326 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 929. 1886. and releasing, or should his or her name or residence be unknown, or Condumnntio n he or she be a non-resident of the State of Illinois, it shall then be the l‘“’°°°‘E”€"· duty of the United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois to immediately file a petition in any court having Jurisdiction thereof, in the manner and as authorized by the laws of the State of Illinois in such cases, for the purpose of ascertaining the just compensation to be paid to the respective owners of the land taken or damaged: Promded however, That the other owners of property and parties interested in said improvement shall first execute a bond to the United States, to he approved by the Secretary of War, for the payment of the costs of such proceedings, and to pay any judgment that may be rendered therein; and on failure to do so the proceedings shall be dismissed. Illinois River. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars; of which sum three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars may be expended- in dredging the river in front of Peoria. _ Board 0* ****1;*- The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to appoint a Board
*:,;°l"$.°,‘;l: of three engineers from the United States Army whose duty it shall be
p_p,,,,,{,,,;,,`{;,,,,,l_ to examine, in all their relations to commerce, the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and the proposed Hennepin Canal, to consider their value and all other matters connected with their usefulness to navigation, and shall report upon the acquisition and improvement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the construction of the Hennepin Canal. The said Board shall report to the Secretary of War who shall lay its reportbefore Congress at its next session, together with the views of himself and the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army thereon ; and fifteeu thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby p,,,,;,,_ appropriated for this purpose: Provided: That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as committing the Government to the said improvement. ossconads River. Improving Gasconda River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Osage River. Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement by snagging and removing obstructions, ten thousand dollars. N Red River of the Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing improve- N°¤'*l¤· ment from Breckenridge to the northern boundary-line of the United States, including dredging, removal of snags and bowlders, and construction of wing-dams, and so forth; and the money heretofore appropriated for locks and dams is hereby made available for this purpose. _Y c ll o w s t o no _ Improving Yellowstone River between Glendive and the mouth, Mon- B""- tana: Continuing the improvement, eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. _M o k o 1 u m u o Improving Mokelumne River, California, by removing obstructions, 3****- two thousand five hundred dollars. _ Sacramento and Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California, forty thousand F°°*l*°*' R*'°”· dollars of the money heretofore appropriated for improving said rivers that may remain unexpended at the end of the present ilscal year, for suagging and dredging operations and the cost of the proceedings hereinafter authorized, also ten thousand dollars to complete dredges authorized by act of July nfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; the bal. ance of said unexpended money nottobe usednntil the Secretary of War Secretary ofWar be satisfied that hydraulic mining hurtful to navigation has ceased on $0 l·¤_¤¤*·¤¢;¤·l1:l;¤¤ said rivers and their tributaries. If he be notsosatistied, he is hereby
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,,,,,,,,,,]_ prevent the washing, sluicing, dumping, or discharging detritus, debris, _ Legal proceed- or slickens, caused by or arising from such hydraulic mining, into either was to pr¤v¤¤t- of said rivers or any of its tributaries, or into the San Joaquin River or any of its tributaries or in or tosuch place or situation from which such detritus, debris, or slickens may be liable to be washed or carried by storms or Hoods into either of said rivers or tributaries; and he is hereby instructed to use out of said sum as much as may be nccesssary for said purpose.
