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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 929, 930. 1886. 335 WISCONSIN. Wisconsin. Harbor at Hudson, Lake Saint Croix. Examination and report on the causes of the extraordinary overflows Exnminati o ¤ s, of the Chippewa River, and what means, if any, can be adopted to pre- °“"PY· °"°-· .”°*· vent their recurrence. f~£f°'“"y Y"°"d°‘l Sec. 7. For examinations, surveys, and contingencies, und for inci- ' dental repairs, for which there is no special appropriation, for rivers and harbors, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no survey Pmmo. shall be made of any harbors or rivers until the Chief of Engineers shall have directed a preliminary examination of the same by the local Preliniinury sxengineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for the pur- ”·*¤i““*‘°¤¤ *0 b° pose; and such local or detailed engineer shall report to said Chief of  "°f°"’ ““" Engineers, whether, in his opinion, said harbor or river is worthy of im- y ` provement, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the · facts and reasons on which he bases such opinion, including the present and prospective demands of commerce; and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Engineers to direct the making of such survey if, in his opinion, the harbor or river proposed to be surveyed be worthy of improvement by the General Government; and he shall report to the Secretary of War the facts, and what public necessity or convenience may be subserved thereby, together with the full reports of the local engineer. Said reports of preliminary examinations and surveys shall be made to _}§“P';'**h *° I"} the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed E:'p;,s;,,,,_°Q'f'$ Qs Wl1C1I S0 m&d0._ and printed. S20. 8. That the Secretary of War shall report to Con ess, at its _ Nmrwp of civilnext and each succeeding session thereof, the name and pgce of resi- “’·“ °';§:1“j°”g*"° _eleneo of each civilian engineer employed in the work of improving  Bm ° °°` rivers and harbors by means and as the result of appropriations made ' in this and succeeding river and harbor appropriation bills, the time so employed, the compensation paid, and the place at and work on which employed. , Approved, August 5, 1886. CHAP. 930.——An act to provide for protecting the interests of the United States A¤g¤¤¢ 5. i8$- in the Potomac River Flats, in the District of Columbia. ""l"";‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the Potomac River Attomey-General of the United States to institute, as soon as may be, F!*•°¤» D- C- in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, an suit against all per- S u i t to be sons and corporations who may have or pretend to have any right, title, }!¤*;‘**§¥‘J *°“°**m!* claim, or interest in uny part of the land or water in the District of lfm 'M;écm‘{‘* 1:; Columbia within the limits of the city of Washington, or exterior to th., ;,,,pmv,.m,,,t_ said limits mid in front thereof toward the channel of the Potomac River, and composing any part of the land or water aifected by the improvements of the Potomac River or its tlsts in charge of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of establishing and making clear the right of _ the United States thereto. . Sec. 2. That the suit mentioned in the preceding section shall be in _Who to be parthe nature of n bill in equity, and there shall be made parties defendant 3* im ‘;‘;.f°':};’·e';;¥ thereto all persons and corporations known to set up or assert any claim “P ‘ or right to or in the land or waiter in said first section mentioned, and ogninst all other persons and corporations who may claim to have any such right, title, or interest. On the illing of said bill process shall ~ issue and be served, according to the ordinary eourse ofsmd court, upon all persons and corporations within the jurisdiction of mid court; and public notice shall be given, by advertisement in two newspapers published in the city of Washington, for three weeks successively, of the pendency of said suit, and citing all persons and corporations interested in the subjectmutter of said suit, or in the land or waterm this act