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

Laws OF the United states Passed at The
Third Session Of the Forty.Second
Congress-.

Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. GIL
An act making appropriations for the
= repair. preservation, and completion OF
certain public works on rivers and har-
bors, and tor other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States OF
| America in Congress- assembled. That the
| following suU,s Of money be. and are
! hereby, appropriated, to be paid out OF any
| money in The treasury not otherwise appfo'
priated. to be expended under the difecllon
| of the Secretary of War. for the repair,
preservation. and completion Of the fellow
ing public works hereinafter named:
FIR the purpose Of dredging out the bay
| If Superior from the natural entrance TO
the docks of Superior and Duluth and
preserving both entrances from the lake
| thereto. one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Marquette mar
| Dor, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
| For .he Improvement Of Menominee kar.
Dor, Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty five
! thousand dollars. 4.
For the improvement of Green Bay har.
| nor. Wisconsin, twenty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Two Rivers bar.
Dor. Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dol
| lars.
For the improvement of Manitowoc har.
Dor, Wisconsin. twenty thousand dollars.
| For the Improvement of She boygaD har'
Dor, Wisconsin ten thousand dollars
| Fer the improvement OF POr. Washington
| harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.
| For the improvement of Milwaukee hav.
| Dor. Wisconsin. ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Racine harDor,
Wisconsin, twenty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Chicago Larbor,
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 the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers, three hundred thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement of Manis.ee harbor,
Michigan. ten Thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Ludington har-
Dor. Michigan. twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement Of the hartors Of
Washington and Georgetown. District OF
Columbia fifty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of Great kanawha
river. West Virginia, twenty-five thousand
For the improvement Of White River hsr-
Dor. Michigan, seven thousand dollars.
For .he Improvement OF Frankfort hsr-
bor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Grand Haven
harbor. Michigan. seventy tive thousand
dollars.
For the improvement Of Black Lake
harbof. Michigan. twelve thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Saugatuck har-
Dor, Michigan. ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of South Haven
harbor, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.
For che Improvement Of Monroe harbor,
Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cheboygan har-
Tor. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Sang Marye
Falls canal, two hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Saint Clair river
az the mouth OF Black river, fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement Of harhor Of refuge,
on Lake Huron. seyenty-tve thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement Of Pentwster har.
Dor. Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Saint Clair Flats
canal one hundred thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Toledo harbor,
Ohio, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Sandusky City
harbor, Ohio. twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of VermiliOn tac.
Dor. Ohio. twelve thousand dollars.
Fer the improvement Of Black River har.
Dor, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cleveland har.
Dor, Ohio. one thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Ashtabula har'
Dor, Ohio, sixteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Conneaut har.
Dor Ohio, four hundred dollars.
For the improvement Of Dunkirk harbor.
New York. forty thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Buffalo harbor.
New York. esventy-tive thousand dollars.
For the improvement of OicOtt havbor,
New York. ten thousand dollars.
FoE the improvement Of Oak Orchard
Larbor, New York, ten thousand dollars.
Fo: the improvement Of Pultneyville
harboc. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For che Improvement of Little SOdus har.
Dor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For The improvement of OswegO harbor.
New York, one hundred thousand dollars.
Fo, the Improvement Of Washington
IeIbo:. New York. ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement Of OgdeAsburg har.
boz. New York, six Thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Plattsburgh har-
bcr New York, ten Thousand dollars.
Fog the improvement of Swanton harbor.
Vermont, fifteen Thousand dollars.
Scr the removal of a sand-bar in the har.
!uV d. .he mouth Of Black river. New York,
i've thousand dollare. OF SO much thereof
is may be necessary.
fo, .he improvement OF Peconic river.
Long leland, New York. ten thousand dol
Jars.
20: zine improvement Of Burlington llar.
Dor. Vermont, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
20. ,ie preservation Of the falls Of Saint
Anthony. Minnesota, and the navigation of
The Mississippi river above the same. fifty
thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the Minnesota
::ver. Minnesota, ten thousand dollars: pro.
IL Il I'LL
expended between the mouth of the Yellow
Medicine and Minnesota falls on said river.
Fo: construction of the lock and dam Of
Che Mississippi river. at Meeker's Island.
Minnesota, according to the surveys and
plans Of the War Department, twenty-five
thousand dollars: provided, that all rights
and claims in and to the land grant made
to the State OF Minnesota for the above
work, by act approved July twenty-third.
eighteen hundred and sixty eight, shall be
fully relinquished to the United States be-
fore any of this appropriation is expended.
For Improvement Of the upper Mississippi
river, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Illinois river.
one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Des Moines
Rapids, Mississippi river, four hundred
thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Rock Island
rapids, Mississippi river, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For the Improvement Of the harhOr of
refuge az the entrace of Sturgeon Bay canal,
forty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of the Mississippi,
Missouri and Arkansas rivers, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For improvement Of Yazoo river, forty
thousand dollars.
The ten thousand dollars appropriated at
the second session Of the Forty second Con-
gress for the improvement of the Tombigbee
river sinai! be expended in the State Of Mis-
sissippi.
For the improvement OF the Usage river,
Missouri. twenty-five thousand dollars.