FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1155 any navigable waters mentioned in section nineteen, in such manner as to stop, seriously interfere with, or specially endanger navigation, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, or any agent of the United States to whom the Secretary may delegate proper authority, the Secretary of War or any such agent shall have the right to take immediate ‘ possession of such boat, vessel, or other water craft, or raft, so far as to remove or to destroy it and to clear immediately the canal, lock, or navigable waters aforesaid of the obstruction thereby caused, using his best judgment to prevent any unnecessary injury; and no one shall _ interfere with or prevent such removal or destruction: Provided, That P*<a¤=*<>¤· the officer or agent charged with the removal or destruction of an `"°°"°°‘ obstruction under this section may in his discretion give notice in writing to the owners of any such obstruction requiring them to remove it: And provided further, That the expense of removing any such obstruc- -¤¤1¤=¤¤¤ ¤f r¤¤¤¤v¤\· tion as aforesaid shall be a charge against such craft and cargo; and -¤=imb¤mm»¤¢. if the owners thereof fail or refuse to reimburse the United States for such expense within thirty days after notification, then the officer or agent aforesaid may sell the craft or cargo, or any part thereof that may not have been destroyed in removal, and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Such um of money as may be necessary to execute this section and Av1¤¤1>ri¤¤¤¤· _ the preceding section of this Act is hereby- appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of War. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing sec- ntpen. tions ten to twenty, inclusive, of this Act are hereby repealed: Pro- mm. vided, That no action begun, or right of action accrued, prior to the —pri<;lr actions oxpassage of this Act shall be affected by this repeal. ‘ "“"“ ‘ - Sec. 21. Whenever in this Act the amount provided for the comple- App-ipatagtn for tion of any project_under continuing contract is less than the costas f‘g‘§§ QQ; ‘;g;;_°{§_f,{ estimated by the engineers, proposals for bids shall be invited without com mus. further action by Congress. Sec. 22. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause pre- mumsnm •xamiliminary examinations or surveys to be made at the localities named in §§‘fj,,°',§'d_'“" "‘"°Y°, this section as hereinafter provided. In all cases a preliminary exam- momrpmumm ination shall first be made, which shall embrace information concerning °""‘ “°"· °'°‘ the commercial importance, present and prospective, of the river or harbor mentioned, and a report as to the advisability of its improvement. Whenever such preliminary examination has been made, in case such improvement is not deemed advisable, no further action shall be taken thereon without the direction of Congress; but in case the report has been or shall be to the effect that such river or harbor is worthy of improvement, the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improving such river or harbor to be estimated and to be reported to Congress, to wit: CALIFORNIA. Callforn la. Inner Harbor, San Pedro. · Napa River. ‘ Sonoma Creek. Suisun Creek. Crescent Bay. Channel between the straits of Carquinez and the Golden Gate, off Point Pinole, Point Wilson, and Lone Tree Point, with a view to obtaining a channel three hundred feet in width, of a depth of thirty feet. Harbor of South San Francisco, San Mateo County. CONNECTICUT. Connecticut. Milford Harbor. DELAWARE. _ nsuwm. Saint Jones River, Delaware, from its mouth to the highest point of feasible navigation.
