Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 22.djvu/230

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l·`OR'1`Y-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 375. ISS2. 203 Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement, three hundred and Obie River. fifty thousand dollars. lm pro vin g Sandusky River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, four Sandusky River. thousand dollars. mlrnprogiixgsl Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, six Clinton River. ousan dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan: Continuing improvement sixty Detroit River. thousand dollars. Improving Grand River, Michigan, Continqjng improvement irom Grand River. mouth of river to city of Grand Rapids, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, one Saginaw River. hundred and twentydive thousand dollars, of which sum sixty thousand dollars to be used opposite Bay City and for deepening the channel from the river into the bay, and sixty-five thousand dollaus for improving the river above Bay City. Improving Chippewa River, Wisconsin : Continuing improvement, Chippgwgkivgr, thirty-tive thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing shall be done nor mem, shall any improvement be made on the said Chippewa River under or in pursuance of this act, or the appropriation hereby made, which shall directly or indirectly prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the free navigation of the said river, as heretofore, by steamboats or other watercraft, or the free use thereof, as heretofore, for the floating, guiding, or sheeting of loose logs or rafts of lumber or logs upon or down the same, or which shall directly or indirectly prevent, obstruct, or interfere with the use of any siongh, arm, or branch of said river, as heretofore, for the holding, asserting or rafting of logs therein. Improving Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing im- Fox and Wiseen- ‘ movement., two hundred thousand dollarsé Provided, That the Secre- sin Risers- ‘ tary of War shall, without delay, cause the channel of the Lower Fox _P"°"’°· River between Lake Winnebago and the upper government dam at Ap—i pleton to be restored to its natural width and capacity, and shall cause such changes and alterations to be made in the dams at Menasha and Appleton, not inconsistent with security to navigation, asmay be neces- " sary to reduce to and maintain the waters of Lake Winnebago and Little Bnttes des Modes, respectively, at tlwir natural height; and a ’ s¤$cient amount of said sum appropriated is made immediately available. And three thousand dollars of this appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary may be expended above Portage City, to prevent the overnow of the Wisconsin River into the Upper Fox River, so as to prevent injury to the government works on Fox River; and this expenditure may be made separately, or, if deemed more economical by the Secretary of War, in adding to any protecting works which may be made by the State of Wisconsin. Improving Saint Croix River below Taylor Falls, Minnesota and Wis- Saint Croix Rivconsinz Continuing improvement thirty thousand dollars. °’· Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing improve- wabuh giver, ment below Vincennes, forty thousand dollars; continuing improvement between Vincennes and Lafayette, thirty thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement from White Rivérf ’Wabash River to Porbersville, and to falls on West Fork, twenty thousand dollars. . Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one Illinois River. hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi River: Continuing opera- Reservoirs at tions, three hundred thousand dollars; and this sum shall be expended :;j*“?‘§§:gfM*' at such places on said headwaters of the Mississippi River and its tr1bu· PP ’ tnries as the Secretary of War shall determine: Provided, That the mum. Seesremry of War be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon, purchase, take, and hold any lands or premises, and any · unaweriuhs of stone, tinnber, or other kinds, than xnay be necessary and proper for the construction of said works, And m case the owner of and: lands, premises, and materials and the Seeremry of War cannot