New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-23

mouth of the Saint Johns river, Florida,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Usage river.
| Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For improvement of the harber at Du-
| luth, Minnesota, sixty thousand dollars.
| For Improvement of the Willamette river,
above Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thou
sand dollars.
For examination and surveys for i'm
proyement on the northern and northwest
ern lakes and rivers, and the Atlantic and
| Pacific coasts, and for contingencies of
| rivers and harbors not provided for in this
| act, one hundred and seventy-fve thousand
| dollars.
| Sec. ?. That all moneys heretofore appro-
| priated for the improvement of the Tennes-
| see river. and still unexpended shall be eX-
pended, under the direction of the Secretary
| of War, for the repairs and completion of
! the works heretofore begun between Knox
vile and Chattanooga, and for the continu
| alton Of the works now in progress below
| Chattanooga, including the Muscle shoals.
| SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is
! hereby directed to cause examinations or
| surveys, or both, to be made at the follow
! ing points, namely: At Galveston harbOr
| from the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar,
| on or nearest to the west shore; at Missis-
! sippi city, for harbor on Mississippi sound;
| at Black river, Missouri, to Poplar bluff; at
| Current river, Missouri, from its mouth to
| Van Buren,; at Otter Creek, Vermont at
| Norfolk harbor, Virginia; at Eureka barbor,
and at Santa Cruz, California; at Passaic
river, between Newark and Passaic, New
Jersey; for ship canal from the head of
| Sturgeon bay, Wisconsin, on the line now
] opened across the portage through the
| timber to the shore of Lake Michigan, with
estimates for constructing the same one
| hundred feet wide and thirteen feet deep;
! at East Chester creek or inlet, New York;
! at Port Chester harbOr, New York; at
| Rondout harb0r. Hudson river, New York;
| at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio;
| at Fourche La Faive river, Arkansas; for
| resurveving Of Monroe harbor, Michigan;
| for survey and estimate for removing
middle ground at the mouth of Black
| river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan; harbor
! at Stonnington, Connecticut; at Grand
| Marias, Michigan; at Neabasco bay, Viz
| ginia at Accotink bay, Virginia; at Savan-
| nah harbor, Georgia; at Wells harbor,
| Maine; at COOsa river, Alabama; at Hunt
| ington harbor on south coast of Long
! Island sound; and to complete the survey
| OF the Cumberland river, and the resurvey
| Of the Tennessee river, from Browns ferry
| to Florence, Alabama; at ChOctawhatchee
river Florida; at Aqua creek, Virginia;
| for survey of White river, from Batfalo
| shoals to the mouth OF james fork, Missou-
ri; for the survey of the Wabash river, from
|
| vey OF the M0nOngahela river, from New
Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to MOrgantown,
i'll West Virginia; for survey beginning at
| vor near Guntersille, on the Tennessee
river, to the headwaters of the Warrior
and Coosa rivers, in Alabama, with the
view of determining the practicability of
| uniting the waters of the Tennessee river
with the waters of the Warrior or Coosa
| river for the purposes of navigation, and
estimates for necessary locks and dams to
extend the navigation on said river to the
| last named place; for examination and sur
| vey OF the Etowah river, from its mouth up
| TO Gainesville, Georgia, and also for ex-
animation and survey of Atchafalaya bay
| and Calcasieu pass, louisiana; OF the Cos
| tenaula river; from Rome, Georgia, up to
| the mouth of the CoOsawattee; at Chatta-
! hoochee river, below Columbus, Georgia; at
the mouth of the Saint Johns river, from the
| outer bar to jacksonville. Florida; at the
mouth of the st. Marks river, from
| Spanish Hole TO, St. Marks, Florida; at
Apalachicola bay, Florida; at Tampa bay,
at Tampa, Florida; for resurvey of Fifteen
mile falls; at Elizabeth and NansemOnd
| rivers, Virginia: at Camden, Arkansas, to
Trinity, Louisiana, on Ouachita river; at
| GoldsbOro, North Carolina, to the mouth of
Neuse river; at the mouth of Licking river,
| Kentucky, for harbOr of refuge; for survey
of Cape Fear and Deep rivers, "a far up as
| La Grange, North Carolina at
Cuivre river, Missouri, from its mouth
| TO Moscow Mills; at Bayou Bartholomew,
from it's mouth to the Arkansas State
line; for the examination and survey OF
the TangipahOa and Tchefuncta rivers, in
| the State of Louisiana; for the survey of
Horse Shoe shoals, in the Delaware river,
below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for the
| survey of the harbor OF NOrwalk. Connect
cut; for surveying the mouths of Quantico
and Choppa Wamasic bays, Virginia;
for examination and survey of Red
river, from the mouth to a point
above the raft i'll Louisiana.
SEC. 4. That the unexpended balances of
appropriations made by the act approved
July eleven. eighteen hundred and seventy,
entitled AN act making appropriations for
the repair, preservation, and completion of
certain public works iii rivers and harbOrs,
and for other purposes" for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy -one, are hereby re-appropriated for
the purposes therein specified; provided,
that any part of the appropriations made by
this act may, at the discretion Of the Secre-
tary of War, be applied during the current
fiscal year.
Approved March 3, 1871.