FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 314. 1896 227 improvement, fifteen thousand dollars, of which said sum an amount sufficient shall be used- · First. To widen the main channel to a width of two hundred and D*¤ml>¤¤°¤· fifty feet for a distance of six hundred feet down the river from the present west line of the channel, and to deepen the same to a depth of sixteen feet. Second. To extend the present main channel from its west line up the river a distance of four hundred and twenty-five feet to the west line of Wells street, with a width of seventy-tive feet and a depth of sixteen feet, the south line of said extension to be the south line of the main channel extended. _ Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Continuing W§;*i:;d‘ii¤e;f,_R"°’· improvement, fifteen thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousand dol- ` lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in improving the harbor and water front of Stillwater, Minnesota, so as to render it accessible to steamboats and other craft navigating said river. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota, and its tributaries: Ngigf Lliivgr °‘ **1* Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, of which sum five ’ "` ` thousand dollars, or somuch thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in improving the navigation of the Red Lake River between Thief . River Falls and Bed Lake, according to the plan of Major W. A. Jones in his report of February twentysixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. _ _ Improving Minnesota River, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, M§‘f{1'§“°¤°*“ R"’°’· four thousand dollars. ’ Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes: wlglleaslv R*'°*·I¤·*- Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. ‘ Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, nfteen thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Completing improvement, two White Hiv¤1`· hdthousand five hundred dollars. Improving Calumet River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, fifty C¤*¤¤¤<=¤ ¤i"°*· U1- thousand dollars, and so much thereof as maybe necessary may be used for dredging to a depth of twenty feet between the mouth of the river and a point two miles southward. _ Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, forty m‘“°*S Ri""’*m· thousand dollars. For the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: Continu- iI¤;·g>i» pd M‘¤¤i¤· ing construction, twenty-five thousand dollars, and for acquiring right ° pp °"°‘ of way, including necessary surveys, twenty thousand dollars: Pro- ijrvvwos. vided, That the Secretary of War may enter into contracts for the °°""“""" whole or any part of such material and work as may be necessary to complete the present project of said Illinois and Mississippi Canal, or the said materials may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by contract, and to acquire such further right of way as may be necessary for the said canal, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law not to exceed in the aggregate five million seven hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided, That Linn. in making such contract or contracts, the Secretary of War shall not obligate the Government to pay in any one iiscal year, beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven. more than twenty-five per centum of the whole amount authorized to be expended: And pro/vided further, That in acquiring right of way the Secretary of War may mgm omnmake agreements for joint user where the canal crosses other lines of transportation if such agreements can be made upon reasonable terms: Proridedfurther, That in acquiring right of way by agreement or other- B‘**i¤ of ¤*¤'°°’“““‘· wise for the crossing of existing public highways over the parts of the canal constructed on land, the basis of agreement or condemnation shall be the construction and maintenance of bridges by the United States Government, as provided for in the detailed plans and estimates heretofore submitted to Congress, but this provision shall not apply to bridges constructed over public waters of the United States now occupying part of the line of the said canal, nor to bridges constructed after
