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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 32-36. 1896. 469 ‘ which shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy: And provided, further, That they shall take rank and receive pay only from the date nm me mm of their appointments and shall rank with each other in the order of merit as shown by the examination herein provided for. Approved, March 20, 1896. [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to make a survey and March 20, 1896. submit nn estimate for a breakwater in Marquette Bay. ——;—··· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he ¥¤ru¤·M¤ Bny. is hereby, authorized and directed to report to Congress, as soon as M§’.],¥.».,,. fo, h,.,,;,. possible, a survey of a proposed breakwater, not less than five hundred **0* **¤‘¤¤*¤¤· nor more than one thousand feet in length, extending into Marquette Harbor, or Bay, in Lake Superior, from the southea t corner, or headland, of Presque Isle, together with an estimate of the cost of such breakwater. Approved, March 20, 1896. [No. 34.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates Marchzs, 1896. for necessary repairs at Cleveland Harbor.—·———-————- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and g$‘{;}::6d,£*;Z>·am he i hereby, authorized and directed to report to Congress, as soon as mpim,em.,an£w1. possible, what repairs are necessary to be made to the piers and breakwater in the harbor at Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, to preserve the same, and what would be the cost of making such necessary repairs; ` and also to report what changes, if any, should be made in the location of said piers, and what would be the cost of the same. Approved, March 23, 1896. N.35. JoitR lt' D' of theB ta fWa tofu 'sha estima foii diaepeiiing the ch:uIel0aonimHaihgton Rag; tby the na:y-yardnist Noiifolk, va: —— ginia, and also for improving the western branch of the Elizabeth River. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is Rfxkgkr d hereby, requested to furnish estimates as early as possible of the cost minknaammn 1:.:; of broadening and deepening a channel to a width of one hundred and mb mv; gg0b0E2g;; fifty yards and to a depth of twenty-eight feet from Hampton Roads to mmm. the United States navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, and also of improving the western branch of Elizabeth River and making the channel two hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep for a distance of about one mile, as indicated by the report of General Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, in Appendix J fifteen, of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninetyhve, pages thirteen hundred to thirteen hundred and two. Approved, March 24, 1896. [No. 36.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of WVar to submit plans and yam], g4_18W_ estimates for the improvement of Fairport Harbor. -;————·—-· Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of War be, and lfairportbhio. he is hereby authorized and directed *.0 report to Congress a re-survey b,§‘§,}§{g§,§f * °f h"` of the Port of Fairport in the County of Lake and State of Ohio, with an estimate of the cost of such improvements as may be recommended by the Engineers in charge. Approved, March 24, 1896.