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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 860. 1888. 417 Stapestshall have certified to the Secretary of War that the title is per ec. . Improving the Ohio River: Continuing improvement, three hundred 0%*0 Riva and eighty thousand dollars; of which sum, twenty-tive thousand Dlsmbumm dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in removing the rock obstruction at the mouth of Licking River, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended for the construction of a drift-gap at Davis Island Dam, with the necessary bear-trap gates and masonry walls, and seven thousand five hundred dollars in constructing an ice pier pursuant to the present or prospective plan of the Chief of Engineers, at or near Portsmouth, Ohio; Provided, That the Secretary of War is herebv P¢·s. authorized and directed to obtain, if he can do so without cost to the United States, a perpetual lease or conveyance of the riparian rights of the property owners at said locality, in the event said ice- ·ier shall I°°‘¥"°”· be located where there is no landing place: And providedpfurther, That at said locality, if it be an improved landing, he shall iirst obtain a relinquishment of wharfage rights and dues in favor of water craft seeking protection from damage by ice; and no part of this appropriation s all be used for such purpose until the foregoing conditions are complied with; and two thousand five hundred dollars of said Ohio River appropriation may be used for improving the channel in the mouth of the Big Hocking River below the first dam therein; and twenty thousand dollars of said Ohio River appropriation may be used for harbor improvement at Madison, Indiana, according to the Eplans heretofore su mitted b Lieutenant Colonel Merrill, Corps of ngineers; also out of said Ohio River appro riation the sum of fifteen thousand dollars may be expended in completing the construction of the embankment on the south side of the Great Miami River near its junction with the Ohio, to connne the waters of the Great Miami in great Hoods to the general course of its channel at or near the Ohio, to the end that the formation of the bar in the Ohio now obstructing navigation may be arrested; also out of said Ohio River appropriation the sum of fifteen thousand dollars may be expended in the construction, or aiding in the construction, of such an embankment at Shawneetown, Illinois, as will confine the waters of the river in great floods to the general course of its channel, and protect the harbor; and thirty thousand dollars of said sum of three hundred and eighty thousand dollars may be expended in protecting the harbor at Cairo, Illinois, in the discretion of the Secretary of Wa1·, if in the opinion of the Secretary of War the interests of commerce require it. Improving the falls of the Ohio River: Continuing improvement, F¤*L* ¤f me 0***0- according to the last plan of the engineer in charge. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-tive thousand shall be used in enlarging the canal basin near the locks at Louisville, Kentucky, as recommended in the Engiueer’s Report of eighteen hundred and eighty-tive, page one thousand eight hundred and four. Improving Indiana Chute Fall, Ohio River: Continuing improve- i¤<¤¤¤¤ Chute F¤¤· ment, fifteen thousand dollars. _ _ _ Improving Muskingum River, Ohio: For the construction of a Oggskmwm R*'°*· lock at Taylorsville and the reconstruction of the lock at Zanesville, pursuant to the report of the engineers, one hundred and two thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and em powered to grant leases or licenses for the use of the water powers on the Muskingum River at such rate and on_such conditions and for such periods of time as may seem to him gust, equitable, and ex- _ pcdierit: Provided, That the leases or licenses shall be limited to the Qgjjjffgowemghta use of the surplus water not required for navigation. And he is also empowered to grant leases or licenses for the occupation of such lands belonging to the United States on said Muskingum River as may be required for mill-sites or for other purposes not inconsistent srnr L-—voL xxv———27