New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-23
Q r FICIAL l..
l. avs of the United states Passed mt the
Second Session of the FOrty.First

| public works on rivers and harbors and
for other purposes.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
| America IL Congress ssembled, That the
| following sums of money be and are hereby
| appropriated, to be paid out of any money
| in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
to be expended under the direction of the
| Secretary of War, for the repair, preserva-
| ton and completion of the following public
| works hereinafter named:
For the improvement of Du Luth harbor,
| Minnesota, fifty thousand dollars; provided,
| that no part of said sum shall be expended
so as to injure 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 MenOmonee har-
| Dor, Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty-five
| thousand dollars.
| For the improvement of Ahnapee barbOr,
| 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
| harbor, New York, two thousand five hun
| bred dollars.
For the improvement of the MOnongahela
river between MOrgantOwn and New Ge-
neva, 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
bred 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.
ba oF sIo ,:1
Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of CurranS 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 a 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 neces-
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-
Dor. Wisconsin, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Port Washing
Con harsoT. Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
For the Improvement of Kenosha harbor,
Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For tue 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 har-
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 sey-
enth. eighteen hundred and seventy, re-
ported by the Secretary of War to be
needed, in his communication 20 the House
of Representa- YES dated March eighth
eighteen hundred and seventy-twO, one hun
bred and forty-6ve thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Frankfort harbor,
Michigan. ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Manistes hachOr,
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Pere Marquette
harbor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of PentwateT hat
Dor. Michigan, thirty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of White River ias
Dor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of MuskegOl aar-
Dor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Grand Haven
iarbor. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars
For the improvement of Black Lake har-
Dor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
Enr ba INN Of turI- rot
Dor. fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of South Haven fa-.
Dor. Michigan, twelve thousand dollars
For the Improvement of Saint Joseph hay
Dor. Michigan, three thousand dollars.
Foe the improvement of Saint Mary's
fivey and Saint Marys Falls canal, Mich.
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 Siver
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Harbor of Re-
fuge, 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 fats.
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
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 harbof.
New York. seventy-five thousand dollars:
and the unexpended balance heretofore aI,-
propriated for building sea-wali at Buffalo.
For the improvement of O!cott aavbor.
New York. ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of pultneyyilie har.
Dor. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Little Sodus mar
Dor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Big Sodus har-
Dor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars
For the improvement of Oswego harbor,
New York, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Ogdensburgh
haIbOr, New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Plattsburgh har-
Dor. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Burlington har-
Dor, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Otter creek, Yer
mont, from ' trgennes TO It's outlet on Lake
Champlain, ten thousand dollars.
For dredge and snag boats on the upper
Mississippi river, torty-two thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement of the Minnesota
river. Minnesota. ten 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
dollars.
For the preservation OF the falls of Saint
Anthony Minnesota, and the navigation of