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 _ 482 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 136. 1881. sumpawsmus Improving Sumpawamus Inlet, New York, five thousand dollars, [uS?int J orom¤’s Improving the harbor at the entrance of Saint J erome’s Creek, Mary. C’°°k H“’l’°’· land, six thousand five hundred dollars. _ _ sms Jones Riv- For the impréowipment of Saint Jones River, 1u the State of Delaware, 0*- five thousand dollars. _ _ _ Purchase of sites Such parts of the money appropriated by this act for any particular for1o¤k¤¤¤•id¤m¤· improvement requiring locks and dams as may be necessary in the prosecuidon of such improvement may be expended in the purchase, vogu- "”"""°· W °‘ by  fiii §’.““.‘i..?i“.-TMS:i‘.£L°t$?.?.SZi*‘&i.§‘§,22;‘§ · e s e Pmww gfd€g’a1T ?i):d1pr:»ci;1d3dfurtw, That if the owners of such lands shall re- . fuse to sell them at reasonable prices, then the prices to be paid shall be Title, how per- determined and the title and Jurisdiction procured m the manner pre- !°°*°d- scribed by the laws of the State in which such lands or s1tes are situated. Manner of mak- It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein mg imP*°V°m°¤'°¤· appropriated for improvemeréts, other than sugyevypuapldj gsirlrgatciztgi carrying on the various wor s as ar as can · ment to the interest of the government, by contract. Where such wogks cannot be done by Eonltracg vlgilthout gpyury tokiihe p;{1bl1ccm§t)e;;·;esit:§1L0e;yr to °. ere said wor s ar - HIQTZUFEUICIDOSDDIIMMU syhalluiie made after sufficient public advertisement P*°P°¤°l¤· for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall pre- C¤¤F¤¤°*¤ ¤f'>°*` scribe; and such contracts shall be_ made with the lowest responsible “dfJ’°"‘“i"{,§{;f{ { bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall °w°° orequire, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the work according to such contract, and for the proper payment_of all liabilities incurred in the prosecution thereof for labor and material. _ _ 1868»B¤¤· 60- Sec. 2. That the joint resolution approved July twent1eth,_eighteen S*“*·»£i258· hundred and sixty-eight, authomzing the con truction of the bridge over $#3;, ,0;,,,,,;,,, the Mississippi RIVOY *‘to connect the island of Rock Island with the Mississippi atnoek cities of lgalyenportkanld Ilglocki I lgn]d",_;js gerpby gocamendeclbcaszltgrgéé Island quire the icago oc an an aci c ai roa ompany I {Jh§“g°d PR‘?gk for any cars carrying freight other than those passing over 1ts own road, Igmiigoazléomggiyf and for its own cars when carrying ireight for other I03dS,Wh1Gh IU may Rates or freight carry across said bridge, a sum not CXOBBd1Dg.l5hT00 dollars for every P°1` W`- loaded car, two-fifths of which sutms shallsbe paid byl said ikzplroaddciglué - pany into the Treasury of the nited tates eac mon · an monthly returns thus made shall be in such form, and with such authen- _ _ _ tication, as the Secretary of War shall direct. _ _ _ {,““""“’*'”°““ SEO. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his d1801’0- m °°w°y°‘ tion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, and estimates of 0oSt of improvements proper, to be made at the following points, namely: Harbor of San Luis Obispo, California. _ tzmtt¤2%?i¥t» ’*{2r*r¤P2; me Fern r 55m:..?;::.;.. Bn. · e aaocee iverm eorg1a,eween a on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, so as to complete the survey of that portion of said river. gea1{)Creek1, running into Yazoo River. ar or at ort Henry on Lake Champlain. _ Frankford Creek from its mouth in the Delaware River to Frankford Avenue. Five Milie Petit: above Bridesburg, Delaware River. Mouth o the i pillion Delaware. _ Mokelumne River, Califbrnia, from its mouth at or near Woodbr1d§0· New York Bay between Sandy Hook and Coney Island Point. Newton Creek, Camden County, from Delaware River to head of navigation. Mantua Creek, Gloucester County, from Delaware River to head of navigation. Maurice River hom Delaware Bay to Millville, Cumberland County- Salem and Cohansey Rivers, New Jersey. `