FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.Sess. II. Ch. 2509. 1907. 1105 Fifth. And the board shall consider further the practicabilty of producing at all seasons of the year a de th of fourteen feet in such regulated channel by the aid of locks andp dams similar to those projected and in use on the Ohio River improvement. Sixth. And the said Board shall also report upon any water power which may be created in the portion herein directed to be surveyed, as well as in the roposed waterway from Saint Louis to Chica o heretofore surveyed, and the value thereof, and what means should he taken in order that the Government of the United States may conserve the same or receive adequate compensation therefor, and upon any lands which may be drained by the construction of either of said roposed waterways, and shall also report what steps, if anv, shall) be taken to cause the cost of the improvement to be defrayed, in whole · or lpsrt, by means of such water power or lands. mproving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri pfrgetjlgfuagj im- River to Minnea lis, Minnesota: Continuing improvement five hun- Minn. P0 ' dred thousand dldtllars: Provided, That the Secretary of ’W`ar may mg enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may ` be necessary to prosecute the said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appro riated: Provided further, That the authorized sum last named shall he used in prosecuting the A¤¤¤¤l =ll°*¤¤°¤¤- improvement for not less than three years beginning July Erst, nineteen hundred and eight, the work thus done each year to cost approximately five hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may rosecute this work in accordance with the report submitted in House Locument Numbered Three hundred and forty-one, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, for the purpose of ultimately securing and maintaining a depth of channel of six feet: Amldprovidecl fuTt]t67', That of the sums erein appropriated and authorize for this improve- ¤¤¢¤si¤¢· ment a portion not to excee fifty thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended annually for the first two years for dredging for the benefit of through navigation in harbors and at landing places, iving preference to localities in which the communities interested shall thereafter maintain such dredging without cost to the United States. For reconstruction of Sandy Lake reservoir dam, Minnesota, without “;;*g;§1'-;;§j,,_’°’°'· a lock for steamboats, seventy-five thousand dollars. ` For the construction of low reservoir dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota, Reservoirs. (project numbered one), and ditches between Gull Lake and Round Lake, and between Round Lake and Long Lake, Minnesota, seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That the land required for the construe- $$1. tio'n of said Gull Lake dam and reservoir, tgofgether with any Howage D W"' rights which may be necessary, shall he c ed to the United States without charge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and omg? River,M<>. for maintenance, seventy-Sight thousand d0llal‘s: }’rm·zded, That the gmx_ Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work, as are necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, in addition to the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. _ pl)mpli·oving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement M§[”°°’”"’° R""- and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. _ _ _ Improving Missouri River from the mouth to Fort Benton: For §§gQ,j\*{‘0%§f{·Bw maintenance, four hundred thousand d0lla!‘s, of which amount one tenpuomem hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended between the ‘ ‘ month and Kansas City, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars between von. xxxrv, rr 1--70
