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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. ·Ch. 299. 1894. 357 For examination and survey for the location of a canal connecting ¥·¤l<¤,$¤r¤Vi<>¤ ¤¤<1 Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, ten thousand dollars; and the Mgdiiwpiizgtliiirai to engineers making said examination and survey shall report the most °°“¤°°*· feasible route for such canal, either by way of the Saint Croix, Rum, or Upper Mississippi rivers: Provided, That nothing herein shall be con- Promo. strned to commit the Government to proceed with the construction of b,,§’,‘{}‘n§§”"°**°“ “°*’ said improvement. "` For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the head-waters of the rrssssssippinmn. Mississippi River, fifty-one thousand dollars, and so much thereof as W,§'f,f§T"°"s M L"’“d‘ shall be required shall be expended in completing connections with the reservoir dams; in completing Sandy Lake dam; and any balance may be used for the construction of a reservoir and dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota: Provided, That the United States shall not be subject to any p,,,,,;_.,,, cost or expense for lands, mills, or other property necessarily taken or N°°°¤**`°*l¤¤d¤·°*°· injured for the last-named reservoir and dam. The provisions of section four of an Act entitled ‘*An Act making appropriations for the Maintenance. construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers V°*· 23* 1** and harbors, and for other purposes/’ approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, are hereby made applicable to said reservoirs iso tar as concerns their care, preservation, and maintenance. For dredging the channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, Illinois, the Secretary of gvieer E} \Var is hereby authorized to set apart, out of any appropriations hereto- °”'p°4 ' fore made, or which may be made, by this Congress for continuing the · improvement of the Mississippi River, from the month of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, if, in his discretion, said sum shall be necessary for that purpose. And out of said appropriation he shall cause a survey to be made on the west side of Survey te prevent the Mississippi River, commencing at the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des °"'H°"’ Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the mouth of the Iowa River, and along the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsanr to the city of Quincy, with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overiiowing the natural and artificial banks along those parts of the river and deepening the channel. improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, M};::: §j*j;$,I;;;**° Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul to the Wash- P` ington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, fifty-one thousand dollars, which together with the unexpended balance standing to the credit of this improvement shall be expended under the project or plan to extend navigation from Saint Paul to the Hour mills at Minneapolis, estimated for by Major A. McKenzie as appears by his report made to General Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, under date of March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by the construction of lock and dam numbered two in the same project. W k d M, , For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Mis- ,,,p,,{"m$'Q,°Z,,m¥§€Z sissippi River Commission: *°*°¤· At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, G¤·e¤*’m•>·M*·>¤· eighty thousand dollars. ‘ At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri: Continuing improvement, New Medrid. Metwenty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, New orle¤¤¤~T·¤- one hundred and ten thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana: ,_N¤=~?he¤ =·¤·* Vids, . . . na. Miss. and La. Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. _ At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee: Contin ning improvement, fifty M°'“P‘"*· T°'“‘· thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be used in dredging at the mouth of Wolf River, in the discretion of the Secretary of War. The Mississippi River Commission shall cause to be expended on tho {fi;l;g1=·¤;-3f,~;d ML harbor at Hickman, Kentucky, the unexpended balance, of any appro- ,,,,c.,_ P priation heretofore made for improving the harbor at that point. _ _ h f I _ d At the head of the Atchafalaya and the month of Red River, Louis1- ,,,,’},§,.;,f‘,_‘;_’“ ’““ ana, for the rectincation thereof: Continuing improvement, seventy