FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2509. 1907. I 103 ing the Fox River Navigable Water-Way Association from liability for any damage indicted upon private property by reason of the constrpption of the dam as afgresaidi R e permission grante to the Fox iver Navi able Water-Way F°"¤°’ P€*m*¤¤*°¤ Association under river and harbor Act approvedgJune thirteenth, f°irliilud2fiii03lis$i]` nineteen hundred and two, to construct a dam across said river in the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, in township forty-five, in range eight, east of the third principal meridian, same being about three thousand feet below the highway bridge at McHenry, in McHenry County, Illinois, is hereby reppaled. The Secretary of War is authorized to permit the Sterling Hydraulic gg £*1‘}°{bI\}}" d Company, of Sterling, Illinois, to erect, own, and operate a wer mom, at senin;. station in connection with the dam built or to be built by the Ildited States in Rock River at or near Sterling, Illinois, in connection with . the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: Provided, That p,,,,,,;,,,,, the location and plans of said power Stahl0D shall be sub`ect to the m;},P¥g‘;"°‘ °‘ *°°**· approval of the Secretary of War: Provided fiu·the1·, That the naviga- Nsivigation me to tion of Rock River and of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and the °° °°”"‘°°€d‘ otperation and maintenance of said dam shall be in no wa obstructed t ereby: And provided fart/wer, That prior to the issue ofy said permit C°¤d**i°¤- the Sterling Hydraulic Company shall waive any and all claims that it may have against the United States by reason of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, except such claims as it may have for the abstraction from k River of more than three hundre cubic feet of water per second when the flow of Rock River immediately above is less than one thousand cubic feet of water per second. Improving Mississippi River, from Head of the Passes to the mouth }}Lfg,,“,§'“{,‘{’£·,,, of the Ohio River, inc uding salaries, clerical, ofricial, traveling, and mggi toeiohiver miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Con- Commi igii. tinuing im rovemeut, three million dollars, which shall be expended E‘*’°“"‘·°°°‘·°" under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission as aplproved by the Chief of Engineers for the general improvement of the river, for the building of levees between the Head of the Passes and Cape Girardeau, Missouri,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 remote the interests of commerce at all stages f the river: 1’rm:ided, A§f,'{{{f,'{,“;,c°n,,,c,,_ That on and after the passage of this Act the Secretary of War may . enter into additional contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission as aforesaid, to be pai 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: Provided farther-, That the authorized sum last named shal be used in prosecut- A¤¤¤¤1¤¤<>¤¤=¤¤¤· ing the improvement for not less than three years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and eight, the work thus done each year to cost approximately two million dollars: And provided further, That 1>r¤ds¤\;<>·¤» ¤¤¤· the money hereby appropriated and authorized to be 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 the view of ultimately obtain C_<;r¤;•¤¤•=¤ bmw ing and maintaining 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: gindpmmderl prgiféjgg? ‘°' "“· further, That the water courses connected with said riyer, and the harbors upon it, now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission and under improvement, may, in the discretion of sa1d Com-
