New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21
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Laws of the United States Passed at the
Second Session of the FOrty-First
Congress,

| Congress-
GENERAL EATURE-No. 1872
An act making appropriations for the repair
preservation and completion of certal
public works on rivers and harbors an
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous
of Representatives Of the United States 0
America in Congress assem- bled, That tn
following sums of money be and are hereb
appropriated, to be paid out of any none
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
to be expended under the direction of tn
Secretary of War, for the repair, preserva
ton and completion of the following publ
works hereinafter named:
For the improvement of Du Luth barbor
I Minnesota, fifty thousand dollars; provided
| that no part of said sum shall be expended
SO as to iDjure the harbor of Superior city
| Wisconsin.
For the improvement of Superior City
harbor, Wisconsin, fifty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Marquette har
Dor, Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.
| For the Improvement of MeuOmonee har.
Dor, Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty-five
| thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ahnapee harbor
| Wisconsin, twenty FIVE thousand dollars.
| For the Improvement of Two Rivers har-
| Dor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dol
| lars.
For the improvement of Sheboygan har-
| Dor, Wisconsin, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Port Washing
ton harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement Of KenOsha harbor,
Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Chicago harbor,
Illinois, ninety thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Calumet harbOr,
Illinois, forty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Michigan City
harbOr, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of New Buffalo hare
Dor, Michigan, five thousand dollars.
For payment to the Green Bay and Mis-
sissippi Canal Company, for SO much of all
and singular its property and rights of
property in and to the line of water
communication between the Wisconsin
river and the mouth of the Fox river,
including its locks, dams, canals, and
franchises, as were under the act of
Congress for the improvement of water
communication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan by the Wis
consin and Fox rivers, approved July sew
enth, eighteen hundred and seventy, re-
ported by the Secretary of War to be
needed, In his communication to the House
of Representati YES dated March eighth.
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hun
dred and f0rty-6ve thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Frankfort harbor,
Michigan, ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Manistee harbor.
Michigan, ton thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Pere Marquette
harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Pentwater har-
Dor Mionlgan, thirty thousand dollars
For the improvement of White River bar-
Dor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Muakegon har-
Dor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Grand Haven
harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars
For the improvement of Black Lake har-
Dor, Michigan ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saugatuck har-
Dor, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of South Haven har-
Dor, Michigan, twelve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saint Joseph har- |
Dor, Michigan, three thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Saint marys |
river aud Saint Mary's Falls canal, Michi- |
gan, three hundred thousand dollars, of |
which sum fifteen thousand dollars may be |
applied to secure the right OF way.
For the improvement of Cheboygan har-
Dor, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars
For the improvement of Au Sable river.
Michigan, ten thousand dollars,
For the improvement of Harbor of Re
tuge, On Lake Huron, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of
Black river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saint Clair fatF,
Michigan, four thousand dollars
For the improvement Of Toledo harbor,
Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Dunkirk harbor
New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Port Clinton
larbor, Ohio, eight thousand dollars
For the improvement of Rocky river
larbor Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Maumee river
bove Toledo, Ohio, seven thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Monroe harbor,
dichigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Buffalo h8rbor,
Jew York, seyenty-tive thousand dollars; |
nd the uneXpended balance heretofore an
ropriated for building sea-wall at Buffalo
For the Improvement of Olcott harbor,
Jew York, ten thousand dollars.
Fer the Improvement Of Oak Orchard
arbor, New York, two thousand five huL- !
red dollars.
For the Improvement of PultDevville har,
or, New York, ten thousand dollars l
For the Improvement Of Little Sodus har- 1
or, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Big Sodus har- !
or, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of O5wegO harbor.
For the improvement of Ogdensburgh
2rbor, New York, tea thousand dollars. 7
For the improvement of Pittsburgh kar-
or, New York ten thousand dollars /
For the Improvement of Burlington har-
or, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars
For the improvement of Otter creek, Yer I
ont, from Fergennes to its outlet on Lake d
hamplain, ten thousand dollars.
For dredge and snag boats on the upper b
1SSlSSTDDl river. tOrtV-tWO thOUaand dol
rs.
For the improvement of the Minnesota 1
ver Minnesota, ten thousand dollars. |;
For the improvement of the Des MONIES
pids, Mississippi river, four hundred b
ousand dollars. t
For the Improvement OF the Rock Island
pids, Mississippi river, fifty thousand r
,llars.
For the preservation of the falls of Saint a
nthony, Minnesota, and the navigation of &
e Mississippi river above the same, fifty
Ousand dollars. r
For improvement of the Mississippi, Mis-
'uri and Arkansas rivers, ninety thousand n
,liarsi for improvement of the Little Mis-
uri river, ten thousand dollars; for i'm n
ovement of the Ouachita river, in Ar
lnsas, sixty thousand dollars; and further q
lprOvement of the Ouachita river, in d
ouisiana, forty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Monongahela n
yer between MOrgantown and New &C.
va, in accordance with the plan sub il
tilted by General A A. Humphreys in his
port to the House of Representatives n
ted February fourteenth, eighteen hun
ed and seventy 1.-TWO, twenty five thousand N
liars. Il
For the improvement of the Ohio river,
ID the harbors thereof, including the re- n
ir OF the Cumberland dam, two hundred
ousand dollars \