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1 10 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 158. 1892. $*¤¤l=WR*"°’·°*°S· Improving the mouth of tf1e Siuslaw River, Oregon: Continuing iment the t thousan dollars. Um *’°‘¤“*“° B"' pi-Imgilovmgvllplpgr Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle u`Point, Oregon: Five thousand dollars, to be used in deepening channel to four feet at mean low water. s _ _ S¤¤k¢Riv¢$·Id¤¢·¤· Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Huntington Bridge and Seven Devils mining district, twenty thousand dollars. wgshwliu River. thl;pir·lo(;1;gn(§]¢&wlh;gS'Biver, Washington: Contmuing improvement,

      • 5** s°“”"· °‘°·· Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washiiigtonz

wah` Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. S“’*“°"“°h S‘°“$*’· Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington, for a channel four feet Wash. in depth at the mean of the lower low waters, twenty five thousand dollars N”°* m"°’*W‘°*‘· Improving Nasel River Washington: Completing improvement one _ thousand nve hundred dcillars. · 7 w§;’,Q“’“*’*° R"°'· Improving Columbia River, Washington, between themouth of the ` Willamette River and the city of Vancopygr C&mple@g imprgveirlnent, in accordance with the plan recommen y ajor omas . an ~ bury and printed in House Executive Document Numbered Thirty-six, _ Fifty-second Congress, first session, thirty-threethousand dollars. W*“°P° B“'°'· Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington, eighteen thou- Wash. ~ . . - sand dollars, of which eight thousand dollars may be used for closing Mailboat Slough. R¤.i¤<=¢i¤¤¤fbi·i¤¤¤¤ Sec. 2. That in cases where authority has been granted the Sec- °°"“"°"g°°°°' retary of War in this act to make contracts for the completion of certain works of river and harbor improvement, he is hereby authorized to reject any bids not in his opinion advantageous to the Government, and to issue new proposals. 0dV°L ”°·P·°*·"“°“d‘ Sec. 3. That section seven of the river and harbor act of September ` nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended and reenacted Obnmcmu by so‘as to read as follows: _ I _ 4 whsrveswhs. Sec. 7. That It shall not be lawful tobmld any wharf, pier, dolphin, boorn, dam, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty or structure of any kind outside established harbor hnes, or in any navigablle waters of the United States where no harbor lines are or maybe esta lished without the permission of the Secretary of War, in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river, or other waters of the United States, in such manner as shall obstruct or impair navigation, commerce, or anchorage _ t I of said waters; and it shall not be lawiiil hereafter to commence the ,,,}’d‘[,§,‘f°,§},{f’ ,{‘,}'§ §’, construction of any bridge, bridge draw, bridge piers and abutments, Sww iw- causeway, or other works over or in any port. road, roadstead, haven, harbor, navigable river or navigable waters of the United States, under any act of the legslative assemblykof any Sm, until the location and . _ plan of such bri ge or other wor s ave n submitted to and apap§.°.·tr$.;°i»ly¤:¤,;itir to proved by the Secretary of War, or to excavate or fill, or in any man- €,,§f}‘,1j;‘,j‘,§,f,§jj· *’°"“· ner to alter or modify the course, location, condition or capacity of any plori? roatglstiead, lliavelp, hiagrbor, htazllaor lof reiiugie, or mclosuxgi withm t e imi o any rea wa r or o e c anne o any naviga e water of the United States, unless approved and authorized by the Secretary . of War:

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';'ing nvm Provided : That this section shall not apply to any bridge, bridge

mdg€._.ts.,€,c.q,ad. draw, bridge piers and abutments the construction of which has been hleretoforg dutlly authorizeimyl lawéor be) constxiied as to aushokrizte No authorit _ for 0 COX1S HIC OD 0 3Ily l‘1 g0 PBW I`]. g3 I'1 g8 PIBIS 311 3 H - };§;*gj;¤“w'}*{;mg*§f,‘; ments or other works under an act of the legislature of any State, over . wmuy in smc. or in any strealm, porlt, roadstead, hgven or harbor or other navigable · t t h `t th li 't h State. “ _ Rgzidzss ¤¤r¤¤¤0¤i·> Wtggzlogi). 'Ifhat gnyqpeiimssionugigdmdlligy the Secretary of War under ` v¤i.`1:, peas. the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the dimensions of the same/’ approved December seventeenth, eighteen