Firrr-Ninrn ooneanss. sms. 11. cn. 2509. 1907. 1109 Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: W§;*,§‘“ S°““°l· °‘°·· Continuing improvement and for maintenance, seventy-five thousand ` dollars, of which amount thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the removal of rock obstructions at the mouth of Roche Harbor. Improving Swinomish Slou h, Washington: Continuing improve- W§_,‘{f“°‘“*‘“ Sl°“€h· ment, seventy-five thousand doTars. ` Improving Columbia River, between Wenatchee and Bridgeport, wg’},“”’bi° Bi"'- Washington: Continuing improvement in accordance with the report Wenatchee to submitted in House Document Numbered Fourhundred and forty, B"d°°p°"‘ F ifty-ninth Congress, second session, fort -two thousand dollars. ~ Improving the Okanogan and Pend Olreille rivers, Washington: 0§¤¤¤s¤11¤¤dP¤¤<1 For maintenance of the Okano n and Pend Oreille rivers and for con- Om 1° m°”'w°”h‘ tinuing the improvement the Izznd Oreille River by removing bars, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Saint Michael Canal, Alaska, in accordance with the proj- S¤i¤¢Mi¢h¤¢l0¤¤¤J. ect submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred_ and ‘ eighty-nine, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, ninety-eight thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a mm. contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary "°"“'“°'“· `to complete said project, to be appropriated from time to time as provided by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and fifty · thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein a propriated. That the proviso in the river and harbor Act of Warch third, nine- ®¤Riv¤r.:1¤k¤. teen hundred and five, providing for the forfeiture of the rights granted omni ugxiiigmzd rh}? to the Nome Improvement Company to dredge the Snake Hiver and to l"'°'°“°“* °°'“¥""Y· extend the channel thereof seaward, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "Pm»videdfurther, That if, after January first, nineteen hundred u}'B‘§,}f*‘“’°°"°“"°" and nine, the said improvement company shall, at any time during the Vckeg 3, 1·. 1146. season of navigation, permit any portion of said channel between the umn ' jetties, including that portion of the river improved by it, for three consecutive months, to be of less de th than six feet at mean low tide for a full width of fifty feet, then all) rights of said company as herein determined shall cease, and the harbor improvements constructed, including bulkheads, jetties, and rights in reclaimed lands shall become the property of the United States without recompense to the company." Im roving Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii: Continuing improvement H<>¤¤1¤1¤.H¤w¤11- and fdr maintenance, accordin to the report submitted in Houw Document Numbered Three hundred and thirty-two, Fifty-ninth _ Congress, second session, two hundred thousand dollars: Pmvid(»d. &Qg'{*r·fm_ That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. __ _ _ _ _ __ Improving Hilo Harbor`, HaW8.l1, ID accordance with the project *m°·H'“'°“- submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and seven, F ifty-ninth Congress, second session, two hundred thousand dollars: _ Pmvided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or mmgg contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, in addition to the amounts herein _ _ appropriated: Provided furt}z»e·r, That moditications in said plan may ,°§§_Q£*"°°‘*°“* '·l’ be made in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and that no part of said appropriation or authorization shall be expended unless the Chief of Eihgineers, upon further investigation. shall determine that commercial benefits accruing from such expenditure will warrant the same.
