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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. Cus. 847, 848. 1930. Winnebago, Wisconsin, which lies northerly and easterly of frac- tional lot 1, section 19, township 18 north, range 17 east, for park purposes, provided he is convinced that the city has the right under the laws of t he State of Wisc onsin to occupy and use t he islan d for such purposes . SEC . 10 . That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to have prepared and transmitted to Congress at the earliest practi- cal date afte r March 4, 1931, a compi lation o f prelimi nary exa mina- tions, surveys, and appropriations for works of river and harbor improvement similar in general form and subject matter to that which was prepared in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1913, and printe d in House Document Numbered 1 491, Sixty-third Con- gress, third session : Provided, That the report to be prepared in accordance with this provision shall be a revised edition of the report printed in the document above mentioned, extended to the end of the Seventy-first Congress . SEC . 11 . Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway : Whenever the Secretary of War shall approve plans for a bridge authorized by law to be built across said waterway he may, in his discretion, and subject to such terms as in his judgment are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to the person or corporation municipal or private building and owning such bridge a right of way across the lands owned in fee simple by the United States on either side of and adjacent to the said waterway ; also the privilege of occupy- ing so much of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abut- ment s, and ot her port ions of the brid ge struc ture and approach es . SEC . 12 . S ubject to the pro visions of secti on 10 of the Rive r and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899, authority is hereby granted to dredge, without cost to the United States, in the navigable waters of the United States included within the State of Maryland and outside the limits of projects for improvement of navigation facili- ties approved by Congress, regardless of rights accruing to the United States as riparian owner under the laws of the State of Maryland : Provided, That in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such dredging will improve facilities for navigation . Approved, July 3, 1930 . 949 Ex ami nati ons , su r- veys, etc . Compilation of, to include 71s t Congress, ordered . Proviso . To be a revised edi- tion, etc. Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Water- way . Right of way over, granted . Maryland. Dredging . Vol. 30, p. 1151. Proviso . Condition. July 3, 1930 . CHAP. 848 .-An Act Making appropriations for the government of the [H. R. 10813.1 District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against

[ Public, No . 521 .] the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Un ited Stat es of Ame rica in Congress assembled , That in order to Di str ict of Colu mbia . ppr opr iati ons fore x- def ray the expenses of the D istrict of Colum bia for t he fisca l year pen s from District rev , ending June 30, 1931, any revenue (not including the proportionate enues, and $9,500,000 share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the fr om the Treasur y . ex pendi ture of a pprop riat ions made for the f iscal yea r 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District of Columbi a and the United States in the same proportion that eac h contri buted to the acti vity or source f rom whenc e such r evenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, an d, in ad dition, $9,500 ,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced July 1, 1930, and all the remainder out of the combined revenues of the Tax rate not to be District of Columbia, and the tax rate in effect in the fiscal year decreased . 1930 on real estate and tangible personal property subject to taxation in the District of Columbia shall not be decreased for the fiscal year Advances.