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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 382. 1910. 641 the rice is reasonable and satisfactory, to make a contract for the purchase of either of said canals and appurtenances, subject to future ratification and appropriation by Congress: Provided, That no con- §Q‘g'{Qgfi°u on wm tract for the purchase of either of said canals shall be made unless such tr¤¢t· purchase, after full hearing of all parties in interest, is recommended in the survey report to be hereafter submitted in compliance with the directions o Congress in the river and harbor Act a proved March third, nineteen hundred and nine: PromZded{urther, Tlhat said re crt '{‘<>t¤¤ estimates reshall include estimates of the total cost of the completion of eacli of qu r°d` said canals, including also the purchase price of each, with the advantages of each for commerce. ’ mproving waterway from Norfolk, Vir inia, to sounds of North 1{¤i¤t¤¤g¤¤¤ gg Carolma: For maintenance, five thousand dollars. iiic°im°y°' L M ii Improvingllilaripor at Beaufort, North Carolina: For maintenance, B¤¤¤¥<>rt» N- C- ve thousand dollars. . Improving Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina: For maintenance, seven B¢¤¤f¤¤t I¤¤¤t· N· €· thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Shallowba Bay, North Carolina: Com leting improve- NSg¤¤¤¤w¤¤: Bw. ment in accordance witi the report submitted in I-lbuse Document ` Numbered Nine hundred and six, Sixtieth Congress, first session, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Improving Bay River, North Carolina: Completing improvement B°’R"°"*N‘°‘ in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and e` hty-three, Sixty-first Congress, second session, twenty-one thousand dollars. l ` Improving Cape Fear River above Wilmington, North Carolina: Nf’g§’° Fw R*"°*· Continuing improvement, with a view to securing a navigable depth égcove Vgismlugton. pf eigpt feet ur; tolFal_y§ttey1il§, including surireys and ariquisgtion of k"" °m°’ and or sites or oc an ams an comp etion o p ans or the same, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and ninety, Sixtieth Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may   necessaiiy to complete the said prilogect, to be paid for as approplriations may rom time to time be m e by law, not to exceed m the aggregate five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropéiated. Improving Cape Fear River at and be ow ilmington, North Caro- mggtzeld *>°‘°W W"- lina: Continuing improvement to such depth in excess of twenty feet ' as the a repriations for the work may plermit, due regard being given to the difference in tidal oscillation at the upper and ower (portion of _ _ the improvement, four hundred thousand do lars: Provide, That if _§§‘§',§‘g§’;,g ,,,,,,,, if in the judgment of the Secretary of W`ar the prices received m response Q£;(j;;b<};¤¤si¤s ¤¤- to advertisement for bids for dredging are not reasonable and less than ' those at which the Government can dperform the same work, so much of the amount herein appropriate as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable hydraulic dredging plant for use on the Cape Fear River. _ Comnm Creek Improvingl gofftentma Creek, North Carolina: For maintenance, N_C_ ‘“ · two thousand dollars. himpuggig lljishing Clreek, North Carolina: For maintenance, one F""‘“gC‘°"k·"·C· thousand ve undred ollars. Improving Neuse and Trent rivers, North Carolina: Continuing ,,@‘§,{"§_§}‘d T'°“° improvement and for maintenance, including work in accordance wit plan for securing a depth of four feet in Trent River, from Newbern to Trenton, submitted in House Document Numbered Fourteen hundred and seventy-one, Sixtieth Congress, second session, thirty-six thiixand 011:%.5- · d   N th C New River, and _ provmg_ ew River, an waterways to ort, or aro- mmm ,0 Bw,. Ima: Coutmuing improvement and for maintenance of New River, fort N-<>·