shall be done, or caused to be done, by the city of Chicago without expense to the United States. Survey of the Mississippi River at or near Beach Ridge, Illinois: With a view to ascertain whether there is danger of said river breaking through into Cache River, and whether it is desirable to make further specific appropriations to protect the bank of the Mississippi River at said place; and, if so, the cost thereof. Survey of the Mississippi River between Station Eighteen hundred and forty, as established by Government survey reported in Executive House Document Number One hundred and eleven, third session Fifty- third Congress, and the railroad embankment at the railroad bridge crossing in front of Quincy, Illinois, with a view to preventing the filling up of Quincy Bay by sediment carried by the river in times of high water. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1156 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1157 IOWA. Iowa. Bellevue, Iowa: Survey with a view to ascertain whether it is desira ble to construct a dam across what is known as Crooked Slough, oppo site Bellevue, Iowa,.on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi River, at a point in section nine, township twenty-six north, of range one east, and where the wagon road leading from Galena and Hanover, Illinois, to Bellevue, Iowa, intersects and crosses said slough. KENTUCKY. . Kentucky. Green River, Kentucky: From Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, to Greensburg, Kentucky. LOUISIANA. Louisiana. Survey of Atchafalaya Bay from the mouth of Atchafalaya River to deep water.in the Gulf of Mexico, twelve feet deep at mean low water and two hundred feet wide, with an estimate of the cost of said improvement. MAINE. Boothbay Harbor. . Camden Harbor. Penobscot River, at- and near Bucksport Narrows. Parkers Head Harbor and Channel, Kennebec River. Bucksport Harbor. Kennebec River between Gardiner Bridge and Augusta Dam, with a view to securing a channel equal in capacity to that below said bridge. Kenduskeag River at its mouth, with a view to securing a channel two feet deep at extreme low tide for the entire width of the river. Maine. MARYLAND. Claibourne Harbor. Queenstown Harbor. Patuxent River, at Bristol Bar. Brettons Bay, on the Potomac River. Elk River. Tyaskin Creek. Rockhall Harbor, with a view to obtaining a channel through Swan Point Bar one hundred and fifty feet wide and twelve feet deep and a channel in the inner harbor of the same width and depth; also for a channel one hundred and ninety feet wide and twelve feet deep across the bar. MASSACHUSETTS. . Maryland. Massachusetts. New Bedford Harbor: To remove the bar between the present chan nel and the northerly terminus of the proposed channel on the north erly side of the New Bedford and Fairhaven Bridge, and also of remov ing the bar in the channel of New Bedford Harbor about eight hundred feet southerly from Fish Island. Vineyard Haven: With a view to its further protection and improve ment as a harbor of refuge by a breakwater or otherwise. Sandy Bay: Resurvey and estimate of cost at breakwater. Winthrop Harbor: To provide channels of a width of seventy-five and one hundred feet, respectively, and a depth of twelve feet and fif teen feet, respectively. Channel of Assouet River. Piers and breakwater at Rockport. Beverly Harbor. Cottage City. Westport Pojut Harbor. . Sfifidwich Harbor; HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1157 1896-1899 1158 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SeSS. III. Ch. 425. 1899. Michigan. Bass River Harbor Cohasset Harbor, with a view to deepening the same and its channel. Cotuit Harbor. Harbor at Hyannis. MICHIGAN. Arcadia: To obtain a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide and fourteen feet deep. Muskegon River, from the head of Muskegon Lake to Newaygo: To obtain a depth of five feet of water. Channel from Lake Michigan to Stoney Lake, Oceana County. Cheboygan Harbor: To obtain a depth of eighteen feet from the entrance of said harbor to the first bridge. Mackinac Harbor: For the protection of the harbor by breakwaters. Copper Harbor: To obtain a depth of eighteen feet. Minnesota. . MINNESOTA. Vol. 28, p. 357. Missouri. New Hampshire. Lake Superior and Mississippi River: The report upon the examina tion and survey for the location of a canal connecting Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, provided for by the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be supplemented by a further report as to whether such canal is feasible and an improvement which should be undertaken by the Government, and, if feasible, the probable cost of construction, operation, and maintenance of the same. Saint Croix River, from Stillwater Harbor to Taylors Falls, Minne sota, with a view to making said river accessible to steamboats and other craft navigating said river. Minnesota River: With a view of protecting the banks thereof at and near Saint Peter, in Nicollet County. Two Islands or Saxton, Minnesota, situate about midway between Two Harbors and Grand Marais, Minnesota: With a view of making a harbor of refuge at that point. Red River of the North, Minnesota and North Dakota: With a view of ascertaining what improvements, if any, should be made to govern and repress the floods of the river, and to prevent the undue erosion of the banks. MISSOURI. Current River: With a view to the improvement of said river, between the junction of Crooked Creek and Current Creek with the Current River, in the northwest corner of Shannon County and the southern line of Carter County, in the State of Missouri. Saint Francois River: With a view to the improvement of said river, from Greenville to the mouth of Mingo. Missouri River: With a view to prevent the erosion of the north bank thereof at and near Huntsdale, in Boone County, Missouri, with a view to prevent the erosion of the south bank thereof and the cut-, ting of a new channel at and near the city of Napoleon, in Lafayette County, Missouri. NEW HAMPSHIRE. New Jersey. Pull-and-be-damned Point, Portsmouth Harbor: With a view to its removal, so far as the same is an obstruction to navigation. Isles of Shoals: With a view to building a breakwater from Smutty Nose Island to Cedar Island. NEW JERSEY. Raccoon Creek. Woodbridge Creek. Maurice River, Oldmans Creek. Arthur Kill or Staten Island Sound from Kill von Kull to Raritan HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1158 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899. 1159 Bay, -with a view to obtaining of a twenty-one foot channel, by way of Staten Island Sound from New York Bay to Raritan Bay. Passaic River: With the view of ascertaining the cost and feasibility of extending a ten-foot channel of suitable width from Center-street bridge to the Montclair Railway Bridge, and also as to the feasibility and cost of affording a channel twelve feet in depth from Center-street bridge to Staten Island Sound. Also an examination of said river from Montclair Railway Bridge to the city of Paterson. Tuckerton Creek. NEW YORK. New York. Sangerties Harbor: With a view of extending the improvement from the westerly end of the south dike westerly to the " Point of Rocks;" also with a view to removing the loose rock from the channel, and continuing the depth of twelve feet, at low water, toward the head of the harbor. Dunkirk: Survey for easterly breakwater. Bay Shore, Long Island: With a view to constructing a breakwater. Patchogue River. Three Mile Harbor, Long Island. Sag Harbor. Tonawanda Harbor, ErieCounty, and Tonawanda Creek from Niagara River to the State dam. Patchogue River: With a view to deepening the channel from Fire Island Inlet to Patchogue to a depth of eight feet, with a channel eighty feet in width. Diamond Reef and Coenties Reef in East River, with a view to their removal. New Rochelle Harbor. West Chester Creek. Tarrytown H arbor. Port Chester Harbor. OREGON. Oregon. Snake River: That portion of the Snake River extending from the town of Asotin, iu the State of Washington, to Pittsburg Landing, in the State of Oregon. Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, Oregon: Survey and estimate of the cost of obtaining a channel depth of twenty- five feet at low water from Portland to the mouth of the Columbia River. . The canal and locks situated on the west side of the Willamette River, at Willamette Falls, in Clackamas County: With a view to ascertain ing the desirability of their condemnation and purchase by the United States. Mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington: Survey and estimate with a view to obtaining a channel of forty feet depth at lowest low water, and a report as to the desirability of such improvement. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania. Youghiogheny River: With a view to the improvement of said river by locks and dams from West Newton to the mouth of said river at McKeesport, Pennsylvania. RHODE ISLAND. Rhode Island. Pawtucket River. Providence harbor and river: As to the advisability of dredging that portion of the flats therein between Wilkesbarre Pier, Kettle Point, and the present ship-channel, to a depth of twenty-five feet at mean low water, to provide increased anchorage grounds, and a project for such improvement, with the probable cost thereof ' HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1159 1896-1899 1160 South Carolina Tennessee. Texas. Virginia. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Oh. 425. 1899 SOUTH CAROLINA. Sampit River: From its mouth at the twenty-foot depth at low water in Winyah Bay to its head of navigation, with the view of dredging shoals and removing other obstructions. Wee Tee Lake, Williamsburg County: From its junction with the Santee River to a point called the Bluff, with a view to make it navi gable for steamboats. Lynch's River: From the railroad bridge at Effingham to its mouth at junction of Great Pee Dee River, with a view to procuring a depth of three feet at mean low water. The waterways and low-lying marsh lands or rice lands between the North and South Santee rivers, with a view to extending the Estherville Minim Creek Canal in a southerly direction to Alligator River. The waterways between Charleston Harbor and Alligator Creek, with a view to ascertaining the present cost of the improvement thereof. TENNESSEE. Little Tennessee River: For its survey from its mouth to the slate quarries on Abram's Creek. Holston River: For its survey from its mouth to Kingsport. Richland River: From its mouth to Dayton. Powell's River: For its survey from its mouth to Kyle's Ford. Hiawassee River: For its survey from its mouth to the mouth of the Ocoee River. TEXAS. Harbor at Alligator Head, in Matagorda Bay, and the harbor at Brazos Santiago, off Point Isabel, Texas, with plans and estimates for the removal of the bars at said harbors to furnish an inlet to each of said harbors to permit ocean-going vessels to enter said harbors with necessary depths of channel. Clear Creek. . Dickinson Bayou. Highland Bayou. Turtle Baj on. Oyster Creek. Chocolate Bayou. Bostrop Bayou. East Bay Bayou. Colorado River. San Bernard River. Caney Creek. For a canal ten feet deep and one hundred feet wide around the raft in the Colorado River, in Matagorda County. Red River, from the mouth of the Kiamitia River to the mouth of Bine River. VIRGINIA. Channel at Middle Ground Bar, in the harbor of Hampton Roads, with a view to determining what amount of dredging is necessary over said bar to secure a channel five hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep at.mean low tide. To dredge channel leading to Tangier Island, in Tangier Sound, and ascertain most feasible channel for improvement. To remove bar at the mouth of Jackson's Creek, in Middlesex County. ' James River: With a view of ascertaining what expenditure will be necessary to continue improvement to the head- of navigation at the Docks. , To improve mouth or entrance to Carters Creek, Lancaster County. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1160 1896-1899 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 425,426. 1899. 1161 WASHINGTON. Neat Bay: With a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge. Washington. WEST VIRGINIA. Elk River from its month to Sutton. Guyandotte River from its mouth to a point fifty miles above. West Virginia. WISCONSIN. Wisconsin. East shore of Lake Pepin, in the Mississippi River, near the village of Pepin, with a view to the construction of a pier, or a harbor of refuge. Harbor at Port Washington: With a view of obtaining a channel fifteen feet in depth, and of extending piers three hundred feet and Of protecting the same by breakwater, or otherwise. Harbor at Kewaunee: With a view of making a harbor of refuge with a depth of not less than twenty feet. Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin: From the line of the second, or dredging, project, reported under date of November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, by Captain George A. Zinn, up the river to the west line of Wells street, with a view to obtain a channel eighteen feet in depth. Harbor at Green Bay: With a view to obtain a channel twenty feet in depth from the mouth of Fox River up to the city of Green Bay. Harbor at Manitowoc: With a view to protecting the harbor from the injurious effect of northeast seas, by extending the breakwater in said harbor in an easterly direction and on a line with the north pier, four hundred feet, or otherwise. Harbor at Two Rivers: With a view to secure better means of access to said harbor, and to secure a sufficient depth of water therein, by extending the piers four hundred feet, or otherwise. Harbor at Port Wing. Harbor at Kenosha: With a view of enlarging the basin. Harbor at Oconto: With a view of securing better access thereto and a sufficient depth of water therein, by extending the piers three hundred feet, or otherwise. Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 426.--An Act For the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims nnder the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes. ' March 3, 1899. Be it 'enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Payment of certain Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of claims under the man Act. Bow - any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to claimants in VoL 22. p. 485. this Act named the several sums appropriated herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final release and discharge of their respective claims, namely: CLAIMS ALLOWED UNDER THE BOWMAN AND TUCKER ACTS BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS. ALABAMA. To James McPeters, administrator of Nelson G. Allen, deceased, late of Lauderdale County, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. To John H. Vaught, administrator of Jeremiah Arnold, deceased, late of Jackson County, one thousand seven hundred and five dollars. HeinOnline -- 30 Stat. 1161 1896-1899