Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 23.djvu/171

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FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 229. 1884. 143 necessary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be expended in the erection of a stone pillar or pier on the southern side of the Indiana Iudiuua Chute. Chute, provided the engineer in charge shall decide that such a structure will aid in the navigation thereof. Improving Detroit River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, two D¤f¤>it Riverhundred thousand dollars. ·— Improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Mary’s_Rive1·, Michigan: Con- HW Luke Chautinuing improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. }‘{‘{bm§“‘"" M“'Y'° Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Contiuuin g improvement, fifty S¤·rZl¤*•W Rivvu thousand dollars; of which sum twenty-tive thousand dollars are to be used opposite Bay City for deepening the channel from the river into _Ch¤¤¤¤l, Bw the bny, and remainder on the river above Bay City. C”Y· Improving Grand River below Grand Rapids, Michigan: Continuing Gram1River.b¤- improvement, twenty-tive thousand dollars. "‘“’ G“““‘ R*Pld¤· Improvin g month and harbor of Cedar River, Michigan : Continuing Cedar River. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. ` Improving Chippewa River and its mouth, Wiscoiisin: Continuing ChippewaR.ver. improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing im- _FoxandWisconprovement, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; of which sum ten Sm R“’°*`¤· thousand dollars are to be used for maintaining the channel between Channel, Depere Depere and Green Bay z Provided, That in order to carry into eifect °“‘*,G'°°¤ NY? the river and harbor act of August second, eighteen hundred and Prgggt 203 eighty-two, for lowering the water in Lake Winnebago, the Secretary " ` of War is hereby authorized to acquire for the United States, by purchase, voluntary or by condemnation under the laws of Wisconsin, as the ease may be, the necessary lands and sites at the Menasha Dam ; and so much of the thregoing sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary may be used for such purpose. _ Improving Saint Croix River, Wiseoiisin: Continuing improvement _Saiut Croixbelow Taylor’s Falls, nine thousand dollars. R"°*'· Improving \Vabash River by lock and dam at Grand Rapids, Indiana Wabash River. and Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars; also between Vincennes and Terre Haute, ten thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement below While River- Hazleton, ten thousand dollars. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hun- llliuuis Riverdred thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, nfty Calumet River. thousand dollars: Provided, however, That no part of said sum shall be Prwin. expended until the right of way shall have been conveyed to the United States, free from expense, and the United States shall be fully released from all liability for damages to adjacent property-owners, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War. _ Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, five Gaseoume Riverthousand dollars. Improving the Red River of the North, Minnesota and Dakota: Con- Bell Biv. r of the tinuing improvement, ten thousand dollars. N°'*b· _ Improving Yellowstone River, Montana and Dakota: Continuing _YeIlowsto ue ‘ improvement between Glendive and the mouth of the river, twenty Burt- ~ thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing _Sacrmnento and _ improvement, forty thousand dollars; onehalf of which sum shall be P¤¤¤h·r R¤t¤¥•· expended on the Sacramento River and one·hult’ on Feather_Riv•-r: Pro- Proviao vided, That no part of said sum, or of the money now on hand to the credit of this fund, except what may be necessary for snagging and dredging operations, shall be used, except as herein provided, until the Secretary of Wm- shall have been sntistied of the cessation of hydraulic mining on said rivers and their tributaries; and of the amount now on hand to the credit of the fund for the improvement of said rivers, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,