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 74 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 138, 140. 1866. names of the bidders. All persons not holding commissions in the regu- Disbursing lar army of the United States who shall be mtrusted ·\V1i.l'i the disburse. gg5c?; e?;(°pt’ ment of the funds appropriated fo1‘ th6_WOI‘kS H31I18ct IH lll1S act, shall be banks. g required to give bond and ample security for the faithful application of United States the same; and no such disbursing officer in the army ofithe United Smeg 3g;?;: ‘;%Qg1iS_ shall receive any commission or compensation for making suchdisbursesions. ments. And the moneys hereinbefore appropriated shall remain and be APP'°P’l°*l9“$ at the disposal of the Secretary of War, and subject to his control for the 3:,3 g;·[§:c(,i;` purposes named in this act, until the Several works and improvements tary of War. herein provided for are completed, any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding. _ Examinations S20. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War IS hereby g;£j;"}‘;°§:·n‘:;d° directed to cause examinations or surveys, or both as aforesaid, to be made Mya,-iouspoillqs, at the following points, namely: At Superior City, Eagle Harbor,-Mai= Md P¤¤‘PP¤¢S_<>Y quette, and Lac la Belle, on Lake Supeuor, and at Ausable river, in the °h°°x°m"m'°°’ State of Michigan; of the Ohio river between Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Bufiinton island, West Virginia; of Sandusky river, Ohio; nt Chester harbor, Pennsylvania ; at Bridgeport, Connecticut; at Hel] Qate, Nerv York; at the port of Ogdensburg, New York; at Sen Francisco, California; at the “Grand Chain," in the Ohio river; at the harbor of Baltimore, between Fort McHenry and the mouth of the Patapsco river, in the State of Maryland; 0i' the Mississippi river, between Fort Snelling and the Falls of Saint Anthony and the upper or Rock River rapids of the Mississippi river, with a. view to ascertain the most feasible means, by economizing the water of the stream, of insuring the passage, at all mavigable seasons, of boats drawing four fect of water; of the Minnesota river, from its mouth to the Yellow Medicine river, in order to ascertain the pra.cticn.bility and expense, by slack—water navigation or otherwise, of securing the continued navigability of said stream during the usual season of navigation ; and for examining and reporting upon the subject of constructing railroad bridges across the Mississippi river, between St. Paul, in Minnesota, and St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, upon such plans of construction as will offer the least impediment to the navigation of the river; of Rock river; the Kennebec river above Gardiner, Maine; the Penobscot river above Hampden, Maine; at the Zambro river, Minnesota; at the Cannon river, Minnesota; at the harbor and the mouth of the Eighteen-mile creek, at Olcott, New York ; at St. Croix river, above the ledge; from the mouth of Illinois river to La Salle; together with such Estimates of necessary estimates of cost, as hereinbefore provided, as will enable the °°°°‘ Secretary of War to determine what improvements and public works shall be necessary at the respective points aforesaid. And the Secretary of War shall cause a survey to be made at the harbor of Burlington, Vermont, zmd the harbor of Dunkirk, New York; at the harbor of Oak Orchard Creek, New York; and at Muskegon, White river, Manistee, South Haven, and New Buffalo, in the State of Michigan; the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State of Wisconsin; and the Rock river, in the States of Illinois and lVisconsin, with its connections with Lake Winnebago; and the upper Columbia river, Oregon. A1>1>R0vm>, June 23, 1866. June Th`1866- CHAP. CXL.-An Act to prlogide }brIuth5.5;1;iséon and Consolidation of the Statute ws 0 t n' tate:. tgglgwfigners Be it enacted bylihe Senate and House of Representatives of the United consolflaté me States of America an Congress assembled, That the President of the United general, sw., States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and con- §}:§':g’&gg° sent of the Senate, to appoint three persons, learned in the law, as com- ' missioners, to revise, simplify, arrange, and consolidate all statutes of the United States, general and permanent in their nature, which shall be in