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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 2509,2510. 1907. 1119 Sec. 4. That the compilation of laws of the United States relatin °°mP*l¤“°¤ °* ’i'· to the improvement of rivers and harbors authorized by section thiig giswliilciieciiubom hm teen of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred v°l'32""375‘ and two, and joint resolution of Congress approved February iirst, _ nineteen hundred and Eve, shall be extended to include all such laws · enacted up to the close of the second session of the Fifty-ninth Congress; and three thousand copies of this compilation shall be printed D*“"'“’““°“· under the direction of the Secretary of War, of which six hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate, one thousand four hundred copies for the use of the House, and one thousand copies for the use _ of the office of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. Sec. 5. That section four of the Act of Congress approved A ril Ljfjsdgig °“ 6***** twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An Act providing Rleétriictiou refor the restoration or maintenance of channels or of river and harbor pliioilléz, p. 452. improvements, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, repplaled. D . mm henever it shall become, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, mnmmp lm' necessary or desirable to hire a dredging plant or plants for the performance of any of the public work carried on under his direction the said Secretary may, in his discretion, agree for the same. either in the manner now customary or on the basis of an equitable reimbursement for deterioration of plant when in use by the Government,. and a reasonable percentage of the total cost of the work. _ Sec. 6. That the Secretary of War may approve a change of plans yg§d(§’§'}_R‘v°"N°w or of location of any bridge over the North or Hudson River at New 8u§£g$ °* '°'*d8°¤ York City which has heretofore been approved by the Secretary of ` War under any Act of Congress, upon application to him by the parties _ a thorized to erect such structure. their successors or assigns, provided R°°m°°°°‘ that such changed location shall not be over any anchorage ground and shall be within the original authorization for such structure, and shall not be deemed by the Secretary of War to be detrimental to navigation or to the public interest after public hearings held thereon, and the structure whose changed plans or ocation is so approved shall be a lawful structure.Immmcm wm Sec. 7. That those members of the International Waterways Com- tcrways Commission. mission created in accordance with section four of the river and harbor {l§{{§,.§’f,§f*§‘,‘§‘fS· Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, who represent the United States, shall have power to rent such room or rooms in Washington as may be necessary for the performance of the duties entrusted to them. Approved, March 2, 1907. CHAP. 2510.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Colum ia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for other purposes. ' Be it enacted  the Senate and [fame of Representatives of the United Hmmm, Columbia Stateg0_fAm.e1'zca Zn C%{]7‘6<f8 €l8·S’e’7/lbled, That the half of the following appropriations. sums named, respectively, is l10Fob}' appropriated, out of any money Hm from District in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of revenues. the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the purposes following, being for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, namely: GENERAL EXPENSES. ""’“°’°‘°""""°`°" Fon nxmcurivn ormomz For two Commissioners, at jive thousand §§2‘€l§]§‘§‘§°.‘}§§’,;,,s. dollars each; Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four “°“°”»°*°· dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); secretary, two thousand