FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. 1143 necessary shall be applied m the survey of that portion between Bridgeport and Decatur and a resurvey of the remaining portions of said river between the points named, and in making the survey between Chattanooga and Shellmounds through that portion of the river commonly called the ·‘ Suck," an examination shall be made with a view to the construction of locks and dams suitable for convenient and safe navigation, also if on examination it shall be thought desirable, an estimate shall be made of the cost of constructing a canal across Moccasin Bend below Chattanooga: Provided, That so much as may homo. _ be necessary may be used for a survey of the Clinch and French Broad ,,§,§',§Y°’ °'“‘°"· °‘°·· rivers. Improving Tennessee River at Colbert Shoals and Bee Tree Shoals: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Obion River, Tennessee: For maintenance, two thousand outa ium-,1-mr five hundred dollars. Improving Forked Deer River, Tennessee: For maintenance, two Forked Deer mm, thousand dollars. T°"¤· Improving Elk River, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, four nur inm,1·¤m.. thousand dollars. · ‘ Improving Big Sandy River, Kentucky and West Virginia: Continu- mg suv neva, ing improvement, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, Ki!;,?},'},'},:; “· That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of G¤¤¤r¤<=¤¤- War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete two locks and dams in the Big Sandy River between Louisa and the mouth of the Big Sandy River, in accordance with the report of April twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided further, That of !>i¤¤·¤·¤¤i¤¤— the amount authorized to be expended, one thousand dollars may be expended for maintenance on Leviza Fork, and one thousand five hundred dollars on Tug Fork, and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for a detailed survey of the Big Sandy River and Leviza and Tug forks of the same in Kentucky and West _ Virginia: Provided, That the rest of the amount may be used for the "‘”"°“‘°t°‘ local survey, acquisition of sites, and commencement of construction of the above-named locks and dams. Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big Barren *i¤*¤¤ l**"¤*-Kr- Biver: Completing improvement, eighty-tive thousand six hundred and seventy-three dollars and twenty cents. For survey of Licking River, Kentucky, from its mouth, opposite ¤·¤·=¤¤¤ 1¤~·~r-1<r- Oincinnati, Ohio, to Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky, and for estimate of the cost of a lock and dam at or near Three Mile Rifile, about three miles from its month, ten thousand dollars. Improving Ohio Riverfrom its head to itsmouth : Continuingimprove. M__Q3i;; limp f~¤¤ ment, three hundred and seven ty-ti ve thousand dollars, of which amount ` the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend thirty-tive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon a survey of said Ohio River from Marietta, Ohio, to the mouth of the Big Miami River, with a view to the improvement of said river between said points by movable dams and otherwise, so as to provide six feet of water in said river at low water, this survey to include a report upon the location of the necessary dams and the probable cost thereof: Provided further, Dl¤¤'il*¤*l°¤· That out of the three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars herein appropriated there shall be expended the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to wit: Thirty-tive thousand dollars for general snaggin g purposes; twenty thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at Madison, Indiana, to six feet depth at low water, of which so much as may be necessary may be spent upon a special survey to determine the total cost of extending such harbor up to the present low~water front of said city; ten thousand dollars for dredging the harbor at
