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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 467. 1925. 1191 officers, and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for the actual time consumed while traveling by air, under competent orders, in connection with aerial surveys of rivers and harbors, or other governmental projects, and a per diem of $6 for the actual time consumed in making such aerial surveys, to be paid from appropriations available for the particular improvement or project for which the survey is being made: Provided, That not more than one f{,‘Q,'j,§’§,,0¤ of the per diem allowances authorized in this section shall be paid i for any one day. _ Hereafter, when in the opinion of the Secretary of War the ¤111éi,i$8§i'sx¤d%ia§ pi); changes of a station of an officer of the Corps of Engineers is §,§§,‘;,__,‘§’,$;r0Q,§,?,{{§g;§ primarily in the interest of river and harbor improvement, the ` mileage and other allowances to which he may be entitled incident to such change of station may be paid from appropriations for such improvements. Sec. 6. Payments heretofore made by disbursing officers from w§§"§§*“,§§,{°,{0f,f,f,°>§§ Engineer Department appropriations to per diem employees of that iezeiizeddepartment for work performed in excess of four hours on the Saturday half holidays provided for by Executive Orders of June _ 9, 1914, and August 4, 1920, are hereby legalized, and the General O§§§‘}§,“c,e*}§€°,§‘,§‘,§,P,§ Accounting Office is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit mekmgfor such payments in the accounts of said officers. _ Sec. 7. The Chief of Engineers is directed to make a report upon ab{;°p§§§h§§,e§“°j,°f$§§ all river and harbor projects heretofore adopted, the further im- me di*¤¤*¤d· provement of which under present conditions is undesirable or in which curtailment of the plans or projects should be made. Pmumimy mm, Sec. 8. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and pativus. exc., sunmdirected to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made "°fg0tm,¤,0;ms,_ at the following-named localities and a sufficient sum to pay the cost thereof may be allotted from appropriations heretofore made, or to be hereafter made, for examinations, surveys, and contingencies P _. for rivers and harbors: Prorided, That no preliminary examina- sgigiéiifiiilhuthorityw tion, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those ‘*““°d· designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be S X { made: Provided further, That after the regular or formal reports p¤»ilSp¥$§$$i1aily m` made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposedare submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law: N t th And provided further, That the Government shall not be eemed 1m° uiill)icca;w;ia;i>prliti: to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any water- “°“ ""*"°· way or harbor mentioned in this Act until funds for the commence- {nent of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by aw: Portland Harbor, Maine. Mmm Gotts Island Channel, Maine. Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to securing a M“”“°h“’°”"" channel from the head of the harbor to the ocean. Nantucket Sound, with the view to the removal of shoals in the vicinity of Cross Rip Shoal Light. Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts. Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Massachusetts, with a view to securing a channel thirty feet in depth and of suitable width to Squantum. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to the elimination of the bend to the eastward of Finns Ledge at the entrance of Broad Sound Channel. YVeymouth Fore River, Massachusetts, from Hingham Bay to Quincy.