The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-10-06
foFFIcIAL-
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATEN,
Passed. at the FIRST ses..oa Of the Thirty-N'nm
Cofv7ess.
fPUBLIC-No. 81.

resentdfires Of the United States Of 1me'acd "a
Congress assembled, That the following sums
OF money be, and the same are hereby, aP-
proprlated, to be paid out of any money III
the treasury not otherwise appropriated TO
be expended under the direction and super
intendence of the Secretary of War, for the
repair, preservation, and completion OF tue
following works, heretofore commenced I'M
der the authority of law and for the other
purposes hereinafter named, that Is to say
For examination and survey of works oi
Improvement, for which appropriations nave
been heretofore made, and concerning when
no sufnelent information Is now In possesSion
OF the department, and for examination ana
survey at other points in the fourth section
of this act specified. that is to say, on the
Atlantic coast thirty thousand dollars on
the Paclhc coast twenty-five thousand dol,
lars; on the northwestern lakes one hundred
Thousand dollars; on the western and north-
western rivers one hundred thousand doi-
lars And the Secretary of War, when the
puDuc interests require 1t, shall cause eNaln-
nations or denominations to be made, WIN
suitable surveys of the works aforesaid, ana
all other works provided for by this act, anu
shall make such changes or notifications OF
the plans heretofore adopted for their I'M
proNement as shall be necessary and proper
And he shall cause such needful examination
OF other haI bOrs and places in the fourth
section OF tins act specified, upon the sea ana
lake coasts, and on western rivers, to be made
as Will enable him to determine what I'M
| provements thereof are required to render
them safe and convenient for the navigation
of the naval and commercial vessels OF the
United States and the cost of such improve
ments, and he shall make full report thereof,
and OF the plans deemed advisable therefor,
TO Congress-, at the commencement OF the
| next session for such action as may be judged
! expedient and right. And if upon such eN-
L an hhrn
named, being works now existing or in pro
/ cess of completion, and concerning which
no sufficient information is now in the
| possession of the department, there shall
remain an uneXpended balance of appropri-
alton properly applicable thereto from the
| sums herein appropriated, which may, IN
! the Judgment of the Secretary of War, be
! judiciOusly applied toward the economical
and needful continuation or completion of
such works, the Secretary of War shall dl-
rect such balance to be applied and used ac-
cordingly; but no moneys shall be used for
! such purposes, excepting from the balances
remaining from appropriations herein made
| for the specific examination and survey OF
! such works
| For extending the breakwater at Portland
| harbor, Maine, one hundred and five thous-
and one hundred and eleven dollars and five
/ cents
| For Improvement of navigation of Hudson
| river, New York, fifty thousand dollars.
! For preservation of Provincetown harb0r,
| Massachusetts, forty-three thousand and
/ siXty-cight dollars and forty-four cents.
! For Improvement of Thames river, Con-
necticut, ten thousand dollars,
/ For extension and repair ri breakwater at
/ Burlington, Vermont, twenty-seven thOus-
| and SIX hundred and seyenty-two dollars and
! twenty-cents.
! For completion and repair of Delaware
! breakwater, Delaware bay, one hundred and
/ seven thousand nine hundred and ten dol
| lasr
| For improving channel of Susquehana
| tiver below Havre de Grace, Maryland,
/ wenty-siX thous and four hundred dollars.
! For continuing improvement of Patapseo
| river, Maryland, five thousand two hundred
dollars
/ For construction of snag-boats and other
/ apparatus for clearing western rivers, and
for the outfit, working and preservation
! thereof, five hundred and fifty thousand dol
/ lars.
And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby
/ authorized and directed, upon such terms as
may be agreed on by the Secretary of the
/ Navy and the Secretary of War, to transfer
/ to and place at the disposal of the Secretary
/ of War such steamers of the United States,
with boats and equipage belonging thereto,
! and used during the rebellion as portions of
| the river fleet as may be so transferred in
! tHG luU8iDtHN VI Tie SECRETARY OF the Navy
without detriment to the public service, and
as may be conveintly and fifty used in
raising snags or removing distinctions from
/ western rivers, so as to render them safe and
navigable for the vessels of the United States
/ and for the uses of cOmmeTce; and if the
same shall be purchased by the Secretary OF
| War, the amounts required for the payment
therefor shall be taken from the appropria-
/ ton aforesaid.
For improving the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river ,seventy-iive Thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, and Ohio rivers five hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Des Moines Rap
ids, Mississippi river, two hundred thousand
! dollars.
For improvement of the Rock Island Rap
ids, Mississippi River, one hundred Thousand
dollars.
For improvement of the Saint Clair Flats,
Michigan eighty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Saint Mary's
river, between Lake Superior and Lake HUI.
! ron, fifty thousand dollars.
For improvement of OswegO harbOr, New
York, and preservation OF the public works
at that point, forty-fve thousand dollars.
For Improvement at Little SOdus Bay har
Dor, Fairhaven, in Cayuga county, New
York, thirty-three thousand eight hundred
and forty dollars and forty-one cents.
For improvement at Big SOdus Bay har
Dor, Wayne county, New York, fifty-three
thousand one hundred and tfty-one dollars
and eighty cents.
For Improvement at the harbor of Genesee
river, New York, seventy-five thousand six
hundred and seven dollars and thirty cents
For improvement of HarbOr at Buffalo
New York, one hundred thousand dollars
For completing the sea wall at Buffalo
harbor, New York, thirty-one thousand dol.
] lars.
For improvement of harbor and repair OF
public works at Erie, Pennsylvania, thirty.
six thousand nine hundred and siXty-One
dollars.
For improvement of Conneaut harbor
Ohio, twenty thousand five hundred and
thirteen dollars and seventy-foUr cents.
For improvement of Ashtabula harbor
Ohio twenty-four thousand seven hundred
and eight dollars and eighty-two cents.
For Improvement of harbor at Grand river
Ohio twenty-four thousand and seventy-two
dollars.
For Improvement of harbor at Cleveland
Ohio fifty-nine thousand eight hundred and
six dollars.
For Improvement of harbor at Black river
Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Harbor at Vermillion
Ohio. fifteen thousand three hundred and
fifteen dollars and seventy-four cents
For Improvement of harbor at Huron
Ohio thirty-nine thousand dollars.
For improvement of harbor at Sandusky
City, Ohio, thrty-eight thousand five hun
bred and eighty dollars.
For improvement of the harbOF at Toledo
| Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
/ For Improvement ofthe harbor az Monroe
Michigan, thirty-One thousand and fifteen
/ dollars and twenty-seyen cents
/ For Improvement of harbor at Aux Bees
Scies, Frankfort, Michigan, lightweight
thousand five hundred and forty one dollars
For improvement of harbor at Grand Ha-
ven, Michigan, sixty-fiye thousand dollars.
| For improvement of harbOr at Black
Lake, Michigan, fifty-five thousand six hun
dred and fifteen dollars and thirty-one cenrs
For Improvement of harbor at Saint Jo-
/ seph, Michigan, six thousand dollars.
! For improvement at the mouth of Sagi-
nav river, Michigan, sixty-seven thousand
E! five hundred dollars
For improvement of harbor at Chicago,
/ Illinois, lightweight thousand seven hund-
red and four dollars
| For improvement of barber at KenOsha.
| Wisconsin, seventy-fve thousand four hum
bred and sixty-one dollars and forty-one
cents
| For improvement of harbor at Racine.