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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. 373 Chief of Engineers upon any projects heretofore adopted by the Government or upon which appropriations have been made, and report upon the desirability of continuing the same or upon any modifications thereof which may be deemed desirable. The board shall have authority, with the approval of the Chief of R°’**·°'°· Engineers, to rent quarters, if necessary. for the proper transaction of its business, and to employ such civil employees as may, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, be required for properly transacting the business assigned to it, and the necessary expenses of the board shall be paid from allotments made by the Chief of Engineers from any appropriations made by Congress for the work or works to which the duties of the board pertain. Sec. 4. That the President of the United States is hereby requested m}s*ggg*¤;;%%:;d°°¤· to invite the Government of Great Britain to join in the formation of p‘ ` an international commission, to be composed of three members from the United States and three who shall represent the interests of the Dominion of Canada, whose duty it shall be to investigate and re rt {wigs; mmofwm upon the conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the boundiiiy nests5s5in wrruma lines between the United States and Canada, including all of the waters $,j,'},{,§’,f,,‘{“° °*“‘““ r Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean; also upon the maintenance and regulation of suitable levels; and also upon the effect upon the shores of these waters and the structures thereon, and upon the interests of navigation, by reason of the diversion of these waters from or change in their natural ilow; and, further, to report upon the necessary . measures to regulate such diversion, and to make such recommendations for improvements and regulations as shall best subserve the interests of navigation in said waters. The said commissioners shall L_{”g’jm*;f °““*’” °‘ report upon the advisability of locating a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, wit a view to determining whether such dam will beneiit navigation, and if such structure is deemed advisable, shall make recommendations to their respective Governments looking to an agreement or treaty which shall provide for the construction of the same, and they shall make an estimate of the probable cost thereof. The Presi- b£‘;}°§0§*;{§js{Q;T‘ dent, in selecting the three members of said Commission who shall represent the United States, is authorized to appoint one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one civil engineer well versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, and one lawyer of experience in questions of international and riparian law, and said A¤*¤¤‘·¤*¤· Commission shall be authorized to employ such persons as it may deem needful in the performance of the duties hereby imposed; and m§jP¤¤¤°=* me ¤°*¤· for the purpose of paying the expenses and salaries of said Commis- Ame, p.aesz. _ sion the Secretary of War is authorized to expend from the amounts heretofore appropriated for the Saint Marys River at the Falls, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay that portion of the expenses of said Commission chargeable to the United States. Sec. 5. That when any land or other property which has been here- HgP;$;;*gg“S‘Qj,f"°V tofore or ma be hereafter urchased or acquired for theimprovement of rivers andy harbors is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manneras the Secretary of War may direct, and the proceeds credited to the appropriation for the work for which it was purchased or acquired; and) the Secretary of WVar may direct the €r'gP*°=*'°*‘ °* P'°P‘ transfer of any property employed in river· and harbor works, and in ` such event the pro rty so transferred shall be valued and credited to the project upon  it was theretofore used and charged to the project to which it shall be transferred. The Secretary may also direct a tcmporar·y transfer of any property employed in the improvement of rivers and harbors whenever, in his judgment, such transfer would secure efficient or economical results, and such adjustment in the way
 * of the lakes and rivers whose natural outlet is by the River Saint