River, Miss. South Pass, Missis Proviso. sippi River, La. mitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and forty-seven, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, four thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi, in accordance with Big Sunflower report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and sixtyseven, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, and continuing improvement under existing project to the mouth of the Hushpucena River, and for maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving South Pass channel of the Mississippi River, Louisiana: For maintenance, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for the improvement and maintenance of said channel to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be expended during the fiscal year closing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, both of which amounts shall be in addition to and exclusive of the regular annual appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for that purpose. Improving South West Pass of the Mississippi River, Louisiana: South West Pass, Continuing improvement, one million dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as be necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving the mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Vol. 31, p. 585. Mississippi River, La. La. Contracts. Calcasieu River, La. extended. The limit of time fixed by an Act making appropriations for the con- Bayou Lafourche, struction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers Time for locks, etc., and harbors, and for other purposes, approved June thirteenth, nine-Vol. 32, p. 378. teen hundred and two, for the removal of a temporary dam and the construction of locks in Bayou Lafourche, State of Louisiana, is hereby extended until January first, nineteen hundred and ten. etc., La. Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Grand River, and Pigeon Bayou, Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana: For construction of a dredge and maintenance, one hundred thousand dollars. Proviso. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: With a view to obtaining a six- Bayou Teche, La. foot navigation to Arnaudville, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and twenty-seven, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, and for maintenance of the existing project, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That this expenditure for a six-foot navigation to Arnaudville shall be contingent upon all lands necessary for lock and dam purposes and canal feeders being deeded to the United States free of cost, and upon the United States being secured against possible claims for damages resulting from the overflow of lands by reason of the jock and dam improvement or from the draining of Spanish Lake. Frank Improving Inland Waterway Channel from Franklin to Mermentau, Waterwayen tatt, La. Louisiana, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and forty, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, eighty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars, and the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars in excess of the amount herein appropriated. Bayou Vermilion, Improving the channel, bay, and passes of Bayou Vermilion and etc. Mermentau River and tributaries, Louisiana: For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Chitto, Chefuncte River, Bogue Falia, Tickfaw La River and tributaries, also Amite River, and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana: For maintenance, thirty-four thousand dollars. VOL XXXIV, PT 1—69 Bogue Chitto, etc., Johnsons Bayou. Water hyacinth, La. and Tex. Red River, Improving Johnsons Bayou, Louisiana: For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters in the States of Louisiana and Texas, so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, ten thousand dollars.、 La., Improving the Red River in the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Ark., Tex., and Okla. and Oklahoma: For continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred thousand dollars may be expended between Fulton, Arkansas, and Denison, Texas. Bayou Bartholomew, etc., La. and Ark. Ouachita and Black rivers, La. and Ark. Provisos. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River, Tensas River, Bayou Macon, and Bayous D'Arbonne and Corney, Louisiana and Arkansas: For maintenance, seventeen thousand dollars. Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Two, near Catahoula Shoals, Louisiana, and Lock and Dam Numbered Eight, near Franklin Shoals, Arkansas, in accordance with the plan in House Document Numbered Four hundred and fortyeight,,Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, and for maintenance, two nundred thousand seven hundred and eighty. dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the construction of said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and sixty thousand eight hundred and twenty-three dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, Location of locks, That the location of said locks and dams may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be changed. etc. Sabine Pass, Tex. and La. Proviso. Channel, Sabine and Neches rivers to Taylors Bayou, Tex. Galveston, Tex. Provisos. Improving Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving channel connecting Sabine and Neches rivers with the mouth of Taylors Bayou, Texas. Such portion as may be necessary of any funds heretofore appropriated or authorized for this work, and not required to complete the present adopted project, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied to extending the channel at its southern end with a depth of nine feet to a junction with the Port Arthur Ship Canal and to widening the canal in front of Port Arthur. Improving Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement by the extension of the jetties and by dredging, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and forty, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, as modified by the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in its report of January eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, and for maintenance, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary for the further prosecution of the work, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred. thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, Method of improve- That the Secretary of War, in his discretion, may prosecute said improvement by the extension of the existing jetties or by dredging, or by both of said methods. ment. ་ Galveston channel, Tex. Improving Galveston channel, Texas: Continuing improvement, including the extension of channel to Fifty-sixth street, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended until a bond with proper sureties, satisfactory to the Secretary of War, in such amount as he may deem necessary, shall have been furnished, to insure that the city of Galveston will, on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, convey to the United States a good and sufficient title to the point of land known as Pelican Spit and the land adjacent thereto, as described in resolution of the board of commissioners of the city of Galveston, Texas, dated April first, nineteen hundred and five. Improving channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: For maintenance, sixty thousand dollars. Improving the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War may cause an examination to be made of said project with a view to determining what further improvements, if any, should be made thereon. Improving harbor at Aransas Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement, in accordance with the plans submitted in its report of December twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, by the Board of Engineers created by authority of section three of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and ninety thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore. appropriated. Improving channel to Port Bolivar, Texas, by obtaining a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide and twenty-five deep, with an increased width in front of the wharf, as set out in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and nineteen, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, fifty thousand dollars. West Galveston Bay Improving West Galveston Bay channel, Texas, and mouths of adja- channel, etc., Tex. cent streams, including Trinity River, Anahauc Channel, Cedar Bayou, Chocolate Bayou, and Bastrop Bayou: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving inland waterway on the coast of Texas, to be applied to portions as follows, namely: West Galveston Bay and Brazos River Canal, Texas: Improvement in accordance with the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of date December twenty-second nineteen hundred and six (the estimated cost being one hundred and fifty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars): Inland waterway channel from Aransas Pass to Pass Cavallo, including the Guadalupe River to Victoria, Texas: Improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and thirtysix, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session; and the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of date December twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six (the estimated cost being one hundred and fifty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars). Turtle Cove Channel, from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Texas: Improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and thirty-eight, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session (the estimated cost being one hundred and twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars); for all the above, one hundred and thirtythree thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the above projects in accordance with said reports, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the waterway, Inland Proviso. Contracts. Galveston ship channel, etc., Tex. Provisos. aggregate three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Galveston ship channel and Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement to a point at or near the head of Long Reach, in accordance with a modification of the original project as recommended in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of date December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project as modified by said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, Channel from Hous- That fifty thousand dollars of the said cash appropriation may be expended for the restoration of the channel from the foot of Main street, Houston, to the head of Long Reach. ton. Brazos River, Tex. Washington. Old Washington to Waco. Proviso. Trinity River, Tex. Proviso. Cypress Bayou, Tex. and La. Sulphur River, Tex. and Ark. Arkansas River, Ark. further improvement. Improving Brazos River, Texas, from Velasco to Old Washington: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Brazos River, Texas, from Old Washington to Waco: For the construction of the lock and dam at Hidalgo Falls, seventyfive thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. Improving Trinity River, Texas: For maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars: For construction of locks and dams, as hereinafter mentioned, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to construct Lock and Dam Numbered Four in section one in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, and also a lock and dam in accordance with said report at Hurricane Shoals, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated or authorized. Improving Cypress Bayou, Texas and Louisiana: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Sulphur River, Texas and Arkansas, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and seventy, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session: Completing improvement, thirty-six thousand dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas: For maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the amounts heretofore appropriated to be expended in the vicinity of Red Fork levee or set apart for dredging are hereby made available for the maintenance of this improvement. Examination for The Secretary of War may appoint a board to make an examination of said river to Muscogee, Indian Territory, with a view to ascertaining whether any feasible or desirable plan can be devised for the further improvement of the whole of said river to Muscogee or any portion thereof. The said board may, upon the order of the Secretary of War, also make a similar examination of that portion of the Red River which lies between Fulton, Arkansas, and the mouth of the Washita River, Indian Territory, and the expense of such examination shall be apportioned between the funds appropriated for said rivers in such a manner as the Secretary of War may deem equitable, and the said board shall also report upon the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff and the White River at Augusta Narrows, to ascertain and report whether the protection of the banks or rectification of the river at the points named is directly and necessarily required in the interests of navigation, and in case a report shall be made to the effect that such rectification is so required in the interest of navigation, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which is hereby conditionally appropriated, shall be expended for improvements at the places named, or either of them. Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars, of which amount seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, if directly and necessarily required in the interest of navigation, be used to prevent a cut-off in said river between Choctaw Railway bridge and the town of Devall Bluff, Arkansas. White River, Ark. Ark. Improving Upper White River, Arkansas: Completing improve- Upper White River, ment by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Three, seventythree thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cache River, Arkansas: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Cache River, Ark. Improving Black and Current rivers, Arkansas: For maintenance, Black and Current eighteen thousand dollars. Improving Saint Francis and L'Anguille rivers, Arkansas: For maintenance, twelve thousand dollars. Improving Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tennessee: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. rivers, Ark. Saint Francis and L'Anguille rivers, Ark. Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tenn. Cumberland River. Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, below Nashville: The Secretary of War may cause a survey to be made with survey, etc. a view to the improvement by locks and dams of that portion of the river heretofore surveyed in which no locks and dams have been constructed. Above Nashville. Proviso. Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, above Nashville, in accordance with the report of the Board of Engineers made in House Document Numbered Six hundred and ninety-nine, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session: Continuing improvement of Locks and Dams Numbered Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary the completion of said project as recommended to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee: For maintenance, three Caney Fork River, thousand dollars. for Tenn. Tennessee River. Improving Tennessee River, Tennessee, above Chattanooga: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and five Tenn. thousand dollars, of which amount one thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for maintenance in the Little Tennessee River. Improving Tennessee River, Tennessee and Alabama, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Riverton, Alabama: Continuing improvement by open-channel work to secure a depth of five feet at low water, in accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered Fifty, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, two hundred and five thousand dollars, of which amount fifteen thousand dollars may, if required, be expended in that portion between Hobbs Island and Guntersville. Improving Tennessee River at Hales bar, Tennessee: Completing improvement, sixty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars. Improving Tennessee River at Colbert and Bee Tree shoals, Alabama: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project, to an amount not exceeding two hundred and thirteen thousand Chattanooga to Riverton, Ala. Hales bar, Tenn. Colbert and Bee Tree shoals, Ala. |