FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. 355 Imprroving Tombigbee River, Alabama, from the mouth to Demop- ,g°m'°igb"" Ri"""· olis: or maintenance, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That four A Previw thousand dollars thereof may, in the discretion of the Secretary of w§{f£#s°i;l)q`§§€,)?i2S(? YVar, be expended between Columbus and Walkers Bridge, Mississippi. _ Improving&Pascagoula River and its tributaries, the Chickasahay and €,};“§,§§g§?“'“’€‘°··""‘ Leaf rivers, llississippiz For maintenance, eight thousand five hundred, dollars. V Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing im rovement with a view C"“““°1· to obtaining a seventeen-foot channel, from tlhree miles above the mouth of Dog River to the seventeen-foot contour in Mississip iSound, one hundred and fifty feet wide above railroad bridge and three hundred feet below, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eleven, Fifty-fourth Congress, _ second session, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract €,§Q’,§`§,gm_ or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the prosecution of said work, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. _ _ Improving Pearl River between Edinburg and Jackson, Mississippi, P“" R“’°'* Mm three thousand dollars. Improving Pearl River below Rockport, Mississippi: For maintenance, seven thousand dollars. Y _ Improving Yazoo River and its tributaries, the Tallahatchie and Big M;*,,§’°° R“’”* °‘°‘· Sunflower rivers, Mississippi: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty-five thousand dollars, of which amount a sum not exceed- m§f§“°"“]°f °bS"“°` ing four thousand dollars shall be used for the removal of obstructions at the lower end of Tchula Lake, and the unexpended balance of two B°1¤¤°‘*S °"**“°‘b*°· thousand and thirty-six dollars and fourteen cents for construction of pumping dredge boat, and of five thousand dollars for removing the bar at Yazoo City, is hereby transferred to the fund for the general improvement of the river. mproving Homochitto River, Mississippi: For maintenance, two ,If-§j’m°°’““° R“'"· thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Chitto, Chefuncte River, Bo ue Falia, Tickfaw Lf°g“° °m“"· °‘“·· River and tributaries, Amite River, and Bayou Nhmchac, Louisiana, nine thousand five hundred dollars. · Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River, Tensas River, and m§jj"‘;fC I}_*j,"‘*""‘* Bayou Macon. and Bayous D’Arbonne and Corney,. Louisiana: For Y " i maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Indian Ter- T€l;°d,§(§j*;,,Q·**i,:A'k·· ritory: Continuingimprovement, one hundred and thirty-five thousand` ' dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be spent above Fulton, Arkansas, and fifteen thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be spent in the improvement of the channel at Shreveport, Louisiana; and the unexpended balance of amounts heretofore appro riated for Little River from Scopini Cut—off to Knox Point and for Sulphur River is hereby transferred to the fund for the general improvcment of Red River. i Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, for maintenance, seven thousand five Llfarou L¤f•>¤r¤¤<=» hundred dollars. ` Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: For maintenance, seven thou- B*Y°‘*T€°h°· La sand five hundred dollars. Improving Bayou Vermilion, Channel. Bay, and Passes. and Mer- 0€(f***m‘ "=‘¤¤*“°¤· mentau River and tributaries, Louisiana. eleven thousand Eve hundred " ` dollars. Improving mouths of Sabine and Neches rivers, Texas, in accord- ,,§g,*j}’2§8;“d N“°h°’ ance with Hbouse Document Numbered Two hundred and ninety-nine, " ` Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, by connecting the same with Sabine Pass by a channel eight feet deep through Sabine Lake: Con-
