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 SIXTY-FIRST, CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 382. 1910. 667 For the necessary expenses of the pro osed meeting in the United g@¤““°“ °°“‘ States of the Permanent Internationalp Association of Navigation _Meeu¤g ¤¢_r¤mm· Congresses, including the publication of the proceedi, the neces- i}YS€ga‘§§°§i§§?¤°° in sary expenses of the American delegates, and the cost dflaransporting foreign members of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses and authorized foreign delegates in the investigation of American waterways, fifty thousand dollars; and the Secre- rnvmueu. tary of State is hereby requested to extend an official invitation to - such association to visit the United States for such purpose. ` The sum of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars ggfggé §';1“§,{§j% be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to be paid to John H. Waterways Commis- Bankhead, of Alabama, for his services on the Inland Waterways °i°°‘ Commission from the fourteenth day of March to the eighteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and seven. For emergencies: To provide for the restoration of channels, or E“‘°'¥°“°*°°· river and harbor improvements heretofore established or made by · the Government, or herein provided for, where by reason of emergency occurring after the passage of this Act the usual depth of such channels or customary use of such improvement can not be maintained, and there is no'suH“icient fund available for such restoration, three hundred thousand dollars. The amount herein provided shall be A"°‘m°“‘· allotted by the Secretary of War: Prmnkled, That in no case shall §;•g’g’,j;eud_,,0ns such allotment be made unless recommended by the local engineer required. having such channel or im rovement in charge, `and by the Chief of Engineers, respectivel : I9romZded_further, That for no single chan- mmlh nel or improvement shall a sum ieater than ten thousand dollars be allotted, nor any portion of the said appropriation, unless the same is necessary in the interest of navigation or to protect and preserve existing government work in the interest of navigation. The depth o water in tidal waters, as well as in rivers and nontid al ¤,£°g{°b °l ""°°” °°' channels, whenever referred to in this Act shall be understood to mean the depth at mean low water unless otherwise expressed. A propriations made for the respective works herein named, or so 0;':§K‘,E$,',}°{'§‘§$;,$'°" mucifr thereof as maly be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secre- - tary of War be use for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriously im aired, as well as for the further im rovement of said works. gurveys and examinations provided lior in this section shall, unless ,,.,$,§',"‘L2’,;,,§’,i°g;,,.*;,",.[,‘l otherwise expressed, be paid for from the appropriations made for the 1·>¢¤· respective improvements or projects to which t iey pertain, or in connection with which they are mentioned. All works of improvement herein or hereafter authorized to be ggose- ,,§§§"°“· °‘°·· '"' cuted or completed under contracts may, in the discretion of the. cretary of War, be carried on by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical or advantageous to the United States. · Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act and an mf}§§,§§g°,';f,,,‘Q,§ °°“' aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, the amounts herein appropriated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects herein or heretofore adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs of traffic. The allotments to the res ective works herein consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of ldlar upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended répon such separate proyects unless, in the discretion of the Secretary of ar, another allot- _ ment or division should be made of the same. Any balances now re- ,uB&‘§§§ %‘Q"k§'? °° maining to the credit of the consolidated items in this Act shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggr ate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items herein contain:-(id.