358 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 299. 1894. thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars may be used in improving Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, and the said Commission is directed to report to Congress in their next regular report their views on the advisability of effecting a separation between the Mississippi and Red Rivers at the present junction thereof and maintaining navigation between the same through Bayou Plaque— mine or b means of a canal. M§**¤*I"’°“°*' R*"°"· Improving Saint Francois River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars. Gascomde River, Improving Gasconadeltiver, Missouri: Continuing improvement, five Mgugc RM, Mn_ thousand dollars; and improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing ` improvement, forty-six thousand dollars, to be expended by the Missouri River Commission. MlP¤°°'m*'°'C°¤· Missouri River, from its mouth to the lower limits of Sioux City, mbmagituuou. Iowa: The Missouri River Commission is authorized and directed to expend from the appropriations for the improvement of said river seventy- five thousand dollars in the rectiiication of the river at Omaha, Nebraska; thirty-five thousand dollars at Atchison, Kansas; and fifty thousand dollars at Saint Joseph and other localities on the river in the State of Missouri where the Commission may deem such improvement necessary. ,Up]i»::Misso¤rimy- Improving Upper Missouri River between Stubbs! Ferry, in Montana, §',;,.,,,_°"§g°,{‘,,,§’*“l§E’,,§ and the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: One hundred and ten thou— Sgestfigghigwe- sand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be expended in the ' protection and completion of the works at Sioux City; forty thousand dollars are to be expended in the rectification of the river at Pierre and Fort Pierre; forty thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secre~ tary of War, may be used for the protection of Bismarck Harbor and the rectification of the river by works to prevent the river from eroding the banks and cutting a new channel at or near that point; twenty thousandedollars shall be expended between the Great Falls of said river, in Montana, and Stubbs’ Ferry, in Montana. Fgggregvzrggmwd Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing ’improvements, including treatment of the Yuba River, near and above Mzifysville, and of the Bear Rifreinuone hundred and fiftecn thousand dollars; of which ten thousan dollars or so much thereof as ma be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work betvgeen Tehama and Redding, on the Sacramento River; and, in the discretion of the Secretary of War., ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making a cut-off to avoid gggiggk my Shanghai bend on Feather River: Provided, That no money shall be ’expended in making said cut-off until the right of way therefor shall ' _ have been conveyed to the United States free of expense. CS{¤¤ ·T<>¤·n¤¤¤ RWM. Improving San J ouquin River, California, including making cut-off at Twenty-one Mile Slough; and if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, it is deemed beneficial to navigation by preventing deposit of sediment in Stockton Channel, or otherwise, the making of a double cumnxezc. cut-otf beginning at Mormon Slough immediately above its junction with Stockton Channel, thence across the same, entering the San Joaquin River immediately belowjunction therewith of Stockton Channel: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which ten — thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work in aid of navigation on the San Joaquin River, above the city ot Stockton and in the Tuolumne River goats? and other tributaries of the former: Provided, That no money shall be g "’ "“Y· expended in making said double cutoff until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of charge. 1>mimmcmk,ca1. flmprolying Pftiilgma Creek, California: Continuing improvement, fi een thousand dollars. C£¤<>k¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ River. Improving Mokelumne River. California: Continuing improvement · , · · ~ . 7 two thousand tix e hundred dollars, including snagging as far as county hmm. bridge at Thornt0n’s, on said river: Provided, That no part of said
