234 .FIF'1‘Y-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 314. 1896. prevent the erosion of the west bank of the Willamette River opposite ` . - Salem, Oregon, and to maintain the river channel at that point. hf,°l=a¤;3·fj;¤·A¤- Improving Columbia River below Tongue Point, by way of the South · V:l.28,p;,35D, Channel in trout of Astoria, Oregon, in accordance with project sub- . _ inttied ui the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen undred and ninetyfive. Fiity thousand dollars of the balance on —hand to the credit of the mouth of the Columbia River improvement pl hereby make:-ized to be expended on this work, in the discretion of e Secretary of War. n¤i•¤w,¤¢¤r River. For improving Clearwater River, Idaho: Continuing improvement, ‘ twentyive thousand. dollars. mgxwouni River. For improving Koetenai Biver, in Idaho, between Bouners Ferry and the intepnational boundary line: Completing improvement, five thousand dollars. ¤¤·w1mmv¤·,W¤n. Improving Oewlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars. 1>¤g¤¢s•¤¤1,w¤n. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Continuing improvement, including the rivers Skagit, Nooksak, Duwamish, and Puyallup, se·venty-five thousand dollars, of which sum so much - zhgreof as may be necessary may be used for the rebuilding of a snag t. SW , · P¤¤¤*= For dredging Salmon Bay and improvement of the waterway con- ¤¤wt.:m¤g;.¤qm°” necting waters of Puget Sound with lakes Union and Washnigton by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the necessary _ locks and appliances in connection therewith, one hundred and iiiicy m".',,""',,;,,,,,,,, b,-thousand dollars: Provided, That no pant of said amount shall be |¤*¤\•¤¤¤¤·r expended on the improvement of the waterway connecting the waters o? Pugeattgouud with glres Umggsind Washingtoii until the entire right o way a release m all liityto adjacent property owners have been secured to the United States, free of cost and to the satisiaetion ¥·°¤•¤•¤¤f¤¤¤¤· of the Secretary of War; said canal to be constructed either by the Slmiths Cove 3am or by the Shilshole Bay route, in the discretion of t e Secretary ar. woshensiis River, Implrdving Ohehalis River, Washingmri: For snagging, three thou- ‘ san o lars. W§_::¤¤¤-*¤*¤ Slwzb- Improving Swinomish Slongh,VVashington: Continuingimprovement ` in accordance with existing plan, twenty-tive thousand dollars. m_f’u‘;},“_j'g‘;{,Qu,ff,{:;{_; _I1nproving Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette to v.¤»0u»~e.-, wm. River and the city of Vancouver, ‘Washmgton: Completing improvement, sixtyseven thousand dollars. w&mvi1=:;i·:_ l:m Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is directed to cause to be prew.m,$,,;,.,,,,.,,,§,,,d, pared a compilation of all general laws that have been enacted from °*°- time totnae by (Joniriess ii; thefn;:inIt?ia1;:le,Sj;i;;»tectilon,hand preserione ie naviga e wa rs o e m es w IC are now in force, and to subunit the same to Congre s at its session in December next, together with such recommendation as to revision, einendation, or enlargelment of the said laws as, in his judgment, will be advantageous to the public interest. $*,:;:1;*;;:- 3mm__ Sm!. 3. That section thirteen of "An Act making appropriations for pi-iation foreuag nm. the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on
- “g!g{g,*lh_ 455 rivers and harbors, and for other purposes/’ approved September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended by inserting
tlhe word1sd“fifty thousand dollars " in lieu of the words “twenty-five t onsan o lars" therein contained. _ BAP;?;:?;;;: _:? SEO. 4. That for preliminary examinations, surveys, except where Wye, en-.otherwise herein especially provided for, contingencies, expenses connected with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such 08808, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for inci- _ dental repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and {gg3mi0n harbors, two hundred thousand dollars: Proriderl, That no preliminary ' examinations, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this Act shall be made: And provided _/hrtloer,
