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 SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sus. II. Ch. 253. 1912. 213 Im roving Red River, Iouisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma: '·•°m'°’ **~·*¥*· Contiiiuingwimprovement and for maintenance below Fulton, Arkan- T“"¤d9h°` sas, fifty t usand dollars; for maintenance and continuing iwrovement between Fulton, Arkansas, and the mouth of the ashita River, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy-one, Sixty-first Congress, first semion, seventy- g•v1¢Ltrl;ousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-five thousand Improving Galveston Channel, Texas: (bntinuing improvement Tg_‘l"'°°"°"""‘°'• under the existing project, which contemplates the excavation of a channel thirty feet degpf and one thousand two hundred feet wide from the inner bar to ty-first Street and seven hundred feet wide from Fifty-first to Fifty-sixth Street, one hundred thousand dollars: F l Provalkdy That at such time as m the discretion of the Secretary of nxesnnnn. War the same may be required in the interests of na ation and commerce the western terminus of said channel marie 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, Sixtlygfirst Co§~ess, second session. Improving har r at veston, Texas: For maintenance, by G•1v•¤¤>¤. '1‘¤¤· dredgiaan repair of the jetties, seventy-five thousand dollars. The cretary of War may appoint a board of three Engineer '{$;i;¤¤¤¤·¤ *3, oflicers whose duty it shall be to examine and report upon the follow- examine an »·a¤¤• gs harbors and channels in Texas, at or near Galveston, to w1t:°*"‘“‘°'·°°°· veston Harbor and Channel, Texas City Harbor and Channel, m Port Bolivar Harbor and Port Bolivar Channel leading thereto, all Du"' with a view to securing a depth of thirty-five feet. The said board shall also make an investiggtion as to the advisabilitg of constructmg a dike or dikes along the ouston Ship Channel an report whether or not such dike or dikes will operate in lieu of the dike recommended in the report for Greater Galveston to be built east of the Texas City Channel for the purpose of protecting the Texas City Channel and Gll1l"l1cStSf; Cha-‘mef·W be d f hr fii *’°¤¤’•¤¤•· e reta o ar ma appointa ar o theeengineero cers, whose duty ignnu be to Znnmnm rm Aransas (Aransas rms nnd ..§.??."...§"r‘.L“i.§’.?€'».§‘? the Harbor Island basin), Texas, and make an estimate of the cost of ‘“‘· securing a depth of twenty-five feet, or such delpgh as may be considered advisable in the interest of commerce. d said board shall S°°’°°""°"‘ report fully upon all matters pertaining to the creation of a deepwater harbor of the first class, including the dike on Saint Joseph Island and harbor facilities at the northern end of Mustanggsland. And the said board shall also relport whether the waters lying tween Harbor Island and the mainlan may be exempted from the operation of the laws relating to navigable waterways o the United States. Improving channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: ,°°,;,*‘°.’]°(§;§f*.,Y,§,'f°‘ Continuing improvement and for maintenance by dredging withm the limits recommended in the report submitted m House Document Numbered Three hundred an twent;y·eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, one hundred thousand ollars. Improving channel to Port Bolivar, Texas: For maintenance, "°"’°“"'·"°“· twenty-five thousand dollars. _ _ _ Improving Sabine Pass, Texas: For maintenance, and continuing ¤•¤¤·P•¤·‘f·¤· improvement of Sabine Pass and Port Arthur Canal in accordance with the report submitted in House»Document Numbered Seven hundred and seveng-three, Sixty—iirst Congress, second session, and subject to the con tions set forth in said document, four hundred and thirty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; ` lmgmving the Sabine-Neches Canal, Texas, from the Port Ar‘hur ,,ff“.,{,_°N°°l"' °" Ship anal 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