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 FORTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 233. 1873. 563 contract, and in full of the claim of said Dennis as the assignee of said Erm. For completing the Louisville and Portland canal, one hundred thou- Louisville and sand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed P°'“*?“d °““‘;l· to assume, on behalf of the United States, the control and management t,,HSI£gi£i,,°2°° of the said canal in conformity with the terms of the joint resolution of control, Src., of the legislature of the State of Kentucky, approved March twenty-eigbth, wd °“““1‘ eighteen hundred and seventy-two, at such time and in such manner as in his judgment the interests of the United States, and the commerce thereof, may require; and the sum of money necessary to enable the Appropriation. Secretary of the Treasury to carry this provision into effect is hereby appropriated: Provided, That after the United States shall assume control of said canal, the tolls thereon on vessels propelled by steam shall Tollstobe rebe reduced to twenty-five cents per ton, and on all other vessels in pro- d“°°d- ortion. P For the improvement of the Upper Monongabela river, near Morgan- Upper Mmm. town, West Virginia, sixty-six thousand dollars. s¤h¤l¤ river- For the improvement of the Cumberland river below Nashville, Ten- Cumberland nessee, twenty-five thousand dollars. *'l"°*· For the improvement of the Wabash river, Indiana and Illinois, fifty Wabash river. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tennessee river below Chattanooga, in- _Tenuesse¤ cluding the Muscle sboals, one hundred thousand dollars. "“’°”· For the improvement of the Tennessee river, above Chattanooga, Mouth of the twenty-five thousand dollars. MiS¤iS¤iPl>i film`- For the improvement of the month of the Mississippi river, one hundred and twenty-fivc thousand dollars. _ For removing the raft in Red river, Louisiana, eighty thousand dollars. in%‘;‘§‘§;’;§ mn For the improvement of Cypress bayou, and construction of dams, and Cypress bayou dredging at the foot of Soda lake, Texas, fifty thousand dollars. Md dam- For the improvement of Mobile harbor and bay, Alabama, one hundred Mobile harbor thousand dollars. md b"Y· For completing work now in progress in improving Charleston harbor, Charleston. South Carolina, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Savannah harbor and river, Georgia, fifty Savannah harthousand dollars. b°' ““d ""°" For the improvement of Saint John’s river, Florida, ten thousand mégrpiit John’s dollars. ' For the improvement of the entrance to the harbor of Baltimore, in Baltimore. Patapsco river and Chesapeake bay, two hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Wicomico river, Maryland, (ive thousand Wicomico river. dollars. For the improvement of Cambridge harbor, Maryland, five thousand Cambridge. dollars. For the improvement of Chester river at Kent Island narrows, Mary- Chester river. land, fifteeen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Aquia creek, Virginia, two thousand dollars. Aquio crook- For the improvement of the mouth of Occoquan river, Virginia, five Occoquanriver. thousand dollars. _ For the improvement of the mouth of Nomoni creek, Virginia, ten Nomonioreek. thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Rappahannock river below Fredericks- _Rappahannock burgh, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars. ""L For the improvement of the James river, Virginia, seventy-five thou- James river. sand dollars. _ For the improvement of the south branch of Elizabeth river, Virginia, Elizabeth ri—.·ei·. fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Appomattox river below Petersburgh, Vir- _Appomattox ginia, thirty thousand dollars. nvm"