Changes.

expense of the owners thereof, such lights or other signal as the Light-House Board may prescribe; and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may, at any time, deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own

expense.

Commence- SEC. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual con

ment and

pletion.

Right amend, etc.

com.

July 19, 1897.

propriations.

to

struction of the said bridge be not commenced in one year and completed in three years from the date hereof.

SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, June 18, 1897.

CHAP. 9.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Deficiencies ap- the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

Treasury Department.

George

Goethals.

counts of.

W.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

CREDIT IN ACCOUNTS OF GEORGE W. GOETHALS: The Credit in ac- Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, in settling the disbursing accounts of George W. Goethals, captain, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, to cause to be passed to the credit of said Captain Goethals "voucher numbered eighty-two of his accounts for disbursements for fourth quarter of eighteen hundred and ninetytwo, appropriation for improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky," being amount paid by him for expenses incurred in examining title and preparing deeds to three tracts of land purchased by the United States at Locks Two, Five, and Nine, Muscle Shoals Canal, amounting to seventy-two dollars.

Cols. C. B. Com

H. Mendell.

counts of.

CREDIT IN ACCOUNTS OF COLONEL C. B. COMSTOCK AND COLONEL GEORGE H. MENDELL: Authority is hereby Credit in ac- granted to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury to allow and credit in the accounts of Colonel C. B. Comstock, brevet brigadier-general, United States Army, the sum of forty-two dollars, standing against him on the books of the Treasury; and to allow and credit in the accounts of Colonel George H. Mendell the sum of four hundred and seventytwo dollars, standing against him on the books of the Treasury.

Col. H. L. Abbot.

CREDIT IN ACCOUNTS OF COLONEL H. L. ABBOT: AuCredit in ac. thority is hereby granted to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury to allow and credit in the accounts of Col

counts of.

onel H. L. Abbot, brevet brigadier-general, United States Army, the sums of fifty dollars and eight cents and twelve dollars and forty eight cents, standing against him on the books of the Treasury, for disbursements on account of mileage.

ac

CREDITS IN ACCOUNTS OF MAJ. THOMAS W. SYMONS: Maj. Thomas W. Symons. Authority is hereby granted to the proper accounting offi- "Credit in cers of the Treasury to allow and credit in the accounts of counts of. Maj. Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, the sum of fifty-one dollars and fifty-two cents standing against him on the books of the Treasury for disbursements on account of mileage.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia.

office.

Executive
Salary of En-

EXECUTIVE OFFICE: For amount required to make the salary of the Engineer Commissioner five thousand dollars per annum, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, sioner. eight hundred and forty-four dollars.

For amount required to make the salary of the Engineer Commissioner five thousand dollars per annum, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and six cents.

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gineer Commis

lots.

PAYMENT FOR LOTS, POTOMAC RIVER FLATS: That, Payment for the Act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Potomac River providing for the payment by the District of Columbia of flats. Vol. 29, p. 397. one-half of the amount appropriated for "payment of the owners of the lots and parts of lots referred to in the decrees passed by the supreme court of the District of Columbia in the case of the United States versus Morris and others, and located in squares sixty-three, eighty-nine, one hundred and twenty-nine, and one hundred and fortyeight, in the city of Washington, in said District, which lots and parts of lots which have been included within the limits of the improvement of the Potomac River and its flats, in charge of the Secretary of War," is hereby amended so as to make the same payable wholly from the revenues of the United States.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS: That the following paragraph in the "Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight," approved March second, eight. een hundred and ninety-seven, namely: "Additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, in addition to pay as major, one thousand dollars," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds at Washington, District of

Pay to officer lic buildings and grounds, D. C

in charge of pub

Vol. 29, p. 612.

counts of.

Columbia, in addition to pay as captain of engineers, one thousand seven hundred dollars.

For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, in addition to pay as captain of engineers, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents.

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Major T. W. CREDIT IN THE ACCOUNTS OF MAJOR T. W. SYMONS: Symons. Credit in ac- That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to credit Major (late Captain) T. W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, in the settlement of his public accounts with the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, the said amount having been paid out in accordance with the orders of the Secretary of War and the provisions of the regulations for the government of the Army of the United States prescribed by the President.

Rivers and

harbors.

River.

RIVERS AND HARBORS.

Mississippi IMPROVING MISSISSIPPI RIVER: For continuing improveHead of Passes ment of Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the to mouth of Ohio the mouth of Ohio River, six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

River.

Mouth of Ohio River to St. Paul.

Mouth of Missouri River to St. Paul.

Cumberland Sound. Continuing im

IMPROVING MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THE MOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TO SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA: For continuing improvement from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River, three hundred and twentyfive thousand dollars.

For continuing improvement from the mouth of the Missouri River to Saint Paul, Minnesota, two hundred thousand dollars.

For continuing improvement of Cumberland Sound: Fifty thousand dollars for sluicing and dredging at the entrance provement, etc. to said sound, in accordance with the revised project of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as recommended in a communication from the Secretary of War to the Senate, dated June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so Limit of cost. construed as to increase the limit of cost of such improvement beyond the amount heretofore fixed by law.

Proviso.

Surveys, etc., South Pass.

Green Bay,
Wis.

Vol. 29, p. 211.
Error in enroll

ment corrected.

EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS AT SOUTH PASS, MISSISSIPPI RIVER: To supply a deficiency in the permanent appropriation for securing the uninterrupted examinations and surveys at the South Pass of the Mississippi River, one thousand dollars.

To correct an error in enrolling the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be expended under and by direction of the Secretary of War in continuing the improvement of the harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin.

er, Mich.

The Secretary of War is authorized to pay, out of any St. Marys Riv unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated for Payment of improving Saint Marys River at the falls, Michigan, the costs of suit, etc. cost chargeable to the defendant under the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Gilmore G. Scranton versus Eben S. Wheeler, the said case being a suit of ejectment brought against the said Wheeler in his official capacity as the general superintendent of the Saint Marys Falls Canal, to settle the ownership of the land on which one of the Government piers is built: Provided, That the sum hereby authorized to be paid shall not exceed four Limit. hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents.

Proviso.

To defray the expense of removing obstructions in the Kootenai River, above Jennings, Montana, on which vessels Kootenai Rivhave been recently wrecked, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

er, Mont.

FORTIFICATIONS.

Fortifications.

N. J.

That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, author-Sandy Hook, ized to immediately expend the appropriation of seventyfive thousand dollars made by the fortification appropriation Vol. 29, p. 642. Act, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, for the construction of a riprap wall for protection of Construction of the eastern beach of United States lands at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, notwithstanding that the consent of the legis lature of that State required by section three hundred and fifty five of the Revised Statutes has not been given to the R. S., sec. 355, purchase of the land on which the money is to be expended.

riprap wall, etc.

p. 60.

CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE, Claims allowed WAR DEPARTMENT.

by the Auditor for the War Department.

Columbia River, Wash

For improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids to Priest Rapids, Washington, fourteen dollars and thirty-ington. seven cents.

For expenses California Débris Commission, forty dollars, California Déand forty-one cents.

bris Commission.

River, Wash

For improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids Columbia to Priest Rapids, Washington, one dollar and twenty-eight ington. cents.

For survey for canal from Lake Erie to Ohio River, one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-seven cents. For expenses California Débris Commission, seventy-one dollars and twenty-nine cents.

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Approved, July 19, 1897.

Survey canal,

etc.

California Dé

bris Commission.

March 31, 1897.

River.

for, from Head of

RESOLUTIONS.

[No. 6.] Joint Resolution Making appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety

seven.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mississippi United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and is Appropriation hereby, appropriated, and immediately made available, for Passes to mouth the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Ohio River, of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and expended according to the provisions of the Act "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.

immediately available.

Vol. 29, p. 230.

To be deducted, etc.

Deficiency appropriations.

SEC. 2. That the sum herein appropriated be deducted from the sum of two million five hundred and eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars authorized to be appropriated and expended for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by the provisions of said act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

SEC. 3. That to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the following sums, namely:

Executive

Mansion.

Refurnishing.

Repairs, etc.

EXECUTIVE MANSION.

For refurnishing the Executive Mansion, three thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine. For repairs to the roof of the Executive Mansion, one thousand dollars

Approved, March 31, 1897.

April 7, 1897.

River, floods.

[No. 9.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries and by the Red River of the North, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mississippi United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Appropriation sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby approprifor relief of suf- ated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro

ferers.

priated, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores to such destitute persons as may require assistance in the district overflowed by the Mississippi