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 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 260. 1916. 403 Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minne- w§'°,¤";°,§h°ES“**°°¤ gpolgsi Ohgénnesotaz Continuing improvement and for maintenance, po ` fa ) ' That the Chief of Engineers, or such board as the Secre of War t,Q'°,,§p${·im°’i,E’,,*“ may appoint, shall, within two years after the passa e zfllilhis Act, §,‘:gg;§l§nb,;;Jg”°m$P*ii make_ such experiments in the transportation of Eea freights ` on_sa1d Mississrppli River between the mouth of the Ohidrltiver and Samt Louis an etween Dubuque, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, at all stages of water in said river, with the experimental tows and barges described in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and fifty-seven, Sixty-third Congress, second session, as will fully demonstrate the economy or lack of economy in the transportation of such heavy freights, and particularly upstream in parts of said river in which said improvement has been completed or ractically completed, and for the making of such experiments said Cliief of Engineers or board is hereby authorized to use not to exceed $50,000 VOL 36, p_ ,,5,, of e unexpended balance of the $500,000 appropriated by the Act of Jime twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, for designing and constructingiexperimental towboats and barges and loading and ninloadin1g_fac' ties for towing and delivering supplies along e Mississi i 1ver and its tributaries. - -- '· ’ Miss` issippi River from Saint Paul to Minneapolis, Minnesota: ,p§°,,',§* P°‘“°°“"“’°‘ Completing imlprovement, $170,000. · “ ‘· Bmwd to G d Mississippi iver between Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Minnesota: mpms, mm. m For maintenance. $21000• ll V Mississi d S Mississippiandlieechltivers, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, use iuveigpl °“ 60,000. _ - Rnsnsvoms AT nnmwarnns or Mrssrssrrm Rrvna.—That so w,}§$g§"°*” ’** **°°•* much of the adopted project for the construction of a low reservoir Project ¤¤•¤<1<>¤•<1. dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota, as provides for the  of ditches between Gull Lake and Roimd Lake and between Roun Lake and Long Lake, is hereby abandoned; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to surrender to the parties entitled thereto the flowage rifhts on Long Lake heretofore granted the United States for the a oresaid work. Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for main- °“*° “"°'· “°· tenance, $15,000. _ Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for M§l°"°°““"° R'"'· maintenance, $10,000: Provided, That the dam near Heckman’s Mill, mgg 0, dm at Pryor’s Bend, and any other obstruction to the flow of water at or ` near that point, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be removed, and so much of this appropriation as necessary may be ex ended for that purpose. RLISSOI uri River: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, }(‘*gSg§{{,Rgf{3, ,0 with a view to securing a permanent six-foot channel between Kansas mouth. City and the mouth o the river, $1,500,000. _ _ Missoiui River: For improvement and mamtenance from Kansas c,§{““"c‘°Y*°S‘°”‘ City to Sioux City, $50.000, of which amount at least $25,000 may be expended for such bank revetment as in the judgment of the Chief of _ Engineers may be in the interest of navigation; continuing ]II1p1’0V6·· B§n*°,?_ my *° *`°'° ment and for maintenance from Sioux City to Fort Benton, $125,000, of which amount at least $50,000 may be eigpcnded for such bank revetment as in the judgment of the Chief o Engmeers may be m the interest of navigation; in all, $l75,Q00. _ _ V _I_ S mk In the interest of navigation and m view of the existing emergency R§{.'§{,,§‘§,‘§;,_ · · and to prevent further loss and destruction of property, the sum of $75,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for bank revetment work or other im rovement at or near the city of Vermilion, P _ Clay County, South Dakota: 1{rovided, however, 'ljhat before this ,_,,’},"°;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ appro riation shall become available or any work is undertaken by rt e Uliiited States thereunder assurances satisfactory to the Secre-