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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 36 STAT. · February 27, 1911 · Chapter 166

Chapter 166.

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CHAP. 166.— AN ACT Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. February 27, 1911.[[H.R. 28632](/us/bill/36/hr/28632).][[Public, No. 425](/us/bill/36/pl/425).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated,Rivers and harbors appropriations.to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named :
Breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor. Me. Breakwater.Maine: Continuing construction, thirty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty- five thousand two hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Pepperells Cove, Maine: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars.Pepperells Cove, Me. Improving Saco River, Maine: Completing improvement, twenty- five thousand dollars.Saco River, Me. Improving Exeter River,Exeter River, N. H.New Hampshire: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document 934Numbered One thousand and ninety, Sixty-first Congress, third session, nine thousand two hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont:Burlington, Vt.For maintenance and repair of breakwater, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts:Gloucester, Mass.For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Nantucket, MassachusettsNantucket, Mass.: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbors at New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts: New Bedford and Fairhaven, Mass.Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided**Proviso.*, That the Secretary of War may enter hito a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Sandy Bay. Cape Ann, Mass.Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Mystic and Malden Rivers, Massachusetts:Mystic and Malden Rivers, Mass.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Taunton River, Mass.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Weymouth Fore River, Massachusetts: Weymouth Fore River, Mass.Completing improvement below the Quincy Point Bridge in accordance with report submitted in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-four, Sixty-first Congress, third session, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.
Improving harbor of refuge at Block Island, Rhode Island: Block Island, R.I.For maintenance, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Harbor of refuge Harbor of refuge.at Point Judith, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement and for maintenance,Point Judith, R. I.fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Pawtucket River, R. I.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Harbor of refugeHarbor of refuge.at Duck Island, ConnecticutDuck Island, Conn.: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbors at Fivemile River and Greenwich, Connecticut: Fivernile River and Greenwich, Conn.For maintenance, three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Connecticut River, Connecticut, below Hartford, Connecticut River, Conn., below Hartford.in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Twelve hundred and ninety-four, Sixty-first Congress, third session, seventy-seven thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.
Breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut:New Haven, Conn. Completing construction, thirty-five thousand dollars.Breakwater. 935Improving Black Rock Harbor, New York: Black Rock Harlbor, N. Y.Continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
The Secretary of War Bird Island Pier.is hereby authorized to grant to the city of Buffalo, New York, Use by Buffalo as park, granted.the right and privilege of occupying, improving, and using, for the purpose of establishing a public park and landing facilities, that part of the structure known as ‘ Bird Island Pier,” on Niagara River, lying north of Albany Street extended in said city and forming a part of the Black Rock Harbor improvement, and the lands of the United States under water along both sides of said pier to the established harbor lines, on such terms, conditions, and stipulations as he may deem expedient and equitable and necessary for the protection of all the interests of the United States in and to said premises: *Provided,* That in the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States the granting of such right and privilege is permissible under the terms of the grant Condition.from the State of New York by which said premises are holden: *Provided further,* Consent of New York.That in case the Attorney eneral shall be of the opinion that the granting of the said right and privilege is not permissible under the terms of the aforesaid grant, the said right and privilege shall not be granted by the Secretary of War until the city of Buffalo shall have secured the sanction and consent of the State of New York through its constituted agencies.
Improving harbor at Buffalo, New. York: Buffalo, N. Y.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to apply from appropriations heretofore made for repairing and rebuilding breakwaters and for maintenance of structures fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the completion of the Stony Point break water.Stony Point Breakwater. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Charlotte, N. Y.For maintenance, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York:Great Sodus Bay, N.Y.For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars.
Improving Hempstead Harbor, New York:Hempstead, N. Y.Completing improvement, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That no part of this sum shall be expended upon the channel above the town wharf until a suitable dumping ground for the material dredged Restriction.shall have been furnished by the local interests free of cost. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, Litle Sodus Bay, N.Y.New York: For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving New York Harbor, New York:
For maintenance, including Ambrose Channel,Ambrose Channel, N. Y.one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Oswego, N. Y.Continuing improvement in accordance with plan A and for maintenance, eighty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbors at Rondout and Peekskill, New York:Rondout and Peekskill, N. Y.For maintenance, six thousand dollars. Improving East Chester Creek, New York: East Chester Creek, N. Y.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ,ten thousand dollars.
Removing obstructions in East River and Hell Gate, New York: East River and Hell Gate, N. Y.Continuing improvement, including work at the Middle Ground and in the channel between North Brother and South Brother Islands, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York: Harlem River, N. Y.Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Hudson River, New York: Hudson River, N. Y.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 936Improving Newtown Creek, New York:Newtown Creek, N.Y.For maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.
Improving Westchester Creek, New York: Westchester Creek, N.Y.Completing improvement, thirty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey: Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N.J.For maintenance of improvement of Arthur Kill and the waters connecting Raritan Bay with New York Harbor, including channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore, New York and New Jersey, ten thousand dollars. Improving Keyport Harbor, Matawan Creek, Raritan and South Rivers, Keyport Harbor, etc., N.J.Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, and Cheesequake Creek, New Jersey:
For maintenance, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Raritan Bay, N.J.For maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Alloway Creek, N. J.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Cooper Creek, New Jersey: Cooper Creek, N.J.For maintenance, five thou- sand dollars. Improving Mantua Creek, New Jersey: Mantua Creek, N.J.For maintenance, six thousand dollars. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Passaic River, N.J.For maintenance of improvement above the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad bridge, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Provisos.*That the project for improvement below said bridge, may, in the discretion or the Secretary of War, be so modified as to allow the widening of the channel Widening channels.of the river at bends wherever considered desirable in the interest of commerce and navigation: *Provided, further,* That no additional work shall Limit of cost.be done under this authority which will increase the total cost of the project given in report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and forty-one, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session.
Improving Raccoon Creek, New Jersey: Raccoon Creek, N.J.For maintenance, five thousand dolíais. Improving Salem River, New Jersey: Salem River, N.J.Completing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand six hundred dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Shrewsbury River, N.J.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Tuckerton Creek, New Jersey: Completing improvement Tuckerton Creek, N. J.and for maintenance, twenty-three thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
Improving Woodbridge Creek, New JerseyWoodbridge Creek, N.J.: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware: Delaware River.Continuing improvement and for maintenance from Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia,Philadelphia to the sea.to the sea, eight hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prose- cute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. .
Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania:Erie, Pa.For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Pittsburg, Pa.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay, Delaware: Delaware Bay, Del. Harbor of refuge.For maintenance, eight thousand dollars. Constructing pier in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware: Pier at Lewes, Del.For maintenance, one thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, Delaware: Wilmington, Del.For restoration and maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That a reex-Reexamination. 937amination of the harbor shall be made with a view to determining a method by which an improvement adequate for the needs of commerce can be maintained at less cost.
Improving Appoquinimink, Murderkill, and Mispillion Rivers, Delaware: Appoquinimink, etc., rivers, Del.Continuing improvement and for maintenance in accordance with the existing approved projects, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Broad Creek River, Broad Creek River, Del.Delaware: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Broadkill River, Delaware: Broadkill River, Del.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Saint Jones River, Delaware: Saint Jones River, Del.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no part of said amount shall bo expended, except for maintenance, until a satisfactory title to the land required for the necessary cut-offs shall have been transferredTitle to cut-offs, etc.to the United States free of cost and the United States shall have been released from all claims for damages arising from the proposed diversion of the stream.
Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Smyrna River, Del.Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no part of said amount shall be expended until satisfactory title to the land required for the necessary cut-offs Title to cut-offs, etc.shall have been transferred to the United States free of cost. Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore, Md.For maintenance of improvement of harbor of Southwest Baltimore, ten thousand dollars; for maintenance of improvement of channel of Curtis Bay, Baltimore Harbor, five thousand dollars.
Maintenance, widening channel.The unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore made for Patapsco River and channel to Baltimore is hereby made available for securing increased width of channel at the entrances and in the bends as well as for maintenance. Improving harbors at Rockhall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge, and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Wicomico, Pocomoke, La Trappe, and Manokin Rivers, and Tyaskin Creek, Maryland: Chesapeake Bay, Md.For maintenance, thirty-three thousand dollars.Eastern shore harbors, etc.
Improving Nanticoke River, Delaware and Maryland: Nanticoke River, Del. and Md.For maintenance of improvement of Nanticoke River and completing improvement of Northwest Fork of Nanticoke River (Marshyhope Creek), Maryland, thirty-six thousand dollars. Improving Susquehanna River Susquehanna River.above and below Havre de Grace, Maryland:Havre de Grace, Md.Completing improvement, thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Anacostia River, District of Columbia: Anacostia River, D.
C.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Potomac River: Potomac River.Continuing improvement and for maintenance at Washington, District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.sixty thousand dollars. Improving Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia: Alexandria, Va.Completing improvement, fifty-six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milford Haven, Virginia: Milford Haven, Va.For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Norfolk, Virginia:Norfolk, Va.For maintenance of improvement, Maintenance.including Western Branch of Elizabeth River, five thousand dollars.
Improving Norfolk Harbor and the approaches thereto, and the channel to Newport News,Channel to Newport News, etc.Virginia: Continuing improvement, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred and twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. 938 Improving James River, Virginia:
James River, Va.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Nansemond River, Va.For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Nomini Creek, Virginia Nomini Creek, Va.: Completing improvement and for maintenance, eight thousand dollars. Improving Upper Machodoc Creek, Virginia: Upper Machodoc Creek, Va.Completing improvement, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars. Improving Urbana Creek, Virginia:
Urbana Creek, Va.Completing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, Virginia: Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, Va.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving waterway from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia,Waterway, Norfolk to Albemarle Sound.to Albemarle Sound, North Carolina: For maintenance of improvement of inland water route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, through Currituck Sound, two thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: Beaufort, N.C.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River at Cape Fear River, N.C.and below Wilmington, North Carolina: Below Wilmington.Continuing improvement to such depth in excess of twenty feet as the appropriations for the work may permit, due regard being given to the difference in tidal oscillation at the upper and lower portion of the improvement, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That not exceeding one thousand dollars thereof may be used for clearing, to a depth of ten feet the channel or cut between the main channelClearing channel.of the river and the Carofina beach pier.
Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Contentnia Creek, N. C.For maintenance, one thousand dollars. Improving Neuse and Trent Rivers, North Carolina:Neuse and Trent Rivers, N. C.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving New River, and waterways to Beaufort, North Carolina: New River, and waterways to Beaufort, N. C.For maintenance of improvement of New River, North Carolina, including inland waterways between Beaufort Harbor and New River and between New River and Swansboro, five thousand dollars.
Improving Northeast, Black, and Cape Fear Rivers, North Carolina: Northeast, etc., Rivers, N. C.For maintenance of improvement of Northeast and Black Rivers and Cape Fear River above Wilmington, North Carolina, three thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina: Pamlico and Tar Rivers, N. C.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston, S. C.Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.
Improving Winyah Bay, South Carolina: Winyah Bay, S. C.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be required for the prosecution of this improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated. Improving Mingo Creek, South Carolina: Mingo Creek, S. C.For maintenance, one thousand dollars.
Improving Santee and Congaree Rivers, South Carolina: Santee and Congaree Rivers, S. C.For maintenance of improvement, including the EsthervilleMinim Creek Canal and the Congaree River as far up as the Gervais Street Bridge, Columbia, forty-seven thousand dollars. Improving waterways Waterways.between Charleston and Alligator Creek, South Carolina: Charleston and A1ligator Creek, S.C.Completing improvement of inland waterways between Charleston Harbor and McClellanville, including branch to Morrisons Landing, forty-one thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: Brunswick, Ga.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, sixty thousand dollars. 939Improving Sapelo Harbor, Georgia: Sapelo, Ga.Completing improvement, eleven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Savannah, Ga.Continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars. Improving Altamaha, Oconee, Altamaha, etc., rivers, Ga.and Ocmulgee Rivers, Georgia: For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Flint River, Georgia:
Flint River, Ga.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Savannah River, Georgia : Savannah River, Ga.Continuing improvement and for maintenance below Augusta, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Chattahoochee River, Ga, and Ala.Continuing improvement below Columbus, Georgia, and for maintenance, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Coosa River, Ga. and Ala.Continuing improvement by the completion of lock and dam at Mayos Bar, near Rome, Georgia, Mayos Rar.one hundred and twenty-one thousand and thirty-nine dollars.
Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Dams, Nos. 4 and 5.Continuing improvement by the construction of a lock in Dam Numbered Four, and by the construction of Dam Numbered Five, in the State of Alabama, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contract with the Ragland Water Power Company,Ragland Water Power Company.its successors or assigns, hereinafter designated “the contracting party,” to complete the dam heretofore partially constructed by the GovernmentMay complete dam. etc., at Lock No. 4.at Lock Numbered Four on the Coosa River, the work to be done under his supervision and control, and in accordance with the present adopted project and any modification thereof that he may deem proper: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the contracting party shall furnish all materials, of every character, and pay for all labor required To bear all expense.in the construction of said dam, which, upon completion, shall become the property of the United States, free of all costs, claims, or charges or any kind whatsoever: *Provided further,* That the terms of this Act Navigation, etc., interests protected.and any stipulation which the Secretary of War may deem necessary to safeguard the interests of navigation and other interestsTime of construction, etc.of the United States shall be embodied in any contract entered into as aforesaid.
The contracting party shall begin the said work within one year from the approval of this Act, and shall complete the same within three years from the date of commencing construction; otherwise the authorization hereby conferred shall be void and the rights hereby conferred shall cease and be determined, the Government reserving the right to commence and finish the work, if deemed advisable, at any time before it is commenced by the contracting party; or, if begun and not carried out in strict conformity to the directions of the Secretary of War, the Government may assume the completion of said work at its option, the cost of such completion to be paid by the contracting party: *Provided,*That the Secretary of War shall determine from time to time whether the work is being properly done.
In consideration of the completion of said dam free Water power franchise granted.of cost to the Government, the contracting party is hereby granted such rights as the Government possesses to use the water power produced by said dam for manufacturing and other industrial purposes for a period of fifty years: *Provided,* That the plans for the necessary works and structures to utilize said water power shall ba approved Approval of plans.by the Secretary of War: *Provided further,*That the right is reserved to the United States to construct, maintain, Rights for navigation purposes reserved.and operate a forebay and lock for navigation purposes in connection with said dam, and nothing shall be done in the use of the water from said dam or otherwise to interfere with or in any way impede or retard the operation of said lock or the proper and complete navigation of 940the river at all times, nor in any way to interfere with the use and control of the same by the United States or the maintenance of the water surface Regulations. etc.above the dam at the established pool level; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to prescribe regulations to govern the use of the said water power and the operations of the plant and force employed in connection therewith; and no claim shall be made against the United States for any failure of water power, resulting from any cause whatsoever: *Provided further,* That the contracting party shall furnish to the United States, free of cost, such electric current Electric current to Government works, free of cost.as may be necessary for operating the Government lock and lighting its buildings and grounds: *And provided further,* That the contracting party may have ingress and egress over Government lands in the Easement.construction and operation of the plant.
The Secretary of War may require the contracting party to execute a bond, Bond, etc.with proper securities, before the commencement of the work, in such amount as he may consider necessary, to insure the beginning, prosecution, and completion of the work and compliance with the terms and requirements of this Act, and in case of failure to comply with the requirements Inspectors, etc.of said bond the contracting party shall forfeit to the Uniteci States the full amount thereof : *Provided,* That a suitable force of inspectors shall be employed on the work by the Secretary of War, at the expense of the contracting party, to see that the plans and specifications and the terms and requirements of the Act and the conditions of the contract are strictly carried out.
Right to alter, etc.Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal the rights and privileges hereby conferred, and the United States shall incur no liability because of the alteration, amendment, or repeal thereof: *Provided,*That to insure compliance with the terms of this contract, Authority of Secretary of War.or to protect the interests of navigation and other interests of the United States, the Secretary of War shall have power, at any time, to order a suspension of all privileges hereby granted, and a compliance with such order may be enforced by an injunction of the court of the United States exercising jurisdiction in the district in which the work is situated, and primer proceedings to this end shall be instituted by the Attorney General upon request of the Secretary of War.
Jurisdiction not impaired.Nothing herein shall be construed as in any way abridging the exclusive jurisdiction and control by the United States of the Coosa River, and of any structure therein, or as repealing or modifying any of the provisions or laws now existing for the protection of navigation. Raising height at dam, etc., required.The contracting party, in consideration of the privileges granted hereby, must, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may require, obligate and bind itself, its successors or assigns, to raise the height of said dam at Lock Numbered Four three feet, and shall stop the leaks above Dam Numbered Four by which water escapes under such dam, so far as the same can be done, Storage basin.and to keep said leaks stopped so far as it is possible so to do.
In consideration of making said improvements, the said contracting party shall have the right to raise said dam during low water to such a height as may be necessary to give it a storage basin above the dam, in order that it may develop and operate a water power: *Provided,* That the said storage does not interfereCondition.with navigation: *Provided further,* That the said contracting party shall pay all damages incurred by reason of overflowed lands.Overflow damages.Beginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the contracting party shall pay to the United States for the power due to the natural flowage of the river the sum of one dollar per ten-hour horsepower per year: *Provided,* That in case the natural flowage Payment for power.of the river is increased at this point by storage reservoirs above this point, the power company shall have the right to lease, for a period Additional, for increase from reservoirs.not exceeding the life of this authorization, the increased power due to said storage, and shall pay on all power above that due 941to natural flowage of the river, as increased by local storage at Dam Numbered Four, the sum of one dollar per year for the first five years, two dollars per year for the second five years, and thereafter three dollars per year tor each ten-hour horsepower sold or used, or in lieu of above payment may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, pay its equitable share toward the construction of said reservoir or reservoirs, such share to be determined by the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War, in his discretion, may readjust Readjusting rate.such rate of compensation at periods of ten years.
Improving waterway between Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina, Florida: Waterway, Savannah, Ga., and Fernandina, Fla.For maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Apalachicola Bay, Fla.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including Link Channel and West Pass, five thousand dollars. Improving channel from Clearwater Harbor through Boca Ceiga Bay to Tampa Bay, Florida: Completing improvement, Channel, Clearwater Harbor to Tampa Bay, Fla.twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving harbor at Fernandina, Florida: Fernandina, Fla.For maintenance, including the entrance channel through Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Hillsboro Bay, Florida: Hillsboro Bay, Fla.Continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and thirty-four, Sixty-first Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, on page two of said document, three, hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Key West, Florida: Key West, Fla.For maintenance of improvement of the northwest entrance channel, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Pensacola, Fla.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving channel from Apalachicola River to Saint Andrews Bay, Florida: Channel, Apalachicola River, to Saint Andrews Bay, Fla.Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tampa Bay, Florida:
Tampa Bay, Fla.For maintenance, nine thousand dollars. Improving Apalachicola River, Florida: Apalachicola River, Fla.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including the cut-off, Lee Slough, lower Chipola River, and upper, Chipola River from Marianna to its mouth, five thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River, Florida: Caloosahatchee River, Fla.Completing improvement, sixty-nine thousand dollars. Improving Holmes River, Florida: Holmes River, Fla.For maintenance of improvement from Vernon to the mouth, one thousand dollars.
Improving Saint Johns River, Saint Johns River, Fla.Florida: Continuing improvement from Jacksonville to the ocean, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated; continuing improvement from PalatkaPalatka to Lake Harney.to Lake Harney, thirty thousand dollars.
Removing the water hyacinth, Water hyacinth, Fla.Florida, Texas, and Louisiana: For the removal Removing.of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters of the 942State of Florida, so far as it is Or may become an obstruction to navigation, ten thousand dollars. Improving Choctawhatchee River, Choctawhatehee River. Fla. and Ala.Florida and Alabama: For maintenance of improvement, including Cypress Top outlet, five thousand dollars. Improving Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Florida and Alabama:
Escambia and Conecuh Rivers, Fla. and Ala.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Mobile bar, Alabama:Mobile, Ala.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fiveBar thousand dollars. Improving harbor Harborat Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement, five hundred and five thousand dollars, of which amount five thousand dollars may be used in the removal of sunken logs, deadheads, and other obstructions. Improving Alabama River, Alabama:Alabama River, Ala.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including the Alabama and Coosa Rivers between Montgomery and Wetumpka, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Improving Black Warrior, Warrior, and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama: Black Warrior. Warrior. and Tombigbee Rivers, Ala.Continuing improvement from Mobile to the Mulberry and Locust forks by the construction of locks and dams, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*.That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama and Mississippi: Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss.For maintenance, from the mouth to Demopolis, Alabama, fifteen thousand dollars, and from Demopolis, Alabama, to Walkers Bridge, Mississippi, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gulfport, Mississippi: Gulfport. Miss.For maintenance of improvement of anchorage basin at Gulfport and channel therefrom to the anchorage or roadstead at Ship Island, and for the improvement and maintenance of channel at Ship Island Pass, one hundred thousand dollars, of which amount sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for the repair and modification of the United States dredge Barnard, Dredge “Barnard.”which is hereby transferred and assigned to Gulfport Harbor and Channel for use and to be operated in accordance with the provisions and recommendations contained in the report printed in Rivers and Harbors Commit- tee Document Numbered Two, Sixtieth Congress, first session.
Improving Horn Island Pass, Horn Island Pass, Miss.Mississippi: For maintenance, four thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi: Pearl River, Miss.Continuing improvement and for maintenance below Rockport, eight thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo River and tributaries, Yazoo River and tributaries, Miss.Mississippi: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including Yazoo, Tallahatchie, Big Sunflower and Coldwater Rivers, Tchula Lake, Steele and Washington Bayous, Lake Washington, and Bear Creek, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Improving Southwest Pass, Mississippi River: Mississippi River.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Southwest Pass. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: Continuing improvementBayou Teche, La.and for maintenance, sixty thousand dollars. Inland waterway between Franklin and Mermentau, Louisiana: Waterway, Franklin and Mermentau, La.To insure the selection of the most suitable route for the inland waterway channel from Franklin to Mermentau adopted by Congress Vol. 31, p. 1089.in the river and harbor act of March second, nineteen hundred and seven, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, to make such changesChanges.in 943the location of said channel as may be considered desirable: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That no change shall be made under this authorization unless the necessary right of way Right of way.is secured to the United States free of cost.
Removing the water hyacinth, Water hyacinth, La. and Tex.Florida, Texas, and Louisiana: For the removal Removing.of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters in the States of Louisiana and Texas, so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma: Red River. La.,Ark., Tex., and Okla.Continuing improvement and for maintenance below Fulton, Arkansas, twenty thousand dollars: continuing improvementDistribution.and for maintenance between Fulton, Arkansas, and Denison, Texas, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Aransas Pass, Texas: Aransas Pass, Tex.For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the construction of a deep-water harbor Harbor Island, Tex.or port within the entrance to Aransas Pass, at Harbor Island, Texas, in accordance with the Deep-water port.report submitted in House Document Numbered One thousand and ninety-four, Sixty-first Congress, third session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* That no part of the amount herein No terminal monopoly, etc.appropriated or authorized to be appropriated shall be expended until the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the interests of the general public are duly protected in the use of said harbor and that no terminal monopoly will be possible: *And provided further,* Easements.That the title or easements in any land needed in connection with the construction of the dike proposed as a part of this improvement shall be vested in the United States free or cost.
Improving Galveston Channel, Texas:Galveston Channel, Tex.Continuing improvement under the existing project, which contemplates the excavation of a channel thirty feet deep and one thousand two hundred feet wide from the inner bar to Fifty-first Street and seven hundred feet wide from Fifty-first to Fifty-sixth Street, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That at such time as in the discretion of the Secretary of War the same may be required in the interestsExtension of channel.of navigation and commerce the Western terminus of said channel may be extended to Fifty-seventh Street, with a width of one thousand feet between Fifty-first and Fifty-seventh Streets, as recommended in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session.
Improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: Galveston, Tex.For maintenance, by dredging and repair of the jetties, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. Improving channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: Channel to Texas City, Tex.Continuing improvement and for maintenance by dredging within the limits recommended in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars. Improving the Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, Sabine-Neches Canal, Tex.from the Port Arthur Ship Canal to the mouth of the Sabine River, the Neches River up to the town of Beaumont, and the Sabine River up to the town of Orange, *Ante,* p. 643.to a navigable depth of twenty-five feet, in accordance with plan numbered four, submitted in House Document Numbered One thousand two hundred and ninety, Sixty-first Congress, third session, as follows:
For sections “a” and “c,” from Port Arthur Ship Canal to mouth of Neches River and from mouth of Neches River to Beaumont, From Port Arthur Ship Canal, to the Neches, and to Beaumont.one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may 944enter into contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said sections to an amount not exceeding seven hundred and six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated, of which amount not exceeding two hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars shall be paid from appropriations to be hereafter made by law and the remainder from funds contributed by the Beaumont navigation district or other local interests: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no part of these amounts shall be expended and no contract shall be entered into until the Beaumont navigation district, a local organization created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Texas, or other local interests, shall have placed in some United States depository, to be selected by the Secretary of War, the sum of four hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars Contribution by local interests.to the credit of the Secretary of War, to be expended by him in equal amounts with moneys provided by the United States in prosecuting this work: *Provided further,* Maintenance, etc., free of cost.That said Beaumont navigation district or other local interests shall become bound, in manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, to maintain said channel free of cost to the United States for a term of three years after the completion thereof, and to provide for the operation and maintenance of the guard lock without cost to the United States until otherwise provided by law, all in accordance with the recommendations in the report cited above: *Provided further,* Commencing work.That the Secretary of War may enter into contract for work on sections “a” and “c” at any time after the local interests have provided the moneys as above specified, independent of and without reference to section “b.
” For section “b,” fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may enter into contract From Sabine River to Orange.or contracts for such materials and work Contracts.as may be necessary to complete said section, to an amount not exceeding two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated, of which amount not exceeding ninety- three thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid from appropriations to be hereafter made by law, and the remainder from funds contributed by the Orange navigation district or other local interests: *Provided,* *Provisos.*That no part of these amounts shall be expended and no contract shall be entered into until the Orange navigation district or Contribution by local interests.other local interests shall have placed in some United States depository, to be selected by the Secretary of War, the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred dollars to the credit of the Secretary of War, to be expended by him in equal amounts with moneys providedMaintenance, etc., free of cost.by the United States in prosecuting this work: *Provided further,* That said Orange navigation district or other local interests shall become bound, in manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, to maintain said channel free of cost to the United States for a term of three years, all in accordance with the recommendations in the report cited above.
Improving channel to Port Bolivar, Texas: Port Bolivar, Tex.For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Sabine Pass, Texas: Sabine Pass, Tex.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving West Galveston Bay Channel, Turtle Bayou, Trinity River, Anahuac Channel, Oyster Creek, Cedar, Chocolate, and Bastrop Bayous, Texas: West Galveston Bay Channel, etc., Tex.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including mouths of adjacent streams, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving mouth of Brazos River, Texas:Brazos River, Tex.Continuing improvement and maintenance by dredging and repair of the jetties,At the mouth.one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Brazos River, Texas : Velasco to Old Washington.Continuing improvement and for maintenance by open-channel work from Velasco to Old Washington, twenty-five thousand dollars. 945Improving Brazos River, Texas, from Old Washington to Waco: Old Washington to Waco.For the completion of lock and dam at Hidalgo Falls, fifty thousand dollars.
Improving Trinity River, Texas : Trinity River, Tex.Continuing improvement and for maintenance by open-channel work, forty thousand dollars. Improving Cypress Bayou, Texas and Louisiana: Cypress Bayou, Tex. and La.For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Ouachita River, Arkansas and Louisiana: Ouachita River, Ark. and La.Continuing improvement by the construction of Locks and Dams Numbered Two, Four, Six, and Eight, two hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Ouachita River, Arkansas and Louisiana: Continuing improvement by removing snags, Removing snags, etc.leaning trees, and other obstructions between Camden and Arkadelphia, in the State of Arkansas, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas: Arkansas River.For maintenance of improvement, including works at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Ark.and the operation of dredging plant, sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Black and Current Rivers, Arkansas and Missouri:Black and Current Rivers, Ark. and Mo.For maintenance, seven thousand one hundred dollars.
Improving Cache River, Arkansas: For maintenance, three thousand dollars.Cache River, Ark. Improving Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Saint Francis River, etc., Ark.For maintenance of improvement of Saint Francis and L’Anguille Rivers, and Blackfish Bayou, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving White River, Arkansas: White River, Ark.For maintenance, eighteen thousand dollars. Improving Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland River above Nashville, Tenn.Completing improvement for slack-water navigation between Lock and Dam Numbered Three, near Nashville, and Lock and Dam Numbered Seven, near Carthage, Tennessee, eighty-five thousand dollars.
Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee: Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tenn.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, sixty-five thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Below Chattanooga.Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky: Continuing improvement and for maintenance by open-channel work from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Riverton, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars; continuing improvement and for maintenance below Riverton, Alabama, eighty thousand dollars.
Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Kentucky River,Ky.Continuing improvement by the construction of Locks and Dams Numbered Thirteen and Fourteen, Locks and Dams Nos. 13 and l4one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Ashtabula, Ohio.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of this improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated. 946Improving harbor at Conneaut, Ohio:
Conneaut, Ohio.Continuing improvement, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Lorain, Ohio: Lorain, Ohio.For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: Toledo, Ohio.Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Ohio River: Ohio River.Continuing improvment by the construction of locks and dams Locks and dams.with a veiw to securing a navigable depth of nine feet, two million dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement and for maintenance by open-channel work,Open-channel work.two hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Alpena, Michigan:Alpena, Mich.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Arcadia, Michigan: Arcadia, Mich.For dredging and maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars.Frankfort, Mich. Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan:
For maintenance, thirty-four thousand dollars.Grand Haven, Mich. Harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars.Grand Marais, Mich. Improving inner and outer harbor at Holland, Michigan: For maintenance, sixteen thousand dollars.Holland, Mich. Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars.Ludington, Mich. Improving Mackinac Harbor, Michigan: Mackinac Harbor, Mich.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be required for the completion of this improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate fifty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Manistee, Mich.Completing improve ment and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manistique,Manistique, Mich.Michigan: Completing improvement, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars. Harbor of refuge at Marquette Bay, Michigan: For maintenance, two thousand dollars.Marquette, Mich. Harbor of refuge. Improving harbor Harbor.at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, eighty-eight thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and eleven thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Muskegon , Mich.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. 947Improving harbor at Saugatuck, and Kahunazoo River, Michigan : Saugatuck, and Kalamazoo River, Mich.Completing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving South Haven Harbor, Michigan: South Haven, Mich, Contracts.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of this improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and ninetyeight thousand dollars, exclusive of amounts heretofore appropriated.
Improving Black River at Port Huron, Black River, Mich.Michigan: For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River,Clinton River,Mich.Michigan: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River,Detroit River, Mich.Michigan: Continuing improvement in accordance with plan A, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Rouge River, Michigan: Rouge River, Mich.For maintenance, five thousand dollars: *Provided,*Proviso.That no part of this sum shall be expended at those points within the limits of the project where shoaling is due to caving banksProtection by riparian interests.until the banks shall have been protected by suitable docks or revetments constructed at the expense of the riparian interests.
Improving harbor at Ashland, WisconsinAshland, Wis.: Continuing impro vement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kenosha, WisconsinKenosha, Wis.: For maintenance, eleven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Kewaunee, Wis.For maintenance, eighteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Wing, Port Wing, Wis.Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota:
Saint Croix River, Wis, and Minn.For maintenance, three thousand six hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay,Agate Bay. Minn.Minnesota: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Zippel Bay, Lake of the Woods, Lake of the Woods, Zippel Bay, Minn.Minnesota: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Twelve hundred and seventy-six, Sixty-first Congress, third session, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars.
Improving Minnesota River, MinnesotaMinnesota River, Minn.: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the NorthRed River of the North, Minn, and N. Dak., Minnesota and North Dakota: For maintenance, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Michigan City, Ind.For maintenance, including repair and maintenance of the east breakwater, twenty-three thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: Calumet River.
Ill. and Ind.For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Chicago, Ill.The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be required for the prosecution and maintenance of this improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and forty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Waukegan, IllinoisWaukegan, Ill.: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Chicago River, IllinoisChicago River, Ill.: For maintenance, thirty-four thousand dollars : *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be neces 948sary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Illinois and Mississippi CanalIllinois and Mississippi Canal.by raising Aqueduct One, Lock Four, one highway bridge and approaches and the banks of the canal where the canal crosses East Bureau Creek, just below the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway bridge across the same stream, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Mississippi River from Head of PassesMississippi River Commission.to the mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi RiverMississippi River.Commission:
Continuing improvementFrom Head of Passes to the Ohio., with a view to securing a permanent channel depth of nine feetSecuring 9-foot channel., three million dollars, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the general improvement of the river, for the building of leveesLevees.between the Head of Passes and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and for surveys, Surveys.including the survey from the Head of Passes to the headwaters of the river, in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and promote the interests of commerce at all stages of the river: *Provided,**Provisos.*That of the money hereby appropriated so much as may be necessary shall be expended in the construction of suitable and necessary dredge boats Dredge boats, etc.and other devices and appliances and in the maintenance and operation of the same: *Provided further,* That the water courses connected Connecting water courses.with said river and the harbors upon it, now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission and under improvement, may, in the discretion of said commission, upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, receive allotments for improvements now under way or hereafter to be undertaken, to be paid for from the amounts herein appropriated.
Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River From the Ohio to the Missouri.to and including the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one million dollars. Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, Minnesota: From the Missouri to Minneapolis.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That of this amount so much as shall be necessary, not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for the repair and maintenance of existing levees constructed by the United States and for dredging Dredging, etc.for the Benefit of through navigation in harbors and at landing places, giving preference to localities in which the communities interested shall hereafter maintain such dredging without cost to the United States.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit such changes of harbor lines and diversion of the channel of the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, MinnesotaSaint Paul, Minn., as may be necessary to provide for the improvement of navigation, for suitable levees, Changes of harbor lines.transportation terminals, and landing places for shipping in said city. Such changes and diversion shall be shown by plans and plats to be preparedApproval by Secretary of War, etc.by the city of Saint Paul, which shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers before any work shall be done thereon, and any change therefrom shall be unlawful unless a plan and plat thereof shall have been previously filed with and approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to Congress an estimateEstimates, etc.of the amount, character, and cost of any work deemed proper to be done by the United 949 States in connection with the improvement herein authorized, the expense connected with the preparation of such estimate to be paid from the appropriation for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors: *Provided further,* That neither this Act Further action of Congress required.nor any action taken thereunder by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers shall be construed as in any way committing the United States to any expense or obligation without further direction of Congress.
As a condition thereof it shall be agreed by the said city of Saint Paul as a part of said proposed plan that the said levees Ownership of levees, etc.and landing places for shipping shall remain under the ownership or control of the said municipality unless otherwise authorized by Congress. Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Minneapolis,From Saint Paul to Minneapolis.Minnesota: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi RiverCanal, Lake Winnibigoshish to Leech Lake.:
Completing construction of canal between Lake Winmbigoshish and Leech Lake, ten thousand dollars. Improving Missouri RiverMissouri River., with a view to securing a permanent six-foot channel between Kansas City and Kansas City, Mo., to mouth.the mouth of the river: The Secretary of War Six-foot channel.may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be inaile by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated.
Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Gasconade River, Mo.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Osage RiverOsage River, Mo., Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Humboldt BayHumboldt Bay, Cal., California: For maintenance of improvement of the channel in front of Eureka,Channel at Eureka.fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Humboldt Bay, California: Harbor.Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred and seventeen thousand four hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Los Angeles Harbor, California:Los Angeles, Cal. Continuing improvement by dredging, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the prices received in response to advertisement for bills for dredgingDredging plant.are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriateli as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant. Improving harbor at Oakland,California :Oakland, Cal.Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the prices received in response to advertisement for bids for dredgingDredging plant.are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriated as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant.
Improving channel over Pinole Shoal, San Pablo Bay. Cal.San Pablo Bay, California, in accordance with the reportChannel over Pinole Shoal.submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and three, Sixtieth Congress, second session, including the construction of a dredge for maintenance, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of AVar may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate 950 three hundred and sixty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.
Improving Mokelumne River, California: For maintenance, five thousand dollars.Mokelumne River, Cal. Improving Petaluma Creek Petaluma Creek and Napa River.and Napa River, California: For maintenance, eleven thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, CaliforniaSacramento and Feather Rivers, Cal.: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twentvfive thousand dollars. Improving San Joaquin River, CaliforniaSan Joaquin River, Cal.: For maintenance, including Stockton and Mormon Channels, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Improving harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: Coos Bay, Oreg.Continuing improvement at the entrance and in the channels within the bay, and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars. Improving Tillamook Bay and Bar, OregonTillamook Bay, Oreg.: For maintenance, five thousand dollars. Improving Willamette and Yamhill Rivers, OregonWillamette and Yam hill Rivers, Oreg.: For maintenance of improvement of Willamette River above Portland, and Yamhill River, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Portland, Oregon:
Columbia and Willamette Rivers, below Portland.Continuing improvement and for maintenance, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into contract or contractsContracts, etc.for such materials and work as may be necessary for the construction of two suitable dredging plants, to be paid for as appropriations may fromContracts, etc.time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and twenty thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and hereto- fore appropriated.
Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and WashingtonColumbia River, Oreg, and Wash.: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including repairs and operation of dredge, nine hundred and At the mouth.fifty thousand dollars. For gaugingGauging.waters of Columbia River and measuring tidal and river volumes, one thousand dollars. The provision of the river and harbor Act approved *Ante.* p. 663, amended.June twenty-fifth. nineteen hundred and ten, making appropriation for improving Siuslaw River, Oregon, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“Improving Siuslaw River, Oregon,Siuslaw River, Oreg, Improvement at the month.at the mouth, in accordance with the project set forth in the report submitted in House Document Numbered six hundred and forty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such material and work as may be necessary to complete said project and to maintain the same for one year during construction, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty-five thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated: *Provided further,* That before beginningContribution by Siuslaw.said work or making said contract or contracts the Secretary of War shall be satisfied, by deposit or otherwise, that the port of Siuslaw or other agency shall provide for the accomplishment of said project the additional sum of two hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, which said sum shall be expended by the Secretary of War in the prosecution of said work and for its maintenance in the same manner and in equal amount as the sum herein appropriated and authorized to be appropriated from the Treasury of the United States: *And provided further,* That the port of Siuslaw Construction of south jetty by Sins law.may proceed with the construction of the south jetty in pursuance of the contract with Robert Wakefield, entered into December twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, to the full extent of said contract; and the amount to be furnished Amount to be deducted from contribution.by the said port of Siuslaw, or other agency, as aforesaid, may be reduced by such amounts, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, as may be expended under said contract, 951 provided all the work so done shall be in accord with the project herein adopted and satisfactory to the Secretary of War.
” Improving Columbia River, Columbia River.Washington: For maintenance of improvement between the mouth of Willamette River and the city of Vancouver, Washington,From the Willamette to Vancouver, Wash.three thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River between the foot of The Dalles Rapids and the head of Celilo Falls, The Dalles Rapids to Celilo Falls.Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, six hundred thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River and tributaries above Celilo Falls Celilo Falls to Snaketo the mouth of Snake River, Oregon and Washington:
Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Snake River, Oregon, Washington, and IdahoSnake River, Oreg., Wash,, and Idaho.: Continuing improvement and for maintenance up to Pittsburg Landing, Oregon, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bellingham, WashingtonBellingham, Wash.: Continuing improvement, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and sixty-one, Sixtieth Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions relative to cooperation on the part of local interests Cooperation by local interests.as set forth in said document, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate fifty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Grays HarborGrays Harbor, Wash.and Bar Entrance, Washington: Continuing improvement by means of extension of north jetty, three hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts Contracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made bylaw, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Olympia, WashingtonOlympia, Wash.: Completing improvement in accordance with the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, dated March ninth, nineteen hundred and eight, and printed in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered Five, Sixty-first Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions relative to cooperation Cooperation by local interests.on the part of local interests as set forth in said document, forty-three thousand dolíais.
Improving Willapa River and Harbor, WashingtonWillapa River and Harbor, Wash.: Continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and twenty-four, Sixty-first Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions relative to cooperation Cooperation by local interests.on the part of local interests, as set forth in said document, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and eighteen thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving Chehalis River, Washington: Chehalis River, Wash.Completing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers, WashingtonCowlitz and Lewis Rivers, Wash.: For maintenance, including North Fork of Lewis River, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Grays River, Washington: Grays River, Wash.For maintenance, five hundred dollars. 952 Improving Puget Sound, Puget Sound, etc., Wash.Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance of Puget Sound and its tributary waters, twenty thousand dollars.
Improving Snohomish River, WashingtonSnohomish River, Wash.: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided,*Proviso.That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContracts.for such materials and work as may lie necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Improving harbor at Hilo, Hawaii : Hilo, Hawaii.Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*Contracts.That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contractsContractsfor such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of War be authorized to have a resurvey Resurvey authorized.made of Hilo Harbor with a view to determining whether a modification of the adopted project can be made which will increase the commercial facilities of the harbor without increasing the original limit of cost of the work.
Improving Kahului Harbor, Kahului Harbor, Hawaii.Hawaii: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The depth of water Depth of waters defined.in tidal waters, as well as in rivers and nontidal channels, whenever referred to in this Act shall be understood to mean the depth at mean low water unless otherwise expressed. Appropriations made for the respective works herein named, or so much thereof as may Maintenance, etc., of existing works.be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriously impaired, as well as for the further improvement of said works.
Surveys and examinations Surveys, etc., paid from amount for project.provided for in this section shall, unless otherwise expressed, be paid for from the appropriations made for the respective improvements or projects to which they pertain or in connection with which they are mentioned. All works of improvement Works by contract or otherwise.herein or hereafter authorized to be prosecuted or completed under contracts may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be carried on by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical or advantageous to the United States.
Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act and an aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, Allotment of consolidated works.the amounts herein appropriated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects herein or heretofore adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs of traffic. The allotmentsBalances carried to authorized works.to the respective works herein consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers.
In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects unless, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, another allotment or division should be made of the same. Any balances now remaining to the credit of the consolidated items in this Act shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items herein contained. In the collection of statistics Classification of traffic statistics.relating to traffic, the Corps of Engineers is directed to adopt a uniform system of classification for freight, and upon rivers or inland waterways to collate ton-mileage statistics as far as practicable. 953 Sec.2.That for examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivera and harbors for which there may be no special appropriation, Appropriation for examinations, etc.the sum of three hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated: *Provided,**Provisos.*That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those Authority required.designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made: *Provided further,* That after the Supplementary reports restricted.regular or formal reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed are submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless ordered by a concurrent resolution of Congress: *And provided further,*That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered Special authority to begin work required.upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act until funds for the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed Allotment of preliminary examinations.to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following- named localities, and a sufficient sum to pay the cost thereof may be allotted from the amount appropriated in this section: Rockland Harbor, Maine, at and near Atlantic Point. Kennebec River, channel west of Swan Island, Maine. Bluehill Inner Harbor, Maine.Maine. Winter Harbor, Maine. Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven, Maine.
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to the construction of a sea wall along Winthrop Beach.Massachusetts. Cohasset Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to the construction of a channel one hundred and fifty feet in width and eight feet in depth. Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Islanti, with a view to deepening the channel to thirty feet.Rhode Island. Mystic River, Connecticut, from the drawbridge between Groton and Stonington to the head of navigation.Connecticut. Hudson River, New York, with a view to increasing the width of the channel between the Albany and Greenbush bridge and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad passenger bridge.New York.
Hudson River, New York, with a view to securing a suitable depth along the front of Rensselaer between the lower and middle bridges. New York Harbor, New York, with a view to securing a suitable depth of channel to the navy yard. For a deep-water connection with suitable terminals that may be established at North Tonawanda at the head of the New York State Barge Canal. Fort Pond Bay. Suffolk County, New York. New York Harbor, New York, with a view to securing increased width and depth of water from a point at or near Southwest Spit, northwest of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, through Lower New York Bay, Raritan Bay, and the channel between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, to the channel in Upper New York Bay.
Niagara River, New York, with a view to securing a depth of fourteen feet in the channel between Navy and Grand Islands leading to the foot of Sugar Street, in the city of Niagara Falls. Delaware River, at Morrisville, Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania. Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, with a view to the construction of additional locks and dams. Leipsic River, Delaware.Delaware. Appoquinimink River, Delaware. Mispillion River, Delaware. Murderkill River, Delaware. Little River, Delaware.
Elk River and Little Elk River, Maryland.Maryland. 954 Channel connecting Miles River and Tred Avon River near Royal Oak, Maryland. Susquehanna River, Maryland. Manokin River, Maryland. Virginia.Harbor at Newport News, Virginia, and waters near, in, and about the city of Newport News, with a view to securing increased anchorage area for small craft. Cape Charles City Harbor, Virginia, with a view to straightening the north side of channel at the entrance and increasing the width of the channel to two hundred feet.
Western Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia, with a view to deepening and widening the approach thereto. Potomac River, at Colonial Beach, Virginia, with a view to a proper approach to the landing place. North Carolina.Pamlico River, North Carolina, with a view to improving the inner channel on the north side of that river, and with a further view of removing any excavated material which may have heretofore been placed therein by the War Department, beginning at the mouth of Runyons Creek, on the north side of said river, below Washington, North Carolina, and extending eastwardly down said river as far as may be necessary.
Northeast Cape Fear River, North Carolina, from its mouth to Hallsville. Chowan River, North Carolina. Conoby Creek, North Carolina. Deep Creek, North Caroima, from its mouth on Albemarle Sound to the head of navigation. South River, North Carolina, with a view to obtaining increased depth above Aurora. Swift Creek, Craven County, North Carolina, with a view to dredging a channel through Horse Shoe Bend and Poplar Branch. South Carolina.Basin of Winyah Bay, South Carolina, with a view to providing a uniform depth of eighteen feet at mean low water and to giving increased harbor facilities to the city of Georgetown.
Georgia.Darien Harbor and Doboy Bar, Georgia, with a view to securing the same depth on the bar as in the harbor, namely, twelve feet at mean low water. Tugaloo River, Georgia and South Carolina, from its mouth to Fort Madison, South Carolina. Florida.Clearwater Harbor, Florida, from the mouth of the Anclote River to the beginning of the channel now being constructed by the Government from the south end of Clearwater Harbor into and through Boca Ceiga Bay, thence into Tampa Bay.
Saint Johns River, Florida, from deep water at or below Commodores Point to deep water above Sixmile Creek westward of the middle ground between Arlington Cut and the western shore of the river, including a full consideration of the desirability and propriety of cooperation on the part of riparian owners. Saint Marks River, Florida, from the town of Saint Marks to the Gulf of Mexico. Channel between the Saint Johns River, Florida, and Cumberland Sound, by way of the Sisters Creek out of the Saint Johns River, with a view to straightening and deepening the channel.
Harbor at Saint Petersburg, Florida. Carrabelle Harbor, Florida, with a view to securing a depth of twenty-one feet in the channel from the Gulf of Mexico to deep water in Saint George Sound by way of East Pass; also for a channel of the same depth from the Gulf to Carrabelle. Pithlachascotee River, Florida. 955 Saint Lucie Inlet, Florida, with a view to obtaining a depth of from twelve to fourteen feet. Wekiva River, Florida. Alabama River, Alabama, with a view to the construction of a lock and dam between Montgomery and Selma.Alabama.
Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, with a view to securing a depth of twenty feet at its mouth.Louisiana. Bayou Chastaing, Louisiana. Mermentau River, Louisiana, with a view to the construction of a lock and dam to maintain the level of Grand Lake and the inland waterways of Louisiana. Ponchatoula River, Louisiana. Tangipahoa River, Louisiana. For a lock in the proposed dam at the foot of Caddo Lake, Louisiana and Texas, and a channel from said dam to the Red River by way of Big Pass, Little Pass, Soda Lake, Twelvemile Bayou, and Cross Bayou.Louisiana and Texas.
Guadalupe River, Texas, to Victoria, with a view to improvement by locks and dams.Texas. Colorado River, Texas, with a view to improvement by locks and dams. The mouth of the Brazos River to Velasco, Texas. Green River, Kentucky, at and near Lock and Dam Numbered Three, near Rochester, with a view to the diversion of the Kentucky.waters of Mud River from its present mouth above the said lock and dam to a suitable point below. North Fork of Kentucky River, Kentucky, with a view to the removal of obstructions.
Survey and estimate of the cost of improving the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, from its mouth to a more southerly connection with the Ohio Canal, with a view to eliminating bends and securing a navigable depth of twenty-one feet, with suitable width; and the said survey and estimate shall include a report on any Ohio.proposition for cooperation by localities affected thereby. Petoskey Harbor, Michigan.Michigan. White Lake Harbor, Michigan, from the mouth of the channel to White Lake.
Pentwater Harbor, Michigan, from the mouth of the channel to Pentwater Lake. Saint Joseph Harbor, Michigan, with a view to its further improvement by the removal of a shoal and the securing of increased width and depth of channel below the Pere Marquette Railroad bridge. Brule Harbor, Wisconsin.Wisconsin. Cornucopia Harbor, Wisconsin. Manitowoc Harbor and River, Wisconsin, with a view to their further improvement to meet the demands of commerce by the deepening of said river and by the enlargement of the dredged area of the basin inside the breakwaters, or otherwise; also with a view to the creation of a harbor of refuge within said river and basin.
Lake of the Woods, at or near Arnesen, Minnesota, with a view to securing increased harbor facilities.Minnesota. Indiana Harbor, Indiana, with a view to the construction of a breakwater to protect the entrance of the harbor.Indiana. Mississippi River between Calhoun Point and Mason Island, Illinois.Illinois. Crescent City Harbor, California.California. Newport Harbor, California. Richmond Harbor, California. Santa Barbara Harbor, California. San Joaquin River, California, with a view to its improvement up to a point at or near Herndon by means of locks and dams, or otherwise. 956 Fremont Channel and McLeoad Lake arms of Stockton Channel, San Joaquin River, California.
Mokeluninc River. California, with a view to its improvement from the GaltNew Hope Bridge to a point at or near Woodbridge- Nehalem River, Oregon.Oregon. Nehalem Bar and entrance to Nehalem Bay, Oregon, with view to improvement of same in cooperation with local interests. Oregon Slough branch of Columbia River, Oregon, including a consideration of any proposition for cooperation by localities affected thereby. Yaquina River, Oregon, from Toledo to Yaquina, with report upon any proposition for cooperation by local interests.
Entrance to Kuskokwim River, through Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska.Alaska. Sergius Narrows, Alaska. Apoon mouth of Yukon River from Pastol Bay to the mouth of Kotlik River, Alaska. San Juan Harbor, Porto Rico.Porto Rico. In all cases a preliminary examination of the river, harbor, or other proposed improvement Report of examinations.mentioned shall first be made, and a report as to the advisability of its improvement shall be submitted, unless a survey or estimate is herein expressly directed.
Unfavorable reports.If upon such preliminary examination the pronosed improvement is not deemed advisable, no further action shall be taken thereon without the further direction of Congress; Survey,etc.,if favorable.but in case the report shall be favorable to such proposed improvement, or that a survey and estimate should be made to determine the advisability of improvement, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to cause surveys to be made, and the cost and advisability to be reported to Congress.
Requirements.And such reports containing plans and estimates shall also contain a statement as to the rate at which the work should be prosecuted. All reports on examinations and surveys which may be prepared during the recess of Congress shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be printed Printing of examinations, etc., during recess.by the Public Printer as documents of the following session of Congress. Sec.3.That all reports on examinations and surveys authorized Review of reports, etc., by Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.in any section of this Act Vol. 32, p. 372.shall be reviewed by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors as provided for in section three of the river and harbor Act approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and all special reports ordered by Congress shall, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be reviewed in like maimer by said board.
Sec.4.That so much of section seven of the river and harbor ActNational Waterways Commission.approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine, as provides that the term of the National Waterways Commission Vol. 35, p. 819, amended.shall expire on March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and the said commission,Tenn continued until Nov. 4, 1911.with its present membership and as now constituted, shall be continued until November fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, with the powers and duties prescribed in said ActFinal report..
And the said commission shall make a final report to Congress and file the same with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives To investigate, etc., artificial waterways, and flood reservoirs.not later than November fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven. Said commission is also authorized to investigate and report upon the advisability and feasibility of proposed artificial waterways and upon proposed plans for the impounding of flood waters in rivers, by reservoirs or otherwise, including the following:
First, the construction Canal from the Ohio to Lake Erie.by the United States of the proposed canal from the Ohio River, at a point near Pittsburg, to Lake Erie, the expense thereof being borne by local interests affected; second, the proposed canal Canal from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan.from Lake Erie, by way of the Maumee River and Fort Wayne, or other direct and feasible route, to the southerly end of Lake Michigan; Canal, Anacostia River, D. C., to Chesapeake Bay.and, third, the proposed canal to connect the Anacostia River at some point near the District of Columbia boundary line with Chesapeake Bay, or some tributary 957thereof.
For the obtaining of the necessary engineering data Data from Engineer Corps.the commission is authorized to call upon the Corns of Engineers, United States Army, and said corps shall furnish said data upon the request of the commission, and the expense of obtaining the same shall be paid from the appropriation made by said Act. Sec.5.That the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army is hereby increased by five colonels, six lieutenant colonels, nineteen majors, seventeen captains, and thirteen first lieutenants.Engineer Corps increased.The increase in each grade hereby provided for shall be extended over a period of five yearsExtended over five years.Vol. 38, p. 263.as nearly as practicable, and the original vacancies hereby created in each grade shall be filled by promotionOriginal vacancies.from the next lower grade in accordance with existing laws *Provided,**Provisos*.That officers Officers on river and harbor duty to be paid from appropriation for the work.of the Corps of Engineers, when on duty under the Chief of Engineers, connected solely with the work of river and harbor improvements may, while so employed, be paid their pay and commutation of quarters from the appropriations for the work or works upon which they are employed *Provided further,*Details of assistant engineers.That whenever it shall be necessary, in order to properly prosecute works of river and harbor improvement, the Chief of Engineers is authorized to detail for duty in charge of river and harbor districts oras members of boards of engineers any assistant engineers in the employ of the Engineer Bureau of the War Department.
Vacancies Filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenants.in the grade of second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers shall hereafter be filled, as far as may be consistent with the interests of the military service, From Military Academy.by promotions from the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy: From civil life.*Provided,* That vacancies remaining in any fiscal year after the assignment of cadets of the class graduating Assignment of graduating cadets..in that fiscal year may be filled from civil life as hereinafter provided: *And provided further,* That the proportion of any graduating class assigned to the Corps of Engineers shall not be less than the proportion which the total number of officers authorized at date of graduation for that corps bears to the total number of officers authorized at same date for all branches of the Army to which cadets are eligible for promotion upon graduation, except when such a proportionate number is more than the number of vacancies existing at date of graduationEligibility for appointments from civilplus the number of retirements due to occur in the Corps of Engineers prior to the first day of the following January.
To become eligible for examination and appointment, a civilian candidate for the appointment as second lieutenant must be an unmarried citizen of the United States between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-nine, who holds a diploma showing graduation in an engineering course from an approved technical school, and is eligible for appointment as a junior engineer under the Engineer Bureau of the War Department. Selection of eligible civilians for appointment, including term of probation, shall be made as the result of such competitive examination Examinations, etc.into the mental, moral, and physical qualifications, and under such rules and regulations as shall be recommended by the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Secretary of War.
Approved, February 27, 1911.
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