Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-05-11

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bidder iliefe0f. npon security deem.
al sufficient In Tie Judgment NJ the
Secretary, And ltshall be the duty
NJ the said Secretary, NJ the earliest
practicable time, a. report ~ Con
gross the result ~ any survey or
rcsurvoy, with the plan adopted and
the items of expenditure under said
plan; and be- shall make report ofall
action taken under the provisions
0f this net, and be- shall accompany
snid report with u statement Of tho
amount aud date Of all former mp
preparations for each work, and u
full estimate for its entire and per.
maneht completion with the amount
that can be proiitably expended in
the next fiscal year and he shall
also state in what collection district
each work il located, and Mt or 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 far as
practicable, what amount Of COM
mcrce and navigation would be ben.
Gifted by the completion of each
particular work Provided, That he
shall continue TO make such n re-
port the first Monday Of December
annually until tho works herein
provided for shall be completed,
SEC. 3 And be 10 further enacted,
That whenever the Secretary Of
War shall invite proposals for any
works, or for any material or labor
for any works, there shall be sopa.
rate proposals and separate contracts
for each work, and also for each
class of material or labor for each
work, and he shall report to Con-
gress, on the first Monday of Dcccm-
Der next all the bids with tho names
of the bidders. All persons not
holding commissions in the regular
army Of the United States, who
shall be intrustcd with the disbursc'
ment of the funds appropriated for
the works named in this act, shall
be required to give bond and ample
security for the faithful application
of the same, and no such disbursing
officer in the army of the United
States shall receive any commission
or compensation for making such
disbursements. And the moneys
hereinbefore appropriated shall re-
main and be at the disposal of the
Secretary of War, and subject to his
control for the purposes named in
this act, until the several works and
improvements herein provided for
are completed, any law or regula-
ton to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Sec. 4. and be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of War is here
by directed to cause examinations
or surveys, or both, as aforesaid, to
be made at the following points,
namely: At the harbor of San Fran
cisco, California, with view to the
removal of Blossom Rock" if the
same should be found necessary and
essential to commerce F.; at Duxbury
beach, Massachusetts; at mouth Of
Menomonee river, Green bay; at
Saugatuck harbor, mouth of Kal[a]
mazoo river, in Michigan: at Port
Clinton, in Ohio; at Putneyville,
Lake Ontario, New York; and Of
the Tennessee river, from Chatta-
nooga to its mouth at Reedy Island
and Liston (tree) point, in the Del
aware river and bay; at Richmond's
island, Cape Elizabeth, the Union
river and the Gut opposite the city
of Bath, Maine; the Connecticut
river, between Hartford 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 light
house and brcakwater thereon; and
the Potomac river in the District Of
Columbia.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of War is here
by directed to cause n continuance
of examinations or surveys, or both,
at the following points, namely: Of
the Mississippi river, above the
Falls of Saint Anthony and between
the Falls of Saint Anthony and
Rock Island rapids; of the Wiscon-
sin river, and to continue the sur
vey of the Illinois river, in accord
ance with the recommendation of
General J. ii. Wilson, in his report
of January twelve, eighteen hun
bred and sixty seven. And he is
also directed to cause plans and es-
Inmates to be made Of the most prac-
ticable and effective mode of i'm
proving the harbor at Galveston,
Texas, and of erecting suitable
breakwater at that point.
Marnh. . 1897