Chapter CXVIII. *making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of certain public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for other Purposes*
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CHAP. CXVIII.— An Act *making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of certain public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for other Purposes*. March 3, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriation for the repair, &c. of public works on rivers and harbors. That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the repair, preservation, and completion of the following public works hereinafter named :
Superior City.For improvement of Superior City harbor, Wisconsin, sixty thousand dollars. Marquette.For improvement of Marquette harbor, Lake Superior, Michigan, sixty thousand dollars. Green Bay.For improvement of Green Bay harbor, Wisconsin, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Manitowoc.For improvement of Manitowoc harbor, Wisconsin, eleven thousand dollars. Sheboygan.For improvement of Sheboygan harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars. Port Washington.For improvement of Port Washington harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.
Milwaukee.For improvement of Milwaukee harbor, Wisconsin, thirty-eight thousand dollars. Racine.For improvement of Racine harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Kenosha.For improvement of Kenosha harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Two-Rivers.For improvement of Two-Rivers harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars. Ahnapee.For improvement of Ahnapee harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars. Mouth of Menomonee river.For improvement of harbor at mouth of Menomonee river, Wisconsin and Michigan, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Shrewsbury river.For improvement of the north and south branches of the Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, fourteen thousand dollars. Aux Becs Scies.For improvement of Aux Becs Scies harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. South river.For the improvement of South river, New Jersey, fifteen thousand dollars. Salem river.For the removal of obstructions of Salem river, New Jersey, four thousand dollars. Manistee harbor.For improvement of Manistee harbor, Michigan, nine thousand dollars.
Ouachita river.For improvement of Ouachita river from the Louisiana State line to the town of Arkadelphia in the State of Arkansas, on said river, twenty-five thousand dollars. Pere Marquette.For or improvement of Pere Marquette harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 118. 1871. 539 For improvement of Pentwater harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Pentwater. For improvement of White River harbor, Michigan, twenty thousandWhite River. dollars.
For improvement of Muskegan harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousandMuskegan. dollars. For improvement of Grand Haven harbor, Michigan, six thousand dollars.Grand Haven. For improvement of Black Lake harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Black Lake. For improvement of Saugatuck harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Saugatuck. For improvement of Cheboygan harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Cheboygan. For improvement of South Haven harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousandSouth Haven. dollars.
For improvement of Saint Joseph harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Saint Joseph. For improvement of Saint Mary’s Falls canal and Saint Mary’s river,Saint Mary’s Falls canal, and river. Michigan, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improvement of Au Sable river, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.Au Sable river. For harbor of refuge Lake Huron, Michigan, one hundred thousandLake Huron. dollars. For improvement of Clinton river, Michigan, one thousand five hundredClinton river dollars.
For improvement of Saint Clair flats, Michigan, one thousand five hundredSaint Clair flats. dollars. For improvement of Toledo harbor, Ohio, fifty thousand dollars.Toledo. For improvement of Ashtabula harbor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.Ashtabula. For clearing and buoying the channel of the Schuylkill river, at itsMouth of Schuylkill river. mouth, at Gibson’s point, and above to the Chestnut Street bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Erie harbor, Pennsylvania, twenty-nine thousandErie harbor. dollars.
For improvement of Chicago harbor, Illinois, one hundred thousandChicago. dollars. For harbor of refuge, at Calumet, Illinois, fifty thousand dollars.Calumet. For improvement of Michigan City harbor, Indiana, fifteen thousandMichigan City, dollars. For improvement of Dunkirk harbor, New York, twenty-five thousandDunkirk. dollars. For improvement of Port Jefferson harbor, Long Island, New York,Port Jefferson. fifteen thousand dollars. For improvement of Buffalo harbor, New York, one hundred thousandBuffalo. dollars.
For improvement of Olcott harbor, New York, five thousand dollars.Olcott. For improvement of Oak Orchard harbor, New York, ten thousandOak Orchard. dollars. For improvement of Charlotte harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars.Charlotte. For improvement of Little Sodus harbor, New York, fifteen thousandLittle Sodus. dollars. For improvement of Pultneyville harbor, New York, five thousandPultneyville. dollars. For improvement of Oswego harbor, New York, one hundred thousandOswego. dollars.
For improvement of Ogdensburg harbor, New York, twenty-five thousandOgdensburg. dollars. 540 Plattsburg.For improvement of Plattsburg harbor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. Peconic river.For the improvement of Peconic river, below the village of Riverhead, Long Island, five thousand dollars. Burlington, Vermont.For improvement of Burlington harbor, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars. Falls of St. Anthony.For the preservation of the falls of Saint Anthony, and the navigation of the Mississippi river above the same, fifty thousand dollars.
Ouachita river.For improvement of the Ouachita river, in Louisiana, from the Arkansas State line to the mouth of said river, twenty-six thousand dollars. Upper Mississippi river.No part for any patent or patented machine.For improvement of the upper Mississippi river, and removing snags and dredging, forty-two thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of such sum shall be paid for the use of any patent or patented machine in which any engineer or officer employed by the government may be interested.
Minnesota river.For improvement of the Minnesota river, ten thousand dollars. Rock Island rapids.For improvement of the Rock Island rapids, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Des Moines rapids.For improvement of the Des Moines rapids, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers.For improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Ohio river, and Louisville canal.For improvement of the falls of the Ohio river, and Louisville canal, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improvement of the Ohio river, fifty thousand dollars. Queenstown harbor.For improvement of Queenstown harbor, Maryland, five thousand dollars. Cambridge, Maryland.For improvement of harbor at Cambridge, Maryland, ten thousand dollars. Patapsco river and Chesapeake bay.For improvement of the ship-channel in the Patapsco river and Chesapeake bay, leading toward the harbor of Baltimore, fifty thousand dollars.
Cape Fear river.For improvement of the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear river, North Carolina, seventy-five thousand dollars. Roanoke river.For improvement of Roanoke river, below Weldon, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. Charleston harbor.For improvement of the ship-channel in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirteen thousand dollars. James river.For improvement of the James river, below Richmond, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars. Appomattox river.For improvement of the Appomattox river, below Petersburg, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.
Rappahannock river.For improvement of the Rappahannock river, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. Hudson river.For improvement of the Hudson river, New York, forty thousand dollars. East River, and Hell Gate.For improvement of the East River, New York, including Hell Gate, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Pawtucket river.For improvement of Pawtucket river, Rhode Island, seven thousand dollars. Block Island.For construction of breakwater at Block Island, Rhode Island, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Pawcatuck river.For improvement of Pawcatuck river, Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. Thames river.For improvement of Thames river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars. Connecticut river.For improvement of Connecticut river, above Hartford and below Holyoke, twenty thousand dollars. 541 For improvement of Connecticut river, below Hartford, thirty-five thousand dollars. For improvement of New Haven harbor, Connecticut, forty thousandNew Haven. dollars. For improvement of the Housatonic river, Connecticut, fifteen thousandHousatonic river. dollars.
For improvement of Bridgeport harbor, Connecticut, twenty thousandBridgeport. dollars. For improvement of Taunton river, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.Taunton river. For improvement of Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.Hyannis. For improvement of Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, six thousandProvincetown. dollars. For improvement of Plymouth harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousandPlymouth. dollars. For improvement of Boston harbor, Massachusetts, one hundred thousandBoston. dollars.
For improvement of Merrimac river, above Haverhill, Massachusetts,Merrimac river. twenty-five thousand dollars. For improvement of Kennebunk river, Maine, five thousand dollars.Kennebunk river. For improvement of Saco river, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars.Saco river. For improvement of Portland harbor, Maine, forty thousand dollars.Portland. For improvement of the Cocheco river, within the town of Dover, NewCocheco river. Hampshire, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Kennebec river, above Hallowell, Maine, tenKennebec river. thousand dollars.
For improvement of Kennebec river, between Gardiner and Richmond, Maine, five thousand dollars. For improvement of navigation at the “Gut,” opposite Bath, Maine, six thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement of the Penobscot river, at Bangor, and below, Maine,Penobscot river. fifty thousand dollars. For improvement of Union river, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars.Other rivers in Maine. For improvement of Royal’s river, Maine, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Narragaugus river, Maine, twelve thousand dollars.
For improvement of Sullivan river, Maine, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of White, Black, and Little Red rivers, in the StateRivers in Arkansas; of Arkansas, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Saint Francis river, in the State of Arkansas, ten, thousand dollars. For improvement of the Little Missouri river, in the State of Arkansas, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of the Cumberland river below Nashville, Tennessee,In Tennessee. thirty thousand dollars. For improvement of Galveston harbor, Texas, twenty thousand dollars.Galveston.
For construction of breakwater at Wilmington harbor, California, twoWilmington. hundred thousand dollars. For improvement of the Umpqua river, Oregon, twenty-two thousandUmpqua river. five hundred dollars. For the improvement of the bar at the mouth of the Saint John’sSaint John’s river, Florida. river, Florida, fifteen thousand dollars. For improvement of Mobile harbor, Alabama, fifty thousand dollars.Mobile. For improvement of the Osage river, Missouri, twenty-five thousandOsage river. dollars.
For improvement of the harbor at Du Luth, Minnesota, sixty thousandDu Luth. dollars. For improvement of the Willamette river, above Oregon city, Oregon,Willamette river. sixteen thousand dollars. 542 Surveys, &c. for improvements on lakes, rivers, and coasts.For examination and surveys for improvement on the northern and north western lakes and rivers, and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and for contingencies of rivers and harbors not provided for in this act, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Unexpended appropriations for the improvement of the Tennessee river, how to be expended.That all moneys heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Tennessee river, and still unexpended, shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the repair and completion of the works heretofore begun between Knoxville and Chattanooga, and for the continuation of the works now in progress below Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals. Sec. 3. Examinations or surveys, or both, to be made at various points.That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made at the following points, namely:
At Galveston harbor, from the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar, on or nearest to the west shore; at Mississippi city, for harbor on Mississippi sound; at Black river, Missouri, to Poplar bluff; at Current river, Missouri, from its mouth to Van Buren ; at Otter creek, Vermont; at Norfolk harbor, Virginia; at. Eureka harbor, and at Santa Cruz, California; at Passaic river, between Newark and Passaic, New Jersey ; for ship canal from the head of Sturgeon bay, Wisconsin, on the line now opened across the portage through the timber to the shore of Lake Michigan, with estimates for constructing the same one hundred feet wide and thirteen feet deep; at East Chester creek or inlet.
New York ; at Port Chester harbor, New York; at Rondout harbor, Hudson river, New York ; at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio; at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; for resurveying of Monroe harbor, Michigan; for survey and estimate for removing middle ground at the mouth of Black river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan ; harbor at Stonington, Connecticut; at Grand Marais, Michigan; at Neabsco bay, Virginia; at Accotink bay, Virginia; at Savannah harbor, Georgia; at Well’s harbor, Maine; at Coosa river, Alabama; at Huntington harbor, on south coast of Long Island sound; and to complete the survey of the Cumberland river, and the resurvey of the Tennessee river, from Brown’s ferry to Florence, Alabama; at Choctawhatchee river.
Florida; at Aquia creek, Virginia ; for survey of White river, from Buffalo shoals to the mouth of James fork, Missouri; for the survey of the Wabash river, from its mouth to the city of Lafayette; for survey of the Monongahela river, from New Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to Morgantown, in West Virginia; for a survey beginning at or near Guntersville, on the Tennessee river, to the headwaters of the Warrior and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the view of determining the practicability of uniting the waters of the Tennessee river with the waters of the Warrior or Coosa river for the purposes of navigation, and estimates for necessary locks and dams to extend the navigation on said river to the last-named place; for examination and survey of the Etowah river, from its mouth up to Cartersville, Georgia, and also for examination and survey of Atchafalaya bay and Calcasieu pass, Louisiana; of the Oostenaula river; from Rome, Georgia, up to the mouth of the Coosawattee; at Chattahoochee river, below Columbus, Georgia; at the mouth of the Saint John’s river, from the outer bar to Jacksonville, Florida; at the mouth of the Saint Mark’s river, from Spanish Hole to St.
Mark’s, Florida; at Apalachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay, at Tampa, Florida; for resurvey of Fifteen-mile falls; at Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers, Virginia; at Camden, Arkansas, to Trinity, Louisiana, on Ouachita river; at Goldsboro, North Carolina, to the mouth of Neuse river; at the mouth of Licking river, Kentucky, for harbor of refuge ; for survey of the Cape Fear and Deep rivers, as far up as La Grange, North Carolina; at Cuivre river, Missouri, from its mouth to Moscow Mills; at Bayou Bartholomew, from its mouth to the Arkansas Slate line; for the examination and survey of the Tangipaha and Chifuncte rivers, in the State of Louisiana; for the survey ofFORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 118, 119. 1871.543 Horse Shoe shoals, in the Delaware river, below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for the survey of the harbor of Norwalk, Connecticut; for surveying the mouths of Quantico and Choppa Wamasic bays, Virginia; for examination and survey of Red river, from the mouth to a point above the raft in Louisiana. Sec. 4. That the unexpended balances of appropriations made by theUnexpended balances of appropriations by act1870, ch. 240,*Ante*, p. 223, are hereby reappropriated.Proviso. act approved July eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works *in* [on] rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,” are hereby reappropriated for the purposes therein specified : *Provided*, That any part of the appropriations made by this act may, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied during the current fiscal year.
Approved, March 3, 1871.