New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-08

For the Improvement OF Wareham mar
| Dor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Taunton river.
Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.
For removing sand-b forming at the
| entrance Of Salem harbor, Massachusetts,
| fifteen thousand dollars
For the iIuprovement of the Lower VIII
lamette and Columbia rivers, from Port,
| land, Oregon, 10 the sea. twenty thousand
| dollars.
For the improvement. of the Upper VIII
| lamette river, Oregon. three thousand dol
| lars.
For the improvement: Of treakwater at
| fifty thousand dollars.
For surveys and examinations. and con-
tiDgeneies Of rivers and harbors, one hun
dred and twenty five Thousand dollars
| SEC. >. That the Secretary of War is
| hereby directed to cause examinations or
surveys, or both, to be mrde at the follow
| ing points, namely: At the outlet OF Point
Judith lake, Rhode Island Crow shoals,
| Delaware bay, near Cape May light, New
Jersey. for an artificial harbor or
breakwa.er; Harlem river, near the
East river, New York, for removal
! of rocks therefrom; Of tie piers and
come citing bridges at Chester, Pennsyl-
| vania: the PenobscOt river from Oldtown
TO Midway and vicinity, Maine; the Galena
| river. from its mouth TO upper bridge IN
city of Galena, Illinois, the harbor at Fall
River. Massachusetts,, for removal OF rocks
! thefefrom; az Woods hole, in Buzzard's
bay, Massachusetts, for removal Of rocks
therefrom; Old House channel to
main channel Of Pamiico sound, North
| Carolina; the harbUr OF Washington,
North Carolina: at bayou Lafourche,
Louisiana. from Lafourche crossing to
| the month; from mouth OF Red river
| down A:chafalaya river 10 Brashear, in
| Louisiana: at the entrance OF Matagorda
bay and the channel to Indianola, Texas;
| Pine river, Saint Clair county. Michigan;
Monistique harbor, Lake Michigan; Sc
| bawang river. Michigan; Yamhill river,
Oregon: the mouth ct Coquille river,
| Oregon; Red river, from Morehead TO Penn
| bina; at the mouth Of Kewaunee river.
Wisconsin: at Elk river. Maryland. below
| Elkton: &, Raritan river. New Jersey. below
| New Brunswick, including the shoals called
| the Middle Ground; the lOughiOugheny
river, Pennsylvania; Aroostook river,
! Maine. for Improvement Of the channel; at
| San Antonio creek. San Francisco bay.
! California;: Santa Cruz, California; EsterO
| bay. near Santa Barbara, California. And
| not TO exceed FIVE thousand dollars Of the
| above appropriation may be expended in
! an exploration of routes for the extension
| of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal TO the
Onl0 flVer, py inc nOrtn anu sOOtn OTdHcnes
I OF the Potomac river.
For connecting the inland waters along
| the margin of the Gulf Of Mexico, from
| Donaldsonville, in Louisiana. to the Rio
| Grande river, in Texas, by cuts and canals,
| not to exceed twenty thousand dollars Of
| the amount herein appropriated tor surveys
! Of rivers and harbors; at Great Pee Dee
| river from Pine Bluff to Cheraw, South Ca
| rolna; at Ashley river, South Carolina; at
| Cleveland, Ohio, for the construction Of a
! harbor Of refuge: at Forked Deer river,
below Dyersburg. Tennessee; at harbor at
Wilson, on Lake Ontario, New York; at
East Pascag oula haI Dor. Mississippi sound;
at Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire,
| for breakwater between Gerrish's island
and Wood island; in Ipswich bay. Massa-
chusetts. at Hodgkins cove, TO ascertain
the plac:icability of harbor OF refuge by
building breakwater there.
sec. 3. That the Secretary Of War is
hereby authorized and required to detail
from the engineer corps one or more en-.
gineers, whose duty it shall be to inquire
into and report upon the practicability of
bridging. consistently with the interests Of
navigation the channel between Lake
Huron and Lake Erie, at such points as
may be needfui for the passing of railroad
trains acros. said channel. and also its eff
feet upon the navigation OF the same: and
further. to inquire into the number and
character Of the vessels navigating said
channel, and the number Of trips made by
each, and, if said bridging be practicable, to
report what extent OF span OR spans and
elevation above the water will be required
in the construction of such bridge or
bridges, SO as not seriously to injure the
navigation Of said channel.
SEC. I. That the appropriation for build
ing the pier at Lewes, Delaware. contained
in the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy, an act entitled IAN
act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses OF the government for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy -one, and for other purposes"
he and the same is hereby extended until
June thirtletb, eighteen hundred and seven.
tyfOur.
Approved March 3. 1873.
GENERAL SATCRE-NO. g..
An act to revise. consolidate. and amend
the laws relating to pensions.
Be i. enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That If
the ability of any officer of the army, III.
Guiding regulars. volunteers, and militia, or
any officer in the navy or marine corps. or
any elisted man, however employed. in the
military or naval service of the United
States, or in lis marine corps. whether regu-
larly mustered or not, disabled BIZ reason Of
any wound or injury received, or disease
contracted. while in the service of the
United States and in the line of duty; any
master serving on gunboat. or any plot,
engineer, sailor or other person not regc-
larly mustered, serving upon any gunbOat
or war vessel of the United States disabl d
Uy any wound or injury received. or other
wise incapacitated, while in the line Of
dnty, for procuring his subsistence by
manual labor; any person not an enlisted
soldier in the army. serving for the time
being as member of the militia of any
State under orders of an officer of the
United States. or who volunteered for the
time being to serve with any regularly Or
ganized military or naval force of the Uni
ted States. or who otherwise volunteered
and rendered service in any engagement
with rebels or Indians, disabled in cOnse.
uuence of wounds or injury received in the
line of duty in such temporary service; any
acting assistant or contract surgeon, dis.
abled by any wound or injury received or
disease contracted in the line of duty while
actually performing the duties Of assistant
surgeon or acting assistant surgeon with
any military force in the field or in transtu
or in hospital, or any provost marshal, dep
uty provost marshal, or enrolling officer,
disabled by reason Of any wound or in ury
received in the discharge of his duty, to
procure a subsistence by manual labor, has
been since the fourth day of March, eight
cen hundred and sixty-one. or shall here
after be impaired by reason of such disa-
bilty. he shall, upon making due proof of
the fact, according to such forms and regu-
lations as are or may be provided by and in
pursuance of law, be placed upon the list of
invalid pensioners of the United States, and
be entitled to receive. for a total disa bility
or a permanent specific disability, such pen
sion as is hereinafter provided in such cases,
and for an inferior disability. except in cases
of permanent specific disability for which
the rate of pension is expressly pro-