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 338 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 290, 299. 1894. while 011 duty, and to be allowed a clerk, to be selected by them, whose " compensation shall be fixed by said commissioners subject to the Pr<>¤¤·s·>· approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, {Phat the cqstpf Cm 1”°i°°d‘ executing the provisions of this Act shall not exceed the sqm ot mx- > teen thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated for that pur- ` pose out of any moneys in the Treasury not otberwxse appropuated. Approved, August 15, 1894. Augrm 18.1894- CHAP. 299.-An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and ··‘··—;‘—··· preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. . - _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Avvmprhunm m State: of America in Oemgreas assembled, That the following sums of '*'°“ ““" *“"’°"* money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: {::1*;: mk ;1{q;r:King :31-5135 gs Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement; e v ousa a. 1zwkmu,m¤. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which one thousand ollars may be expended in completing a survey of the same with a. view of making it available for vessels of a deeper draft. 1n»»1»¤n¤,m•. Imp1·0viu% Mooseabec Bur, Maine: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. · Portland, us., mk Improving harbor at Back Covei Portland Harbor, Maine: Continu- °""’" ing improvement, twenty thousau dollars. 1m:m,m·. Improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Continuing improvement, eight thousand dollars. ` P;1:¤¤n;€I;¤¤¤r¤ M For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine ¤¤:{£°.te§°J°M'M°" Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars, to be _ expgnded in a*·N-H~ Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, N ew Hampshire: O011- tinuiug improvement, ten thousand dollars. 1am-im,-m¤,v¤. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. B·>·*¤¤·¤*•¤•· Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: Continuing improve ment, by deepening and widening the main channel to em depth of twenty-seven feet and an width of one thousand feet, two hundred thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of W:nr, be used in the ihrther prosecutiqn of the work in Nsmmsket Beach channel. _ g:;;:¤¤¤·— Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, wweé. cnmen. seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the whole or any portion of this appropriation may be expended 0H the western channel, e in the discretion of the Secretary of War. S“""'·M”°· Salem Harbor, Massachusetts: S0 much of the appropriation heretofore made, as may be necessary, shall be used in making a. survey of Salem Harbor, with a. view to widening the Harbor channel to the ch§‘;j,‘Q{f*°'“’“°“*"¤ mouth of South river to the width of five hundred feet, und giving a wr.2r,p.ss. depth of at least ten feet at mean low water, and from the mouth of, said river to Derby wharf, beginning with :1. width of three hundred feet and gradually narrowing, so that there shall be at said wharf a width of not less than one hundred and sixty ieet and a. depth from said mouth to said wharf of not less than ten feet at mean low water, and with 2. view of dredging the ‘*Middle G’l`lI]](_]77r so culled, between “Haste Ledge" and "Aqu0, Vitae” so as to give a depth of twentyfive feet at mean low water.