FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 424. 1899. 1107 For continuing construction of dams numbered two, three, four, and five, between Davis Island Dam and dam numbered six, four hundred thousand dollars. Illinois and Mississippi Canal: For continuing construction, seven .I“?’g’*¤ {ml Mi¤¤i¤ hundred thousand dollars. mppl ”"“‘ Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to §ff{fQ{*,“l,}’,Pf,ff,‘*,§*,Q.0 Saint Paul, Minnesota.: For continuing improvement from the mouth to ssraui. i of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River, six hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents: Provided, That of this amount ten thousand dollars {Tg2f;;, M Cla shall be expended in the completion of work which has been commenced vll1e,Mo. ry` for the protection of the bank on the Missouri side and to deepen and straighten the channel at Claryville, in P€I'1'y County, in the State of Missouri; ten thousand dollars shall be expended fo1' the protection of ·“'i“°'*b“*€»M°- the bank on the Missouri side and to deepen and straighten the channel at Wittenberg, in Perry County, in the State of Missouri; and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended to improve the channel of the river and to protect the east bank of the Mis issippi River from caving in and being washed away at or near a point opposite the mouth of the Missouri River and extending south along said east bank. For continuing improvement from the mouth of the Missouri River to tolggguff Mmm Saint Paul, eight hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and` sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents: Provided, That of this amount P¤1¤¤¤¤·m ten thousand dollars shall be expended for removing the sand bar in Q`"°°y’ front of the steamboat landing at Quincy, in the State of Illinois; ten thousand dollars shall be expended for dredging the channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, in the State of Illinois; five thousand dollars shall be expended for the repair and maintenance of the natural and artificial banks of the Mississippi River from Warsaw to Quincy, in the State of Illinois; five thousand dollars shall be expended for maintaining the Rwk I¤1¤¤¤¤ I11· harbor at Rock Island, Illinois; fifty thousand dollars, or so much 1·¤v¤¤.~r~==·¤¤i¤1¤.¤r¤. thereof as may be necessary, for the completion of a levee on the west bank of the Mississippi River from the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, Iowa, to the mouth of the Iowa River, in Louisa County, Iowa; ten thousand dollars shall be expended to deepen the harbor at ¤•*‘¤¤v¤¤· Mn Davenport, Iowa, from the Government bridge to the island owned by the city of Davenport, in the Mississippi River; and twenty-five Cli¤t0¤.I¤w•. thousand dollars shall be expended for improving and straightening the channel at and near Clinton, Iowa. _ Improving Mississippi River: For continuing improvement of Mis- C:·:j:ni•;2~ri River sissippi River from Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, n¤u° .»r°i·...m it including salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses *’*m·w_Us my of the Mississippi River Commission, two million five hundred and .` ‘ " eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty- three dollars: Provided, gwwom M_ That of said sum iilty thousand dollars shall be used in the work of “’°"" "‘ "" rectifyin g the bank at and near Greenville Harbor, in Mississippi; thirty-five thousand dollars shall be used in rectifylng the banks at and Caruthersville. mo. near the city of Caruthersville, Missouri; forty thousand dollars shall New 1mrm.mo. be used for completing revetment work at New Madrid, Missouri; and nsisoasrk. thirty thousand dollars shall be used in improving the harbor and rectifying the banks at and near Helena, Arkansas. Improving Missouri River from mouth to Sioux City, Iowa: For con- iu¤¤onrxnmrcomtinuing improvement of Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, '“’,'g;*;,’;',ms,m_ Iowa, including salaries, clerical, olhce, traveling, and miscellaneous ` expenses of the Missouri River Commission, surveys, permanent bench marks, and gauges, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That of Provivo. this amount the following sums, or so much thereof as may be neces- “'·•'"°°l"‘·**°· sary, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, shall be expended in works of improvement at the following places, namely, Saint Joseph, Missouri, thirty thousand dollars; Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluifs, c,{*;·,·,·_l·,,=;x·_{;€¤¤¤· Iowa, fifty thousand dollars; opposite Leavenworth, Kansas, five thou- Len-¤¤wo¤1i,x.m. sand dollars; J elfersou City, Missouri, twenty thousand dollars to ·T¤¤¤r¤<>¤ ¤¤y·¤¤·
