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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. 445 Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kan- Arkansas never sas: ont1nu111g improvement from Wichita, Kansas, to its mouth, §1§,;_ Im T" ““"l one hundred and eighty thousand dollars _ _ Improvmg‘Saint Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improve- ¤;·i¤¤F¤¢¤¤i¤ Riv¢¤‘» ment, four thousand dollars. Ar ‘ Imfproving Arkansas River, Arkansas. Indian Territory and Kan- Uifnesuf givga sas, rom Wichita. Kansas, to its mouth: For o erating snag-boats " and removing obstructions, twenty thousand dollars; and the plant . — and money now available for o erations of this character upon any Available pmt and part of the Arkansas river shalll be available for operations under '"°"°" this head; and the Secretary of War is authorized to transfer or sell the heavy steel hull snag-boat now belonging to the plant of the Hwlym $**1 MK Arkansas river, to the plant of the Missouri or Mississippi river at °°°g` ' such charge or price as he may deem just, and said charge or price ‘ shall be deducted from the appropriation for the improvement of the river to which this boat may be assigned, and said sum of money shall become available for the improvement of the Arkansas river . under the provisions of this clause: Provided, That the foregoing hmmtransfer or sale shall not be made until the commission having I Apvmv vi mmcharge of the improvement of the river to which the transfer or °'°r ' sale may be made shall certify to the Secretary of War their aproval of the transfer or sale and of the terms proposed; Provided ¥urther, That authority is hereby granted to construct, out of money New meg-mt. acquired by the foregoing sale or transfer, a new snag-boat suitable for the present and future want of the Arkansas river, the same to cost not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River above Fulton, Arkansas, to complete, two Red Riyer above thousand do lars. F""‘°"*‘“ ‘ Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Maintaining ex- mmap: mm- Ark isting works, five thousand dollars. __ Improving White River, Arkansas : Continuing improvement, W*”°°K"°'·**· thirty thousand dollars. Improving Fourche River: Completing improvement, seven thou- F¤¤¤>h¤ B**¤¤‘·A¤¤· sand five hundred dollars. Improving Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana; mouwbpnkwd gait Continuing im rovement, fifteen thousand dollars. '°”’‘ “‘ ‘ Improving Sig Hatchie River, Tennessee: Continuing improve- Tg; H¤*¤*¤¤ Rimment five thousand dollars. ` Improving Caney Fork River, Tennessee: Continuing improve- Tgmwr Fork River. ment, in accordance with last survey, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Clinch River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, ¤¤¤¤¤ NM- '1‘•¤¤- four thousand dollars. _ Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, Contmu- Tg_¤;m_L¤({lgd Rmx-. in improvement above Nashville, two hundred and fifty thousand' dollars. Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War Prwiwfifty thousand dollars of this sum may be expended in commencing smmrs Shoals. the improvement of said river at Smith’s Shoals. Improvin Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky, below Tguumgglig Nm- Nashville: Continuin improvement, forty thousand dollars, thirty ° ' thousand dollars of which to be used in improving the mouth of the river. The five thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by act of second of August. eighteen hundred and eighltly—two, for "improving v¤1.¤,p.ma the Cumberland River above the mouth of e ico, Kentucky, ’ which naunemumue. said sum of five thousand dollars is yet held over under said act and not expended, be a plied to the removal of snags and sand-bars in the said Cumberland River above Nashville, Tennessee, said amount to be thus ex ended under the direction of the engineer in charge of that work and with the apfproval of the Secretary of War. Improving French Brea River, Tennessee: Continuing improve- Tomuchmwmm. ment, ten thousand dollars.