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 4,74, FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 136. 1881, Mississippiltiver. For the improvement of the Mississippi River, in accordance with the Ex. D0eument58, plan therefor recommended in Executive Document number fifty -eight, 26 S¤¤¤· 46 C<>¤g· second session Forty-sixtlzléloiégressj, by thevlgllississpplpitlltiverl Oommis. sion to be expended by e ecre ary o ar, wi - e a vice and under the supervision of said commission, the sum of one million dollars. And it shall be the duty of said commission to take i11to consideration, and of the Secretary of War to extendoperations, under their supervision, to tributaries of the Mississippi River to the extent, and no further, that may be necessary in the judgment of said commission Goniervlpud per- to the perfection of the general and permanent improvement of said mmgm ““P’°"‘ Mississippi River; but this clause shall not be construed to interfere me ‘ with the prosecution by the War Department of the improvement of said Mississippi River and its tributaries under general appropriations Promo. made therefor: Provided, That no portion of the sum hereby appropriated shall be used in the repair or construction of levees for the purpose of preventing injury to lands by overilow, or for any other purpose whatever except as a means of deepening or improving the channel of said Report. river. And it shall be the duty of said commission to make report, on or before the iirst day of January next, to the Secretary of War, for transmission by him to Congress, of a detailed statement of the work done, and of the expenditure made from the sum hereby appropriated, with their judgment upon the effect of such work, and the general practicability and estimate of the total cost of such improvements along said river from Cairo to the head of the passes. Brom Crook. Improving Broad Creek from its mouth to Laurel, Delaware, ten thou- . sand dollars. Duck Creek. Improving mouth of Duck Creek, Delaware, three thousand dollars. Mispil1ionCrock. d lniproving Mispillion Creek, Delaware, three thousand Eve hundred o ars. Cnoptank River. Improving Choptank Riverbetween Dentonand Greensborough, Mary- land, five thousand dollars. Elk River. Improving Elk River, Maryland, nve thousand dollars. secretary Creek. Improving Secretary Creek, Maryland, three thousand dollars. Tnre adn a ven Improving Threadhaven Creek for three miles below Easton, Mary- CNM- land three thousand dollars. Wieomieomver. Improving Wicomico River below Salisbiuy, Maryland: Completing improvement, two thousand dollars. Ch°¤*<=f River- Improving Chester River from Spry’s Landing to Crumpton, Mary- land, six thousand five hundred dollars. Water passage, Improving water-passage between Dca1’s Island and Little Deal’s Is- D°¤»l’¤ l¤l‘*¤*l· land, Maryland, five thousand dollars. _App nmattox Improving Appomattox River, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars to 1*******- ple expended onthe improvement of the river and harbor at Petersburg, _ irgima. 0rB1’*°kW***°’ RW 1 Improving Blackwater River, Virginia, one thousand ive hundred ‘ L dollars. Ri(£;¤l<¤h¤m1¤Y Improving Chiokahominy River, Virginia, two thousand dollars. Dm' Rl"“· C Im1provingllgai1tBiver(`;>e1tw{aen Danville, Virginia, and Madison, North aro na, e1g · thousand dollars. Jews River- _ Improving James River, Virginia, sixty thousand dollars. GrM”·*l’*P°m RW d gllprovlng Mattaponi River, Virginia, three thousand three himdfed · dollars. Nomoni Creek. Improving mouth of Nornoni Creek, Virginia, two thousand dollars. _N<>rth Lending Improving North Landing River Virginia and North Carolina, seven R“’“- thousand five hundred dollars. ’ Nottawayuiver. Improving Nottaway River, Virginia, two thousand dollars. Pagan Creek. Improving Pagan Creek, Virginia, five thousand dollars. mlamunkey Riv- dowsoving Pamunkey River, Virginia, two thousand five hl1Hdi'9d vcnanneiatmount _Dredging a channel through the flats in front of Mount Vernon, Vir- °¤¤°¤» V¤· gima, one thousand five hundred dollars.