New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-31
O EF AL.
LtyTs Of the Uu5ted Sta5es Passed at the
second Sese35u of the FOrsy~EErst
Congress-,
[GENERAL NATUR5-No. 1917

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public works On rivers and harbGrs and
for other purposes,
BE it enacted BY the Senate aad House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled That the
following sums OF money be and are hereby
appropriated, to be paid out OF any money
III the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
10 be expended under the direction OF the
Secretary of War, for the repair, preserya-
ton and completion Of the following public
works hereinafter named:
For the Improvement of Du Luth harbor
Minnesota, tifty thousand dollars; provided
that no part OF said sum shall be expended
so as TO iDjuro the harbor OF Superior city,
Wisconsin.
For the Improvement Of Superior City
hurbor, Wisconsin, fifty thousand dollars.
For the imDr0vOment Of Marquette har-
Dor, Michigan. fifty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of MenOm0nee har-
Dor, Michigan aud 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.
Fer the Improvement OF Oak Orchard
harb0r, New York, two thousand i've hun
bred dollars.
For the improvement of the Monongahela
river between Morgantown and New Ge-
neya, in accordance with the plan sub
mitted by General A. A. Humphreys in his
report to the House Of Representatives
dated February fourteenth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy two, twenty-five Thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement of the Ohio river,
and the harbors thereof including the re-
pair Of the Cumberland dam, two hundred
thousand dollars.
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 on the canal
at the falls of the Ohio river, three hundred
thousand dollars. And the Secretary of
War is hereby directed to report to Con
gress, at its next session, or sooner, if prac-
ticable, the condition of said canal, and the
provisions necessary to relieve the same
from incumbrance, with view to such legis-
lation as will render the same free to com
merce at the earliest practicable period,
subject only to such tolls as may be neoes-
sary for the superintendent and repair
thereof, which shall not, after the passage
of this act, exceed five cents per ton.
For the improvement of Sheboygan har-
bor 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 Ct Calumet harbor,
Illinois, forty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Michigan CITY
harbOr, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of New Buffalo har-
Dor, Michigan. five thousand dollars.
For nauT0pTt fO %ba FsrooD
sissippi Canal Company, for SO much OF all
and singular it's property ard 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 |
river and Lake Michigan by the Wis |
consin and Fox rivers, approved July sew
cnth, eighteen hundred and seventy, re- |
ported by the Secretary of War to be |
needed, in his communication to the House |
Of Representa- YES dated March eighth, |
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hun |
dred and forty-fve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Frankfort harbor, !
Michigan, ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Manistee harbor, |
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Pere Marquette |
harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Pentwater har- |
Dor, Michigan, thirty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of White River har-
Dor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of MuskegOn har-
Dor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Grand Haven
larbor, 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 Mary's
liver and Saint Mary's Falls canal, Michi-
gan, tlTee hundred thousand dollars, of
which sum fifteen thousand dollars may be |
applied to secure the right OF way.
For the improvement Of Cheboygan har-
'or, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Au Sable river,
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Harbor Of Re
uge, on Lake Huron, one hundred thousand
iollars.
For the improvement Of the mouth of
Black river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Saint Clair fatg.
dichigan, four thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Toledo harbor,
ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of DunBirk harbor
Vew York, twenty-five thousand dollars
For the improvement of Port Clinton |
arbOr, Ohio, eight thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Rocky, 9TiYer |
arbOr, Ohio, ten thousand dollars,
For the improvement of Maume8 river |
b0ve Toledo Ohio, seven thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Monroe harbOr, |
lichigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Buffalo harbor,
lew York, seventY-fve thousand dollars:
ropriated for building sea-wau at Buffalo.
For the improvement of Olcott harbor,
oW York, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Pultn6vyille har. ,
or, New York ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Little Sodus har-
or, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Big Sodus har-
or, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
Tor the improvement Of OsWegO harbOr
ew York, one hundred thousand dollars
For the Improvement Of Ogdensburgh
3rbOr, New York, ten thousand dollars. !
For the improvement of PIattsburgh har- ;
Or, New York, ten thousand dollars. /
For the Improvement Of Burlington har-
2r, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars. i i
For the Improvement of Otter creek, Yer +
ont, from Nergennes to its outlet on Lake !
hamplain, ten thousand dollars. 9
For dredge and snag boats on the upper /
ississippi river, forty-two thousand dol r
rs. :
For the improvement Of the Minnesota
yer, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars. q
For the Improvement OF the Des M0ines h
pids, Mississippi river, four hundred =
ouSand dollars.
For the Improvement OF the Rock Island o