SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 264. 1909. 817 Hingham Harbor, Massachusetts: The balance remaining from ap- {}g*8;4¥¤¤*·{,f- propriations heretofore made for this improvement may be diverted nedmdgitg. ` and made available for redredging and improving the channel. Atchafalaya and Old rivers, Louisiana: The permanent annual ap- Olglggiglagg ¤¤d propriation for the removal of snags in the Mississippi River, under Removal Oi sum, the river and harbor Act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and °*€;,,,_,,,_,,_.,2,_ eighty-eight, shall be available for the removal of snags and other floating and sunken obstructions in the Atchafalaya and Old rivers from the junction with the Mississip i and Red rivers down the Atchafalaya River as far as Melville, Louisiana., and so much of said appropriation as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be expended for such removal. mproving Minnesota River: That the annual appropriation for {ggg t: Rgggé operating snag boats on the upper Mississippi River, made by sectiong ' seven of the river and harbor Act of August eleventh, eighteen hun- v°l‘ 2* P" m' dred and eighty-eght, is hereby made available for similar purposes on the Minnesotativer, and o er tributaries of the upper Mississippi » River now or heretofore improved by the United States. ' Lorain Harbor, Ohio: The Secretary of War, in his discretion with Oleg, the concurrence and upon the recommendation of the Chief of Lngi- nxehnngh animaneers, may authorize the expenditure of funds already appropriated ""°'· or authorized for the extension of the west arm of the breakwater to or toward the shore. Improving entrance to Coos Bay and Harbor, Oreggrs: The balance ,,,,‘f°°’0,:f’ ““" H"" remaining from appropriations heretofore made forimprovement Vvl- 82. r- 34*1- may be diverted and made available for the operation of government dredges in Coos Bay and River. · S10. 4. That for improvements already under way for which amounts ussgd pthoxgdwnwere appropriated or authorized for completion, in accordance with ° ° ' estimates heretofore made, wherein such estimates have proven insufficient, and for the completion or continuous rosecution of the work further authorizations are absolutely essentialat this time, the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into an additional contract or contracts for the pro'ects named in this section, and for the amounts stated with each, the amount of said contracts to be paid from time to time by appropriations to be hereafter made according to law, as follows: ` Deflection and improvement of the Appomattox River at Petersburg. v§’*’°“‘“‘°°‘ ’“'°’· Virginia, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, sixty thousand dollars. Lock and Dam Numbered Thirty-seven, Ohio River, one hundred mf;‘g°,‘§,§;f’ D'"" “"· and fifty thousand dollars. _ _ Big Sand River and Dam Numbered One, Tug Fork, and Dam ,,,,'§{,,,E;““Y R"" Numbered Cue, Levisa Fork, twenty-five thousand dollars. Aransas Pass, Texas, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ”"‘"““ P””· T°"· Hales Bar, Tennessee River,- fifty thousand eight hundred and §§‘}g°§’;,°§ “"'"· seventy-five dollars. Sec. 5. For regulations in channels already improved or under way it is enacted-- That durilrig the further progress of dredging Ambrose Channel, NA;¤¤;g;¢mfh¤¤¤¤* New York rbor, the navigation of the part thereof now dredged‘ ' to the full depth of forty feet may be carried on during the night as ,,,,,,,,],,,0,,, 0, mm well as by day, and may be extended by regulations to be issued by iz¤¤<>¤ ¤¢ ¤¤¢¤*~ the Secretary of \Var to all overnment vessels, foreign and coastwise steamships, and to such other vessels as, in his judgment, will not unduly interfere with the progress of the improvement; and the navigation of the incompleted part of said channel may be prohibited by such regulations.
