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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 138. 1866. 73 For improvement of harbor at Racine, Wisconsin, twenty-three thousand Inzprevement nine hundred and ten dollars. a;};?;:?' “° For improvement of harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, forty-eight thou- M;;,,.{,¤k.,,, sand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-one cents. For improvement of harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, forty-seven Sheboygan: thousand five hundred and "ninety-eight dollars and ninety-one cents. For improvement of harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, fifty-two thou- Manitowoci sand dollars. For repairs of government wharves and landings, and improving harbor Marcus Hook; at Marcus Hook, on Delaware river, Pennsylvania, five thousand dollars: Provided, That before expenses shall be incurred on said wharves and Title to be landings, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War °““““°di that the same belong to the United States. For improvement of the harbor at Green Bay, at the mouth of Fox Green Bay; river, Wisconsin, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. For constructing works and improving the entrance into the harbor of Michigan City. hlichigan City, Indiana, seventy-Eve thousand dollars: Provided, That Poet, p. 421. it shall be first shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that a 9x£g:3‘;Q°g3 b° sum equal to double the amount aforesaid has been expended by the Mich- Michigan City igan City Harbor Company in the construction of a safe and convenient H**'b°” C°¤1· harbor at that place: And provided, That the passage of vessels to and pszisek not . from said harbor shall be free and not subject to toll or charge. subject to toll. For improvement of the Kennebec river, in the State of Maine, between _ Kenuebw Sheppard Point and the city of Augusta, twenty thousand dollars. ""L For removal of obstructions to navigation in the Willamette river, be- _W*“*m°*°° tween Portland and its mouth, in the State of Oregon, fifteen thousand mm" dollars. For continuing the repair of the piers in Saco river, in the State of m1;i_‘“`S in S*’°° Maine, forty thousand dollars. ° Src. 2. And be it further enacted, That the money appropriated by §PP*'°P’l1'€l°¤ this act shall be so applied as to complete, or make the nearest approxi- :,2 Us ESI2Q2Q3d mation to completing, the work for which each specific appropriation is the works; made; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the sums herein appropriated for other purposes than for examinations and f°' °Lh°'j’“'· surveys by contract: Provided, That no contract shall be made except §;;?,;:,,,°;?,¤:f after public advertisement for proposals in such form and manner as to &e.,bycontmct. secure general notice thereof, and the same shall only be made with the to gg?;§`:;;°§gfi, lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon security deemed sufficient in the gw_ ’ judgment of the Secretary. And it shall be the duty of the said Score- $¤<>1‘¤€¤¤‘y of tary, at the earliest practicable time, to report to Congress the result of ;Q”]fstg,~r;°§f,’;;;; any survey or resurvey, with the plan adopted and the items of expendi- to Con§·ess with ture under said plan; and he shall make report of all action taken under Pl¤“S· °· the provisions of this act; and he shall accompany said report with a R¢t><¤r¤f¤ SMG statement of the amount and date of all former appropriations for each wh"; work, and a full estimate for its entire and permanent completion, with the amount that can be prontably expended in the next tiscal year. And he shall also state in what collection district each work is located, and at or near what port of entry, light-house, or fort; what amount of revenue was collected at the nearest port of entry for the last Hscal year; and, as far as practicable, what amount of commerce and navigation would be benefifted by the completion of each particular work; Provided, That he tqlwcoutinued shall continue to make such a report at the commencement of every ses- gg;;;;:?;? “° sion of Congress until the works herein provided for shall all be comleted. P Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Secretary of Separate pro- War shall invite proposals for any works, or for any material or labor for l’°’*°l$ and °°¤· racts for each any works, there shall be separate proposals and separate contracts for ,,0,;, ,,,,,;,,,,,,,1 each work, and also for each class of material or labor for each work; and class of works, he shall report to Congress, at its next session, all the bids with the &°·