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 168 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. OH. 312, 313. 1878. Settlement of I SEO 3. That the Fourth Auditor shall declare the sums due from the ’PP'°P“““°“°· several special appropriations upon complete vouchers, as heretofore, according to law; and he shall adjust the said liabilities with the “General account of advances? Approved, June 19, 1878. yum lg, 1g7g_ CHAP. 313.-An act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the —-—-—- repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, 1879, 011- 161, and for other purposes", approved March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and Post, 376. seventy-tive Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United James B. Eads, States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That the fourth and succeeding P¤·Y¤¤ 6 ¤ i B $0. sections of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the repair, mfg?? gg ';’:f,‘,fl°· preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and har- 18 Sum, 463, hors, and for other purposes, approved_ March third, anno Domini Amended. eighteen hundred and seventy-five authorizing James B. Eads and his associates to create and permanently maintain a wide and deep channel between the South Pass of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, be, and they are hereby, amended so as to provide that payments shall be made to said Eads, his assigns or legal representatives, as iollows, namely: Payment or ave SEG 2 The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to g“H‘“°d *h°“”¤d draw his warrant upon the Secretary of the Treasury of the United ° ee States in favor of James B Eads, his assigns or legal representative , for the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, so soon as the said Eads, his lawful assigns or legal representatives, shall ile with the said Secretary of War a relinquishment of all claim to the payment of five hundred thousand dollars provided by the hereinbefore recited act to bo paid when a channel twenty-four feet in depth and not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width shall have been obtained. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said Eads, his lawful assigns or legal representatives, the sum for which said warrant is drawn. . M on tn1y pay. SE0 3 The Secretary of War is further hereby authorized and directed ments, amounting upon his approval of the engineers statement in this section mentioned 2% h"° 15‘:,“,f'° d to draw his warrant upon the Secretary of the Treasury of the United °u°“° ° m' States in favor of said James B. Eads, his lawful assigns or legal representatives, monthly, for such sums, not exceeding in the aggregate the gross sum of five hundred thousand dollars, as he or they may require in the prosecution of the works authorized by said hereinbefore recited act, to pay for materials furnished, labor done, and expenditures incurred, from and after the passage of this act, in the construction of said Certineates of works: Provided, That said Eads or his legal representatives, shall file W°’k» °*°- in the office of the Secretary of War, with each requisition made by him or them, a certified statement, which shall be made by the engineer officer provided for in said act, that the requisition is for the amount of work properly done, materials furnished, and expenditures incurred in Relinquishmont the prosecution of the work: And provided, That said Eads, his lawtul of d¤f¤F¤=<1 PSY- assigns or legal representatives shall tile with the Secretary of War a m°“· relinquishment of all claim to the deferred payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars provided by the hereinbefore recited act to be paid when a channel twenty-four feet in depth and not less than two hundred and fifty teet in width shall have been maintained for twelve Further ¤‘¤1i¤- months consecutively: And provided further, That said Eads, his lawful ‘1‘"’h'”°““· assigns or legal representatives shall from time to time, as monthly installments of the remaining two hundred and hfty thousand dollars are paid, hle with the Secretary of War a relinquishment of like amounts, to be deducted from the payment of five hundred thousand dollars provided by the hercinbefore recited act to be paid when a channel twenty- six feet in depth and not less than three hundred feet in width shall have been obtained. Anal the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby