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 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 299. 1894. 369 WISCONSIN. Wiwmsm Mouth of Iron River, Lake Superior. Flag Lake and mouth of Flag River. La Cross Harbor, for removal and prevention of bar. Oconto River, to obtain a channel sixteen feet deep and one hundred and fifty feet wide. Habors of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota, with a view of deeping said harbors and entrances thereto to twenty feet. WEST VIRGINIA. Ivm virginia. Little Kanawha River, with a view of improvement by locks and l dams, including an estimate of the probable cost to the Government of each lock and dam now in existence on said river and not owned by the Government. Guyandotte River, with a view of improvement by locks and dams. Big Coal River. Little Coal River. Elk River, with a view of locking and damming same. Sec. 11. That the preliminary examinations ordered in this Act shall M¤k*¤srr¤1imi¤¤rw be made by the local engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer °”m"”m°°S‘ detailed for the purpose; and such local or detailed engineer and the division engineer of the locality shall report to the Chief of Engineers, Report m cme: or nrst, whether, in their opinion, the harbor or river under examination E“g"‘°°’“· is worthy of improvement by the General Government, and shall state in such report fully and particularly the facts and reasons on which they base such opinions, including the present and prospective demands of commerce, and, second, if worthy of improvement by the General Government, what it will cost to survey the same, with the view of submitting plan and estimate for its improvement; and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to the Secretary of War the reports of the local RWM to Smmry and division engineers, with his views thereon and his opinion of the ¤f War. public necessity or convenience to be subserved by the proposed improvement; and all such reports of preliminary examinations, with such recommendations as he may see proper to make, shall be transmitted by Rkvpvrv to _H¤u¤<> of the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, and are hereby p§’,$°§?f"”°"°“ *° b° ordered to be printed when so made. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discre m,§;;*`j;:e ,;;**1 ¤¤¤· tion, to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improvement to be ' estimated at the following localities, to wit: (}AL1FORNIA_ California. Old River Branch of San` Joaquin River. Crescent City Harbor. commcricur. °··¤¤*=°°*¤¤*- Westriort Harbor. Norwalk Harbor. Stonington llarbor. DELAWAEE. 1>¤1¤w¤¤- Nanticoke River, in Delaware. rI.onInA. 1********- Canaveral Harbor. . Saint John’s River from Jacksonville to the ocean. The Secretary of \Var is hereby directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for continuing the work with a view to secure an increase of the depth of the channel to twenty—iour feet. STAT—VOL XXVIII-;24