Chapter 13.
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CHAP. 13.— AN ACT for the removal of obstructions from the Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and Red Rivers and for the preservation of the public property.Feb. 7, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations. That the. sum of forty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Removing obstructions from Mississippi and other rivers.War Department, for the removal of snags and other obstructions from the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers, and for the prese ration of the government vessels in that service.
Sec. 2. That t he sum of six thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriatedOpening navigation of Red River, La. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the War Department, for the purpose of opening the navigation of Red River above Shreveport in the State of Louisiana, and keeping said navigation open and free from rafts, and for the purpose of preserving the vessels and boats of the United States employed in (hat work.
Sec. 3. That this act take effect from the date of its passage.To take effect. Approved, February 7, 1878.