Chapter 427. Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 427.— An Act Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. September 22, 1922.[[H. R. 10766](/us/bill/67/hr/10766).][[Public, No. 362](/us/67/pl/362).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,River and harbor improvements.Works authorized.*Ante*, p. 760.*Post*, p. 1420. That the following works of improvement are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans recommended in the reports hereinafter designated:
Plymouth, Mass.Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 996, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Pawtucket River, R.I.Pawtucket River, Rhode Island, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 654, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session. Mamaroneck, N. Y.Mamaroneck Harbor, New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 651, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document.
New Rochelle and Echo Bay, N. Y.Harbor of New Rochelle and Echo Bay, New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 110, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Westchester Creek, N.Y.Westchester Creek, New York, in accordance with report submitted in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 8, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document.
New York and New Jersey Channels.New York and New Jersey Channels, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 653, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session. Newark Bay, etc., N.J.Newark Bay, and Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 206, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Absecon Inlet, N.Y.Absecon Inlet, New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 375, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. 1039 Wilmington Harbor, Delaware, in accordance with the reportWilmington, Del. submitted in House Document Numbered 114, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document.
Locklies Creek, Virginia, in accordance with the report submittedLocklies Creek, Va. in House Document Numbered 612, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Waterway connecting Core Sound and Beaufort Harbor, North Waterway, Core Sound and Beaufort. N.C.Carolina, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 88, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session. Cape Fear River below Wilmington, North Carolina, in accordanceCane Fear River, N.C. with report submitted in House Document Numbered 94, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session.
La Grange Bayou, Florida, in accordance with the report submittedLa Grange Bayou, Fla. in House Document Numbered 111, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions recommended by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors as set forth in said document. Calcasieu River, Louisiana, in accordance with the report Calcasieu River, La.submitted in House Document Numbered 974, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document: *Provided*, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States*Proviso*.No expense for lands. for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.
Galveston Channel, Texas, in accordance with the report Galveston Channel, Tex.submitted in House Document Numbered 693, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session. Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas, in accordance with the reportsSabine-Neches Waterway, Tex. submitted in House Document Numbered 975, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and Senate Document Numbered 152, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said reports: *Provided*, That no expense shall be incurred by the*Provisos*.No expense for lands.
United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement: *Provided further*, That before entering uponGuarantee from local interests required. the prosecution of the improvements herein authorized, local interests shall guarantee, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, that the United States will be held free from any claim for damages resulting from the execution of the work hereby authorized. Channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Texas, in accordanceArkansas Pass Channel to Corpus Christi, Tex. with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 321, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document.
Tensas River, Louisiana, in accordance with the report submittedTensas River, La. in House Document Numbered 95, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minnesota, in accordance withRed Lake and River, Minn. the report submitted in House Document Numbered 61, Sixty-sixth Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the reportMonongahela River, Pa. submitted in House Document Numbered 288, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session.
Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin, in accordance with the reportGreen Bay, Wis submitted in House Document Numbered 626, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin, in accordance with the report Milwaukee, Wis.submitted in House Document Numbered 804, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, New York, in Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda, N. Y.accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 981, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session.
San Diego Harbor, California, in accordance with the San Diego, Calif.recommendation of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in the report1040submitted in House Document Numbered 1000, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session. Los Angeles Harbor, Calif.Los Angeles Harbor, California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 1013, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session. San Francisco, Calif.San Francisco Harbor, California: The entrance channel, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 124, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session.
Noyo River, Calif.Noyo River, California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 679, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Oakland, Calif.Oakland Harbor, California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 144, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document: *Provided*, *Provisos*.No expense for lands.That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement: *Provided further*, Removal etc., of bridges.That no work shall be done above the Webster Street and Harrison Street Bridges until those bridges have been removed or so altered, in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, as to provide suitable facilities for navigation.
Coos Bay, Oreg.Coos Bay Harbor, Oregon: Improvement of harbor, including Isthmus Slough, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 150, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. Columbia and Willamette Rivers, Oreg.Columbia and lower Willamette Rivers, below Portland, Oregon, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 1009, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Willamette Slough, Oreg.Willamette Slough, Oregon, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 976, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions that local interest contribute the sum of $23,350 toward the cost of the work.
Clatskanie River, Oreg.Clatskanie River, Oregon, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 698, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Umpqua River, etc., Oreg.Umpqua River, Bar, and Entrance, Oregon, in accordance with report submitted in House Document Numbered 913, Sixty-fifth Congress, second session. Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Washington, below the locks, in accordance with report submitted in House Document Numbered 324, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session.
Tennessee River, etc.. N. C., Tenn., Ala., and Ky.Survey.Wrangell Harbor, Alaska.Tennessee River and tributaries, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky: Survey, at a cost not to exceed $200,000. Wrangell Harbor, Alaska, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 161, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Sec. 2. Plans for existing works modified. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to modify the plans for the existing works of river and harbor improvement hereinafter set forth and to prosecute the improvement of said projects in the manner herein directed, or as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in the reports hereinafter designated, as follows:
Beverly, Mass.Beverly Harbor, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 7, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document. Jamaica Bay, N. Y.Thirty foot channels when New York City provides terminal facilities.Jamaica Bay, New York: Any funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for this improvement may be applied to providing the channels specified in House Document Numbered 1488, Sixtieth Congress, second session, with a depth of thirty feet at mean low water, whenever and to such extent as the city of New York shall construct1041or provide for the construction of terminals with facilities suitable to channels of that depth: *Provided*, That the city of New York may*Provisos*.Reimbursement to New York for dredging, etc.Allowance. be reimbursed for dredging and disposing of the material dredged from the main interior channel at actual cost: *Provided further*, That such reimbursement which may include overdepth allowance not exceeding one foot shall be made on a cubic yard unit cost and shall not exceed a rate of 10 cents per cubic yard for dredging and disposing of the dredged material, including any cost of inspection borne by the United States.
East River, New York, in accordance with the report submittedEast River, N. Y. in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 3, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. Waterway from the Mississippi River to the Sabine River, Waterway, Mississippi and Sabine Rivers, La. and Tex.Louisiana and Texas: The section from Calcasieu River to Sabine River, in accordance with the report submitted in Senate Document Numbered 149, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River to Mississippi River.Channels to landing places, from the mouth to Minneapolis, Minn.Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Appropriations or allotments heretofore or here-after made for general improvement or maintenance shall hereafter be available for the dredging of channels to landing places, whether on the main river or subsidiary sloughs or former channels: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Conditions. That satisfactory evidence is submitted by the localities concerned that such channels will be used by commerce to an extent commensurate with the cost, and that other landing places are not economically available to serve the same localities: *Provided further*, ThatPreferences. prefence shall be given to localities that give satisfactory assurances that they will maintain said channels: *And provided further*, That notLimit for any harbor, etc. more than $50,000 shall be expended for dredging of channels to any one harbor in any one fiscal year.
Alpena Harbor, Thunder Bay River, Michigan: The conditionsAlpena, Mich. precedent to the prosecution of the existing project are hereby modified in accordance with the report submitted in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 1, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session. Saint Marys River at the Falls, Michigan, in accordance with theSaint Marys River Falls, Mich. report submitted to the Chief of Engineers by the district engineer under date of October 29, 1920. Crescent City Harbor, California:
The conditions precedent to theCrescent City, Calif. prosecution of the existing project are hereby modified in accordance with the report submitted in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 4, Sixty-seventh Congress, second session. San Juan Harbor, Porto Rico: The Secretary of War is herebySan Juan Harbor, P.R. authorized, in his discretion, to substitute for an area of approximately sixty-eight acres to be dredged to thirty feet depth along the easterly and southerly sides of the anchorage basin, forming part of the project adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved August 8, 1917, an area of approximately twenty-five acres to be dredged toLocation of dredging area changed. the same depth, extending easterly from the eastern end of the approved project in San Antonio Channel.
Sec. 3. That the provisions of river and harbor Acts heretoforeProjects repealed. passed providing for the prosecution of work upon the following projects are hereby repealed, and any unexpended funds fromUse of unexpended funds for other works, etc. appropriations heretofore made for said projects not required for the payment of outstanding obligations incurred in connection therewith are hereby made available for expenditure by and under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation, to wit:
Pearl River below Rockport, Mississippi.Pearl River, Miss. 1042 Brazos River, Old Washington to Waco, Tex.Brazos River, Texas, from Old Washington to Waco, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 298, Sixty-sixth Congress, first session. Trinity River, Tex.Trinity River, Texas, from Liberty to Dallas, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 989, Sixty-sixth Congress, third session. Galena River Lock, Ill.Projects consolidated.Galena River Lock, Illinois.
Sec. 4. Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, and Hillsboro River, Florida: Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, and Hillsboro River, Fla.The four projects heretofore authorized for Tampa Bay, Hillsboro Bay, Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, and Hillsboro River are hereby consolidated to form a single project for Tampa Harbor. Calumet Harbor and River, Ill.and Ind.Calumet Harbor and River, Illinois and Indiana: The two projects heretofore authorized for Calumet Harbor and Calumet River are hereby consolidated to form a single project for Calumet Harbor and River, Illinois and Indiana.
Black River, Mich, at Port Huron and the mouth.Black River at Port Huron, and mouth of Black River, Michigan: The two projects heretofore authorized for Black River at Port Huron, and mouth of Black River, are hereby consolidated in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 436, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Sec. 5. Seagoing dredges.Construction of six. authorized for general work. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct six seagoing hopper dredges for use in improvement and maintenance work on authorized projects on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, the cost of said dredges to be paid from appropriations heretofore made, or to be hereafter made, for the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most Provisos.Limit of cost.desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation: *Provided*, That the limit of cost of each of the dredges herein authorized shall Restriction on purchasing from private contractors.not exceed the sum of $750,000: *Provided further*, That no money authorized to be expended for the acquirement of any dredge or dredges shall be so expended for the purchase of any dredge or dredges from private contractors, which at the time of the proposed purchase can be manufactured at any navy yard or other Government owned factory for a sum less than it can be purchased for from such private contractor.
Sec. 6. Unexpended appropriations for completed projects available for preservation, etc., of other works. That funds heretofore appropriated for improvement of rivers and harbors and which remain in the Treasury unexpended because the work or projects for which the same were appropriated have been completed, are hereby made available for expenditure by and under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the preservation and maintenance of any existing river and harbor works and for the prosecution of such projects of improvement heretofore adopted ana authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation.
Sec. 7. Telephone service.Restriction on installations on private residences, not applicable to use on locks and dams.Vol. 37, p. 414. That hereafter the provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 414), or any other law, prohibiting the expenditure of public money for telephone services installed in private residences, shall not be construed to apply to or forbid the installation and use of such telephones as the Chief of Engineers may certify to be necessary for the prosecution of Government business and as the Secretary of War may authorize in connection with the construction and operation of locks and dams in the navigable waters of the United States.
Sec. 8. Detroit, Mich.Quarters for engineer force allowed from moneys for Detroit River. That from the moneys available for the improvement of the Detroit River, Michigan, not to exceed $45,000 may be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, for remodeling the old Federal building, or for renting quarters at Detroit, Michigan, to better accommodate the demands for space and to enable the engineer department to be properly quartered. 1043 Sec. 9. That hereafter no project shall be considered by anyProjects not to be considered after five years from report or survey. committee of Congress with a view to its adoption, except with a view to a survey, if five years have elapsed since a report upon a survey of such project has been submitted to Congress pursuant to law.
Sec. 10. That any work of improvement herein adopted, and anyWorks authorized by direct appropriations, continuing contracts, or both. public work on canals, rivers, and harbors adopted by Congress may be prosecuted by direct appropriations, by continuing contracts, or by both direct appropriations and continuing contracts. Sec. 11. That owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels andVessel owners, etc., to furnish statement or business on navigable waters. other craft plying upon the navigable waters of the United States, and all individuals and corporations engaged in transporting their own goods upon the navigable waters of the United States, shall furnish such statements relative to vessels, passengers, freight, and tonnage as may be required by the Secretary of War: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Rafting logs, excepted.
That this provision shall not apply to those rafting logs except upon a direct request upon the owner to furnish specific information. That every person or persons offending against the provisions ofPenalty for refusals. this section shall, for each and every offense, be liable to a fine of $100, or imprisonment not exceeding two months, to be enforced in any district court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed. Sec. 12.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized andPreliminary examinations, etc., authorized. directed 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 appropriations heretofore made, or to be hereafter made,Allotment of cost. for examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivers and harbors: *Provided*, That no preliminary examination,*Provisos*.Specific authority required. survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made:Supplementary reports restricted. *Provided further*, That after the 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 authorized by law:No project authorized until appropriation made. *And provided further*, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered 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:
Saco Harbor and River, Maine.Maine. Summer Harbor, Maine. Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Massachusetts.Massachusetts. Mystic River, Massachusetts. New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Massachusetts. Newport Harbor, Rhode Island: That portion situated east of Rhode Island.city wharf. Thames River, Connecticut.Connecticut. Guilford Harbor, Connecticut. Westport Harbor and Saugatuck River, Connecticut. Great Kills, Staten Island, New York.New York. Bloomfield Creek, Staten Island, New York.
Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York. Murderers Creek, New York. Hudson River, at and near Stockport, New York. East Chester Creek, New York, with a view to extending the navigable channel to Sixth Street Bridge in the city of Mount Vernon. Milton Harbor, New York. Glencove Creek, New York. Flushing Bay, New York. Huntington Harbor, New York. Gowanus Creek Channel from the foot of Percival Street to Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, with a view to deepening the same to twenty-six feet at mean low water. 1044 Hudson River channel, N.
J.Hudson River Channel, along the water front of Weehawken and Edgewater, New Jersey, with a view to providing a depth of forty feet at mean low water or such lesser depth as may be necessary to serve the interests of navigation and extending in a straight line infront of the dock of Edgewater about three-quarters of a mile farther north. Pennsylvania.Delaware River, from Trenton, New Jersey, to Easton, Pennsylvania. Essington Channel, Pennsylvania. New Jersey.Big Timber Creek, New Jersey.
Oyster Creek, Atlantic County, New Jersey. Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. Salem River, New Jersey. Fortescue Creek, New Jersey. Hereford Inlet, New Jersey. West Creek, New Jersey. Double Creek, New Jersey. Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey. Passaic River, New Jersey, above the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway Bridge. Delaware.Christiana River, Delaware, from Newport to Christiana. Maryland.Northeast River, Maryland. Crisfield Harbor, Maryland. Herring Bay and Rockhole Creek, Maryland.
Black Walnut Harbor, Maryland. Cambridge Harbor, Maryland. Virginia.Southeast entrance to Milford Haven Harbor, Virginia. Assateague Anchorage, Virginia, with a view to the establishment of a harbor of refuge. Hoskins Creek, Essex County, Virginia. Lewis River, Chincoteague Island, Accomac County, Virginia. Piscataway Creek, Essex Comity, Virginia. Channel connecting York River, Virginia, with Back Creek to Slaight’s wharf. Mattox Creek, Virginia. Mulberry Creek, Lancaster County, Virginia.
Onancock River, Virginia. Appomattox River, Virginia, up to Petersburg. Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, with a view to providing an anchorage basin in the vicinity of Craney Island. Mattaponi River, Virginia, from Walkerton to Aylett. North Carolina.Cape Fear River, above Wilmington, North Carolina, with a view to the construction of a lock and dam about fifteen miles below Fayetteville. Cape Fear River, below Wilmington, North Carolina, and between Wilmington and Nevassa. Pasquotank River, at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Yeopim River, Chowan County, North Carolina. Mill Cut, North Harlowe, Craven County, North Carolina. Pocahunt Creek, Camden County, North Carolina. Wanchese Harbor, Roanoke Island, North Carolina. South Carolina.Shipyard River, South Carolina. Alligator Creek and Four Mile Creek, South Carolina. Waccamaw River from Red Bluff, South Carolina, to Pireway, North Carolina, with a view to providing a four-foot channel. Cooper River, South Carolina, with a view to the removal of a shoal opposite the foot of Calhoun Street, Charleston.
Georgia.Savannah River, below Augusta, Georgia. Florida.Saint Johns River, Florida, Jacksonville to Sanford. Caloosahatchee River, Florida. Saint Lucie Inlet, Florida. 1045 Bayou Chico, Florida. Blackwater Bay and River, Florida. Suwanee River, from Branford, Florida, to Channel Numbered Four, near Cedar Key. Lake Worth Inlet, Florida. Sarasota Bay, Florida. Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, Florida. Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida, and entrance thereto through East Pass. Channel from the mouth of Dog River, Alabama, to the shipAlabama and Mississippi. channel in Mobile Bay.
Tombigbee River, Alabama and Mississippi, and canal connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers. Waterway from Bayou Teche, Louisiana, to the Mermentau River.Louisiana. Waterway from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to the Sabine River, Texas and Louisiana, through the Calcasieu River and the Intracostal Waterway from Calcasieu River, Louisiana, to Sabine River, Texas and Louisiana. Bayou Saint John, Louisiana. Bayou Bienvenue, Louisiana. Bayou Lacombe, Louisiana. Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana.
Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana. Sabine-Neches Canal, with a view to revetment of north bank from what is known as Blands Bend Road, on the north, through the city to the southern limits of said city. Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana, with a view to securing a navigable channel by constructing and maintaining a canal from Grand Bayou to Sandy Point, or otherwise. Bayou Bonfouca, Louisiana.Texas. Cedar Bayou, Texas. Goose Creek, Texas. Rio Grande River, at El Paso, Texas.
Mississippi River, at Nauvoo, Illinois.Illinois. Mississippi River, at Dallas City, Illinois. Tallahatchie and Coldwater Rivers, Mississippi, and the tributariesMississippi.Flood protection Tallahatchie and Cold-water Rivers. of these rivers, with a view to devising plans for flood protection and determining the extent to which the United States should cooperate with the State, and other communities and interests in carrying out such plans, its share being based on the value of protection to navigation.
West side Mississippi River at Saint Paul, Minnesota, with a viewMinnesota. of establishing a harbor there. Arkansas River, in the vicinity of Star Lake, Oklahoma.Oklahoma. Missouri River, between Kansas City, Kansas, from the upperMissouri River, kansas to South Dakota. end of Quindaro Bend, and Pierre, South Dakota. to South Dakota. Kanawha River, West Virginia.West Virginia. Tradewater River, Kentucky.Kentucky. Canoe Creek, Henderson County, Kentucky, at its junction with the Ohio River, with a view to dredging and establishing a harbor of refuge.
West Fork of White River, Indiana, up to Martinsville.Indiana. Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin.Wisconsin. Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.Michigan. Escanaba Harbor, Michigan. Petoskey Harbor, Michigan. Cheboygan River, Michigan, in the city of Cheboygan, with a view to securing a depth of sixteen feet between the State Street Bridge and Elm Street. 1046 Illonois.Illinois River and tributaries, from the lower end of Lake Depue to a point opposite Goose Lake; also with a view to controlling the seepage from the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and opening Bureau Creek under said canal.
Illinois River, Illinois, with a view to preparing plans, and estimates of cost, for the prevention and control of floods on said river and its tributaries, and to determining the extent to which the United States and local interests should cooperate in carrying out such plans. Michigan.Saginaw River, Michigan, and entrance thereto, with a view to securing a channel depth of twenty-one feet, with suitable width. Ohio.Toledo Harbor, Ohio, with a view to the construction of a break-, water and securing a depth of twenty-five feet in the harbor and channel.
Bort Clinton Harbor, Ohio. Waterway Erie to the Ohio.Preliminary examination and report on a waterway from a point at or near Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania, by way of French Creek and Allegheny River, to the Ohio River. New York.Wilson Harbor, New York. Oak Orchard Harbor, New York. Irondequoit Bay, New York. Cape Vincent Harbor, New York. Olcott Harbor, New York. Great Sodus Bay Harbor, New York. Buffalo Harbor, New York. Buffalo, outer and inner harbor, and Buffalo Creek, New York.
Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, New York. Niagara River, New York. Tonawanda Creek, New York. California.Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, California. Newport Bay, California. South San Francisco Harbor, California, and entrance thereto. Pinole Shoals and Mare Island Channel and turning basin, California. Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, California. Oregon.Umpqua River, Oregon. Tillamook Bay and Entrance, Oregon. Tillamook River, Oregon. Siletz River, bar, and entrance, Oregon.
North Portland Harbor (Oregon Slough), Oregon, with a view to securing a channel three hundred feet wide and twenty-five feet deep at lower low water from the Interstate Bridge to the main ship channel of the Columbia River at the mouth of the Willamette River, including consideration of any proposition for cooperation on the part of local interests. Deer Island Slough, Oregon. Washington.Deep River, Wahkiakum County, Washington, and entrance thereto. Entrance to Port Orchard Bay, Washington.
Skagit River, Washington. Everett Harbor, Washington. Puget Sound and tributary waters, Washington, particularly in respect to the condition of the channels and mouths of such rivers, with a view to the clearing of such channels and mouths of sand bars and other obstructions by the use of a suction dredge or otherwise. Bellingham Harbor, Washington. The Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette River and the city of Vancouver, Washington, with a view to determine whether the United States should maintain the channel if it is deepened to twenty-five feet by the Port Commission of Vancouver, Washington. 1047 Cowlitz and Puyallup Rivers, Washington, with a view to preparing plans and estimates of cost for the prevention and control of floods on said rivers and their tributaries and to determining the extent to which the United States and local interests should cooperate in carrying out any plans recommended.
Tolovana River, Alaska.Alaska. YukonKuskokwim Portage, Alaska. English Bay, Saint Paul Island, Alaska. Gastineau Channel and adjacent waters, Alaska, with a view to improving the connection with existing steamship routes. Hilo Harbor, Hawaii.Hawaii. Kahului Harbor, Hawaii. Sec. 13. That the jurisdiction of the Mississippi River CommissionMississippi River Commission.Flood jurisdiction extended to the tributaries from Cairo to Head of Passes. is hereby extended, for the purposes of levee protection and bank protection, to the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois, and the Head of the Passes, in so far as these tributaries and outlets are affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
Sec. 14. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, andGreat Lakes Dredge Company.Anulment of contract with, etc., authorized. if he deems it fair and equitable to do so, annul a contract entered into on the twenty-second day of May, 1916, between the United States and the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for the removal of Coenties Reef, East River, New York, and relieve the said company from further obligation thereunder as between the company and the United States.
Approved, September 22, 1922.