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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 22 STAT. · August 2, 1882 · Chapter 375

Chapter 375. making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 375.— An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.August 2, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations. That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated,Rivers and harbors:Portland Harbor. to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named:
Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: Continuing improvement,Richmond Harbor.Rockland Harbor.Portsmouth Harbor.Burlington Harbor.Swanton Harbor. thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Richmond, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Constructing breakwaters, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement, seventeen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont:
Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Swanton, Vermont: Continuing improvement, four thousand five hundred dollars. 192 Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,Boston Harbor. ninety-six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Nan tucket, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, Nantucket Harbor.twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Newburyport Harbor. forty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Plymouth Harbor. fourteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Provincetown Harbor. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Scituate Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Wareham Harbor. five thousand dollars. Improving Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island:
Continuing improvement,Little Narragansett Bay. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,Newport Harbor. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor and breakwater at Block Island, Rhode Island:Block Island Harbor and breakwater.Bridgeport Harbor. Continuing improvement, nineteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing operations, sixtyBreakwater at New Haven. thousand dollars. .
Improving harbor at Milford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Milford Harbor. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,New Haven Harbor. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New London, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,New London Harbor. nine thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norwalk, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Norwalk Harbor. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Southport, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Southport Harbor. three thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Stonington, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Stonington Harbor. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor: Continuing improvement,Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor.Buffalo Harbor. sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: Continuing improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Implying Cauarsie Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, threeCanaraie Bay. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York:
Continuing improvement,Charlotte Harbor. thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Flushing Bay. five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Great Sodus Boy Harbor. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Little Sodus Bay Harbor. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Rochelle, New York: Continuing improvement,New Rochelle Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Echo Harbor, New Rochelle, New York: Continuing improvement,Echo Harbor. three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburgh, New York, ten thousand dollars.Ogdensburgh Harbor.Oswego Harbor. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement and enlargement of harbor, eighty thousand dollars. Improving Oak Orchard Harbor, New York, threeOak Orchard Harbor.Port Chester Harbor. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. 193 Improving Gowanus Bay:
Continuing improvement,Gowanus Bay. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Jefferson, New York : Completing improvement,Port Jefferson Harbor. eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York: Continuing improvement,Pultneyville Harbor. four thousand dollars. Improving Sumpawanus Inlet, Long Island, New York,Sumpawanus Inlet. two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: Repair of existing works,Rondout Harbor. two thousand dollars.
Improving Sheepshead Bay, New York: Continuing improvement,Sheepshead Bay three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilson, New York: Continuing improvement,Wilson Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Erie Harbor. twenty thousand dollars. Ice-harbor at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: Continuing operations,Ice harbor, Marcus Hook. fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this sum shall be expended *Proviso.*under the plans of the engineers as approved by the Secretary of War.
Improving harbor at Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: BeginningDelaware breakwater Harbor. the work of closing the “Gap,” or opening, between the two works, which admits the northeast gales to the anchorage, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War is*Proviso.* hereby authorized to use any unexpended balance remaining of the appropriation made under the act of Congress approved January twenty - third, eighteen hundred and eighty, for the purpose of removing certain wrecks from the harbor at the Delaware Br eakwater and the entrance thereto, and in the main ship-channel of the Delaware Bay and River for the purpose of removing any wrecks now or hereafter existing in the said Delaware Bay or Delaware River.
Ice-harbor at the head of Delaware Bay, and for removal of sunkenIce harbor head of Delaware Bay, etc. piers in channel back of Reedy Island, Delaware: For commencement of work, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Deepening the channelWilmington Harbor. and improving Christiana River from the Delaware River to Wilmington, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland : Continuing operationsBaltimore Harbor. for shortening and deepening the channel to twenty-seven feet at mean low water, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Breton Bay, Leonardtown, Maryland: ContinuingBreton Bay Harbor. improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at entrance of Saint Jerome’s Creek, Maryland:Harbor, entrance to Saint Jerome’s Creek.For surveys of ship canal to con- ncct Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, etc. Continuing operations five thousand dollars. That the sum of ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in completing the surveys of a ship canal to connect the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays; and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to report to Congress which of the various routes surveyed will afford the greatest protection in case of war and the greatest facilities to commerce by cheapening the cost of transportation from the city of Baltimore to the Atlantic Ocean together with the cost of said improvement and its approaches, and the annual cost of maintaining and operating said canal when constructed. *provided,**Proviso.* That nothing herein shall be construed to commit the Government to proceed with the construction of the said improvement.
The SecretarySurvey, with report of cost of improvement, to be made between City Island and New Rochelle Harbor, etc. of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause an examination or survey, or both, and estimates of the cost of improvement proper to be made between City Island and New Rochelle Harbor, New York, and including thechannel around Glen Island, the expense of such survey to be paid out of the amount appropriated in this act for examinations and surveys. 194 Improving harbor at Norfolk, Virginia :
Continuing improvement ofNorfolk Harbor. the harbor and its approaches, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charleston (including Sullivan’s Island), South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Charleston Harbor, etc. three hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Brunswick Harbor. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia and florida: Continuing improvement, fifty thousandCumberland Sound. dollars.
Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvementSavannah Harbor. of the harbor and river, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement,Apalachicola Bay. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement,Pensacola Harbor. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tampa Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement,Tampa Bay. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor an River of Mobile, Alabama:
Continuing improvement,Mobile Harbor and River. one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Aransas Pass and Bay, Texas: Continuing improvement up to Rockport and CorpusAransas Pass and Bay. Christi, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Brazos Santiago, Texas: Continuing improvementBrazos Santiago Harbor. of the bar and harbor, sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Galveston, Texas; Continuing operations at outer bar, three hundred Galveston Harbor.thousand dollars.
Improving Passo Cavallo, Texas: ImprovingPasso Cavallo Inlet. Passo Cavallo Inlet into Matagorda Bay, sixty thousand dollars. Improving Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement at Sabine Pass and Sabine Pass.Blue Buck Bar, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: ContinuingAshtabula Harbor. operations to secure a sixteen-foot channel, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, seven thousandBlack River Harbor. dollars.
Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: Continuing improvement, one hundredCleveland Harbor. and seventy-five thousand dollars. Harbor of refuge near Cincinnati, Ohio: Continuing operations, sixteenHarbor of refuge near Cincinnati. thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing operations,Fairport Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing operations two thousand Huron Harbor.five hundred dollars. Ice harbor at mouth of Muskingum River, Ohio:
Continuing operations,Ice harbor, Muskingum River. forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Port Clinton Harbor. six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio: Continuing improvementSandusky City Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio, Continuing improvement,Toledo Harbor. fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio: Continuing improvement,Vermillion Harbor. three thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Michigan City, Indiana : Continuing operations at Michigan City Harbor.inner harbor, twenty thousand dollars; continuing operations at outside harbor, sixty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars:Calumet Harbor.*Proviso.* *Provided,* That with a view to the improvement of the Calumet River, in the State of Illinois, from its mouth to the Fork at Calumet Lake, the Secretary of War shall appoint a board of engineers who shall examine said river and report upon the practi eability and the best method of perfecting and maintaining a channel for through navigation to said Fork at Lake Calumet, adapted to the passage of the largest vessels navigating the Northern and Northwestern Lakes, limitating and locating the liues of channel to be improved by the 195 United States, and of docks that may be constructed by private individuals, corporations, or other parties, and clearly defining the same under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army; and the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the result of said examination, and the estimated cost of the proposed improvement; also what legislation, if any, is necessary, to prevent encroachments being made or maintained within the limits of the channel designated as above provided for.
Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Continuing operations at outsideChicago Harbor. harbor, dredging in outer harbor, and constructing exterior breakwater, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement, Waukegan Harbor.twenty thousand dollars. Improving Quincy Bay, Illinois: Continuing improvement,Quincy Bay. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Au Sable, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Au Sable Harbor. five thousand dollars.
Improving ice-harbor of refuge at Bell River, Michigan: Continuing operations for Ice harbor of refuge, Bell Riverremoving bars, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Black Lake, Michigan: Continuing operations,Black Lake Harbor. ten thousand dollars. • Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Charlevoix Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Cheboygan Harbor. ten thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Frankfort Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Grand Haven Harbor. forty thousand dollars. Harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing operations,Grand Marais harbor of refuge. forty thousand dollars. Harbor of refuge at Lake Huron, Michigan: Continuing operations, seventy-fiveLake Huron Harbor of refuge. thousand dollars, of which twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary may be used in dredging the bar iu the middle of the harbor.
Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ludington Harbor. twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Manistee Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Monroe Harbor. one thousand dollars. ’ Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Muskegon Harbor. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Repair of existing works,Marquette Harbor. sixteen thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Ontonagon Harbor. twenty thousand dollars. - - - Improving harbor at Pent Water, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Pent Water Harbor. ten thousand dollars. * Improving mouth and harbor of Cedar River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Cedar River Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. Harbor of refuge at Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,Portage Lake harbor of refuge. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan:
Continuing improvementSaint Joseph Harbor. of river and harbor at Saint Joseph, and of channel leading up to and including BentonBenton Harbor. Harbor, twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugatuck, Michigan: Continuing improvement, Saugatuck Harbor.eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,South Haven Harbor. seven thousand dollars. And three thousand dollars for removing obstructions in and dredging channel of river to railroad bridge.
Improving harbor at Thunder Bay, Michigan: Continuing improve-Thunder Bay Harbor. 196 ment by dredging channel one hundred and fifty feet wide to depth of fourteen feet fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at White River, Michigan: Continuing improvementWhite River Harbor., twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin : Continuing improvement,Ahnapee Harbor. twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Green Bay Harbor. twenty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvementKenosha Harbor. six thousand dollars Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, Kewaunee Harbor.twelve thousand dollars Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Manitowoc Harbor. ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Menomonee, Wisconsin : Continuing improvement,Menomonee Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Milwaukee Harbor. ten thousand dollars.
Harbor of refuge at Milwaukee Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Milwaukee Bay harbor of refuge. one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, Oconto Harbor.fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Port Washington Harbor. seventeen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Racine Harbor. seven thousand dollar’s. Dredging Superior Bay, Wisconsin:
Continuing operationsSuperior Bay. forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Sheboygan Harbor. thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at entrance of Sturgeon Bay, Canal, Wisconsin : Continuing improvement,Sturgeon Bay harbor of refuge. twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin : Continuing improvement,Two Rivers Harbor. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Muscatine, Iowa; Continuing improvement, two thousand five Muscatine Harbor.hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Duluth Harbor. forty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Grand Marais Harbor. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Humboldt Harbor and Bay, California: Continuing improvement,Humboldt Harbor and Bay. forty thousand dollar’s. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvementOakland Harbor. two hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, California:
Continuing improvement,Wilmington Harbor, Cal. one hundred thousand dollars, of which a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, shall be applied for the survey of the harbor at Santa Monica. Improving entrance to Coos Bay and Harbor, Oregon : Continuing improvement,Coos Bay and Harbor. thirty thousand dollars. Improving entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,Yaquina Bay. sixty thousand dollars. Improving Cathance River, Maine: Continuing improvement,Cathance River. five thousand dollars.
Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement,Lubec Channel. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Moosabec Bar at Jonesport, Maine: Continuing improvement,Moosabec Bar. ten thousand dollars. Improving Lamprey River, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement,Lamprey River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Offer Creek, Vermont: Continuing improvement,Otter Creek. two thousand dollars 197 Improving Merrimac River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,Merrimac River. nine thousand dollars.
Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, Taunton River.twenty -five thousand dollars. For construction of a harbor of refuge at Woods Holl, Massachusetts,Construction of harbor of refuge at Woods Holl.Providence River and Narragansett Bay.Connecticut River,and Channel of Salmon River. fifty-two thousand dollars. Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Connecticut River, Connecticut:
Continuing improvement below Hartford, forty-five thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which for the improvement of the channel of Salmon River. Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Housatonic, River. two thousand dollars. Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,Thames River. thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving channel between Staten Island and New Jersey at Eliza-bethport:Channel between Staten Island and Newjersey, at Elizabethport.Removing obstructions, East River and Holl Gate.
Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Removing obstructions in East River and Hell Gate, New York: Continuing operations, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement,Hudson River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Niagara River, New York: Continuing improvement,Niagara River. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Newtown Creek, New York: Continuing improvement,Newtown Creek. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Ticonderoga River, New York:
Continuing improvement,Ticonderoga River. five thousand dollars Improvement Cheesequake’s Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, Cheese quake’s Creek.fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Elizabeth River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Elizabeth River. eight thousand dollars. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Mattawan Creek. six thousand dollars. Improving Manasquan River, New Jersey’: Continuing improvement,Manasquan River. seven thousand dollars.
Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Improvement above Newark,Passaic River. seven thousand dollars; from Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge to mouth of river, forty-three thousand dollars. Improving Rahway River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Rahway River. seven thousand dollars. Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Rancocas River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Raritan River. twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousand dollars shall be expended on the south channel between Crab Island and Karney’s Dock.
Improving Raritan Bay, New Jersey, from Perth Amboy and SouthRaritan Bay. Amboy to the main ship-channel off Great Kill, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Cohansey Creek, New Jersey, five thousandCohansey Creek. dollars. Improving Salem River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Salem River. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Shrewsbury River, and South Shrewsbury River. thirty thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand dollars for the South Shrewsbury River and fifteen thousand for the north and main branch of the Shrewsbury River.
Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,South River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Woodbridge Creek,New Jersey: Continuing improvement,Woodbridge Creek. five thousand dollars. 198 Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Allegheny River. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Chester Creek, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Chester Creek. three thousand dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,Schuylkill River. twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Delaware River between Trenton, New. Jersey, and Brides- burgh,Delaware River. Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement ten thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River below Bridesburgh, Pennsylvania; Continuing improvement, one hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars, of which sum eleven thousand dollars for improvement of Smith’s Island Bar. Improving Delaware River at Schooner Ledge, Pennsylvania and Delaware: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River near Cherry Island Flats, Pennsylvania and Delaware:
Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Broad Creek, Delaware: Continuing improvementBroad Creek. from its mouth to Laurel, five thousand dollars. Improving Indian River, in the State of Delaware, ten thousandIndian River. dollars. . Improving Broadkiln River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,Broadkiln River. five thousand dollars. Improving Duck Creek. Delaware: Continuing improvement at its mouth,Duck Creek. two thousand dollars. Improving Mispillion Creek, Delaware:
Continuing improvement,Mispillion Creek. three thousand dollars. Constructing pier in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware: ContinuingPier, Delaware Bay, near Lowes. construction, thirteen thousand dollars. Improving Chester River, Maryland: Continuing improvement from Spry’s LandingChester River. to Crumpton, six thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvementChoptank River. between Denton and Greensborough, five thousand dollars Improving upper water-passage or thoroughfare between Deal’sWater-pa s s a g e between Deal’s Island and mainland on Dame’s Quarter.Potomac River, and flats, near Washington.
Island and the mainland on Danies Quarter, Maryland, five thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of lower thoroughfare is appropriated to the upper passage or thoroughfare. Improving the Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington with reference to the improvement of navigation, the establishment of harbor lines, and the raising of the flats, under the direction of the Secretary of War, and in accordance with the plan and report made in compliance with I he river and harbor act approved March third eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the reports of the board of engineers made in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four hundred thousand dollars.
And it is hereby made the duty of the Attorney-General to examineAttorney General to examine all claims to title to premises to be improved, etc. all claims of the title to the premises to be improved under this’appropriation, and see that the rights of the government in all respects are secured and protected; anti if he deems it necessary he is authorized to cause a suit or suits in law or in equity to be instituted, in the name of the United States, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, against any and all claimants of title under any patent which in his opinion was by mistake or was improperly or illegally issued for any part of the marshes or flats within the limits of the proposed improvement.
Improving Archer’s Hope River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Archer’s Hope River. five thousand dollars. Improving Black Water River, Virginia: For completion of improvement,Black Water River. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Chiekahominy River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,Chickahominy River. five thousand dollars. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,James River. seventy- five thousand dollars. 199 Improving New River, Virginia and West Virginia:
Continuing improvementNew River. from mouth of Wilson, in Grayson County, to mouth of Green-brier River, twelve thousand dollars, of which sum live thousand dollars shall be expended between the lead mines in Wythe County and the mouth of Wilson, in Grayson County. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twoNomini Crook. thousand dollars. Improving Pamunkey River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twoPamunkey River. thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia:
Continuing improvement, seventeenRappahannock River. thousand dollars. Improving Staunton River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, sevenStaunton River. thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars to be expended between Roanoke Station and Brook Neal, and two thousand dollars to be expended between Brook Neal, in Campbell County, and the mouth of Pig River, in Franklin County, Virginia. Improving Totusky River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, fiveTotusky River. thousand dollars.
Improving Urbana Creek, Virginia:-Continuing improvement, fourUrbana Crook. thousand dollars. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty- fiveYork River. thousand dollars. Improving Dan River, Virginia and North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Dan River. seven thousand five hundred dollars Improving North Landing River, Virginia and North Carolina: Continuing improvement,North Landing River. eight thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement two Elk River.thousand dollars.
Improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia: Continuing improvementGreat Kanawha River. and operation of works, two hundred thousand dollars. Continuing the improvement of the Little Kanawha River, in WestLittle Kanawha River. Virginia: To complete lock and dam, as estimated for by engineers, thirty-one thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no paid of this amount*Proviso.* shall be expended until the Little Kanawha Improvement Company shall have filed with the Secretary of War, to be approved by him, its agreement not to charge, in any manner, any tolls on the Little Kanawha river.
Improving Guyaudotte River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,Guyandotte River. two thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River from the Ocean to Wilmington, North Capo Fear River.Carolina; Continuing improvement, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River from Wilmington to Fayetteville, North Carolina, thirty thousand dollars. . Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, Contontnia Creek.ten thousand dollars. Improving Yadkin River, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars.Yadkin River.
Improving Currituck Sound and North River Bar, North Carolina:Currituck Sound and North River Bar, and Coanjok Bay.Beaufort Harbor. Continuing improvement, including Coanjok Bay, twenty thousand dollars. ’ ‘ Improving Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be applied to the improvement of the line of inland navigation from Beaufort Harbor to New Berne. Improving French Broad River, North Carolina:
Continuing improvementFrench Broad River. from Smith’s bridge up, five thousand dollars. Improving New River, North Carolina, five thousand dollars.New River.Lillington River. Improving Lillington River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Meherin River, North Carolina, five thousand dollars.Meherin River.Neuse River. Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement 200 thirty-five thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be applied to the improvement of the line of inland navigation from New Berne to Beaufort Harbor.
Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina, five thousand dollars.Roanoke River. Improving Pamplico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina: ContinuingPamplico and Tax Rivers. improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,Trent River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Waccetnaw River, North Carolina and South Carolina: Continuing improvementWaccemaw River. four thousand four hundred dollars. Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Great Pedee River. six thousand dollars.
Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvementSantee River., twenty thousand dollars. Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvementWappoo Cut. ten thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,Wateree River. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Altamaha River. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,Chattahoochee River. twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing improvement,Coosa River. seventy-five thousand dollars; and the sum of eight thousand seven hundred dollars heretofore appropriated for the Etowa River is hereby transferred to the Coosa River below Rome, Georgia. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twenty- fiveFlint River. thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended below Albany and ten thousand dollars from Albany to Montezuma.
Improving Ockmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, fiveOckmulgee River. thousand dollars Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement fiveOconee River. thousand dollars, of which sum three thousand dollars shall be Car Shoals.expended on Car Shoals. Improving Oostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers, Georgia: ContinuingOostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers. improvement, one thousand dollars. Improving Savannah River, Georgia: Continuing improvementSavannah River. between cities of Augusta and Savannah, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving the Savannah River about the city of Augusta: To continue improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Apalachicola River. two thousand dollars. Improving Peas Creek, Florida: Continuing improvement, four thousandPeas Creek. dollars. Improving Saint John’s River, Florida: Continuing improvement,Saint John’s River. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and twenty thousand dollars of this amount may be used on the river above the mouth, if the Chief of Engineers shall consider it best for the interest of commerce.
Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement fiveSuwanee River. thousand dollars. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: Volusia Bar.Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: ContinuingChoctawhatchee River. improvement up to Newton, Alabama, twenty thousand dollars. That twelve thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended for the improvement of the river above Geneva to Newton, Alabama, and two thousand dollars of the balance for the improvement of La Grange Bayou from its mouth up to the town of Freeport, Florida.
Improving Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida and Alabama:Escambia and Conecuh Rivers. Continuing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. 201 Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,Alabama River. twenty thousand dollars. Improving Warrior and Tom bigbee Rivers, Alabama and Mississippi :Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers. Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousand dollars to be applied to the Warrior below Tuscaloosa, seven thousand live hundred dollars to theTombigbec between Columbus and Vienna, seven thousand live hundred dollars to the Tombigbee between Vienna and Demopolis, and live thousand dollars below Demopolis.
Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi : Continuing improvement,Big Sunflower River. five thousand dollars. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi : Continuing improvement, tenNoxubee River. thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi : Continuing improvement,Pascagoula River. eight thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi : Continuing improvement from Jackson to Pearl River.Carthage, two thousand live hundred dollars. For improving the roadstead which leads into the Back Bay of Biloxi,Roadstead into Back Bay of Biloxi. ca the Mississippi Sound, according to survey and estimate made, five thousand dollars.
Improving Pearl River below Jackson, Mississippi : Continuing improvement,Pearl River. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Tallahatchee River above month of the Coldwater, Mississippi :Tallahatchee River. Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi :Tehula Lake. Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars Improving Tombigbee River, Mississippi :Tombigbee River. Continuing improvement above Columbus, one thousand dollars. Improving Yallabusha River, Mississippi :
Continuing improvement,Yallabusha River. three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi : Continuing improvement,Yazoo River. eight thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas : Continuing improvement,Bayou Bartholomew. five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Black up to Houma, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Bayou Black. ten thousand dollars Improving Bœuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Boeuf River. five thousand dollars.
Improving Bayou Terre Bonne up to Houma, Louisiana : Continuing Bayou Terre Bonne.improvement, seven thousand dollars. Improving Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana : ContinuingCalcasieu Pass. improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Calcasieu River, Louisiana : Continuing Calcasieu River.improvement, seven thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana : Continuing improvement from the Atchafalaya toRed Riven Fulton, Arkansas, including Bayou Pierre, Tone’s Bayou, and to relieve the town of Alexandria from the encroachments of the river, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Improving Tchefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana:Tehefuncte River and Bogue Falia.Tickfaw River. Continuing improvement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Month of Brazos River. two thousand dollars. Improving mouth of Brazos River, Texas : Continuing improvement, fiftyBuffalo Bayou. thousand dollars. Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas : Continuing improvement, fifty Protection of river bank, Fort Brown,Tex.Ship-eh annul, Galveston Bay.Neches River.thousand dollars.
Protection of river bank at Fort Brown, Texas, one thousand dollars Improving ship-channel in Galveston Bay, Texas : To complete improvement, ninety-four thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Neelies River, Texas : Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. 202 Improving Sabine River, Texas: Continuing improvement of Narrows above Orange,Sabine River. and deepening channel at mouth of river, four thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvement, eight thousandTrinity River. dollars- Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas:
Continuing improvement atArkansas River. Pine Bluff, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas and Kansas: Continuing improvement between Fort Smith and Wachita, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement,Black River. ten thousand dollars. Improving Fourche Le Fevre River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Fourche Le Fevre River. four thousand dollars. Improving Ouachita River, Arkansas and Louisiana: Continuing improvement,Ouachita River. twelve thousand dollars.
Improving Saline River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,Saline River. four thousand dollars Improving White River between Jacksonport and Buffalo Shoals, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,White River. six thousand dollars. Improving White and Saint Francis Rivers, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,White and Saint Francis Rivers. twelve thousand dollars. Improving Big Hatchee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Big Hatchee River. three thousand dollars. Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee;
Continuing improvement,Cancy Fork River. four thousand dollars. For continuing to completion the work on Obey’s River, in Tennessee, a tributary of the Cumberland,Obey’s River. five thousand dollars. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Clinch River. three thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee: Continuing improvementCumberland River. above Nashville, Tennessee, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the improvement of the Cumberland River at Smith’s Shoals, Kentucky, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Cumberland River below Nashville, Tennessee; Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River above month of the Jellico, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving South Fork of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, three South Fork of Cumberland River.thousand dollars. Improving Duck River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Duck River. three thousand dollars. Improving French Broad River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,French Broad River. five thousand dollars.
Improving Hiawassee River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement,Hiawassee River. one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee: ContinuingTennessee River. improvement, seven thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Tennessee and Alabama: Continuing improvements below Chattanooga, including Muscle Shoals and Shoal at Reynoldsburgh, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River, Kentucky, twenty-five thousand dollars,Big Sandy River. of which sum five thousand dollars for the improvement of Louisa.
Fork and five thousand dollars for the improvement of Tug Fork. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement from mouth Kentucky River.of river to Three Forks, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of which sum seventy-five thousand dollars shall be used for the erection of a lock and movable dam at Beatysville, at junction of Three Forks. Improving Tread water River, Kentucky: Continuing, improvement, threeTreadwater River. thousand five hundred dollars. 203 Improving Ohio River:
Continuing improvement, three hundred andOhio River. fifty thousand dollars. Improving Sandusky River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, fourSandusky River. thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, sixClinton River. thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan: Continuing improvement sixty Detroit River.thousand dollars. Improving Grand River, Michigan, Continuing improvement from mouthGrand River. of river to city of Grand Rapids, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, oneSaginaw River. hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum sixty thousand dollars to be used opposite Bay City and for deepening the channel from the river into the bay, and sixty-five thousand dollars for improving the river above Bay City. Improving Chippewa River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Chippewa River.*Proviso.* thirty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That nothing shall be done nor shall any improvement be made on the said Chippewa River under or in pursuance of this act, or the appropriation hereby made, which shall directly or indirectly «prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the free navigation of the said river, as heretofore, by steamboats or other watercraft, or the free use thereof, as heretofore, for the floating, guiding, or sheering of loose logs or rafts of lumber or logs upon or down the same, or which shall directly or indirectly prevent, obstruct, or interfere with the use of any slough, arm, or branch of said river, as heretofore, for the holding, assorting or rafting of logs therein.
Improving Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.*Proviso.* two hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War shall, without delay, cause the channel of the Lower Fox River between Lake Winnebago and the upper government dam at Appleton to be restored to its natural width and capacity, and shall cause such changes and alterations to be made in the dams at Menasha and Appleton, not inconsistent with security to navigation, as may be necessary to reduce to and maintain the waters of Lake Winnebago and Little Buttes des Mortes, respectively, at their natural height; and a, sufficient amount of said sum appropriated is made immediately available.
And three thousand dollars of this appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended above Portage City, to prevent the overflow of the Wisconsin River into the Upper Fox River, so as to prevent injury to the government works on Fox River; and tliis expenditure may be made separately, or, if deemed more economical by the Secretary of War, in adding to any protecting works which maybe made by the State of Wisconsin. Improving Saint Croix River below Taylor Falls, Minnesota and Wisconsin:Saint Croix River.
Continuing improvement thirty thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing improvementWabash River. below Vincennes, forty thousand dollars; continuing improve-. ment between Vincennes and Lafayette, thirty thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvementWhite River. from Wabash River to Portersville, and to falls on West Fork, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, oneIllinois River. hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River: Continuing operations,Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River. three hundred thousand dollars; and this sum shall be expended at such places on said headwaters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as the Secretary of War shall determine: *Provided,* That*Proviso.* the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon, purchase, take, and hold any lands or premises, and any materials of stone, timber, or other kinds, that may be necessary and proper for the construction of said works.
And in case the owner of such lauds, premises, and materials and the Secretary of War cannot 204 agree as to the value of the lands, premises, and materials taken or to be taken for said use, then the value thereof shall be determined by the appraisal of three disinterested commissioners who may be appointed upon application by either party to the judge of the United States district court for the district in which such land, promises, or materials may be situate; and said commissioners, in their assessment of damages, shall appraise such lands, premises, and materials at what would have been the value thereof, if said works had not been constructed; and upon return into said United States district court of such appraisement, and upon the payment into the same of the estimated value of said land, premises, and materials so taken and appraised as aforesaid, said land, premises, and materials shall be deemed to be, and shall become, the property of the United States, which shall thereby acquire full title to the same.
And either party feeling aggrieved at said appraisement may, within thirty days after the same has been returned into said court, file an appeal therefrom and demand a trial by jury in said court to estimate and ascertain the damages sustained: *Proviso.**Provided further,* That the money hereby appropriated shall be used solely for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and no part thereof shall be expended with the view to the improvement of private property.
And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain what, if any, injury is occasioned to the rights of any friendly Indians occupying any Indian reservation by the construction of any of the said dams, or the cutting or removing of trees or other materials from any such reservation for the construction or erection of any of said dams, and to determine the amount of damages payable to such Indians therefor; and all such damages to private property and to friendly Indians, when ascertained and determined in the manner herein directed and provided, shall be *Proviso.*paid by the United States: *Provided, however,* That such damages shall not exceed ten per centum of the sums hereby appropriated for the construction of said reservoirs.
Improving Upper Mississippi River: Operating snag-boat, twenty-fiveUpper Mississippi River. thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River above Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Mississippi River above Falls of Saint Anthony. ten thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Des Moines Rapids, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois,and Wisconsin: Continuing improv- men t, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended in improving the channel and banks of the river on the west side thereof at Saint Paul.
That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as mayConstruction of dry dock at Des Moines Rapids Canal.Old lock of Sault Sainte Marie Canal converted into dry dock, etc. be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the construction of a dry dock at the Des Moines Rapids Canal, on the Mississippi River, at such site as may be selected thereon by the Secretary of War; said dry dock to be used for the construction, examination, repairing, and use of boats, dredges, barges, scow, and other vessels of the United States, and the construction, examination, and repair of vessels for private parties, under such regulations and for such compensation as may, from time to time, be fixed and regulated by the Secretary of War; this appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
That whenever the government shall not further use the old lock of the Sault Sainte Maile Canal it shall be converted into a dry dock for the repair of government dredges, revenue cutters, and other craft belonging to the government, and for other craft belonging to private persons, on such terms as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and for the expense of such construction the amount of sixty-five thousand dollars, balance of (oils in the possession of the State of Michigan, and offered to the United States for this purpose, be accepted by the United States. 205 Improving Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River, Iowa, and Illinois:Des Moines Bap ids.
Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Examinations and surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River: To ascertainSouth Pass, Mississippi River. the depth of water and width of channel seemed and maintained from time to time by James B. Eads at South Pass of the Mississippi River, and to enable the Secretary of War to report during the maintenance of the work, ten thousand dollars. Gauging waters of Lower Mississippi and its tributaries, and the ColumbiaGanging waters of Lower Mississippi and Columbia Rivers.
River, Oregon: Annual expense of gauging the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, continuing observations of the rise and fall of the river and its chief tributaries, as required by joint resolution of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum five hundred dollars for annual expense of gauging the waters of the Columbia River from Astoria to the bar. Improving Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers:
ContinuingMississippi, Missouri, and ArKansas Rivers. removal of snags, wrecks, and other obstructions from the Mississippi River, eighty-five thousand dollars ; from the Missouri River, sixty-five thousand dollars ; from the Arkansas River, thirty-five thousand dollars. Improving Cuivro River, Missouri: Continuing improvementCuivre River. from mouth to Chain of Rocks, and removing suags and other obstructions, five thousand dollars. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, tenGasconade River. thousand dollars.
Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including Missouri River.such harbors on said river now in the course of improvement as in the judgment of the Chief of Engineers will benefit commerce and navigation, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Missouri River from Sioux City to Fort Benton, one bundled thousand dollars. Survey of Missouri River from Its mouth to Fort Benton, Montana: Continuing the survey forty thousand dollars Improving Yellowstone River, Montana and Dakota:
Continuing improvement, Yellowstone River.twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota and Dakota: ContinuingRed River of the North. improvement, ten thousand dollars. Constructing dam at Goose Rapids, Red River of the North, Minnesota and Dakota: ContinuingGoose Rapids. construction of lock and dam, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Saint Anthony’s Falls, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,Saint Anthony’s Falls. twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Petaluma Creek, California:
Completing improvement,Petaluma Creek. fourteen thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento River, California: For the improvement andSacramento River. protection of the navigable channels of the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. . Improving San Joaquin River and Mormon Slough, California: ContinuingSan Joaquin River. improvement, forty thousand dollars. Constructing canal around Cascades of Columbia River, Oregon:
ContinuingCanal around Cascades of Columbia River.Upper Columbia River. construction two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving Upper Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing improvement of Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, six thousand dollars. Improving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, Oregon: ContinuingLower Willamette. improvement from Portland, Oregon, to the sea, including bar at mouth of Columbia River, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Upper Willamette River, Oregon:
Continuing improvement of UpperUpper Willamette River. Willamette, including Yamhill River, five thousand dollars. Improving Lower Clearwater River, Idaho: ContinuingLower Clear-water River. improvement five thousand dollars. 206 Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement,Cowlitz River. one thousand dollars. Improving Skagit, Stielaquamish, Nooksack, Snohomish,Snag-boat—Skagit, Stielaqua- mish, Nooksack, and Snoqualmie Rivers.Coquille River. and Snoqualmie Rivers, Washington Territory:
To build, equip, and operate snag-boat for one year, twenty-thousand dollars. Improving mouth of Coquille River, Oregon: Extension of jetty already commenced, ten thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand dollars for removing snags in upper river, at discretion of Secretary of War. Examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors: examinationsExaminât ions and surveys. and surveys, and for contingencies, and for incidental repairs of harbors for which there is no special appropriation, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum fifty thousand dollars for surveys and one hundred thousand dollars for contingencies, including incidental repairs of harbors.
For expenses of a board of engineers to examine in detail the mouthBoard of engineers to examine mouth of Colombia River, etc. of the Columbia River, Oregon, and report such plan, with estimates, for its permanent improvement, as they approve, the said board being required to report before the next session of the present Congress, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Susquehanna River above and below Havre de Grace,Susqeuhanna River. Maryland, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended above the bridge, and five thousand dollars for the completion of the channel to the Fishing Battery Light-House and for strengthening and extending the piers and breakwater for the protection of said channel.
Improving Elk River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, six thousandElk River. five hundred dollars. Improving Malden River, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.Malden River. Constructing harbors of refuge on Lake Pepin, twenty thousand dollars,Harbors of refuge on Lake Pepin. of which sum ten thousand dollars at Stockholm, Wisconsin, and ten thousand dollars at Lake City, Minnesota. Improving harbor at New Buffalo, Michigan, five thousand dollars.New Buffalo Harbor.Appomattox River.Ice-harbor at Dubuque.Chippewa River.
Improving Appomattox River, Virginia, thirty-five thousand dollars. Construction of ice-harbor at Dubuque, Iowa, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Chippewa River at Yellow Banks, thirty thousand dollars. - Improving Cocheco River,New Hampshire; completing improvement,Cocheco River. twenty-eight thousand dollars. Improving Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania, ten thousand dollars.Frankford Creek.Pensaukee Harbor.Royal River.Mamaroneck Harbor.Sackett’s Harbor.Corsica Creek.Romley Marsh.
Improving Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Improving Royal River, Maine, ten thousand dollars Improving Mamaroneck Harbor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Sackett’s Harbor, New York, seven thousand dollars Improving Corsica Creek, Maryland, five thousand dollars. Improvement of Romley Marsh, Georgia, by route designated in the survey of engineers as route numbered four, ten thousand dollars. Improving Grass River at Massena, New York, three thousand dollars.Grass River.
Improving Edisto River, South Carolina, eight thousand dollarsEdisto River.Georgetown Harbor.. Improving Georgetown Harbor, South Carolina, seven thousand dollars. Improving Cahaba River, Alabama, twenty thousand dollars.Cahaba River.Salkahatchie River.Tallapoosa River. Improving Salkahatchie River, South Carolina, five thousand dollars. Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama, fifteen thousand dollars. 207 Improving Key West Harbor, Florida, especially the northwestKey West Harbor. channel, twenty-five thousand dollars. .
Improving Manatee River, Florida, twelve thousand dollars.Manatee River. Improving Ualoosahatchee River, Florida, five thousand dollars.Calcosahatchee River.Lynn Harbor.Little Tennessee River.White River. Improving Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts, sixty thousand dollars. Improving Little Tennessee River, Tennessee, five thousand dollars. Improving White River above Buffalo Shoals, Arkansas, four thousand dollars. Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory, three thousand dollars.Chehalis River.
Improving Greenport Harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars.Greenport Harbor. Improving Hay Lake Channel of the Sault Sainte Marie River, viaHay Lake Channel of Sault Sainte Marie River. the Middle Neebish, two hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of ten thousand dollars may be expended in improving the East Neebish channel. Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey, from the Keyport SteamboatKey port Harbor.Maurice River.Mantua Creek.Woodbury Creek.Racoon River.North Branch Susquehanna River.Clinton Harbor.South Forked Deer River.Old Town Creek.Monongahela River.
Company’s Wharf to Raritan Bay Channel, thirty thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars. . Improving Maurice River, New Jersey, three thousand dollars. Improving Mantua Creek, New Jersey, three thousand dollars. Improving Woodbury Creek, New Jersey, five thousand dollars. Improving Racoon River, New Jersey, three thousand dollars. Improving North Branch of Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Clinton Harbor, Connecticut, three thousand dollars.
Improving South Forked Deer River, Tennessee, three thousand dollars. Improving Old Town Creek, Mississippi, three thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. For continuing the practical test of the flume invented by M. J. Adams,Adams’ flume. the said test to be made under the supervision and direction of said Adams, eight thousand dollars. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directedSurvey and location of canal from near Hennepin, Ill., on Illinois River, to Mississippi River at Hock I si and, w i th branch feeder, etc. to survey and locate a canal from a point on the Illinois River at or near the town of Hennepin, by the most practicable and convenient route, to the Mississippi River at or above the city of Rock Island, with a branch canal or feeder from the most practicable and convenient point on Rock River to the most practicable and convenient point on the main line of said canal;
Said canal and said branch shall not be less than seventy feet wide at the waterline, and not less than seven feet in depth of water, with locks not less than one hundred and fifty feet in length and twenty-one feet in width, and with a capacity for vessels of at least two hundred and eighty tons burden; and for that purpose the Secretary of War shall have power and authority, by engineers and agents employed by him, to enter upon any lands for the purpose of making the necessary preliminary examinations and surveys; and the cost of construction, the annual cost of maintenance, and economy of use of said canal, when completed, shall be estimated and accompany the said surveys; and the Secretary of War shall cause to be made by skillful engineers of the Army a survey of the Illinois and Michigan Canal connecting the Illinois River with Lake MichiganSurvey of Illinois and Michigan Canal for purpose of enlarging, etc. at Chicago, and estimates of the cost of enlarging the same so as to correspond in dimensions with the proposed canal between Hennepin and the Mississippi River, and to report to the next session of Congress the cost of enlarging said canal, and the construction of the canal between Hennepin and the Mississippi River and the right of way therefor; and for the purposes of this paragraph the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. *Pro-**Proviso.* 208 *vided* that nothing herein shall be construed to commit the government to proceed with the construction of the said improvement Improving Mississippi River:
That the sum of four million one hundredMississippi River, from Head of the Passes to Cairo, etc. and twenty three thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary out of any money in the ’Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to Cairo including the harbors of New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburgh, Memphis, a lock at the mouth of Bayou, Plaqumine, Louisiana, and the rectification of the Red and the Atehafalaya Rivers at the mouth of Red diver; six hundred thousand dollars from Cairo to the Illinois River including Alton Harbor on which a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars shall be expended; and two hundred thousand dollars from the Illinois River to the Des Moines Rapids, including a stone and brush revetment at or near Quincy ; which said sums shall be expended by the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, estimates, and recommendations of 21 Stat., 37.the Mississippi River Commission created by the act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, or according to such plans, specifications, and estimates of the Engineer Department of the Army which, having been approved by the Secretary of War, may be adopted by the said Mississippi River Commission for such parts of the said river as the said commission may not have completed the survey*Proviso.*Levees. of: *Provided,* That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaiming lauds or preventing injury to lands by overflows: *Provided, however,* That the commission is authorized to repair and build levees if in their judgment it should be done as a part of their plan to afiord ease and safety to the navigation and commerce of the river and to deepen the channel : *provided,* That the Secretary of War shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to secure a judicious and economical expenditure of said sums, and shall cause to be made and submitted * to Congress annual reports, on or before January first, giving detailed statements of the work done, the expenditures made, and the effect of such work, together with such recommendations as he may deem it proper to lay before Congress.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Manner of making improvements.War to apply the money herein appropriated for improvements, other than surveys and estimâtes, in carrying on the various works, as far as can be without actual detriment to the interest of the government, by contract. Where such works cannot be done by contract without injury to the public interest, they may be prosecuted by hired labor. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, Proposals.Contracts to be made after advertisement.Lowest bidder.in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the. faithful prosecution of the work according to such contract, and for the proper payment of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution therefor for labor and material.
That whatever balance there may be on hand for the improvement ofBalance for improvement of mouth of Red River to be es pended, etc. the mouth of Red River shall be expended by the Secretary of War according to the plans and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission; and they are hereby authorized to expend so much of said balance as may be necessary in purchasing or constructing a dredge boat or boats, and in maintaining a navigable channel through the mouth of the Red River into the Mississippi River.
That the power and authority granted to the Secretary of War under21 Stat., 197. and by virtue of section four of the act of Congress approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, relating to wrecks and sunken vessels be, and the same are hereby, enlarged so that the Secretary ofWrecks and sunken vessels may be sold before raising or removal. War may, in his discretion, sell and dispose of any such sunken craft, vessel, or cargo, or property therein, before the raising or removal thereof, according to the same regulations that are in the said act pre- 209 scribed for the sale of the same after the removal thereof; and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
That no tolls or operating charges whatsoever shall be levied or collected Tolls.upon any vessel boats, dredges, craft, or other watercraft passing through any canal or other work for the improvement of navigation belonging to the United States. That authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War to expend theHarbor of refuge, Port Oxford, Oregon. money appropriated by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in the construction of a harbor of refuge at Port Ur- ford, on the Pacific coast, if in his opinion it be deemed judicious to do so.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to settle Charles McCafferty, D. Dull, C. P. Dull; claims of, to be settled, etc.Appropriation for ice-harbor al Saint Louis transferred and expended for improving channel of Mississippi River opposito Saint Louis.Cahokia Chute.the claims of Charles McCafferty and D. and C. 1’. Dull, contractors tor locks numbered four and five on the Great Kanawha River, under contracts made in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and subsequently for work done by reason of changes in the contracts and for losses caused by such changes, and by extra work and other losses incurred from such and other causes beyond their control, and report what amount, if any, he finds to be due to said contractors at the next session of Congress.
That the unexpended sums heretofore appropriated for an ice harborSecretary of War to ascertain and report as to purchase of franchise, etc., of Little Kanawha Navigation Con:pauy. at Saint Louis, Missouri, be, and the same are hereby transferred and appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the improvement of the channel of the Mississippi River opposite the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, by repairing and raising the present low dam across the channel east of Arsenal Island, known as Cahokia Chute, and by the construction of such other works in or near said Cahokia Chute as may be deemed advisable to accomplish the same purpose.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to ascertainExamination and surveys. and report to the next Congress upon what terms the franchise and property of the Little Kanawha Navigation Company, in West Virginia, can be obtained and conveyed to the United States. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, and estimates of cost of improvements proper to be made, at the following points, namely: YougbiogUcny River from McKeesport to Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
Red River from its mouth to Fulton. Little River and Saline, Arkansas. Alameda Creek, Alameda County, California Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut. Harbor at Cedar Keys, Florida. Connecticut River from Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Pittsburgh, New Hampshire. Newton Creek, Camden County, New Jersey. Pensaukin Creek, Camden and Burlington Counties, New Jersey. Milford Haven (an estuary), Virginia. Quantico Creek, Virginia. Piankatank River, Virginia. Sangamon River, Illinois, from its mouth to Petersburg.
Shoal between Dauphin Island and Cedar Point, Alabama. Gowanus Creek at Brooklyn, New York. Yallabusha River above Grenada, Mississippi. Loosacoona River, a tributary of the Yallabusha, Mississippi. The channel known as the Old River Bed, leading from Cuyahoga River to the harbor of refuge now under construction at Cleveland, Ohio. Atchafalaya River between Berwick’s Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; and, if made, to be accompanied withareport showing the cost of deepening the channel of said river.
The channel of the Saint John’s River at its entrance into and exit out of Lake Monroe, and between Lake George and Lake Monroe, for straightening and improving the navigation of said river between the said laks 210 Wetipkin Crook, Maryland.Examinations and surveys, continued. Passaic River between Passaic and Paterson, New Jersey. Minnesota River near the village of Belle Plain, with a view to prevent the washing away of the banks of said river opposite said village. Androscoggin River below Brunswick, Maine.
Penobscot River and Bangor Harbor, Maine. Resurvey of the breakwater at the mouth of Saco River, Maine. Ohio River at Rochester and Freedom, Pennsylvania, for icebreakers. Delaware River above Philadelphia. Delaware River in front of Philadelphia, by removal of Windmill or Smith’s Island, or the bar above the same. Madison Harbor, in the State of Connecticut. Duck Island Harbor, in the State of Connecticut, with a view to the construction of a short breakwater for a harbor of refuge.
Harbor at Caseville, Michigan. Harbor at Cross Village, Michigan Santa Monica Bay, California. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, and especially Fore Point Channel and the channel leading to the wharves of the New York and New England Railroad. Sandy Bay, Rockport, Massachusetts, with a view to the construction of a breakwater for a harbor of refuge. Pawtucket River, Rhode Island. Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut. Pawtuxet Harbor, Rhode Island. Bissell’s Cove, Rhode Island. Redwood Slough, San Mateo County, California White River, Arkansas, at the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Bridge, near Duvall’s Bluff, with a view of removing obstructions from the channel.
North Branch of the Susquehanna River from Pittston to Athens. The sound between Beaufort and New River, and White Oak River to Smith’s Mills, North Carolina. For a channel inside the shoals along the coast of Florida, from Cedar Keys to Clear Water Harbor and Tampa, Florida. The headland in the town of Hull, at the entrance to Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, being the northerly side of Telegraph Hill, south of Quarter Ledge, with a view to its protection by seawall or otherwise Ice-harbor at Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio.
Clear Lake, Lake County, California Sulphur River, Texas, from its mouth to Sulphur Station. Pearl River, Mississippi, above Carthage Stamford Harbor and Westport Harbor, Connecticut Edenton Bay, North Carolina Ipswich River and Sandy Bay, at the end of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Water route to connect the Calcasieu River with Sabine Pass. Illinois and Des Plaines River between La Salle and Joliet, in Illinois. Shoal Harbor and Compton’s Creek, New Jersey. Stoneybrook Harbor, Suffolk County, New York.
Pocomoke River, Maryland, with a view to a cutoff in the bend just below Snow Hill D’Arbonne River, Bayou Roundaway, and Bayou Vidal, Louisiana Peekskill Harbor, on the Hudson River, New York. Cumberland River and its principal tributaries above Pineville, Kentucky. Extending the survey of the Louisa Fork of the Big Sandy River to Grundy Court-House, Virginia. Minisceongo Creek at its outlet into the Hudson River, New York. Saugerties Harbor on Hudson River, New York. Branford Harbor, Connecticut North River in front of Jersey City and Hoboken, to determine what is necessary to permanently deepen the channel on the New Jersey side 211 To open a passage between the north end of Indian River and MosquitoExamination a and surveys, continued.
Lagoon, Florida. Chainplain River, Clinton County, New York, from the lake up to Champlain Town For breakwater at Rouse’s Point, on Lake Champlain, New York. Ouachita River from Camden to Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Big Bayou Metre, Arkansas, from its mouth up. The Lewis, Humptulup, and Dawamish Rivers, Washington Territory. Sebewaing Harbor, Michigan, resurvey, to obtain twelve feet of water in channel from Saginaw Bay. Harbor at Ludington, Michigan, with a view to examination by a board of engineers and report of a plan, and expense of same, for making a harbor of refuge.
Wisconsin River from Portage to Merrill. The lakes near the headwaters of the Cannon River in Rice and Le Sueur Counties. Minnesota, with a view to adding the same to the reservoir system of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Southold Harbor, Suffolk County, New York . Channel-way of Peconic River entering Peconic Bay, and channel-way from Riverhead to Great Peconic Bay, Suffolk County, New York. Channel from Pearsall’s Dock to Flat Creek, in Hempstead Bay, Queens County, New York.
The source of the Minnesota River, near the foot of Big Stone Lake, with a view of its being added to the reservoir system of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Natalbany River, Louisiana. Iowa River from Wapello to its mouth. Delaware River between Trenton, New Jersey, and Port Jervis, New York. ’ Leipsic River, Delaware, from the Delaware River to the town oi Leipsic Waccamaw River between Con wayborough, South Carolina, and Waccamaw Lake, North Carolina. Broad River from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, to South Carolina Iino Tionesta Creek, Pennsylvania.
Harbors of Port Henry and Port Marshall, on Lake Champlain, New York. ’ Boquet River, New York. Harbor of Cedar Keys, Florida, especially the northwest channel. Saint Mark’s River, Florida. Isle of Wight and Upper Synepuxent Bay, Maryland and Indian River, Delaware, with the intervening land, with aview to connect theii waters. Monokin River from its mouth to Princess Anne. Wicomico River from its mouth to Salisbury. From Deal to Seabright, on the New Jersey coast, with a view to build a breakwater to protect the shore and harbor at Long Branch.
The shoal between Dauphin Island and Cedar Point, Alabama, with a with a view of ascertaining the most practicable point for making a chan nel through the same of sufficient depth and width to afford a good and safe passage for steamboats and other vessels in the trade between tb( waters of Mobile Bay and other places on the Gulf of Mexico. Newtown Creek from its mouth to Metropolitan avenue in Brooklyn New York. - Ouachita River from its mouth to Camden, Arkansas. Clubfoot, Harlow, and Newport Rivers, North Carolina, on line of in land navigation to Beaufort Harbor.
The harbors of Monroe and Trenton, Louisiana, on the Ouachitt River, with a view to prevent the caving of banks. Mouth of Lake Palmyra where it enters the Mississippi River. 212 Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana.Examinations and surveys, continued. Alligator River, North Carolina. Black River, North Carolina. Sound between Morehead City, in Carteret County, North Carolina. Town Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina. Pungoteague Creek, from Bogg’s Wharf to the Warehouse, Accomack County, Virginia.
Bay River, North Carolina Hull’s Creek, Northumberland County, Virginia. Hunting Creek, Accomack County, Virginia. Great Wicomico from Cedar Point to Indian Point, Northumberland County, Virginia. Cape Fear River above Fayetteville, North Carolina. Piscataway Creek, Essex County, Virginia. Cherrystone Creek, Virginia. Roanoke River, North Carolina Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana The stone formation in the Kankakee River at Momence, Illinois; and if made, to be accompanied by an estimate of the cost of removing the same.
That the Secretary of War shall cause to be made a survey and estimate of the cost of excavating a channel through the Grand and Little Chains in the Ohio River sufficient to pass boats and give a depth of six feet at low water Piscataway Creek, Prince George’s County, Maryland. Chicamuxen Creek, Charles County, Maryland. Port. Tobacco Creek, Charles County, Maryland. Dividing Creek, Talbot County, Maryland. Taggart’s Valley River, West Virginia, above Grafton to the Three Forks of Buckhannon, and furnish an estimate of the cost of removing the obstructions in the Buckhannon River from the town of Buckhannon to the Three Forks of said river.
Pecatonica River, from Argyle to Wayne, La Fayette County, Wisconsin. For the extension and completion of the breakwater, near the third, in Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, connecting Goat Island and New Castle At and near the mouth of the Great Bay, so-called, with a view to increasing the depth of the flow of water and improvement of the navigation of the Piscataqua River and its tributaries. Steele’s Bayou, in Mississippi, from its mouth to Swan Lake, in Washington County.
The Yazoo Pass, including examination and estimate as to cost and feasibility of putting a lock so as to connect the Pass with the Mississippi River. Roebuck Lake, a tributary of the Yazoo River, in Le Flore County, Mississippi. Survey of Black River from its mouth to Trinity, Louisiana, with a view of improving its navigation by shortening its channel by cutoff. Red River, Louisiana, from the Atohafalaya to Fulton, Arkansas, including relieving the town of Alexandria from the encroachments of the river, removing snags from Cane River, and closing the outlet of the river known as “ Sale and Murphy Canal.
” Bayou Pierre, Louisiana, by removing raft therefrom. Loggy Bayou, Lake Bisteneau, and the Dorcheat, Louisiana; Cano River, Louisiana; and Petit Anse Bayou, Louisiana. To make such survey and report as to the cost of placing locks and dams on the Cumberland River from Nashville, Tennessee, to the Cincinnati Southern Railroad in Kentucky, as in the opiuion of the Secretary of War is necessary to complete the examination and report of said river; said report to be— First, as to the practicability of the work; 213 Second, its probable cost from Nashville to the Kentucky line;Examinations and surveys, continued.
Third, the cost from the Kentucky line to the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. Fourth, the cost of locking and damming so as to improve Smith’s Shoals. The river Brandywine from its mouth to the Market street bridge in the city of Wilmington, Delaware. That in every case where surveys are made, the report thereon shall embrace such information concerning the commercial importance, present and irrespective, of the improvement contemplated thereby and such general commercial statistics as the Secretary of War may be able to procure: *Provided,* That no survey shall be made of any of the above harbors or rivers until the Chief of Engineers shall have directed a preliminary examination of the same by the local engineer in charge of thePreliminary examinations. district, and then only when such local engineer shall have made such examination and shall have reported to said Chief of Engineers that in his judgment said harbor or river is worthy of improvement and that the work is a public necessity.
For making such preliminary examinationsAppropriation. a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars may be used out of*Proviso.* the amount appropriated for surveys: *Provided further,* That so much of said sum herein provided for surveys as may be necessary shall be used for continuation of the survey of the Arkansas River from Fort Gibson to Wichita, Kansas. That all moneys hereby appropriated shall be immediately available.Appropriations immediately available. ’ J. WARREN KEIFER *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* DAVID DAVIS, *President of the Senate pro tempore.* In the House of Representatives, *August* 2, 1882.
The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill (H. R. 6242) “ making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” with his objections thereto, the House of Representatives proceeded in conformity with the Constitution to reconsider the same and has, *Resolved*, That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same.
Attest: EWD. McPHERSON, *Clerk.* In the House of Representatives, *August* 2, 1882. The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An act making appropriations for the con- struetion, repair, and preservation of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes”, returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate with the message of the President returning the bill; *Resolved*, That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.
Attest: F. E. SHOBER, *Acting Secretary.* 214 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 376. 1882.
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