June 4, 1898. Florida. improvement of. [No. 44.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Tampa Bay, Florida, from Port Tampa to its mouth, in the Gulf of Mexico. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Tampa Bay, the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Plans, etc., for the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Tampa Bay, from Port Tampa to the mouth of the bay, in the Gulf of Mexico, so as to give a depth of water thirty feet deep at mean low water, five hundred feet wide on the bar at the entrance of Tampa Bay, and three hundred feet wide in the bay itself; and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, requested to inform Congress of his views as to the advisability of the proposed improvement. June 8, 1898. Wis. Survey harbor Approved, June 4, 1898. [No. 47.] Joint Resolution For a survey of the harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Sheboygan, the United States of America in Congress assembled, That of the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of the harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method and expense of preventing the injurious effects of the northeast seas. And that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to report as to the advisability of the project. June 14, 1898. Approved, June 8, 1898. [No. 48.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President in his discretion to waive the one-year suspension from promotion and to order reexamination of officers of the Army in certain cases. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Army. the United States of America in Congress assembled, That One-year sus- during the existing war the President may, in his discrepromotiontion, waive the one-year suspension from promotion and Vol. 26, p. 562. forthwith order the reexamination provided in certain pension from waived. June 16, 1898. cases by the third proviso of section three of the Act approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein." Approved, June 14, 1898. [No. 50.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates for work upon Wallabout Channel, New York. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Wallabout the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and Estimates for directed to submit estimates for work on Wallabout Chan Channel, New work on, etc. nel, New York, with a view to secure a depth of twenty feet and a width of three hundred feet at mean low water from its entrance to the timber causeway, in accordance with the plans heretofore submitted, and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, requested to submit his opinion as to the advisability of the proposed improvement. Approved, June 16, 1898. No. 54.] Joint Resolution For improvement of San Joaquin July 1, 1898. River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California. River and nels, California. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Improvement the United States of America in Congress assembled, That of San Joaquin the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to Stockton and expend for improvements and surveys of the waterways Mormon chanhereinafter named and their tributaries any sums of money now to the credit of and heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California, as and where, in his discretion, will best improve the commercial capacity of said waterways. Approved, July 1, 1898. INDEX. [The references in roman are to part (or volume), and those in arabic to page.] Agate Bay, Minn., improvement of harbor at Aid to injured employees.. Ailsa (steamship), removal of wreck of. Alabaina River, Ala., improvement of. 1, 158; II, 1125 1, 256; 11, 1405 Alameda, Cal., alteration of bridge across San Antonio Estuary (Oakland Creek). Alameda County, Cal., bridge of. Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, N. C., improvement of waterway via. I, 198; II, 1230 Allegheny River, N. Y. and Pa.: Bridge at New Kensington, Pa., construction of... Bridge between Pittsburg and Sharpsburg, Pa., construction of.. Improvement of...... Survey for extending slack-water navigation Allen (steamer), removal of wreck of.. Allouez Bay, Wis. (see Duluth and Superior Harbor). Alloway Creek, N. J., improvement of.. Alpena Harbor, Mich., improvement of. Alsea River, Oreg.: Examination of . Improvement of.. Altamaha River, Ga., improvement of Improvement of, and reclamation of flats Anclote River, Fla., survey of.. Ann, Cape, Mass., construction of harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay. Improvement of bay. Improvement of river, including the Cut-off I, 198; II, 1230 1,535 1, 535 1, 376; III, 2206 1, 377; II, 2211 I, 501; IV, 2995 I, 128, 1042 I, 192 1,250; 11, 1377 Appleton, Wis., reconstruction of bridge across Fox River Canal by city of. Appomattox River, Va., improvement of... Appoquinimink River, Del., improvement of Appropriations for rivers and harbors, compilation of Aqueduct Bridge, Potomac River, at Washington, D. C., repair of.... Aransas Pass, Tex., examination of improvements of Aransas Pass Aransas Pass Harbor Company, examination of improvements of..... 1, 289; 11, 1527 ENG 98-1 I, 469; IV, 2923 Arkansas River, Ark. and Kans. : Removal of obstructions.. Survey of, at Dardanelle, Ark 1,301; 11, 1642 Arlington estate, Va., survey for memorial bridge across Potomac River Armington, Walker (schooner), removal of wreck of..... Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J.: Improvement of (see Staten Island-New Jersey channel) Arthur Lake, La. (see Mermentau River). Ashland Harbor, Wis., improvement of.. Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. : Improvement of.. Water levels... Asia (schooner), removal of wreck of. Assa waman Bay, Del., improvement of waterway via Assistance to injured employees Astoria, Oreg., construction of bridge across Youngs Bay at Atchafalaya River, La., rectification of mouth by Mississippi Barlows River, Mass., construction of bridge across.. Barren River, Ky., operating and care of locks and dams Bartholomew Bayou, La. and Ark.: Construction of bridge across Improvement of. Bass River Light Station, Mass., removal of wrecks near. .... 1,540; VI, 3573 1, 201; II, 1235 1, 136, 1060 1, 450; IV, 2679 1, 294; II, 1613 Bath (West), Me., construction of bridge across New Meadows River at Batteries: Dynamite. Gun and mortar.. 1, 6, 7, 32, 569 Bay Ridge Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improvement of, including tri- Beachridge, Ill., prevention of Mississippi River from breaking into Cache River near Improvement of Beaufort River.. Improvement of waterway to Newbern.. Improvement of channel to Savannah, Ga. (see Savannah Harbor). 1, 221; 11, 1291 |