FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 314. 1896. 231 of the banks at Helena, Arkansas, according to late plans submit- H¤1¤¤¤· Arkted by Captain Graham D. Fitch, Corps of Engineers, and sixteen tanousand dollars in the rectiticatiou of the banks at New Madrid, New M’·d”d·M°· . issouri. For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Mis- S1>¤¤i¤¤<1¤¤>J¤¤¢¤· sissippi River Commission: ’ At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, N"' °*'*°•¤·· one hundred and ten thousand dollars; At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana, \1f¤¤i¤¤¤. Min-. Visixty-four thousand dollars; ( 3 ”°’ °` For rectification of Bed and Atchafalaya rivers, Louisiana: Continu- d§;js¤dA*¤h*‘·“Y¤ ing improvement, forty thousand dollars; ` At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee, seventy thousand dollars; of Memphiswhich thirty-five thousand dollars shall be expended in dredging and improving Wolf River from its mouth to the county bridge on Second street, not exceeding two and a half miles up said stream. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuingimprovement, five m?*£;;>¤*Ri*¤0¤¤~ thousand dollars; and improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing cw-oilmemnosqs improvement, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended by the Missouri '“'°'°·M°· River Commission. _ ' Improving Missouri River, including salaries, clerical, office, travel- E*P°¤¤°·· ¤*¤- ing, and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri River Commission, survey, permanent bench marks, and gauges: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in the systematic improvement of the river according to the plans and specincations of the Missouri River Com- _ mission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That on and mts_ after the passage of this Act additional contracts may be enteredinto by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Missouri River Commission for the improvement of said river, or said material may be purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid tor as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars per annum Li¤¤**¤*·i·>¤· ibr three years, commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven. Of the money hereby appropriated and hereby authorized to be cou- SP°°**‘°" °*’-*°°*·°· tructed for, there may be expended, in the discretion of said Commission, for the purpose of improving the channel by preventing erosion of the banks, not exceeding seventy thousand dollars at Omaha and B{*¤,g·¤·¤ ¤¤··¤ 0•·¤¤¤¤ Council Blutls, or so much thereof as may be necessary; at Rocheport RQ3i.-pm. not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; at Glasgow and for protecting the shore line above Glasgow G'¤¤S°*'·°*¤· from the foot of Bowling Green Bend to the head of Harrison’s Island not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; at Miami not exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars, or so Miamimuch thereof as may be necessary; at Saint Charles not exceeding hfty mnt (7********- thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; at and near _ the mouth of the Little Blue in Jackson County, Missouri, not exceed- M°“"‘°""‘“°m“°· in g twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; on the banks of the river opposite Leavenworth and Atchison not A$*,;g:"°“*’ ""I exceeding fifteen thousand dollars at each of said localities, or so much ` thereof as may be necessary; at Nebraska City not exceeding twenty- Nebraska cn,-. five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Pro- w W h rided, That the Commission may also expend such amounts as may be ‘ °° I M ` absolutely necessary at any time in the improvement of the channel by preventing erosion of the banks at other harbors and localities on the river. Improving the upper Missouri River between Stubbs Ferry, in Mon- §:;°{,”,‘f§,f*,;,‘;°,,f{°¤,_ tana, and the lower limits of Sioux City. Iowa, two hundred and ro Siwx Cify·1¤w¤· ' twenty thousand dollars, of which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the protection and completion of the works at Sioux City; fifty thousand dollars, or so Si<>¤¤= Cirr-
