The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-17

ment of Wells harbor Maine five thousand dollars ;
for the removal OF rocks at entrance of Wefeet har
Dor, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars for the
improvement of the Merrimac river above Haverhil
Massachusetts, twenty five thousand dollars for the
Improvement of Duxbury harbor MASSACHUSETTS, ten
harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars for the
improvement of the Lower Willamette river Oregon
fifty thousand dollars for the Improvement of the
Upper Columbia river Orc yon ffty Thousand dollars
for the removal of Rincon rock in the harbor of San
Francisco California. fifty thousand dollars for the
Improvement OF the breakwater at Wilmington, Cali
fornia, seventy-fve thousand dollars for the i'm
provement of the Tombigbee river ten Thousand dol
lars for remoya of rocks at New Haven harbor,
Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars For improve
ment Of Cocheco river within the town of Dover,
New Hampshire, ten Thousand dollars; for improve
ment of Black River harbor, Ohio twenty thousand
dollars for surveys and examinations with view
to the improvement of rivers and harbors one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby d.
rected to cause examinations or surveys, both, to
be made at the following points, namely: At Key
port harbor, New Jersey; channel between Staten
Jersey at Bear creek, Lake Ontario, New York at
Waddington harbor, New York for breakwater at
Rouses point, Lake Champlain, New York. at
Port Austin and Port Crescent Michigan; at the
mouth of Pensaukie river, Wisconsin at Waukegan
harbor, Illinois the Machias river Maine; at Wick
ford harbor and Newport harb0r, Rhode Island the
side of Providence river between Fields point
and Fox point Rhode Island at Port Oxford, Ore
gon at Estero, bay, San Louis Obepo county Cali
fornia the mouths of Nomoni creek and Occoquan
river Virginia the bay or sound from Delaware
line through Worcester county to Chicoteague inlet,
Virginia, with view to an inlet at or near place
called the Hommacks for ship-canal between the
waters of Galveston bay and Saline lake, Texas f;
Chester river at Kent Island narrows, Maryland !;
Saint Francis river, from Greenvile down, Missouri,
Gasconade river, Missouri Tombigbee river, be.
tween Fulton and Columbus Mississippi harbor OF
Cedar Keys and channel to same, Florida Mantle
river Connecticut the bars ut the outlet OF Sabine
pass, Texas the Mississippi river, between the
mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth of the
Ohio river west end of the pass at and near Bio
Rualr ninfT hal a he m
river in Sabine lake, and to extend up the main
channel of said river to the town of Belzera at the
mouth OF the Nuches river, in Sabine lake. and to ex-
up the main channel of said river to the town of
Boonville at the point where the Angelica river falls
| into the Nuches river, and to extend up the main
channel of said river to the town Of Patonia Texas
at the mouth of the Trinity river in Galveston bay,
and to extend up the main channel OF said river to
the town of Magnolia, Texas Washington harbor,
mouth of Mackay's creek, North Carolina; Chippe-
wa river, up to Chippewa falls, Wisconsin harboi
at Swanton, Vermont harbor at Galveston, Texas !;
at Apalachicoia river, from Chatahooche Florida to
Apalachicola; at Chattahooche river, from Column
bus Georgia, to Chattahooche, Flor1ddi ut Flint
IRON nr eo 10 at Mord Cone
| nectcut; mouth of Pine river, Michigan; the har-
Dor of San Diego, California mouth of Grand Calu-
met river, Indiana Great Kanawha river, from the
Great falls to the mouth, West Virginia to complete
the survey of the James river and Kanawha canal
for survey of Camden harbor, Maine for sea-wall
or breakwater at Trinidad harbor, California OF
the channel and bank at entrance of Salem harbor
on Merrimack river, Massachusetts,, from Haverhill
to Newburyport, including Duck Hole and Currier
shoals the New river from the mouth of Geenbrier,
in West Virginia. to the lead mines in Wythe county,
Virginia. at St. Helena bar, in the Columbia river,
Oregon for survery for the removal of wrecks of
unboats, steamers, and other distractions placed
in YaZoo river during the war; and for the resurvey
of Savannah harbor; the Delaware river between
Trenton and Easton for the survey of the river st.
Mary's, in Ohio and Indiana for the survey OF the
Minnesota river above the mouth of the Yellow
Medicine Minnesota.
SEC. That in the examinations or surveys of all
points mentioned in the foregoing section, the Secre
tary of War be directed to ascertain as far as practi
cable, the amount of tonnage of commercial business
during the previous year at each point together with
tempated Improvement, and that he communicate
the same, together with his report of the examina-
ton survey of such point to Congress: Provided,
That so much of the amount herewith appropriated
for the survey OF rivers and harbors as it requisite
for contingencies, may be used cor said purpose.
Approved June TO- 1872.