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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. S60. 1888. 423 Improving canal at the Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improve- C°l¤ml*l=t Rl*’*~*¤"— ment. three hundred thousand dollars. Omg' Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, Oregon gud \rV3»Sl1111gllOI]. Territory: Continuing improvement, ten thousand o ars. _ Improving the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing nnlprovement, five hundred thousand dollars. mproving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers in front of and m,l;1°@;§§,mf)Y,QllI';~{{}g};° below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred ` thousand dollars, of which sum, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in dredging the bar at Skamokawa, on the Columbia River. Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing Wlllamtttt Rlvte improvement, twenty-nine thousand dollars, of which sum fourteen Omg` thousand dollars, if deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, may be expended in revetting the Willamette River, above Corvallis, to prevpnt the threatened change in the channel of the river at said pom. Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, coqui11eR1»·er,omg. twentyfve thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars is authorized to be expended for snagging between Coquille City and Myrtle Point. d 1{nproving Umpqua River, Oregon: To complete, two thousand U¤=m¤¤Riv¤r, or¤s- 0 ars. Gauging waters of the Columbia River, Oregon: For fiscal years coiumbia aim, ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and June °"°g"g‘*“g‘“g‘ thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory: Continuing im- oneimiss nam, provement, two thousand dollars. W“l‘· Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing im- cou-unzizxvatwasu. provement, three thousand dollars. ' Improving Skagit, Stielaquamish, Nootsack, Snohomish and Sno- _ Sk¤;git.Stie1aquamzualmie Rivers, ashington Territory: Continuing improvement, $l€gh1l§E§`°§Y1l$;q?,L't°f§,l§ fteen thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars s all be used Rl"*’”» “`*t¤llfor a snag-boat and outfit. Sec. 2. That whenever complaint shall be made to the Secretary Dqveqriqn of curof War that by reason of the placing in any navigable waters of the "’“l° bl l“°”* °°°‘ United States of an bridge ipier or abutment, the current of such waters has been so deflected rom its natural course as to cause by producing caving of banks or otherwise serious damage or danger to property, it shall be his duty to make inquiry. and if it shall be ascertained that the complaint is well founded, he shall cause the owners or persons operating such bridgp to repair such damage or prevent such danger to property by suc means as he shall indicate and within such time as he may name, and in default thereof the owners or persons operating suc bridge shall be liable in any court of competent jurisdiction to the dpersons injured in a sum double the amount of said injury: Provide, however, That nothing herein con- §·yg¤·t»o. _ tained shall be construed so as to aifect any rights of action which m§,El'“* "gl‘l“ °" may exist at the time of the passage of this act. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of lVar to apply rgvgggegign ¤f ur the mone herein and hereafter appropriated for improveinents of P P "' rivers andrharbors, other than surveys, estimates an _ gaugings. in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. \Vhere said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sulii- c·0mmr·:s. cient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of \Var shall rescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest res onsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract.