FIETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. 367 be expended at the rate of two million dollars per annum for three years, berginnin July first, nineteen hundred and three: Provided fiarther, hat the money hereby appropriated and authorized to be Dr¤<1s¤b¤•¤¤».c¤c. expended, in pursuance of contracts, or otherwise, or so much thereof ` as may be necessary, shall be expended in the construction of suitable and necessary dredge boats and other devices and appliances, and in the maintenance and operation of the same, with a view of ultimately obtaining and maintainin a navigable channel, from Cairo down, not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width and nine feet in depth at all periods of the year, except when navigation is closed by ice: And _ _ p2·0cz'derlf}n·tM»1·, That of theamounts hereby appropriated and author- ,,,BQ,’}§§§§f}f’“ °’ “** ized to be expended, the Mississippi River Commission may expend, ‘ in its discretion, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, during a period _ of two years in continuing improvements at l\ew Orleans, Louisiana, §g{;,§f,';°ggg Qghw Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee, 1i¤.Miss.a¤d La. including Wolf River; and the rectification of the Red and Atchafalaya f;i§§"°,E§ llffcigu, rivers, Louisiana, an amount aggregating two hundred thousand dol- 1**** ’i"€”·· I-¤· lars; and in like manner, from said amounts hereby appropriated and authorized, during a period of four years, aggregate amounts for con- _ _ tinuing im roveme_nts as follows: At Greenvi le, Mississgppi, fifty flgigggjljgkhm thousand dbllars; at Helena, Arkansas, twenty thousand o lars; at Garunhcrsviuemo. Caruthersville, Missouri, twenty thousand dollars; at New Madrid, NW M**‘*f*•*·M°· Missouri, twenty thousand dollars. And the Chief of Engineers shall drQ({’gg°"°¤ °* have authority to temporarily remove one or more of the dredges now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission from the river below Cairo to the river from the mouth of the Ohio to and including ' the mouth of the Missouri, and to so operate the same as, in his judgment, will be most beneficial to the commerce of the whole river, and to expend, from the sum herein appropriated and authorized to be expended for the improvement of the river from the mouth of the Ohio to and including the month of the Missouri, for the maintenance and operation of such dredge or dredges from the mouth of the Ohio to and including the mouth of the Missouri, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per annum for four years. Improving Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa, and above to Stubbs glggugtgiiima to Ferrv, Montana: Continuing improvement, including snagging, one smuté ra·»{,n.»¤£. hundred thousand dollars, to be expended at such loca ities and in such amounts as the Secretary of War s all determine. Improving the Missouri River from Sioux Citv, Iowa. to the mouth ofslfgig Giwrv m¤¤¤¤ of the river: Continuing improvement. one hundred and seventy-five ` thousand dollars, said sum to be expended in such manner and at such localities as the Secretary of \Var may direct; and the Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made of said portion of said river with a view to ascertaining whether navigation can be obtained at a reasonable cost bv dred ing and the removal of obstacles; also at G,E,§,§,';f‘{,Q'· wm and near Hermann, lVest Glasgow. \Vilhites Bend, Lexington and Saint Joseph, with a view to ascertaining what lHlA?;`OV€l]l€DtS in these _ localities. if anv. are necessary for navigation: ravided, That this {,’{,g;··>é,c_ examination shall not be construed to prevent any improvements ’ which might otherwise be made at the localities named in this provision; and such dikes, or other construction. as may be necessary to protect public or private property, may be located in stream and upon the banks thereof by abutting owners and_ mun1c1pal1ties,’provided they do not interfere with the proper navigation of said river, and provided further, that the same are approved by the Government engineer having the improvement of said river in charge. _ _ : So much of the Act entitled "An fict making appropriations for the m}g§‘;,{‘“ R·"°'°°“" construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on ¢g>1g3¤e<1.m rivers and harbors, and for other purposes? approved July hfth, `“°’ p' ` eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as provides for the creation of a
