The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-10-11


For Improvement Of haTbnr az saint DO
seph. Michigan. six Thousand dollars,
For Improvement AZ the mouth OF sagi-
nav river, Michigan, i1ty-seFen thousand
1--WE hundred dollars
For Improvement Of harbor at Chicago.
Illinois, eighty-eight thousand seven humid
red and four dollars.
Fur Improvement Of hafbor at kenosha,
Wisconsin. sey enty.hye thousand four hun
bred and siXty-one dollars and forty ONO
cents
For improvement of harbor at Racine,
Wisconsin, twenty three Thousand nine hum
dred and ten dollars
For Improvement of harb0r at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. forty-eght thousand two hun
bred and eighty-three dollars aud hfty-one
cents.
For Improvement of harbor at Sheboygan,
Wisconsin fOrty-seven Thousand five hun
bred and ninety-eight dollars and ninty-one
cents.
For Improvement ofharbor at Manitowoc,
Wisconsin fifty-two thousand dollars.
For repairs of government wharyes and
landings, and improving harbor Mt Marcus
Hook, on Delaware river, Pennsylvania, i've
Thousand dollars: Prorided, That before
expenses shall be incurred ON said wharves
and landings, it shall be shown TO the salts
faction of the Secretary of War that the
same belong 10 the United States.
For Improvement OF the harb0r Mt Green
Bay, at the mouth of Fox river, Wisconsin,
thirty thousand five hundred dollars.
For constructing works and improving the
entrance into the harbor of Michigan City,
/ Indiana, seventy-fve thousand dollars: Fro
rided, That it shall be first shown to the
satisfaction of the Secretary OF War that
sum equal to double the amount aforesaid
has been expended by the Michigan City
Harbor Company in the construction OF q
safe and convenient harbor at that place;
Ind prorided, That the passage OF vessels to
and from said harb0r shall be free and no
subject TO toll or charge
For Improvement of the Kennebec river,
in the State of Maine, between Sheppard
Point and the city of Augusta, twenty thou
sand dollars. i.I
For removal of distractions to navigation
in the Willamette river, between Portland
and its mouth, in the State of Oregon, ftteeil
thousand dollars.
For continuing the repair of the piers in
SacO river, in the State of Malnei forty thou
sand dollars.
SEC. 2. 1ad be II further enacted, Ihat
the money appropriated by this act shall be
so applied as to complete, or make the near
: est approximation to completing the work
for which each specific appropriation Is
made and it shall be the duty of the Seere-
tary of War 10 apply the sums herein appfo-
prated for other purposes than Tor eXahlha-
: lions and surveys by contract: Pf0ndd.
= That no contract shall be ma'ie except altef
public advertisement for proposals in such
form and manner as to secure general notice
! thereof and the same shall only be made
y with the lowest responsible bidder therefor,
: upon security deemed sufficient in the ludg-
ment of the Secretary. And it shall be the
" duty of the said Secretary, at the earliest
practicable time, to report to Congress inc
!, result of any survey or resurvey with the
plan adopt ed and the items of expenditure
under said PLAN and he shall make report OF
= all action taken under the provisions OF TINS
aet aud he shall accompany said report with
y u statement of the amount and date OF all
;, former appropriations for each work. and u
" full estimate for its entire and permanent
completion, with the amount that can be
. profitable expended in the next fiscal year.
, And he shall also state in what collection
/ district each work is located, and at or near
what port of entry, lighthouse, or fort; what
Z ainoR Of revenue " as collected at the
y nearditjspOrt of entry for the last fiscal year.
aud, as far asIpracticable, what amount OF
y commerce and navigation wOnld be benefit
u ed by the completion of each particular
work: PrOrided, That he shall continue to
u make such report at the commencement Of
III every session Of Congress until the works
~ y herein provided for shall all be completed.
'i SEC. 3. Ind be it further enacted, That
whenever the Secretary of War shall invite
y proposals for any works, or for any material
~ or labor for any works, there shall DO separ
10 rate proposals and seperate contracts for
eI each work. and also for each class OF materl-
y al or labor for each work; and he shall report
~ to Congress, at its next session. all the bids
%, with the names of the bidders All persons
VI not holding commissions in the regular army
III of the United States who shall be intrusted
y with the disbursement of the funds appro-
~ priated for the works named III this act,
Ill shall be required to give bond and ample
M security for the faithful application OF the
III same; and no such disbursing officer lnAthe
es army of the United States shall receive,p ny
he commission or compensation for making sucn
OF disbursements. And the moneys herinbefOre
nj appropriated shall remain aud be at the dis
III posal of the Secretary of War, and subject to
his control for the purposes named in this
Is act until the several works and improve
ments herein provided for are completed,
Is any law or regulation to the contrary not
III withstanding.
SIC 4. Ind be il further enacted, That
Up the Secretary of War is hereby directed to
hd cause examinations or surveys, or both NJ
aforesaid to be made at the following
up points, namely: At Superior City, Eagle
nd Harbor, Marquette, and Lac Ia Belle, OF
Lake Superior, and at Ausabe river, in th'
rs, Gtatt Vi bliC OAiAO AAftA
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and Bufiintol
VS. island, West Virginia; of Sandusky river
In. Ohio; at Chester harbor, Pennsylvania, n
Bridgeport, Connecticut; at Hell Gate, New
CIV York; at the port of 0gdensburg, New York
rks at San Francisco, California; at the Gram
Chain, in the Ohio river at the harbor o
ar. Baltimore, between Fort MeTIenry aud til
ew mouth of the Patapsco rivers in the State 9
red Maryland; of the Mississippi river, betwee
Fort Smelling and the Falls of Saint Anton
ar. and the upper or Rock River rapids Of Tia
rec Mississippi river, with view to ascertain til
ars most feasible means, by economizing n
water of the stream, of inSuring the passagl
see at all navigabe season, Of boats DRAWN
six four feet of water of the Minnesota rive
nts from its mouth to the Yellow Medicine rive
alo in order TO ascertain the praeticability an
. expense, by slaek-watea navigation or othe
falo wise, of securing the continued navigabilii
lol of said stream during the usual season Of ma
gation;and for examining and reporting upo
= r. the subject of constructing railroad bridge
-. " across the Mississippi river between st. Pan
ss in Minnesota, and st. Louis, in the State
quo Missouri, upon such plans of construction /
will offer the least impediment 20 the ma
Dor, igation Of the river. of Rock river the Kel
and nebec river above Gardiner Maine; u
PenObseot river above Hampton, Maine;
Dor, the Zambro river, Minnesota; ut the Came