Chapter 213. Authorizing the Secretary of War to remove certain obstructions to navigation from the main ship channel, Key West Harbor, Florida, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 213.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to remove certain obstructions to navigation from the main ship channel, Key West Harbor, Florida, and for other purposes. May 28, 1908.[[H. R. 22009.]](/us/bill/70/hr/22009)[[Public, No. 153.]](/us/pl/70/153) *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryHarbors, etc.Key West Harbor, Fla.Removal of obstructions from main ship channel. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, certain reefs from the main ship channel, Key West Harbor, Florida, mentioned in a report made by Lieutenant L.
H. Beach to the Secretary of War on February first, nineteen hundred and eight, and the sum of five thousand dollars of the amount heretofore appropriated for improving the harbor at Key West and entrance thereto under the river and harbor Act approved March second, nineteenVol. 34. p. 1086. hundred and seven, or so much of said sum of five thousand dollars as may be necessary, is hereby made available for such purpose. Sec. 2. That the unexpended balance of the amount heretoforeChicago River.Unexpended balance.Vol. 34, p. 1102. appropriated for the improvement of Chicago Harbor, or so much thereof as may be deemed advisable, be, and the same is hereby, made available, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for expenditure on the existing project for the Chicago River.
Sec. 3. That so much as may be necessary of the amount heretoforeMississippi River, South Pass.Dredging shoals.Vol. 34, p. 739. appropriated, or authorized to be appropriated, for the maintenance of the South Pass of the Mississippi River, or for examinations and surveys of the South Pass of the Mississippi River, or for the improvement of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, be used in dredging shoals in the said river between CtabitsGapand the Head of the Passeswhenever it may become necessary to secure a depth of channel through said shoals of thirty-live feet, with a practical width.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, apply theDuluth-Superior Harbor, Minn.Dredging.Vol. 34. p. 738. whole or any part of the unexpended balance of the amount heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota, to dredging inside the Duluth entrance thereto, as recommended in House Document Numbered Two hundred and twenty-one, Sixtieth Congress, first session. Sec. 5. That the provision in the river and harbor Act approvedSandy Lake Reservoir Dam, Minn.Vol. 34, p. 1105, amended.
March second, nineteen hundred and seven, relating to the construction of the Sandy Lake Reservoir Dam, Minnesota, is hereby amended by striking out. the words “without a lock for steamboats.” Sec. 6. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized,Milwaukee, Wis.Improvement of Kinnickinnick River. in his discretion, to expend and to enter into a contract or contracts for the expenditure of so much as may be necessary of the amount heretofore appropriated, or authorized to be appropriated, for the improvement of the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the improvement of the Kinnickinnick River, or any part thereof inside the Iiarbor, as heretofore provided by law, whenever and as soon as the city of Milwaukee shall have complied with the provisions set forth in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty, Fiftyeighth Congress, second session, and authorized by the river and harbor Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, and as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to amend the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five,” approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, so far as said provisions apply to the improvement of said Kinnickinnick River or any part thereof. 430 Sec. 7 That the whole or any part of the amount heretofore authorized to be appropriated for the construction of a dredge for Mobile Harbor, Alabama, with the exception of five thousand dollars for the preparation of plans for said dredge, may be used for dredging said harbor, and the Secretary of War, in his discretion, may enter into a contract or contracts for the performance of the work.
Sec. 8 That to make effective the provision in the river and harbor Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and seven, for a survey of the Neversink River, New York, with a view to the removal of bars and other obstructions at and near its mouth, the scope of such survey be enlarged so as to include the Delaware River at and near the mouth of the Neversink River. Approved, May 28, 1908.