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242 FORTYTHIBD CONGRESS Sess. I. Ch. 457. 1874. Provincetown. For- continuing the improvement of the harbor at Provincetown, Moe. . sachusetts, six thousand dollars. _ I&°`é°fW';t“m§§t? For continuing the improvement of the Lower Willamette and Colon;. 3.1, ° Rm m V bia Rivers, from Portland, Oregon, to the sea, twenty thousand dollars. Upper Willeinette For continuing the improvement of the Upper Willamette River, River. Oregon, seven thousand fiye hundred dollars. __ _ Upper Columbia For continuing the improvement of the Upper Columbia River, twenty River · thousand dollars. _ Galveston. For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Galveston, Texas, sixty thousand dollars. _ San Francisco. For removing wrecks and rocks ‘oif the harbor of San Francisco, California, twen ty-five thousand dollars. Oakland. I For the improvement of Oakland Harbor, one hundred thousand dollars. Milwankee. For continuing the improvement of the harbor- at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. _ _ _ Saginaw River. For continuing the improvement of Saginaw River Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. Improvement of That the appropriation under.the act of March third, eighteen hun- G°°}'G'°*°"” °"°“‘ dred and seventy-three, for the improvement of the harbors of Wash- "°1" ~ I ington and Georgetown be made to apply to dredging. the Virginia or xv1;?‘2;‘Q,l,§g,233* "°Georgetown channel of the Potomac River above and below Long ‘ ’` Bridge, and that the earth excavated therefrom be deposited so as to carry out as far as practicable the plan for improving the harbors of Washington and Georgetown, in accordance with the recommendation 1872, eh_ 36, wi, made to Congress December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sevxvii, p. 36. enty-two, by a board of survey created by act of Congress approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Survey, &o., of For surveys and estimates for the improvements recommended by the

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’°“°°“ *° “°“1’°‘“d· upon the four routes indicated in the report of said committee, and also ` upon a route from the mouth of the Youghiogheny River, to continue the slack-water navigation up said river to its head-waters at the foot of the Alleghany Mountains, thence by canal to Cumberland, intersecting there the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, two hundred thousand dollacrs, or"so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in such manner as, in his judgment will secure the greatest amount of exact information for each of said . routes. Cl¤¤r1<>¤¢<>¤· For the improvement ,of the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, eighteen thousand dollars. Examinations, For egaminations and surveys of rivers and harbors, and for inci- 3** ,*::*1 m°ld°”*“1 dental repairs at harbors for which there is no special appropriation, Wseventy-dve thousand dollars. secretary or War Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause exam- Slonzeggg Bgxaaulsg; inations or survey s, or both, to be made at the following points, namely : bc mma ,,,":°,¥mn Harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts. . .points. _ Cascades and Dalles of the Columbia River, Oregon, and Washing- _ ‘ ton Territories, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability and cost of constructing canals and locks at such points. ` Skaget River, for removing jams, Washington Territory. I Yam Hill River, Oregon, for removing rocks and sand·bars. ‘ Snohomish River, for removing Jams, Washington Territory. Chehallis River, for removingjams, Washington Territory Tennessee River, above the mouth of Holston-River to the Chilhowec Mountains, Tennessee` Hiawassee River, below Benton; Tennessee Urbanna Creek, Virginia, below Urbanna: Black Warrior River, below the mouth of Locust Fork, Alabama. Cahaha River, below Centreville, Alabama. Nantucket Harbor Bar, Massachusetts. Lamprey River, below Newmarket, New Hampshire. Exeter River, below Exeter, New Hampshire.