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 h 456 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. gggftgggof Sec. 15. That in determining the mileage of officers of the corps of mage. engiineers traveling without troops on duty connected with works un ep) their charge, me dedulctioér sléalal bel made for; sugh travel as ma e necessary on ree or on -a1 e or an -gran rai ways. Bueno mgm Shiv bS>nc. 16. Thagwléeréas tlie Unitgdl States, inlcgmpliance lyvith its, _ "oit' tote uao ayou i- anne oman,asco- Etviiigi ***2* m strugtedmd. ship-channel through Galgeston Bay from the Bolivdlr Channel to the channel constructed by said Buffalo Bayou Ship- Channel Company, known as Morgan’s ut, for vessels of twelve feet draught, it is therefore declared t at the ship-channel through Calveston Bay from Bolivar Channel to thelpoint where the San J acinto River enters what is known as the organ Channel, excavated through Morgan’s Point, is now the property of the United States and is declared to be free to navigation; and the Secretary of War Prvvirv- is herebly directed to keep said ship-channel free to navigation: Pro- [vided, hat the Secretary of War shall first ascertain by a Commission of United States Engineers to be by himdesignated for that ec mr a n n- .c -. £E£l‘316”‘§?..'K1}‘;‘3.2?£§'§f“£}.l°2T.§EBl€‘$£?ci‘.iZ§‘Pp‘i£J’$‘§’i$$‘0° PJ?` ‘“E‘u£n"’°'° '“'“°‘ structed by the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Compgny, agreed to be v¤1.m,pp.m,ana paid for bly the United States in the act of Congress of March third, Ammmmu or eighteen undred and seventy-nine, but in appraising the value "““°· thereof no account shall be taken of the charter granted to said Company by the Legislature of Texas, or of any ranchise right mm- %£°‘“°‘m€°t°"3§*°'s ““‘HI.S"° “‘?%`€»“‘ “‘i.“1’i°‘€S“i“"é’ 23d ‘?§”t“¤ l° . correc y e ecre ry o ar s a pai sa1 u ao Aw¤>1¤i¤¤¤¤· Bayou Ship Channel Company, and  hereby apprgpriated out of aug money in the Treasury no otherwise appropria . mc. 17. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his dis- Sumn cretion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made, and the   czst of improvement to be estimated, at the following · oca 1 ies o wi : ` mama. ’ ARKANSAS. Clarendon and the lower Wliite River, to determine the effect of back water from the Mississippi River and its cause, and the means and cost of preventing injury therefrom. Arianna. ARIZONA. Colorado River above Yuma to Eldorado Canyon, to determine the advisability and probable cost of improving said river. Alabama. ALABAMA. Sgcgrrgnchee River, from its mouth to the Mobile and Ohio Railroa ri ge. Mouth of Gunter’s Creek at Gnntersville, with the view of ascertaining the practicability and approximate cost of so improving the same as to secure a safe anding above high water mark. Alabama River, to ascertain cost of securing a six foot channel at low water from mouth to Wetumpka. California CALIFORNIA. Sacramento and Feather Rivers, to be considered by a board of three Umied States engineers, with a view to project for future improvemen. San Rafael River. San _Simeon Bay. Aidlvisg Hazrbor and straightening, deepening, and improving of viso ree.