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 FIFTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 425. 1889. 1127 Ship Island Pass, Mississippi: To complete dredging a channel M§¤*v· i¤*¤¤•* 1**-**- through Ship Island Pass, with a depth of twenty-six feet, in accord- °°' ance with the report and estimate printed in House Document Number One hundred and twenty, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, forty thousand dollars. Gulfport, Mississippi, to Ship Island Harbor: The Secretary of War <g¤l{v<·*gL¤i¤—- is hereby authorized to enter into a contract or contracts to dredge a °° ir. channel three hundred feet wide and nineteen feet deep at mean low water from the anchorage at Ship Island Harbor, on the Gulf of Mexico, to Gulfport, in Harrison County, in the State of Mississippi, and "’})5·'j_‘;1*:*“""°“°**°'· to construct at the end of said channel next the shore an anchorage m ` basin of similar depth not less than two thousand six hundred and forty feet by one thousand three hundred and twenty feet in area, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is further authorized to contract for the maintenance of said channel and anchorage basin for the term of five years after its _ · completion, for the sum of ten thousand dollars annually: Provided,  ,,,.m,, That the necessary expenses for such examinations, surveys, and in- Me; ° spections of the work as may be required from time to time to deter- °1'23'?'m‘ mine whether the channel and 'anchorage basin are dredged and maintained as required by this Act, shall be paid from the permanent indefinite appropriation made by section four of the river and harbor Act approved July lifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four: And provided further, That the depths provided for shall be at mean low water D°P"*’°· as determined by the engineer officer in local charge of work. Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Con- ¤¤i¤¤¤i¤¤RiV•>r»L¤- tinuing improvement, thirtyuve thousand dollars. _ Improving outlet of the Mississippi River by constructing a sill Mf;};;‘{,f;,';!R;’;’f,‘:° across Pass a Loutre and by constructing and operating two dredges, Pusan i.¤u¤». ` two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts gmté-?-u may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and °° ° ° work as may be necessary to carry on such improvements, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. A board of four engineers shall be _,,,*,f;j‘,';} °°,{,°}’g§fé",j appointed by the President, of whom at least two shall be from civil S¤¤¤hwe¤¤P¤¤¤. lite, who shall prepare and report, as soon as conveniently may be done, a project for securing a navigable channel of suitable width and of thirty-five feet depth at mean low water of the Gulf of Mexico throughout the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River; said board of engineers shall submit detailed estimates of the cost of each and every feature of the project, and they shall report especially whether it is necessary to construct inner jetties; and it, in their judgment, inner jetties should be constructed, they shall provide for the location of the same, so as to involve the least cost consistent with the satety and efficiency of the work hereby contemplated. The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the cost of said board and of the preparation of said project. Improving entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas: For maintenance, ¤.'1‘e¤=· fifty thousand dollars. Improving Galveston Ship Channel and Buifalo Bayou, Texas: For Cggjersnzsegugig improvement of the Galveston Ship Channel and Butlalo Bayou, by n¤y..¤,·rmut dredging or otherwise, from the jetties at Galveston, Texas. up through the present ship channel and Buffalo Bayou to the proposed harbor site at Houston, Texas, to be provided by the citizens of Houston, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That out of said sum a suitable r·~»Zi·¤. dredge may be constructed for said work. D“’ g"‘ For commencing the improvement of the water route from the mouth Gxgmrmmgwufmg of the jetties at Galveston, through the existing ship channel and up Buf- mn, rz;. falo Bayou to Houston, Texas, including harbor at Houston, in accordance with project submitted by the Board of Engineers in report of survey dated November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two