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 670 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 11-14. 1890. and direction of the Missouri River Commission, in the removal of snags and other obstructions to the navigation of said river, between ‘ St. Joseph, Missouri, and the mouth of said river; and the like sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, for con- Ogolggbm RiV°*‘» tinuation of the patty work at the mouth of the Columbia River in gOregon, said wor to be commenced so soon as the rivers aforesaid, and their freedom from ice will permit, and to be continued until _ Appmprintion for completed, and said sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars Jmy "°'k‘ is hereby made immediatedly available for the purposes aforesaid. Approved, February 22, 1890. March 19, 1806. [No. 12.] Joint resolution providing for taking the census in Alaska. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United umn. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Superintendent of Census is hereby authorized to pa special agents in Alaska, in mm-sauowsueem addition to their salaries, a per diem allowance to cover all expenses °°‘“"’°‘*’°“““·  subsistence and transportation, not to exceed seven dollars per 1cm. Approved, March 19, 1890. Apr,] 3s m0_ [No. 13.] Joint resolution for the relief of sufferers in the Mississippi Valley. Resolved by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem led, That the President of the iuissasssppi River Mississippi River Commission be, and is hereby authorized, out of f’,i’,,‘}.f *,2, '§}}§§,§s,‘Q,'; necessary to rescue inhabitants in the overilowed districts of the V¤1\¤y- Mississippi River Valley, and to use said boats for the purpose named. Approved, April 3, 1890. April 11, 1890. [No. 14.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to remove "'—‘“*“‘"“"’ the naval magazine from Ellis`s Island, in New York Harbor, and to purchase a site and erect a naval magazine at some other point, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Y(§k¤¤'¤ 1¤1¤¤ diate measures for the removal of the naval magazine from Ellis’s ` Island, in the harbor of New York. ueQvP§I:Qg1’**;g>é*8b£g' Sec. 2. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much ' thereof as may be found necessary, be. and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase, or to obtain by condemnation, a site for, and for the erection of, a naval magazine with suitable buildings therefor; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall select a site at a safe distance from populous cities and from the shipping of the Harbor mAm¤¤$;_S fg; of New York. And the further sum of seventydive thousand dolimh rm- Immigration l3»I`S, 0I' S0 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated P‘¤'P°S°S· to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to improve said Elllis’s Island for immigration purposes. Approved, April 11, 1890.
 * `<>,I£g¤g_§;S*°¤l;t of their money heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Mississpprotrigtpou, sor sippi River, to purchase or hire such boats as may be immediately