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 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 211. 1880. 193 For improvement of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, Oregon, forty thou- Yaquina Bay. sand dollars. For improvement of the mouth of Coquille River, Oregon, ten thou- Coquille River. sand dollars. Improving Savannah River, above Augusta, Georgia, sixteen thou- savannah, sand dollars. ` Improving the entrance to Cumberland Sound, between Amelia and 0 umberland Cumberland Islands, in the States of Florida and Georgia, according to S°““‘1· the plans and estimates of General Gillmore, the chief engineer, reported to this Congress, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Saint J ohn’s River, Florida, by deepening the bar at the Saint J 0h,,· S mouth thereof, according to the report of the Chief of Engineers made River. to the Secretary of War and reported to this Congress, one hundred and twenty-nve thousand dollars. For the reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, to be Headwaters of used in the construction of a dam at Lake Winnibigoshish, seventy-five Mi”iSSiPPithousand dollars: Provided, That all injuries occasioned to individuals p,,m,,,_ by overflow of their lands shall be ascertained and determined by agree- · ment or in accordance with the laws of Minnesota, and shall not exceed in the aggregate five thousand dollars. _ Such parts of the money appropriated by this act for any particular General provie improvement requiring locks and dams, as may be necessary in the i<>¤¤· prosecution of such improvement, may be expended in the purchase, voluntary or by condemnation, as the case may bc, of necessary sites: Provided, That such expenditure shall be under the direction of the Promo. Secretary of War: Arid provided further, That if the owners of such Proviao. lands shall refuse to sell them at reasonable prices, then the prices to be paid shall be determined and the title and jurisdiction procured in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State in which such lands or sites are situated. _ It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein appropriated for improvements other than surveys, and estimates in carrying on the various works as tar as can be, without detriment to the interest of the government, by contract. Where such works cannot Contracts. be done by contract, without injury to the public interest, they may be prosecuted by hired labor. Where said works are done by contract, Hired labor. such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for Advertisement. proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible Performanceand bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall payment fer all require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the work according ;”“,E""‘”l ”“‘l,W?‘” to such contract, and for the proper payment of all liabilities incurred ° ° s°°“””°" in the prosecution thereof for labor and material; but this clause shall Work on Great not be so construed as to prevent the continuance of work on the Great Ken ew h zi e x- Kanawha by hired labor, unless the Secretary of War is satisfied that °‘;1;”‘;f {mm P”*‘* the public interest requires such change. g P ' Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, Surveys, examito cause examinations or surveys, or both, and estimates of cost of im- §£g§*’gf“**i ssl'} provements proper, to be made at the following points, namely: im P r 0 V6°mSc,,`€S Tallapoosa River, from the junction of Coosa up to Tallassec, Alabama. proper to be made. New Rochelle Harbor, Westchester County, New York, lrom City Island to the town of New Rochelle. Bronx River, or West Farms tide-water creek, from its mouth in the city of New York. _ _ Mattawan Creek, from Raritan Bay channel to Central Railroad bridge, head of navigation. Malden River, Massachusetts. _ _ For improving Richmond Harbor on the Kennebec River, Maine. Clinch River, in the counties of Hancock, Hawkins, and Claiborne, Tennessee, and Scott and Russell Counties, Virginian Powell River, in the counties of Hancock and Claiborne, Tennessee, and Lee County, Virginia. xxi-13