The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-20
Official.

For bnilding and operating two dredges and
snag-boats, to be used on Mississippi river be-
tween Fort Smelling and Rock Island rapids nine
ty-siX thousand dollars.
For building and operating one dredge or snag-
boat on the Wisconsin river, forty thousand dol
lars.
For improving harbor of Pentwater, Lake
Michigan, ffty-tive thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Pere Marquette Lake
Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.
To improve the navigation of the Willamette
river Oregon, below the city of Portland, thirty
Thousand dollars.
For removing snags and boulders throughout
the Minnesota river, thirty thousand five
hundred dollars
For improvement of Providence river, Rhode
Island, off PawtuXett bar, and at the Crook
twenty five thousand dollars
For improvement ofthe Pawtucket river, Rhode
Island, seventeen thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. AHd be it taytheF enacted, That the ap-
preparation of seventy-five thousand dollars for
constructing works, and improving the entrance
into the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana, made
in and by the act, approved June twenty third
eighteen hundeed and sixty six, shall be eXpend
ed for the purposes aforesaid, upon the terms and
in the manner hereinafter provided for other ap-
preparations under this act P,Opided That it
shall be first shown to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of War that the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars las been expended by the Mich
igan City HarDor Company in the con struction
OF Il safe and convenient harbOr at that place
1nd pr0rided, That the passage of vessels to and
from said harbor shall be free and not subject to
toll or charge, and the money appropriated by
this act shall be soapplied as to complete make
the nearest approximation to completing the
work for which each specific appropriation is
made; and it shall be the duty OF the Secretary
of War to apply the sums herein appropriated for
other purposes than for examinations and surveys
by contract: PiOriCletl, hOmener That when, from
the nature OF the work 10 be done, the same cam
not, in the Judgment of the Secretary, be made
the subject OF contract, the necessary expenditure
NAV be otherwise ordered: POyded That no
SbD1I he made pycpDf after DDb1jp nlv
tiSement for proposals, in such form and manner
to secure general notice thereof, and the same
shall only be made with the lowest responsible
bidder therefor, upon security deemed sufficient
in the judgment of the Secretary. And it shall
be the duty of the said secretary, at the earliest
practicable time to report TO Congress heresult
of any survey or resurvey, with the plan adopted
and the items of expenditure under said plan
and he shall make report OF all action taken I'M
der the provisions of this act, and he shall accom-
pany said report with 4 statement of the amount
and date OF all former appropriations, for each
work, and full estimate for its entire and per
manent completion. with the amount that can be
protitably expended in the next fiscal year; and
hc shall also state i'll what collection district each
work is located, and al near what port of entry,
lighthouse. or port, what amount OF revenue was
collected AT the nearest port of entry for the last
fiscal year, and, as tar as practicable what amornt
ui commerce and navigation would he benefited
by the completion "f eaci' particular work: Pro-
rjd,i, That he shall continue to make such Il re-
port the first Monday of December annually until
the works herein provided for shall be completed.
SEC ). ANA Ire fhifheT. rnUGed That when
the Secretary of War shall invite proposals
for any works, or for any material or labor for
any works, there shall be separate proposals and
separate contracts for each work, and also for
each class OF material or labor for each work, and
he shall report to Congress, on the first Monday
of December next, all the bids with the names OF
the bidders. All persons not holding commits
sionS in the regular army of the United States,
who shall be intruStcd with the disbursement of
the funds appropriated for the works named in
this act, Shlli be required to give bond and am
pie security for the faithful appiicat on of the
the same, and no such disbursin- officer in the
army of the United States hall receive any com
mission or compensation for making such dis
bursemcntS. And the moneys hercnbctore APP
prOpriatcd shall remain and be III the disposal of
the Secretary of War, and suhiec, to his contro!
TOR the purposes named in this ac:, until the sev
eril works and improvements herein provided
for are completed, any law or regulation to the
contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. t. ind be 1t tUrther enacted That the
Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause eN-
amiEations or SURVEYS or both as aforesaid TO
he made at the following points, namely At the
harbor oi San Francisco, California, with a view
to the remova. o" Blossom Rock" il the same
should be found necessary and essential to COM
mcrce at Crescent city harbor, California; at
DuXbury beach, Massachusetts; at mouth of
Mcnomonee river, Green bay; at Saugatuck liar
Dor, mouth of kal Il maZoo river, in Michigan ;
at Port Clinton, in Ohio; at Pultncyv lie, Lake
Ontario, New York and of the Tennessee river,
from Chattanooga to its mouth; ut 4. edy Island
ana Dlstnn ttr"c) point, IN the Delaware river and
bay; at Richmond's Island Cape Elizabeth, the
Union rirerand the Gut opposite the city Of Bath,
Maine; the Connecticut river, between Hart
ford and its mouth; at Block Island, in the State
OF Rhode Island, the reefs in Lake Michigan
near the harbor OF Racine, in Wisconsin, with
view to lighthouse and break water thereon :;
and the Potomac river, in the District of Colum-
bia.
SEC. ). And be 1t further enacted, That the Sec
rotary of War is hereby directed to cause con-
tinuancc of examinations or surveys, Or both AT
the following points, namely: OF the Mississippi
river, above the Falls of Saint Anthony and be-
tween the Falls Of Saint Anthony and Rock Island
rapids; of the Wisconsin river, and to continue
the survey OF the Illinois river, in rdance with
the recommendation of General J H. Wilson, in
his report Of January twelve, eighteen hundred
and sixty seven. And he is also directed to cause
ticable and effective mode of improving the har-
Dor at Galveston, Texas, and Of erecting suitable
breakwatcr at that point.
Approved, March 2, 1867.