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372 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 416. 1872. Burlington. For the improvement of Burlington harbor, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars. Otter creek. For the improvement of Otter creek, Vermont, from Vergennes to its outlet on Lake Champlain, ten thousand dollars. Dredge, Sec., For dredge and snag boats on the Upper Mississippi river, forty-two kfggsglii {EPP" thousand dollars. M;,,,,§§,{,, For the improvement of the Minnesota river, Minnesota, ten thousand river- dollars. Des Moines For the improvement of the Des Moines rapids, Mississippi river, four “i"d’· hundred thousand dollars. Rock Island For the improvement of the Rock Island rapids, Mississippi river, fifty rapids. thousand dollars. Fans of St. For the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, and A“u‘°“Y¤&°· the navigation of the Mississippi river above the same, fifty thousand dollars. MMi¤¤i%¤i§LPi» For improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers, ,.,Q;;`:*"’ °" ninety thousand dollars; for improvement of the Little Missouri river, ten thousand dollars ; for improvement of the Ouachita river, in Arkansas, sixty thousand dollars; and further improvement of the Ouachita river, in Louisiana, forty thousand dollars. d$g;’“°”€“h°l°· For the improvement of the Monongahela. river between Morgantown ' and New Geneva, in accordance with the plan submitted by General A. A. Humphreys in his report to the House of Representatives dated February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twenty-five thousand dollars. Ohio river. For the improvement of the Ohio river, and the harbors thereof; including the repair of the Cumberland dam, two hundred thousand dollars. Osage river. For the improvement of the Osage river, Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars. Current river. For the improvement of Currant river, Missouri, five thousand dollars. (3,,,,,1 at pan, For the continuing the work on the canal at the Falls of the Ohio river, Oi Ohio- three hundred thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is hereby W2$°:§$;°;;,fw directed to report to Congress, at its next session, or sooner, if practicable, Congressiliereon. the condition of said canal, and the provisions necessary to relieve the same from incumbrance, with a view to such legislation as will render the same free to commerce at the earliest practicable period, subject only to such tolls as may be necessary for the superintendence and repair thereof; which shall not, after the passage of this act, exceed five cents per ton. Mississippi For the improvement of the Mississippi river between the mouth of the “"°" Illinois river and the mouth of the Missouri river, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Mississippi river between the mouth of the Missouri river, and the mouth of the Merrimac river, one hundred thousand dollars. Wabash river. For the improvement of the Wabash river, Indiana, commencing at its mouth, fifty thousand dollars. _Tcrmesm For the continuation of the work now in progress on the Tennessee “"" river, below Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tennessee river, between Knoxville and Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dollars. Cumberland For the improvement of Cumberland river, in Tennessee, twenty i‘iV¢P· thousand dollars. _1uo¤th_or Mis- For the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river, Louisiana, °”*”PP* ’“'°’· one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. Tones bayou. For the improvement of Tones bayou, Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars. Calcasieu pass. For improvement of Cralcasieu pass, in the State of Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars.