FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1898. ,63] the Secretary of War, the plans for said bridge having been approved by him and the sum of twenty thousand dollars appropriated therefor by the city of Bridgeport. Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: For continuing improve- Buif¤lc,N.Y. ment, four hundred and eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty- six dollars. Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay, Delaware: For continuing con- nsnwm my, im. struction, eight hundred thousand dollars. "°' °‘ *'°'¤¤°· Improving Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: For continuing improve- win,-M.-1;,,, smh ilnelpt of harbor at Winyaw Bay, four hundred and fifty thousand C·*°”¤¤ · o ars. · Improving Sabine Pass, Texas: For continuing improvement of S¤¤>i¤¤ P¤¤¤,1‘¤x- harbor at Sabine Pass, four hundred thousand dollars. - Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin: numutmnm. For continuing improvement, seven hundred and seven ty thousand one S“P°"°'· W’“· hundred and thirty-eight dollars. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: For continuing improve- 0.1;;.,...1, 4;..;, gmipt, under existing project, one hundred and thirty-three thousand 0 ars. For the purpose of carrying out the following provision of the river s¤¤¤m_¤¤n» mu and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: “For the construe- };‘j.'],§§°' “"°"'- °‘“‘ tion of restraining barriers for the protection of the Sacramento and _R¢¤¢¤'¤i¤i¤z bn- Feather rivers in California, two hundred and ilfty thousand dollars, "°Gf,f§3_*,,_m_ . such restraining barriers to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the recommendations of the California Debris Commission, pursuant to the provisions oi} and for the purposes set forth in, section twenty-five of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, ‘An Act to create the California Debris v¤1.z1,p.¤u. Commission and regulate hydraulic mining in the State of Calitbrniai approved March ilrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided, Provm. ’ ‘ That the Treasurer of the United States be, and he is hereby, author- S§,°§"§{,Hf,,§',§$,,‘{,*§u§_' ized to receive from the State of California, through the debris commission of said State, or other officer thereunto duly authorized, any and all sums of money that have been, or may hereafter be, appropriated by said State for the purposes herein set forth. And said sums when so received and hereby appropriated for the purposes above named, to be expended in the manner above provided," and for the further purpose of making available to the United States the appropriation, or any part thereof, made by the provisions of an act of the legislature of the State of California, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled *‘An act to amend an act entitled *An act to provide for the appointment, duties, and compensation of a debris commissioner, and to make appropriation to be expended under his directions in the discharge of his duties as such commissioner, approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,"’ and of said amended act, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in the preparation for and construction of the proposed works authorized and appropriated for by the aforesaid provisions, to enter into an agreement that t Asrewpemthatwlz the contractor shall look solely to the State of California for one-half |§“§,§'}§,Q',-,,°§n2‘[,,_ of such expense, to be paid out of said State appropriation, and the P°;_·*:·°°°· United States shall in no manner be liable for said one-half °' ‘ °‘ H"` Improving harbor at San Pedro, California: For construction of a Sm P¤i¤>·¤¤1- deep-water harbor for commerce and of refuge at San Pedro, California, in accordance with the plans and specifications of the board appointed by the President, as provided in the Act of June third, eighteen hun- v01.zo,p.z1s. dred and ninety- six, four hundred thousand dollars; but nothing herein shall be construed to extend the' limit of cost of improvement of the harbor at San Pedro, California, as authorized by said Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. ' That the provisions of the river and harbor Acts of August eight- g·:{¤£•y.3<_g¤g¤¤· eenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and June three, eighteen vsnl zi K 214; hundred and ninety-six, making appropriations for improving harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon, by deepening harbor and removing obstructions ·
