FIFFY-SEVENTH concmsss. sm. 1. cn. 1302. 1902. 483 The President shall cause the said Isthmian Canal Commission to S""°Y*‘~ . make such surveys as may be necessary for said canal and harbors to be made, and in making such surve s and in the construction of said canal may employ such persons as de may deem necessary, and may fix their compensation. ` In the excavation and construction of said canal the San Juan River L_S{_;‘I;,'{‘g},‘;,@_f’ ““d and Lake Nicaragua, or such parts of each as may be made available, ` shall be used. _ Sec. 5. That the sum of ten million dollars is hereby appropriated, p,};’g§,'{f‘““" °”'°‘ out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, toward the project herein contemplated by either route so selected. And the President is hereby authorized to cause to be entered into °°“"“"°“· such contract or contracts as may be deemed necessary for the proper excavation, construction, completion, and defense of said canal, harbors, and defenses, by the route finally determined upon under the provisions of this Act. Appropriations therefor shal from time to time be m{#g¤i* Of ¤¤P¢¤d*· hereafter made, not to exceed in the ag regate the additional sum of ` one hundred and thirty-five millions og dollars should the Panama route be adopted, or one hundred and eighty millions of dollars should the Nicaragua route be adopted. S1:0. 6. hat in any agreement with the Republic of Colombia, or byU¤<a0¢;;m¢:£¤l»,§& with the States of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the President is author- mgm and cosiumu. ized to guarantee to said Republic or to said States the use of said canal and harbors, u n such terms as may be agreed upon, for all vessels owned by said0States or by citizens thereof. Sec. 7. That to enable the President to construct the canal and works ncég appurtenant thereto as provided in this Act, there is hereby created the Isthmian Canal Commission, the same to be composed of seven members, who shall be nominated and appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall serve until the completion of said canal unless sooner removed b the President, and one of whom shall be named as the chairman ofy said Commission. Of the seven members of said Commission at least four of Q¤¤“°°¤**°¤¤· them shall be persons learned and skilled in the science of engineering, and of the four at least one shall be an officer of the United States Army, and at least one other shall be an officer of the United States Navy, the said officcrs respectively being either upon the active or the retired list of the Army or of the Navy. Said commissioners shall °°"*P°"“°“°“· each receive such compensation as the President shall prescribe until the same shall have been otherwise fixed by the Congress. In addi- E“€‘“°°"”· tion to the members of said Isthmian Canal Lommission, the President is hereby authorized through said Commission to emplo in said service any of the engineers of the United States Army at his discretion, and likewise to employ any engineers in civil life, at his discretion,and any other rsons necessary for the proper and expeditious prosecution of saidm work. The compensation 0 all such engineers and other <¤¤¤¤r><¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- persons employed under this Act shall be fixed by said Commission, subject to the approval of the President. The o cial salary of any ¤¤d¤¤¤¤¤¤· officer appointe or employed under this Act shall be deducted from the amount of salary or compensation provided by or which shall be fixed under the terms of this Act. Said Commission shall in all mat- R¤i><>r¢¤- ters be subject to the direction and control of the President. and shall make to the President annual] and at such other periods as may be required, either by law or by the order of the President, full and complete reports of all their actings and doings and of all moneys received and expended in the construction of said work and in the performance of their duties in connection therewith, which said reports shall be by the President transmitted to Congress. And the said Commission shall furthermore give to Congress, or either House of Con ress, such information as may at any time be required either by Act oi Congress or by the order of either House of Congress. The President shall 0***-
