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thereof
and caused the seal of the United States to be fixed
/ Done at the city of Washington this first day of
| June, in the year of our Lord oe thousand eight
| hundred and seventy-two, and Of the independence
of the United States OF America the nnetysiX I'm
By the President:
| HAMILTON FISH,
| Secretary of State.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. 1874.
AN ACT making appropriations for the repair pres
ervation ano completion OF certain pubic WORKS
on rivers and haIbors, and for other purposes.
Be it enac ell by the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America III Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums OF money
be, and hereby, appropriated To De paid OUT OF
any money in the treasury not otherwise approprla-
ted be expended under the direction OF secretary
of War. for the repair. preservation, and complexion
| of the following public works hereinafter named
1 For the Improvement of Du Luth harbor, Minneso-
ia fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part OF
said sum shall be expended so as to the harDof
dollars; for the improvement of Marquette harbor,
Michigan, fifty thousand dollars; for the improve
1 ment of Menomonee harbor, Michigan and Wiscon-
| sin twenty-five thousand dollars for the improve
| ment of Ahnapee harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five
thousand dollars for o
| the Improvement of Sheboygan harbor, wisconsin,
eighteen thousand dollars for the improyemt OF
Port Washington harbor Wisconsin, hfteen tnonsand
| dollars for the improvement OF ken0sha harb0r,
| Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars: for the improve
provement of Chicago harbor, llinois ninety tnous
Illinois, forty thousand dollars for the Improvement
of Michigan City harbor, Indiana fifty thousand dol
| lars for the improvement of New Buffalo harbor,
Michigan, five thousand dollars for the payment to
the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, for
SO much of all and singular its property and rights
of property in and the line of water communication
between the Wisconsin river and the mouth of the
| Fox river, including its locks dams, canals, and
franchises were under the act OF Congress for the
/ Improvement of water communication between the
Mississippi river and Lake Michigan by the Wiscon
sin and Fox rivers, approved July seventh eighteen
/ andca cd hv he pfary Of
War to be needed, in his communication to the House
of Representatives dated March eighth eighteen hun
| bred and seventy-twO, one hundred and forty-fve
thousand dollars; for the improvement of Frankfort
narbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars for the i'm
provement of Manistee harbor, Michigan, ten thous
and dollars for the Improvement OF Pere Marquette
harbOr, Michigan ten thousand dollars for the i'm
| provement of Pentwater harbor, Michigan, thirty
d oP the ten If
the improvement of Muskegon harbor, Michigan ten
| thousand dollars; for the improvement of Grand
Haven harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars !;
for the improvement of Black Lake harbor, Michi-
| gan, ten thousand dollars for the improvement of
Saugatuck harbor, Michigan fifteen thousand dollars
| for the improvement of South Haven harbor, Mich
gan twelve thousand dollars; for the improvement
Of Saint Joseph harbor, Michigan, three thousand
dollars for the improvement of Saint Marys river
and Saint Marys Falls canal, Michigan, three hun
dred thousand dollars, of which sum fifteen thousand
dollars may be applied secure the right of way for
the Improvement of Cheboygan harbor, Michigan,
fifteen thousand dollars for the Improvement OF Au
Improvement of Harbor of Refuge, 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 improve
ment of Saint Clair fats Michigan, four thousand
dollars for the improvement of Toledo harbor, Ohio
fifteen thousand dollars; for the OF San
provement of Sandusky City, Ohio, thirteen thousand
dollars for the improvement of Ashtabula harbor,
Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars for the improvement
of Vermillion harbor, Ohio, five thousand dollars i
for the improvement of Erie harbor, Pennsylvania,
fifteen thousand dollars; for the Improvement of
I'M harh Now fxpan Nv five fhnnaand
dollars; for the improvement of Port Clinton harbor,
Ohio, eight thousand dollars; for the improvement
of Rocky River harbor Ohio, ten thousand dollars;
for the improvement of Maumee river above Toledo
Ohio, seven thousand dollars for the improvement
of Monroe harbor, Michigan. ten thousand dollars
for the improvement of Buffalo he rbor New York
seventy-ave thousand dollars; and the unexpended
balance heretofore apprt priated for building seawa
at Buffalo; for the improveme at OF Olcott harDor
New York, ten thou and dollars for the improve
ment Oak Orchard harbor, New York, two Thousand
five hundred dollars; for the Improvement of Putt
NEVILLE harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars =
for the improvement of Little SoCas harbor, New
York, fifteen thousand dollars for the improvement
of Big Sodus harbor, NV York. fifteen thousand dol
lars; for the Improvement of Oswego harbor, New
York, one hundred thousand dollars; for the i'm
provement of Ogdensburgh harbor New York, ten
thousand dollars; for the improvement of Platts
burgh harbor, New York. ten thousand dol ars for
the improvement of Burlington harbor, Vermont
thirty thousand dollars; for the improvement of Of
ter creek, Vermont from Vergennes to its outlet on
Lake Champlain, ten thousand dollars; for dredge
and snag boats the Upper Mississippi river forty
Minnesota Riy er, Minnesota ten thousand dollars;
for the Improvement of the Des Moines rapids, Mis-
sissippi river four hundred thousad dollars for the
improvement of the Rock Island r. plde Mississippi
river, fifty thous nd dollars for the preservation of
the Falls of SIS n1 anthony, Minneso a. and the nav
CATION of the ssssppi river above t. same. fifty
thousand dollars for improvement OF the MISSISSIPPI
pi, Missouri. and Arkansas river, ninety thousand
dollars; for lprovement Of the Little Missouri river
ten thousand dollars; for improvement of the Qua
chita river, il Arkansas, sixty thousand dollars; and
further improvement of the Ouachita river in Louis
lana, forty thousand dollars for the Improvement of
the MOnOnGahe!a river between Morgantown ard
New Geneva. in accordance with the plan submitted
by General A. A. Humphreys in his report to the
House of Repres et atves dated February fourteenth
eighteen hundred and seventy twenty five thous
and dollars for the Improvement of the Ohio river
and the barbors thereof including the repair OF the
Cumberland DAM two hundred thousand dollars; for
for the Improvement of the Usage river, Missouri
twenty five thousand dollars for the Improvement
of Currant river. Missouri five thousand dollars; for
the continuing the Work the canal at the Fails of
the Ohio river three hundred thousand dollars; and
the Secretary of War is hereby directed to report to
Congress. at its next session, or sooner II practical
BILE, the condition of said canal, and the provisions
necessary to re ieve the from ncumbrance, with
view to such legislation as will render the same
free to commerce the earliest practicable PERIOD
subject only to such tolls as may be necessary for the
superintendent and repair thereof, which shall not
after the passage of this act, exceed five cents per
ton for the improvement of the Mississippi river be-
tween the mouth of the Illinois river and the mouth
of the Missouri river, twenty-five thousand dollars;
for the improvement of the Mississippi river between
the mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth OF the
Merrimac river, one hundred thousand dollars; for
the improvement of the Wabash river Indiana, COM
mencng at its mouth, fifty thousand dollars for the
continuation of the work in progress on the Ten
nessee river, below Chattanooga, including the Mus
Gle shoals, fifty thousand doars for the improve
ment of the Tennessee river between Knoxville and
Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dollars for the
improvement of Cumberland river, in Tennessee
twenty thousand dollars for the Improvement of the
mouth of the Mississippi river, Louisiana one hun
dred and fifty five thousand dollars; for the improve
ment of Tones bayou, Louisiana, twenty thousand
hp CAlcNSipu
the State of louisiana fifteen thousand dollars for
the improvement of bar in Galveston bay, ten thous
ond dollars and for improvement of the harborin Gal
veston Texas thirtyone thousand dollars; for the
improvement of Cypress bayou, near Jefferson, Texas
ten thousand dollars; for the Improvement OF the
Tangipahoa river Louisiana, two thousand hve hun
dred dollars; for removing the raft in Red river
Louisiana one hundred and fifty thousand dollars =;
for removing the wreck of the gunboat Oregon, in
the Chifuncte river, Louisiana, six thousand dollars
for dredging the bar at the mouth of Saint Johns
river, Florida. ten thousand dollars for the improve
ment of Mobile harbor and bay, Alabama, seventy
| five thousand dollars; for the improvement of the
ship-channel in Charleston harbor, South Carolina
thirty-eght thousand seven hundred dollars; for
| moving distractions in Ashepoo river, South Carroll
| ma, one thousand three hundred dollars and the
amount of the appropriation made by act of Congress-
approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seven
ty, for removing distractions i'll Town creek,
| Charleston, South Carolina, which remains unex-
pended is hereby appropriated to remove wrecks OBJ
structing navigation in Stone river South Carolina
near Church flats; for the improvement of Savannah
harbor and river, Georgia. fifty thousand dollars for
|
Baltimore, IN Patapsco river, and Chesapeake bay.
one hundred thousand dollars; for the Improvement
/ of the Rappahannock river, below Fredericksburg,
Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars for the improve.
ment of the James river, Virginia, fifty thousand dol
lars; for the improvement of the Appomattox river
below Petersburgh, Virginia, forty thousand dollars
for the improvement of Aqua creek, Virginia, one
| thousand five hundred dollars for the improvement
of Accotink creek, Virginia. five thousand dollars
| for the improvement of the Roanoke river below
Weldon, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars for
the improvement of Cape Fear river, below Whining
| ton North Carolina, one hundred Thousand dollars
/ for the improvement of Queenstown harbor, Mary
land, six thousand dollars; for the improvement of
/ Worton harbor, Maryland, twelve thousand dollars
| for the improvement of Cambridge harbor, Mary
land, ten thousand dollars; for the improvement of
Northeast river, Maryland ten thousand dollars for
| the improvement of the Wicomico river, Maryland
five thousand dollars; FIR clearing and improving the
channel of the Schuyki river fir its mouth to the
forty thousand dollars of which sum sufficient is
be used for removing the rock between Locust street
| and the said bridge; for the improvement of Will
mington harbor Delaware, ten thUCsand dollars for
the repair of pier of the ice-harbor New Castle
Delaware, and for building pier at said har-
bor twentyseven thOue and dollars; for the improve
| ment of Delaware river, between Trenton and Bor-
dentown, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars for the
| improvement of the Hudson river, New York, forty
thousand dollars for the removal of distractions in
the East river. New York, including He'll Gate, two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for the
improvement of Providence river, Rhode Island. ten
thousand dollars for the improvement of Pawtucket
river Rhode Island ten thousand dollars for the
| improvement of the Passaic river between Newark
and Passaic, New Jersey, twenty-five thousand dol
lars for the improvement and removal of rocks in
Port Chester harbor New York, twe,l thousand dol
lars for the Improvement of RouI iai harbor, New
York, ten thousard dollars for the Improvement of
the breakwater Block island, Rh1C9 Island fifty
thousand dollars for the Improvement of Pawca-