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 144 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 229. 1884. is hereby appropriated for the immediate construction of a first-class Al·l>¤‘¤l¤¤i¤¤i¤¤ dredgeboat, to be used, in the discretion of the officer in charge, on the f"' "’°‘1g°"’°"*· rivers emptying into Suisun and San Pablo Bays. San Joaquin Ri- Improving San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon Slouglis, M ·> k ~* l ¤ m ¤ 0 Improving Mokelumne River, California, eight thousand five hundred R""· dollars. · Colorado River. Improving Colorado River, Nevada and California, and Arizona Territory, between Fort Yuma and a point thirty miles above Rioville, twenty five thousand dollars. ‘ _Mouth of Colum- Improving the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and Washingbm R""- ton Territory: Commencing improvement, in accordance with the plan recommended by the majority of the board of engineers in eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred thousand dollars. Columbia River, Improving Columbia River, at Cascades, Oregon: Continuing im- M C¤¤°¤°°°- provement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Columbia and Improving Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Portland, Wm¤¤¤°“°RlV¤¤· Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Upper Columbia Improving Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oregon and Washing- Md S¤¤k° Rl""- ton Territory: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Wiliam et te Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing gifs! ¤·\><>V¤ P¢>¤· improvement, ten thousand dollars. Coquille River. Improving mouth of Coquille Biver, Oregon: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. Chehalis River. Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Cowlitz River. Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Skagit, Sams- Improving the Skagit, Stillaguamish, Nootsack Snohomish and Snogg31m31E; !§¢>0¤*=:¤l=l qualmie Rivers, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, ten Snoqmlmig mV_ thousand dollars. GP!. Missouri River Improving Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, includfwur ¤¤¤¤f¤.¤f¤- ing such harbors on said river as in the judgment of the board of engineers herein oreatul will benefit commerce and navigation, five hundred thousand dollars. Missouri River That a Commission to be called the Missouri River Commission is €t•;¤:1~¤¤i¤¤i¤¤ ¢r•- hereby created, to consist of live members. ° A,],,,,,,,,,,,,,,, of That the President shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint five Commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Corps of Engineers of the Army and two from civil life, one of whom at least shall be a civil Engineer; and he shall in like manner fill any vacancy in said Commission; and he shall designate one of the Commissioners appointed from the Corps of Engineers to be president of the Commission. The Commissioners appointed from Compensation. the Corps of Engineers shall receive no other pay or compensation than is allowed them by law, and the other two Commissioners shall each receive for their services pay at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, out of any money appropriated for the Missouri River; and all said Commissioners shall remain in omee sunject to removal by the President of the United States. Duties. That it shall be the duty of said Commission to superintend and direct such improvement of said liver and to carry into execution such plans for the improvement of the navigation of said river from its mouth to its headwaters as may now be devised and in progress, and to continue and complete such surveys as may now be in progress, and to make such additional surveys, examinations, and investigations, topographical, hydrographical, and hydrometrical and to cousider,devise, and mature such additional plan or plans, and all such estimates as may be deemed necessary and best, to obtain and maintain a channel and depth of water in said river sufficient for the purposes ofcommerce
 * f3"§fLff§;‘;I‘;,‘:;"l California: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.