Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/497

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. 443 Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to Black wsmor mv- Dan1el’s Creek: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty °"*°“‘ thousand dollars. _ Improving Tallapoosa River, Alabama; Maintaining existing Tallapoosa River, works, four thousand dollars. *““· Improving Cahawba River, Alabama: The existing provision re- cmwmmver,m stricting the expenditure of the balance now available for the im- v¤1.24,p. sz1,p¤> provement of said river is hereby repealed, and said balance shall be “S§,'f¤°,$,‘§1§db,,,m,, expended in continuing the improvement thereof. ` _ mproving Tombigbee and arrior Rivers, Alabama: Extending T°*£}*iSb°¤A¢]··}¤¤W¤*· improvement so as to secure six feet draught at low water, from the rm mx ' mouth of Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty-five thousand dollars to be ex ended on the Tombigbee and forty-five thousand dollars on the WIarrior; · so much of said sums as may be necessary is authorized to be ex- m,A;j1*d¤;**¤¤¤ of Medpended IH acquiring by purchase or condemnation under the laws of ` Alabama, the lands nee ed in making such im rovements. Improving Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Alabama, to C0- Ag°*::g8}}I§•§s River. lumbus, Mississippi: Extending improvement to secure six feet' draught at low water. fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Walker’s Bridge to Fulton: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving ombigbee River from Fulton to Vienna: Continuing imlprovement, six thousand dollars. mproving Big Sunnower River Mississippi : Continuing improve- pigsunnowumver, ment, five thousand dollars, of which one thousand five hundred MISS dollars is to be used between Woodburn and Lehrton. I Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi; Continuing improvement, N0xubceRiver,Miss. three thousand dollars. ~ Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improve- I’asca.gou1a navel-, ment, twenty thousand dollars. - Mm Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburgh and Car- P°**—"m*°{· MN- thage: To complete improvement, ive thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Carthage and Jackson ; Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississiplpi, below Jackson: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which shall be used for dredging at the mouth. Improving Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi, including Washington Steele’sBay0u,Miss. Bayou: Continuing improvement, twothousand five hundred dollars. Improvin Tallahatchie River, Mississippi: Continuing improve- rmmmme mw; ment, Eve thousand dollars. Mm Improving Tchula Lake, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, Tchu1nLake,Miss. three thousand dollars. Improving Yazoo River Mississippi Continuing improvement, Yazo0R.lver,Miss. twenty-Eve thousand dollars, of whic five thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary, shall be used in making1a survey of the su¤·vey,ew. Yazoo River from the bridge of the Louisville, ew Orleans and Texas Railway to its mouth, for the purpose of determining in what manner the mouth of the river can be so improved as to freely permit the passage through the same, at all seasons of the year, of vessels engaged in the navigation of the river; and said survey shall also include an investigation into the feasibility and advantages of making a new mouth or outlet for said river, by way of Chickasaw Bayou, or otherwise, together with an estimate of the cost of the same. Im roving Bluff Creek, Mississippi: To complete improvement mu: c¤ex,m¤. one thousand dollars. _ _ _ _ _ Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi, by the removal of Chickasahay mm, logs, snags, and overhanging trees, from the mouth up to Railroad “'°‘ Bridge, near Shubuta, five thousand dollars.