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 586 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 790. 1900. thereof as may be necessary,_may be diverted from the sums of money heretofore appropriated and now standing to the credit of the existing project for jetty work in Cumberland Sound, in the States of Florida and Georgia, to be used for sluicing and dredging at the mouth of said sound or elsewhere in said sound, and belonging to said project, where V°l·3°~ P- 110*% em i sluicing and dredging may be needed or required; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to increase the limit of cost of said project or improvement beyond the amount fixed by the Acts making · appropriation for said project and fixing the ultimate sum which may §£’j:;j;'g O, james finally be devoted to said project: Anal éwovided further, That any " changes in the location of the jetties whic °the Secretary of War may consider for the interest of the work are authorized. ¤€{·¤{—ifcf;°g{g° Ohm Lake George Channel and connecting waters below Sault Sainte " "Marie, Michigan: So as to restore and make available a channel formerly used through said lake of a depth and a width not less than -formerly employed, an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars may be diverted from the balance remaining from the amounts heretofore appropriated for the Saint Marys River at the Falls in Michigan. B““¤l°H*“b°'-N·Y· Buifa o Harbor, New York: The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be diverted from amounts now available for maintenance of Buffalo Harbor, in deepening the entrance to Buffalo Harbor and the City Shi Canal. m“°"’ H“°¤·V”·· Milford Haven, Virginia: The unexpendeci) balance of the a ropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Milford Havenxiirggpia, or any dpart thereof, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of ar, be use for the improvement of the bar within said harbor. Ch“"°“°“·S·°· Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: The amounts heretofore authorized for a contract or contracts for materials and work, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the work of dredging in accordance with the a proved project. Wi¤v¤¤ B¤Y»S-¤- Winyah Bay, South (Farolina: The dredge or dredges emplo ed in connection with the work of improvement at the entrance to Vllrinyah Bay, and such other dredges owned or controlled by the Government as are used on Winyah Bay River systems and canals, may be used in dredging the shoal places between the entrance and the city of Georgetown, South Carolina, the places at which and de ths to which such dredging shall be done to be determined by the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army; and any ex ense so caused shall be paid from amounts hereto- _ fore appropriated for said Winyah Bay. §$,§(f?,{',‘;f,“,;,,,t€,,0, Land for débris dams and impounding works in California: From ¤é$g¤ggm¤.2§;¤- the funds appropriated by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hun- ` ’p‘dred and ninety-six for the construction of débris dams and impounding works in California, the sum of ten thousand dollars may be _ expended for the purchase of lands necessary for the construction of §{;’,;'·’§,,,,y hm said works: Pwvzcled, That an equal amount is paid by the State of Limiwfcosr- California: And pro/vided further, That the Secreta of War may proceed at once with the construction of said works arid, that the gross _ _ expenditure for lands in the construction of said works shall not exceed m§’,g“‘§,‘QQ,‘f°“°“ ‘“ “°°' in the a gregate twenty thousand dollars: Andprooidedfurthw, That . g . . . where in such works more than one dam or impounding work 1S embraced within a project the Secretary of War may proceed to construct the said wor s in parts or sections and submit the ‘lans and specifications for such parts or sections to the State board oi) examiners of said State for approval under the laws thereof: Andpromfded Sim wravhalf- further, That in all cases one-half of the expense of such works shall · begiaid by the State of California. Ogggrain H¤¤>•>¢· orain Harbor, Ohio: The Secretary of War may enter into a con- Vol.30,p.1129. tract or contracts for ortions of the work authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen lgundred and ninet· —nine, without regard to the estimate heretogore made in the report off the Chief of Engineers for