1144 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 425. 1899. Golconda, Illinois; ten thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at Brooklyn, Illinois; twenty-five thousand dollars for dredging and dikes to deepen the river channel at Mound City, Illinois; iitteen thousand dollars upon the continuation of the repair of the embankment at Lawrenceburg, Indiana; twenty-five thousand dollars upon the continuation of the embankment at Shawneetown, Illinois; one thousand doldollars for a survey of the river bank and ad_joining ground at or near New Liberty, Illinois, so far as necessary to determine the cost of work necessary to prevent the Ohio River from cutting through its - banks at this locality, the survey to include a report upon the same; one thousand dollars for a survey of the river bank at or near Paducah, · Kentucky, so far as necessary to determine the cost of properly protecting the city front against injury by high water, the survey to include a nvsnsvune, nm., report upon the same: Provided _/urtlwr, That out of the unexpended °'$‘},f'"2,{‘,,_2z5_ balance of the funds already appropriated by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the harbor at Evansville, Indiana, the sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be spent for dredging along the city front of said city. gi? {args- Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement at Dam Numbered m °‘ ‘ Thirteen, nfty thousand dollars, to be used for the local survey, acquisition of site, and commencement of construction of said dam in accord- · ance with the report of December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and Pr<>¤¤•¤· ninety-eight: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered °°”°”“°°°' into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessaryto complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropriation may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eight hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. I>¤.¤¤N<» 18. Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement at Dam Numbered Eighteen, fifty thousand dollars, to be used for the local survey, acquisition of site, and commencement of construction of said dam in accordancewith the report of December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and €~¤¤¤· ninety-eight: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered °°°"°°°` into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be _ necessary to complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eight hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. mus mi-mums. mproving Belle River, Michigan: Completing improvement, ten thousand dollars. 8L11mm I-:1ii$•¤¤¤¤. Improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River: Continuing immm;.provement, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That for the pur- °°¤*¤¤*¤· pose of more rapidly prosecuting the project of improvement as hereto- ` fore adopted and entered upon, in addition to expending the balance on hand, a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for such purpose, to be paid ior as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and ninety-fourthousand one hundred and fifteen dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and Lfvgsr Hg:n*;•;g heretofore appropriated: Providedfurther, That the Secretary of War supmm. shall cause to be made and reported as early as practicable, a survey of the connecting waters between Lakes Superior and Huron, including Hay Lake Channel, with a plan and estimate of the cost of such improvement as will secure a safe and convenient channel twenty-one feet deep between said lakes, the expense of which hall be paid from the said appropriation for improving Hay' Lake Channel. ¤¤s’i¤¤*Ri*'¤¤M*<=*·- Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, forty _ thousand dollars. ’*”° R·“'°'·“*°"· Improving Pine River, Michigan: Completing improvement, five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Blwk R**•*· NM- Improving Black River, Michigan, at the mouth: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars.
