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FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 229. 1884. 149 at the expense of the United States, and shall refer the matter without delay to the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute, in the name of the United States, proceedings in any circuit or district court of the United States in which such bridge, or any part thereof, is located, for the recovery of the cost thereof; and all moneys accruing from such proceedings shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That no greater sum than Promo. fifteen thousand dollars shall be required to be expended upon any one bridge in a single year: Provided further, That such sum of money as _ _ may be necessary to execute the provisions of this act is hereby ap- APP1‘°P¤¤*i°¤· propriated. out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be paid on the requisition of the Secretary of War. Sec. 9 That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discre- Ex°mi°***i°°' tion, to cause examinations or surveys or both, and estimates of cost of an °""°·"` improvements proper to be made, at the following points, namely: ALABAMA. $1******m*- Mobile River and Harbor, from lower anchorage up to the northern i limits of the city of Mobile, with a. view to securing twenty-three feet depth of water. ARKANSAS. Ark¤¤¤¤¤· Little Red River. Red River, above Fulton. Petit Jean River. Bayou Bartholomew, from present head of navigation to Lincoln County line. - CALIFORNIA. ¤¤1if<>r¤i¤· Islias Creek, off San Francisco Bay. ‘ Yuba River. San Mateo River. Napa River, from the mouth thereof to Napa City. CONNECTICUT. Connecticut. Breakwater at Fa1kner’s Island. River and harbor at N iantic. ` nm.AwAnm, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA. D°l¤W¤¤> Maryland. Lewes Creek and Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, Assateaque and Chinco- Vifginmteaque Bays, Maryland, with a view to form continuous inland navigation from Chincoteaque Bay, in Virginiato Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Delaware. r1.omnA. F1¤rid¤· Outer and inner bar at the entrance of Pensacola Harbor; Anclote Harbor; Clearwater Harbor. Wekeiva River. Saint Augustine Harbor. Musquito Inlet. Amelia and Wacissa Rivers. Homosassa Bay. For canal and inland communication from the St. J ohn’s River through Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River to Jupiter Inlet and Lake Worth, Florida. Charlotte Harbor. Florida.