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 SIXTY:FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 166. 1911. 943 the location of said chamrel as may be considered desirable: Pro- *’"··**°· vided, That no change shall be made under this authorization unless Rig'=*°*W¤>’· the necessary right of way is secured to the United States free of cost. Removing the water hyacinth, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana: IAW:,};!,.eXhY"i¤*h· For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters riomot-r¤g.' in the States of Louisiana and Texas, so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Okla- T,§§d}§g°gg··—***·· homa: Contmuing improvement and for maintenance below Fulton, ` Arkansas, twenty thousand dollarsscontinuing im rovement and m'“’"’““°“· for maintenance between Fulton, Arkansas, and Igenison, Texas, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Aransas Pass, Texas: For maintenance, twenty-five ·*'“’“·’P“*T°*- thprusang do lars. f d ha be h h HMM mud T or the construction o a eep—water r 1- or rt wit in the · °*· entrance to Aransas Pass, at Harbor Island, Texasgwin accordance Dwpwam pm with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One thousand and ninety-four, Sixty-first Congress, third session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the §;°';’ét_• Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such ° materials and work as may be necessagoto complete the said proj ect, to be paid for as appropriations may m time to time be made by ‘ law not to exceed rn the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand ·- dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, That no part of the amount herein appropriated lN0¤¤rmi¤¤im¤¤¤p- or authorized to be applrgpriated shall be expended unt' the Secre- °y' °°°‘ tary of War shall be saf ed that the interests of the general public are duly protected in the use of said harbor and that no terminal monopoly will be possible: And provided further, That the title or F·¤¤>¤¢¤¤· easements in any and needed in connection with the construction of the dike proposed as a part of this improvement shall be vested in the United States free o cost. ‘ _ Improving Galveston Channel, Texas: Continuing improvement ,,,g•1v¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤1· under the existing project, which contemplates the excavation of ' a channel thirty feet deg; and one thousand two hundred feet wide from the inner bar to F' y—first Street and seven hundred feet wide from Fifty-first to Fifty-sixth Street, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That at such time as in the discretion Premise. of the Secretary of War the same may be required in the interests ,,§_"°"“‘°“ °* °"‘“" ` of navigation and commerce the western terminus of said channel may be extended to Fifty-seventh Street, with a width of one thousand feet between Fifty-first and Fifty-seventh Streets, as recommended in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty-eight, Sixty—iirst Congress, second session. Impro harbor at Galveston, Texas: For maintenance, by °"""“°°°· "`°‘· dredging and repair of the jetties, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. Improving channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: ci§;=¤,i,¤;¤;* ¤> T¤¤¤ Continuing improvement and for maintenance by dredging within the ` limits recommended in the retport submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred an twenty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, iift thousand dollars. _ Im roving the Siirbine-Neches Canal, Texas, from the Port Arthur ,,§f'·¥§§"°°"“ °“‘ Ship Canal to the mouth of the Sabine River, the Neches River up to the town of Beaumont, and the Sabine River up to the town of Orange, Am P_ 6,,, to a navigable depth of twenty-five feet, in accordance with plan num- ' bered four, submitted in House Document Numbered One thousand two hundred and ninety, Sixty-first Congress, third session, as follows: For sections "a" and "c," from Port Arthur Ship Canal to mouth Sh§,j°¤*0_‘j_gj* greg; of Neches River and from mouth of Neches River to Beaumont, one Noche, and to somhundred and Efty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may “‘°""