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 FIFl‘Y—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 189. 1895. 947 more particularly described as follows: Being stone wall on the west bank of the river, constructed by the State of Ohio as part of the public works of Ohio, and being that part of the wall about one hundred feet north of the Main Street bridge. For improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River m£g*;]¤i¤;g>§fotf¤$§9*; to the landing on the west bank below the Washingtoii avenue bridge, wipong. 1 m ` Minneapolis, Minnesota: Continuing improvement from the mouth of the Ohio River to the month of the Missouri River, seven hundredhnd fifty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty- _ three cents: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War, {,j;j*$3:·.8m°8 not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of this appro- J ' priation may be expended in using movable jetties or steel caissons in, ~ removing bars and improving the low-water channel of said river; Continuing improvement from the mouth of Missouri River to Minneapolis, eight hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixtvseven cents: Provided, That eighty-five thousand five W=¤¤w *0 Q¤i¤<=Y· hundred dollars thereof, or as much as may beneccssary, shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, with a view to improving the navigation from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artincial banks along the east bank of that part of said river, and deepening the channel, in accordance with the survey reported on December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the accompanying estis mates; and also eighty-tive thousand dollars thereof shall be expended 10*** mkto commence the work, under the direction of the Secretary of War,` from the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the mouth of the Iowa River, with aview to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along that part of the river, and deepening the channel, in accordance with the survey reported on J anuary third, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, and the accompanying estimates; and so much thereof as may be necessary, my City, wu. not to exceed one thousand dollars, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in the improvement of the channel to the . harbor of Bay City, Wisconsin, at the head of Lake Pepin; in all, one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. _ For improving Saint Marys River at the Falls, Michigan: Complet- M§j‘,}f’* M°’>'° *`*“’» ing improvement, four hundred and eighty-three thousand eight huu— dred and sixty-five dollars. _ For improving channel connecting the waters of the Great Lakes °"°“°L"k“" between Chicago, Duluth, and Butlalo, five hundred thousand dollars. _, , U For harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island: Continuing i,.,¥'ZPZ,,},{;,,_"" mr improvement, three hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina: Completing C****’*°*°°°·°’·C· improvement, five hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Completing improve- s‘““"“““·G"" ment, eight hundred and fi{ty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. " For improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Completing improvement, M°'"1°* Am two hundred and ninetyone thousand three hundred dollars. FOI' improving harbor and bay at Humboldt, California: Continuing H““"’°“"· °"1· improvement, tivo hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars. _ _ _ _ _ Under Mississippi River Commission: For improving Mississippi C_f,§§§{P‘ R“’°’ River from Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, includ- Mississippi River. ing salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission, two million six hundred and sixty- five thousand dollars. _ _ _ Under Missouri River Commission: For improving Missouri River m?f§§§l'"R‘"'°°'“‘ from its mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, including salaries, clerical, office, Missouri River. traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent bench marks and gauges, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That torty thousand dollars thereof *’~>¤*~·