366 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. hundred and ninety-one, and the further sum of one thousand five _ hundred dollars for removing the bar in the Mississip]? River at the F<>¤¤¤¤i¤ CiW· Wh- mouth of Fountain City Bay at the foot of North street, ountain Citiy, ggyvgovgnijgm Wisconsin. The ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by the ` ’' sundry civil Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the improvement of the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa, with the further sum of five thousand dollars to be taken from amounts a propriated in this paragraph, shall be applied for the construction ofa harbor of refuge from ice at a point at or below the said cit of number; my. Daveriport, and other necessary improvements of said harbor. Hiimburg y is hereby included in and made a part of the general project for the improvement of the Mississippi River. nes Moines mpm., The Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made of the mh "“° °“'"°‘ Mississip i River at the foot of the Des Moines Rapids, near Keokuk, Iowa, to ciete rmine whether a dam constructed at the foot of said rapids would be a benefit or impediment to the navigation of said river. He shall also cause an examination to be made of the locks of the Des Moineslltapids Canal to determine the necessity for and cost of enlarg- · in suc loc s. ‘ mm mourn of me dm rovin the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River §);§§?-;i"°°°h °f m to andhncluchn the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvehowzw. ment, six hunched and fifty thousand dollars: Itovided, That on and °°”"°°“‘ after the passage of this Act additional contracts ma be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and worh as may he necessary to carry on continuouslv the systematic improvement of the Mississippi River between the points mentioned, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggre te one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of this amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Andproumass em. »t·Zde¢l_furt/ner, That the amount to be expended upon the improvement of said river between the points mentioned shall be limited to six hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year for four years: Amlprocided M»m·m.w<>rk.erc. jnrther also, That the Secretary of War is authorized to cause to be examined the materials furnished and the work and labor done since May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and one, in accordance with the method ’ and system and under the plans of the United States en ineer otiieer in charge, to prevent the erosion of the banks at or nearSxwyers Bend, nam: or Saint in the harbor of Saint Louis. so as to improve the channel and preserve "°“"" the protection works at said point, and to ascertain the reasonable value of such materials, work, and labor so furnished and done, and out of said sum to pay for so much of the same as is in the interest of navigation, not., however, to exceed the sum of fift thousand dollars. mgjajlgjlggl Rim Improving Mississippi River from Head of the lyasses to the mouth 'r»·_-ni rim nf the of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, oihcial, traveling, and Kit? '°‘“°“"‘ °' me miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continu-
- ?¤P**¤*¤·°*°· ing improvement. two million two hundred thousand dollars, which
shall he expended under the direction of the Secretary of \Var, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the general improvement of the river, for the building of levees, and for surveys, including the survey from the Head of the Passes to the headwaters of the river. in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and romote the interests of commerce at all Qjf{‘{',QE';_,_ stages of the river: ]’/·~»·»`¢IwI? That on and after the passage of this Act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of \Var for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission, as aforesaid, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, which latter amount shall
