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 362 FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. I W after be recommendeglvllpr any Internlptionall Commiissigln aéid the shag S°°'?**"*’° '?' ‘° become 0 rative. enever in t 0 'u ment 0 e ecre ry 0 Pmcnm mmaum War, the iiperation of said canal and rdmeilial and controlling works, or either of them, either in themselves or in conjunction with any other canal or canals in the United States or Canada which now or hereafter may exist, is injuriously aifecting water levels or the navigation of Lake Superior, the River Saint Marys or other channels, ` locks or ship canals connected therewith as herennbefore provided, he shall impose upon said Company such rules and regulaluons for the operation of said canal and remedial works, as may, in his opinion, be Maintenance of necessary to prevent such injury. It shall become his duty, and he "’"“ l°"1" shall have the authority to enter upon the property of said company and to close said canal in whole or in part to the extent necessary to maintain water levels and to require said Company, at its own expense, to remove, add to or modify said works or any part thereof to the extent Nonnsbilitr- necessary to maintain water levels. Neither the Secretary of War nor the Chief of Engineers or any officer or other person acting under direction of them or either of them, shall bein any way liable by reason of an *thing done in the execution of this provision. Renwdiw- Ally remedies herein provided however, shall be cumulative and shall be without prejudice to any other remedies either of the United States or of individuals for failure of said Comtpany to maintain said levels for navigation urposes as herein provide. K*P•**•¤ "5'*'* Nothing herein contained shall be held to affect any existing riparian or other rights of any person or corporation, or the existipg remedies F*¤¤**¤•·¤¤¤¤°·°*°· therefor, or an action at law or equity now pendin . e right is hereby expressly rplsewm to Congreis to alter, amen?} or repeal the rovisions contain inra . _n¥gg:==P¢¤¤¤d *>•**· p The unexpended balancespfdfhfihining from agpropriations for Saint Distribution. _ Marys River at the Falls shall be expended as ollows: Twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at the Sailors ` Encampment, with a view to avoid collisions and groundings at that m};§g;¤¤¤<>¤¤* °°¤*· point; twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necesm,L.m sary, to pay the salaries and expenses of the commission created by CRS::? *7**** Flm section four herein; of the remainder, a sufficient amount may be ` expended for the completion and further improvement of the Saint ' Clair Flats Canal heretofore referred to and described in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, Cggni M·¤·>‘· F¤¤¤ second session. So much of the balance remaining after the diversions ' · above set forth as may not be required for wor under the existing project shall be expended for the widening and improvement of the VM- 81. r>—  Saint Marys Falls Canal above the locks, in accordance with the projecthsulimitted in}l·I(f*¤¤i¢}¤ Of f¤¤d¤ ei t. `ifty-sixt `ongress, secon session. e rovision of section i$i¤‘$$i$ig°ch°°° foliir of the Act approved June sixth, nineteen huiidred. entitled ‘“An Act making provision for emergencies in river and harbor works, and so forth," giving authority to divert from the fund herein described an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars to restore and make sivailgble a chpnnel formerly used through Lake George Channel, is ere. y repea ed. Gr¤n<1River.Mich- Improving Grand River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, with the view of extending the same as far north as Fulton street. Grand Rapids, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. may be used for the purchase or construction of a dredging plant. FM Rim'- Wis Improvin Fox River, \Visconsin: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, of which amount forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. may. in the discretion of the Secretarv of War. be expended in the construction or urchase of a suitable dredge: and five thousand dollars, or so much tliereof as may be neces-