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 948 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SEsS. III. Ch. 189. 1895. SMX 0**5*- I¤*¤· shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the extension of the improvements for the protection of the banks of the Missouri River in front of Sioux City and on the Iowa side of the river. Sash? ¤¤=¤:L §¤$·=* That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and ¤¤E¤w·;§n3igit¤.um° directed to expend, from the appropriation of twenty-tive thousand dola»o,p.sso. lars “For dredging Salmon Bay and improvement of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound, at Salmon Bay, with lakes Union and Washington, by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the necessary locks and appliances in connection therewith," made by the “Act making appropriations for the construction, _ repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," received by the President August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the sum of nve thousand dollars in making a definite survey and location of said improvement, and in preparin g a cadastral map, showing each piece of property required to be deeded to the United States or from which a release is required, with its metes and bounds. §•g¤ip¤g¤y.?;•£_- That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to Af,,;“‘,'f;4§f'° ‘ appoint a board, to consist of three officers of the Engineer Corps, who ’ _ shall make an examination of the bar of the Yaquina Bay, in Oregon, with a view to a project for deeper water, and shall report the result of such investigation, with estimate of cost, to the next regular session of mm. Congress: Provided, That the cost of said investigation, and also sur- B°‘**°°°· veys and expenses of said board, shall be defrayed from the balance of money available of the appropriation made for improdng the harbor at Yaquina Bay, in Oregon, by Act of Congress of August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. ‘ g•1_1$£!i¤i=;?1rg`1?;l•;=· That the Secretary of Wa1·, in his discretion, is hereby directed to A",;p_§“_ ‘ use and expend in dredging and deepening the channel of the Sabine ’ River in Texas, at and across the bar at the mouth of said river in Sabine Lake, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, to be taken from an appropriation made at the second session of the Fifty-third Congress of the United States, amounting to two hundred and seventy- five thousand dollars, for “Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement/' by the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on I'i\'Cl'S and harbors, and for other purposes? woods non, Mm. Hannon OF REFUG1; AT YVOODS HOLL, b[ASSA(7lII’SE'I`TS: For H“'b°' °f ‘°f“g°· repair of the stone pier or breakwater constituting a harbor of refuge at Wo.ids Holl, damaged by the storm of J annarytwenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, and for repairing, so far as may he necessary the wooden wharf upon said breakwater, five thousand dollars. oswegu, N. r. That the Secretary of YVar in his discretion is hereby authorized and am, p.a4¤. directed, to expend, from the appropriation of thirty-seven thousand dollars for the improvement of the harbor at Oswego. New York, made by the river and harbor appropriation Act passed at the second session of the Fifty-third Congress, not to exceed eight hundred dollars for the purpose of making a survey, examination, and preparation of the proj- Bmkwm,_ act for the construction of an east breakwater or jetty at the mouth of the Oswego River, for the protection of the harbor and to render entrance to it easy and safe. nmnm-k. x, r. That the Secretary of \Var, in his discretion, be, and he hereby is, Amr. p.=u<>. authorized to use a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars of the appropriations for the improvement of the harbor at Dunkirk, New Sum_`__ York. carried in the last river and harbor Act, for a survey of said ' harbor, in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary of \Var. N,c,,,g,,,, C,,,,,, For the purpose of ascertaining the feasibility, permanence, and cost biiitscerguinwg fem- of the construction and completion of Nicaragua Canal by the room Y'"' contemplated and provided for by an Act which passed the Senate January twenty-eighth. eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, entitled ~-An V0l.25.p.673. Act to amend the Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the Maritime