The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-20
GPUBLIC-No. 50. I

AN ACT making appropriations tor the repair,
preservation, and completion of certain pub
lie works heretofore commenced under the
thority of law and for other purposes.
Be il enacted 6y the Senate and House of Repre-
sentutiyes Of tile United States Of Ane'iea IN Con-
qreSS assembled, That the following sums ofmOney
be- and the same are hereby, appropriated, TO be
paid out of any money i'll the treasury not other
wise appropriated, to be expended under the di-
rcction and sui .crintendcncc of the Secretary of
War; for the repair, preservation, and completion
of the following works heretofore commenced un-
der the authority of law, and for the other purpo-
ses hereinafter named that is to say:
For examination and survey of works OF i'm
pr0vement for which appropriations have been
heretofore made, and concerning which no sut-
ticent information is now in possession of the de-
partment. and for examination and survey at 9TH
er points in the fourth and fifth sections of this
act specified, that is to say On the Atlantic coast
thirty thousand dollars; on the Pacific coast,
twcnty-fv thousand dollars; on the nOrthwes
tern lakes, seventy five thousand dollars: on the
western and northwestern rivers, one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars. And the See
retary OF War, when the public interests require
it. shall cause examinations or rre-eXamnationS to
be made, with suitable surveys, of the works
aforesaid and all other wcrkS provided for by this
act, and shall make such changes or notifications
of the plans heretofore adopted for their improve
ment as shall be necessary and proper And he
! shall cause such nccdful examination Of other
harbors and places in the fourth and fifth sections
of this act specified, upon tle and lake coasts
and on Western rivers, to bc made us viii ena BILE
| him to determine what improvements thercotare
required to render them safe and convenient Tor
the navigation of the naval md commercial YES
| scis of the United States, and the costs OF such
| improvements; and he shall make full report
thereof and OF the plans deemed advisable there
| for, to Congress, Oh the first Monday Of Decem-
| Der next, for such action as may be Judged expc
dient and right And if upon such examination
and survey of works first herein named, being
works now existing or in process of completion,
and which information is n
the possession of the Department, there shall re-
main an uncXpended balance of appropriation,
properly applicable thereto, from the sums herein
appropriated, which may, in the Judgment Of the
Secretary of War, be judiciouSly applied towards
the economical and needtnl continuation
pletlon of such works, the Secretary of War shall
direct such balance to be applied and used accor-
dinghy; bat 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 woorks.
For extending the pier at Erie liarbor, Pcnnsyl
vania, and dredging channel through to outer bar,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Improvement ut mouth of COnncaut river,
Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For Improvement at AsiItabula harEor, Ohio,
hfty-four thousand dollars.
For Improvement of works at Grand river har-
Dor, Ohio, sixty thousand dollars
For improvement of Sandusky river, from
Fremont TO Lake Erie, in Ohio, twenty thousand
dollars.
For improvement of Maunee bay, Ohio, TWEEN
ty thousand dollars
For Improvement of ST. Clair fats, in Mich-
gan, one hundred and fifth thousand dollars TO
be expended in accordance with the plans and
specifications of Colonel T. j. Cram in his re-
port of December tenth, eighteen hundred and
siEty-siX.
For improvement at mouth of Sgiuaw river,
Michigan, twenty-eight thousand dollars.
For Improvement of st. Mary's river Michigan,
fifty thousand dollars.
For improving Marquette harbor, Lake supe-
| rior, eighty five thousand dollars
For improving Eagle harbor Lake Supsrior
| SiXtytive thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at Supctior 9th Wis
conSin, siXty-thrce thousand dollars
For improving 'larbOr al Aux Bees Scies Mich;-
gan, ten thousand do 'ars.
For improvement of Grand River harbor, Michi-
gan forty thousand dollars
For Improvement of Black Lake hari,or Nici,i-
gan, fity-one thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of St. Joseph, Michigan.
twenty-three thousand dollars.
For Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin
forty five thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Shebovgan, Wiscon-
sin, eight thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Manitowoc, Wiseon-
sin, fOrty-five thousand dollars
For improving harbor of Green Bay, Wiscon-
sim tortyfve thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Manstee, Michigan,
sixty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of White River harbor Miehi-
gan fiity-seven thousand dollars.
For improvement of Muskegon harbor, Lake
Michigan, fifty nine thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of South Haven Micli-
gan, forty-thrce thousand dollars
For improving harbor of New Buffalo, Miehi-
gan, sixty thousand dollars.
For improving harbOr of Dunkirk New York
one hundred Thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Buffalo, New York,
one hundred thousand dollars,
For improving harbOr at Olcott, New York, at
mouth of Eighteen-mile creek, sixty thousand
dollars.
For improvement at harhor of Oak Orchard,
New York, eighty seven thousand dollar.
E,Nri npp h,rl of S.NHYt n
York, eighty thousand dollars.
For improving harbor OF little Sodus bay, New
York, fifty thousand dollars.
For improving harbor at OSwego, New York,
sixty thousand dollars.
For improving harbor of Plattsburg New York,
twenty-siX thousand dollars.
For completing the improvement OF the nayi-
CATION of the kennebec river Maine, between
Shcrards Point and Augusta, thirty thousand
dollars.
For improving harbor of Ogdensburg, New
York. forty thousand doll irs.
For improving the harb ,r of Burlington, Yer
mont, eighty thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Thlmes river, Connecti |
cut, thirty-six thousand dollars
For the purpose of impr wing the navigation of |
the St. CroiX river, Maine, above the ledge, fif |
teen thousand dollars: Proyided, The province of
New Brnnswick shall contribute and pay. to the
proper disbursing officer a ike sum for said pur
pose, said payment being made on condition that |
in no event shall the province of New Brunswick !
be called upon for more than half the sum actual
For Improvement of Hudson river, New York, |
from Troy to Baltimore, three hundred and five |
thousand one hundred and Gig lty eight dollars. |
For improving harbor of Marcus Hook PENN !
sylvania, ninety four thousand dollars
For improvement of Chester larbor Pennsyl- !
vana, eleven thousand dollars.
For improvement of Delaware breakwate |
Delaware Bay, one hundred and nine thousand |
four hundred and ninety three dollars and seventy
cents.
For Improvement of Patapsco river, Maryland,
scvcnty-fiye thousand dollars.
For improvement of mouth of Mississippi river
two hundred thousand dollars.
For Improvement of Ohio river, one hundred !
thousand dollars.
For preservation and improvement of Boston i
harbor, Massachusetts, three hundred and seven i
ty five thousand dollars.
For improving navigation on the Mississippi /.
river at Des Moines or Lower rapids, according Z:
10 such plan the Secretary of War shall on the B
report OF board Of engineers approve, five hun ]
u uIcu thousand dollars: POuided howeDer, That I
my my canal that may be constructed around said s
MONIES or Lower rapids of the Mississippi 4
;ti la be and forever remain free to the nav :!
Ill ana commerce of said river and no tolls /,
'h1.l az ever De collected thereon !,
:. ID l Improving navigation of Mississippi river 7
dollars WV h"iiufeu 'hous'hu /
For improving harbol of Ontonagon Michigan.
ninety-seVen thousand six hundred dollars.