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FIFTY·FIRS'I‘ CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 907. 1890. 463 to the Secretary of War a report thereon with a project and estimate of cost of construction of such a harbor of refuge. The West Branch of the Susquehanna River in the State of Pennsylvan1a, in order to ascertain if the navigation of said river can be materially and permanently improved by the construction of embankments or otherwise; such survey also to be made with a view of ascertaining the best practicable method of confining the waters of lsaid river in times of great Hood, to the general course of its channe . Tionesta, from the town of Tionesta, to the village of Balltown, with a view to the improvement and the removal of obstructions. RHODE ISLAND. Bhodolslmd. Watch Hill Cove, in Little Narragansett Bay. Narragansett Bay Channel between Starve Goat Island and the main land, with a view of deepening the same. Newport Harbor, South of Goat Island, with a view to the removal of the Spit at the south end of the Island. » SOUTH CAROLINA. samncmunm Wateree River from Camden to the falls of the Catawba, also of the bend or curve in said river about four miles below Camden between the plantations of Witte and Williams to determine if it is advisable in the interest of navigation to make a cut oi across the neck of said bend. Black River, from Kingstree to its mouth. ·r1¤NNr:ssmm. · ’r¤¤¤¢¤¤•¤· Obion River, from its mouth to the crossing of the Louisville and Memphis Railroad in Obion County. Little Pigeon River from mouth to Sevierville. Memphis Harbor, especially for the removal of the bar forming opposite the upper part of the city or the prevention of the river bank taking the form that the natural forces are now giving it. TEXAS. Texan. Brazos River from its mouth to Waco. Sabine River from where said river empties in Sabine Lake to Sudduth’s Bluif, on said Sabine River. ~ Survey to remove obstructions at _ mouth of Double Bayou in Chambers County, to remove obstructions. Colorado River, with a view of removing raft at mouth of same. Saint Charles Bay, with a view of removing obstructions at mouth of same. Aransas Bay, to remove Half-Moon reef. West Galveston Baly, from Christ1an’s Point, with a view of reopening the channel t rough West Bay. Trinity River from its mouth to Dal as. VIRGINIA vugmu. Water-way to connect Lynn Haven Bay with Eastern Branch of Elizabeth River. Potomac Creek. _ _ Chickahominy River, from Holly Landing to Long Bridge. Tangier Harbor. Wicomico River.