14C FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 229. 1884. m¤¤i¤¤iP1>iBiv¤¤ Improving Mississippi River at Des Moines Rapids, Iowa: Continu- Q3 M °“‘ ° ” ing improvement, fifty thousand dollars; of which sum ten thousand dolplais are to be used in the construction of a pier at the outer wall of the Des Moines Rapids Canal, in accordance with the recommen lation of !’¢¤·¤i··><>- the Engineer Corps: Provided, That said pier shall not be made unless the Secretary of YVar shall decide that the railroad bridge at that place was built in conformity with the act of Congress authorizing its construction. my-uoek at Des For the continuation of the construction of the dry—dock at the Des E; ° ¤ R**P*d¤ Moines Rapids Canal, on the Mississippi River, thirty thousand dollars. Missisaippikivcr Improving Mississippi River trom Des Moines Rapids to the mouth g°“!dD°°’ M°'”5:’ of Illinois River, including the river at Quincy and Quincy Bay, and 0;‘§ii:0;°R?f,;`; the removal of the bar at the mouth of Whipple Creek, in said bay: ' Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars. Falls or Saint Improvements at the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota: Repairs to A¤*h°¤Y- and preservation thereof, ten thousand dollars. Mississippi River Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of Illinois River to
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£lff"Q’i“h **6hEg bor, and also, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the improveg,,·,,,_ ment of the Illinois shore opposite the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement, live. hundred and twenty thousand dollars; iitiy thousand dollars of which sum shall be used in extending the work for the protection of the easterly bank of the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, and the prevention of its wash or erosion, commencing at the southerly end of the present Government revetment work and continuing down stream. Misjmippimvu Improving Mississippi River from the head of the passes to Cairo, from head of the including the improvement and preservation of the harbors of New P”°°’·‘ °° C°“'°- Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Greenville, Memphis, Hickman, and Columbus, the deflection of the waters of Red River from the Atehafalaya, and keeping open a navigable channel through the mouth of the Red River into the Mississippi River: Continuing improve- Am,,0p,.i,,,,¤,,,,.m ment, one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; which be expendedunder sum together with the sums herein appropriated for the Mississippi the d¤'°°*;_°¤€v °* River from the Des Moines Rapids to the mouth of the Ohio, shall S°°"°"y ° "" be expended under the diiection of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, estimates, and recommendations of the homo. Mississippi River Commission: Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose p,.,,,.;,,,_ of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to lands by overflows: Pro- 1;,,;,,,;];,,,;, vided, however, That the Commission is authorized to repair and build dppi Riva com- levees if in their judgment it should be done as a part of their plan to ¤'¤¤¤°¤· aford ease and safety to the navigation and commerce of the river and Pronto. to deepen the channel: Provided further, That in view of the threatened injury to the harbor of Memphis and the Government property at that place and the necessity of immediate protection thereof the sum of two hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary shall be immediately applied to protect said harbor and property out of the foregoing appropriations. Removal or For removing snags, wrecks and other obstructions in the Missismpg?. ptq-, from sippi River, seventy-tive thousand dollars Mississippi River. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Exam i nations For examinations and surveys at South Pass Mississippi River ; To •¤d •m¤E;¤ ascertain the depth of water and width of channel secured and main- E,°“f}‘Rl;$ '* tained from time to time by James B. Eads at South Pass of the Misppsissippi River, and to enable the Secretary of War to report during the maintenance of the work, ten thousand dollars. Gauging wasn For gauging the waters of the Lower Mississippi and its tributaries; of Lever Minis Annual expense of gauging the waters of the Mississippi River, and its 'iPPl· tributaries, continuing observations of the rise and fall of the river and its chief tributaries as required by jointresolution of February twenty- first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, ive thomand dollars.
