Intent. Proviso. Total cost. Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Waterway, Ke weenaw Bay to on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and it is hereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of the said provisions of said Act relating to the improvement of said Chicago River that all of the work in the improvement of said river which was recommended or suggested to be done in the interest of commerce by Captain William L. Marshall, of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, in his report of August ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, may be done: Provided, That the total cost of such improvement or work shall not exceed the limit provided for in said Act. Illinois and Mississippi Canal: For continuing construction, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving waterway from Keweenaw Bay to Lake SupeLake Superior. rior, Michigan: For continuing improvement of water communication across Keweenaw Point, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. River. Mississippi Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio Mouth of Ohio River to Saint Paul, Minnesota: For continuing improveRiver to St. Paul. ment from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Mouth of Missouri River to St. Paul. Provisos. Removal of sand bars at Du catine, Iowa. Missouri River, six hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents. For continuing improvement from the mouth of the Missouri River to Saint Paul, eight hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents: Provided, That thirty thousand dollars of said sum, or as much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended buque and Mus- in removing the sand bar which obstructs the channel of the Mississippi River in front of Dubuque, Iowa, and the entrance to the harbor of refuge at Dubuque, Iowa, and that fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in removing the sand bar which obstructs the channel of the Mississippi River in Artificial banks front of Muscatine, Iowa: Provided further, That the sum Flint to month of of fifty thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended for continuing the work of constructing artificial banks between the mouth of Flint River and running along the west bank of the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Iowa River. Improving Willamette and Yamhill rivers, Oregon: For completing mprovement, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. from mouth of Iowa Rivers. Willamette and Yamhill rivers, Oregon. sion. Mississippi Improving Mississippi River: For continuing improveRiver Commis- ment of Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the Head of Passes mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, office, Expenses, etc. traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi to the Ohio. River Commission, two million nine hundred and thirtythree thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars; which sum, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be immediately available for expenditure under contract or otherwise. And of the sum hereby appropriated, six hundred thousand dollars shall be deducted from the sum of two million five hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars authorized to be appropriated and expended for the fiscal year ending June thir tieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by the "Act Vol. 29, p. 230. making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," which became a law on June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. break into Cache For the purpose of preventing the Mississippi River, Prevention of from breaking through into the Cache River at or near River, etc. a point known as Beach Ridge, a few miles north of Cairo, whereby the National Cemetery at Mound City, at the mouth of the Cache River, and the Marine Hospital at Cairo would be in imminent danger of destruction, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be immediately available. Improving Missouri River from mouth to Sioux City, Iowa: For continuing improvement of Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent bench marks, and gauges, three hundred thousand dollars; of the sum heretofore appropriated for improving the Missouri River, the Secretary of War is directed to expend not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to repair and protect the works in the neighborhood of Nebraska City, in the State of Nebraska. The unexpended balance of the appropriation for the improvement of the Suwanee River, Florida, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for deepening the West Pass of the Suwanee River at its mouth. Missouri River Commission. Nebraska City, Nebr. Suwanee River, Fla. Minn. A sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, or so much Gull Lake, thereof as may be necessary, of the money heretofore appropriated for the construction of reservoirs at the head waters of the Mississippi River may be used and is hereby made available for the payment of damages for lands and tenements overflowed or injured by the construction of a reservoir and dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author. The water hyacinth, investiized to investigate the extent of the obstruction of the gation of, etc. navigable waters of Florida, Louisiana, and other South Atlantic and Gulf States by the aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth, and to perform such experimental work as he shall deem necessary to determine some suitable and feasible plan or method of checking and removing such obstacle, so far as it is a hindrance to interstate or foreign commerce, and to report the results of such investigation and experimental work; and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the cost thereof. Warrior River to That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed Waterway from to cause a survey to be made to examine into the feasibility Five Mile Creek, and advisability of the improvement of the waterway be. etc. ginning at a point at or near the site selected for Lock Numbered Thirteen, on the Warrior River, and continuing up Valley River from its mouth, following the general course of said stream, to Bessemer, Alabama; thence up Sabine Pass, Tex. etc. the Valley to Birmingham and beyond to Five Mile Creek, at a point where sufficient head can be obtained to supply water for that part of said route between Five Mile Creek and Bessemer, Alabama, so as to secure a channel to have a minimum depth of six feet and be at least fifty feet in width at the water line, and to ascertain the cost of such improvement, and the cost of such survey shall be defrayed from the unexpended balance of the funds heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Black Warrior River from Tuscaloosa to Daniels Creek. For the purchase of a dredge boat for use in the harbor Dredge boat, improvement at Sabine Pass, Texas, one hundred thousand dollars, and for the expense of operating the same during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, thirty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Mobile Bay, Ala. Estimates, etc. For maintaining and keeping open the channel in Mobile Bay, in the State of Alabama, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. And hereafter the Secretary of War shall annually submit estimates in detail for river and harbor improvements required for the ensuing fiscal year to the Secretary of the Treasury to be included in, and carried into the sum total of, the Book of Estimates. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, WAR DEPARTMENT. SURVEY OF NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES: For printing and issuing charts for use. of navigators and electrotyping plates for chart printing, two thousand dollars. For surveys, additions to, and correcting engraved plates, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars. TRANSPORTATION OF REPORTS AND MAPS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES: For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred dollars. * CALIFORNIA DÉBRIS COMMISSION: For defraying the expenses of the Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars. HARBOR OF NEW YORK: For prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses of office, ten thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; For pay of crews and maintenance of four steam tugs Vessels. and three launches, forty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars; In all, fifty-nine thousand dollars. ways between ters. DEEP WATERWAYS COMMISSION: For surveys and ex- Deep wateraminations (including estimate of cost) of deep waterways Great Lakes and and the routes thereof, between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic tide waAtlantic tide waters, as recommended by the report of the Deep Waterways Commission transmitted by the President to Congress January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Such examinations and surveys shall be made by a board Board to surof three engineers, to be designated by the President, one of whom may be detailed from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and one shall be appointed from civil life. vey, etc. Pass of Aran sas, Texas. That for the purpose of ascertaining the character and value of the improvements made at the Pass of Aransas, on the Gulf coast of Texas, by the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, a board of three engineers shall be appointed Board to examby the President, from the Engineer Corps of the Army; menta.mprove. and such board shall personally make examination of the work done by said company for the purpose of deepening the channel and removing the bar at or near said Pass of Aransas. It shall be the duty of the board so constituted to report Duties. the depth of water upon the bar at the time of their examination; the character of the work done and the cost of same; the character and cost of any unfinished work contracted to be done by said company; the probable result upon the deepening of the channel across the bar of any work contracted for or contemplated by said company, but not then finished; the value to the Government of all work done or contracted to be done by said company for the purpose of deepening said channel or removing said bar, and such other information as they may deem essential to be known to Congress in making future provi sion for the purchase of said works by the United States Government. Said board shall report the result of their investigation Report. to the Secretary of War on or before the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and the Secretary shall immediately transmit the report to Congress; and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the said board and for the services of the said engineers, the amount of such compensation for said services to be fixed by the Secretary of War. MEMORIAL BRIDGE ACROSS POTOMAC RIVER: To enable the Chief of Engineers of the Army to make the necessary surveys, soundings, and borings, and for secur ing designs and estimates for a memorial bridge from the most convenient point of the Naval Observatory grounds, or adjacent thereto, across the Potomac River to the most Memorial bridge, Potomac River. Sabine Pass, Tex. etc. the Valley to Birmingham and beyond to Five Mile Creek, at a point where sufficient head can be obtained to supply water for that part of said route between Five Mile Creek and Bessemer, Alabama, so as to secure a channel to have a minimum depth of six feet and be at least fifty feet in width at the water line, and to ascertain the cost of such improvement, and the cost of such survey shall be defrayed from the unexpended balance of the funds heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Black Warrior River from Tuscaloosa to Daniels Creek. For the purchase of a dredge boat for use in the harbor Dredge boat, improvement at Sabine Pass, Texas, one hundred thousand dollars, and for the expense of operating the same during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, thirty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Mobile Bay, Ala. Estimates, etc. For maintaining and keeping open the channel in Mobile Bay, in the State of Alabama, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. And hereafter the Secretary of War shall annually submit estimates in detail for river and harbor improvements required for the ensuing fiscal year to the Secretary of the Treasury to be included in, and carried into the sum total of, the Book of Estimates. Miscellaneous. Survey northern, lakes. etc., MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, WAR DEPARTMENT. of SURVEY OF NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES: For printing and issuing charts for use, of navigators and electrotyping plates for chart printing, two thousand dollars. Transporting maps. California Débris Commission. Expenses. Vol. 27, p. 507. New York Harbor. Inspectors, etc. For surveys, additions to, and correcting engraved plates, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars. TRANSPORTATION OF REPORTS AND MAPS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES: For the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred dollars. * CALIFORNIA DÉBRIS COMMISSION: For defraying the expenses of the Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars. HARBOR OF NEW YORK: For prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses of office, ten thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; |