SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 49. 1917. 253 Im rovin inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake W°*°'“’°Y»D°‘°“'° Bay, }De1aw§re and Maryland, in accordance with the project recom- giiirbgii ¤(¤i§81li?·i)?ak6 mended by the Chief of E@eers in House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-one, Sixty-second Congress, second session, and in paragra h three of his report, dated August ninth, nineteen hundred an tlliirteen, as published in House Document Numbered P h [ Ch _ One hundred and ninety-six, Sixty-third Congress, first session: The Easily $$3 (?ne1aw?¤ Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into negotiations for am “““’°“”°d· the urchase of the eidsting Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and all the property, rights of property, franchises,_and appurtenances used or acquired for use in connection therewith or appertaining thereto; and he is further authorized, if in his judgment the price is reasonable and satisfactory, to make a contract for the purchase of the same, subject to future ratification and appropriation by Condemnation pm Congress. In the event of the inability of the Secretary of War mam; ii no contract to make a satisfactory contract for the voluntary purchase of said “g'°°‘“°· canal and its appurtenances, he is hereby authorized and directed through the Attorney General to institute and to carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of the said canal and 1ts appurtenances, the acceptance of the award in said proceedings to be subject to future ratification and appropriation bdy Congress. Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted an conducted P'°°°d“'°‘ in, and jurisdiction of said Sproceedings is hereby given to, the District Court of the United tates for the District of Delaware substantially as provided in "An Act to authorize condemnation of land V°I‘ °5· *" 35* for sites for public buildindgns, and for other purposes," approved August iirst, eighteen hun ed and eighty-eight; and the sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated to pay the necessary costs thereof and exgenses in connection therewith. mmm ud altimore Harbor and Channels, Maryland: For maintenance of pmp,L'°°i;iv4,ae_ Patapsco River and Channel to Baltimore, including channel of approach at York Spit, Chesapeake Bay, $104,000; for improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seveu hundred an ninety-nine, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, and supgect to the con 'tions set forth in said document, $250,000; and e Secretary of War is hereby authorized to pioseeute maintenance work in the inner harbor in accordance wit the reppmnlépnldation submitted sgagd documpgjzl; inlall, $g5·3000B d M l d t oc a , ueenstown, ai me, an s an , am ri e, "Y °° °°’ °"' and Crisf·ield(l*Iarbors, Elk and Littlerrlilllk, Chester, Corisea, Chgp- mm mbm'm` tank, Tuckahoe, Warwick, La Trappe, Trad Avon, Wicomico, Manokin, and Pocomoke Rivers, Slaughter, Tptaskin, and Broad Creeks, Twitch Cove and Big Thoroipghfare iver, and Lower Thoroughfare, Deal Island, Margand; anticoke River (including Northwest Fork), Delaware and aryland; and Broad Creek River, Delaware: For maintenance, $15,800. _ Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia, at Alexan- D?(‘§°‘§Qf §},‘Q"Qa§f°·r dria, Virginia, and at Lower Cedar Point, M land, Anacostia River, ’ ’ District of Columbia, Occoquan, Aquia,mHpper Machodoc, and Nomini Creeks, Virginia: For maintenance, $30,000. _ Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia: For improvement, includ- §,g‘{{,°,}§{}:§’·,,,,,,,,,,,,, mg channel to Newport News, in accordance with the report sub- N¤w=»¤¢·=· mitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and five, Sixty- third _Congress, second session, and in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and forty, S1xty-fifth Copgress, first session, item "B," page five, $900,000. _ The unexpend balance of rafpppop/_riations hereto ore made for im- °“°f°°l°"°°°‘ provement of channel to No o , irinia, is hereby made available or continuing improvement of said c annel in accordance with the report submitted m said document.
