The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-24
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE FoRTf-sEeo-'1
CONGRESS.

PASSED AT THE

AN ACT making approPratoofFSc certain public works
atom am hybors. and for other purposes
n.....,.d bv the Senate and House o. Repre-
senetises efte geft b s oilosing sums of MONEY
gress assem0eare by appropriated to be paid out of
be anu in the treasury not otherwise appropriate
any yvnended under the direction of the Secre-
ed 70 Of war for the repair preservation and
piefian of the following public works hereinafter
named; I'm. ,, ,,.
40 a. fifty thousand dollars: p oUided That no part
OF said sum shall be expended so as TO injure the
b rb)r # Superior city, y iscOnsin.
For the improvement of Superior City harbor, Wis
consin, nfsy thousand dollars
For the improvement of Marquette harbor, Michi-
gan, fifty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Menomonee barber, Mich
ig,n and Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ahnapee harb1r' "lscon-
su twenty-five thousand dollars -
For the improvement of Two Rivers haroor, WIS
consin, twenty-five Thousand dollars. VIZ.
For the improvement OF Sheboygan harDor, WIS
consin eighteen thousand dollars. $50,
Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of kenosha harDor, Wlscoh-
sin, ten thousand dollars. ,u.,
For the improvement of Chicago harbor, Illinois,
For the improvement of Calumet harbor, Illinois,
forty thousand dollars. 49,, -, In
For the Improvement of Michigan City harDor' ~"
diana fifty thousand dollars. ,co,
For the Improvement of New Buffalo harbor, MICH
F nayme~t to tbe Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
Company, for so much of all and slngai 81 water
ty AMI rights of property in an 70 river and the
mouth of the Fox river, including ~. n act Of Con-
canals franchises, as were ner eommunication
hetween tbe Mississippi river and Lake ichlgan py
the Wisconsin and Fox rivers appr"SSti h 90 So
eighteen hundred and seventy, fepol.ou ny .,e SCI
rafnrv Of w TO be needed, in his communication to
the House of Representatives daIeu March elghth,
eighteen hundred ana seNeh'S -'"'' on' huiiou anu
forty-fye thousand doIlaIs.
Gan ten thousand dollars
r,t. che IMPROVEMENT OF Manistee harbor, Michi-
gan, ten thousand dollars.
r. h. nnnr.v"ment of Pere Marquette harbor,
ten thousand dollars.
- a. Tnprrv enent Of Pentwater harbor, Michi-
gan ten thousand dollars.
NN Venrn of White River haTbor, Mich
igan, thirty thousand dollars.
eln, orenen5 OF Auskegon harbor, Michi-
ga 4, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Grand Haven harbor,
Michigan. fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Black Lake harboI, Mich
igan, ten Thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saugatuck harbor, M1ch-
gan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of South Haven harbor,
Michigan, twev thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Saint Joseph harbor,
Michigan, three til )usand dollars.
Isor fine Improvement of Saint Marys river and
Stint Mary's Falls canal Michigan, three hundred
thousand do lars Of which sum fifteen thousand dol
lars may be applied to secure the lisht of way.
For the Improvement OF Cheooygan harbor, MICH
igan. fifteen thousand dollars.
ten thousand dollars
80. rIrs Improvement of Harbor of Refuge, Oh
Lake Huron, hun ired thousand dollars.
For tile Improvement of the IN III of Black river,
in Saint Clair river, Michigan, fifteen thousand dol
For the Improvement Of Saint Clair fats Michigan,
four thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Toledo harbor, ONO, III
teen thousand dollars.
F,r ee in rovement Of Sardusky river, Ohio, ten
thousand dollars.
So re Improvement of Sandusky City harbor,
Ohio thirteen thousand dollars.
f1'p i'm r~nverl"nt OF AShtabull hlrb0r, ONO,
fifteen thousand dollars.
y r III, IMP ovelnent of vermillion harbor Ohio,
F,r The improvement of Erie harbor, Pennsylvania,
fifteen thousand liars
For the Improvement OF Dunklrk harbor, New
Yo.k TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Port Clinton harbor, Ohio,
eigh, thousand dollars.
the Improvement OF ROCKY fslVer uarpor, onlo,
ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Maumee river above Tole-
do Ohio, seven til Dusanl dollars.
For the improvement of Monroe harbor, Michigan,
" ten thousand dollars.
seyenty-ave thousand dollars; and te unexpended
balance heretofore appropriated for bull ling Sc -wa
nj Buffalo.
For the improvement OF Olcott harbor, New fork,
ten thousand pllars.
For the Improvement of Oak Orchard harbor, New
York two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the improvement of Pultneyvile harbor, New
York, ten thousand dollars.
For the impr pvement of Lift Sodus harbor, New
York fifteen thousand dollars.
F,r the improvement OF Big Sodus harbor, New
York fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Improvement OF Oswego harbor, New York.
on hundred thousand dollars
For the improvement of Og lensburgh harbor, New
York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF Plattsburgn harbor, New
York ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Burlington harbor, Yer
mont thirty thousand dollars
Err tho Improvement of Otter creek Vermont, from
yergennes to it's outlet on Lake Champlain, ten
For dredge and snag boats on the Upper Mississippi
river forty-two thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF the Minnesota River Min
mazda fan thnusand dollars,
For For the improvement of the Des Moines rapids,
Mssissi pi river, four hundred thousand dolIars.
For the Improvement of the Rock Island rapids,
Mississippi river, fifty thousand dollars.
f n the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony,
Minnesota and the navigate of the Mississippi
river above the same fifty thousand dollars.
For i'm orovement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and
Arkansas rivers ninety Thousand dollars; for i'm
rnvement of the Little Miss 1uri river ten thousand
dollars: for Improvement of the Ouachita river, in
Arkansas, sixty thousand dollars; and further i'm
pr9yament ot Inc Ouicle ii'ei, III i1oisiaha iofty
thousand dollars.
between Morg ,ntown and New Geneva, in accordance
v;tF tbe plan submitted by General A. A. Humphreys
in his report to the House OF Representatives dated
February fourteenth eighteen Sa HUNDRED ana seventy
For the Improvement of the Ohio river, and the
harbors thereof including the repair of the Cumber
Ian II dam two hundred thousand dollars.
For th improvement Of the Usage river, Missouri,
twenty-five thousand dollars La S.; 49,. ,,,.
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 dol
ranor to Congress, at its next session, OF sooner, if
practicable the condition Of said canal and the pro-
bronce with a view to such legislation as will render
the same free to commerce at the earliest practicable
eriod subject only to uch tolls as may be necessary
Tar fine sunerintendence and repair thereof, which
shall not after the passage Of this act exceed five
cents per ton. 80 ~, s,;,s;ss;,; ,ou I,
tween The mouth of the illinois river and the mouth
of the Missouri river, twenty live thousand dollars
Fol the Improvement of the Mississippi river be-
tween le mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth
of the Merrimac river, one hundred thousand dol
lars. ...o,s,,. 81 +ho 1vaboeb r;vor r.,
diana commencing at its mouth, fifty thousand dol
lars. e A., , - =; oo..
on the tennessee river below Chattanooga, includ-
ing the Muscle shoals, fifty thousand dollars
For the improvement of the tennessee river, be-
trrae, Kn1xyille and Chattanooga twenty-five thou
s'' W. the Improvement Of Cumberland river ia
Tennessee twenty thousand dollars.
For tbe Improvement of the mouth Of the Mssis-
slim, river Louisiana, one hundred and ffty-fve
,T he Enforcement of Tones bayou, Louisiana
twenty thousand dollars
For inproyement of Cacasieu pass, in the State of
Louisiana fifteen thousand dollars
For the Improvement of bar IN Galveston bay, ten
thousand dollars, and Tor improvement Of the harbor
For the Improvement of Cypress bayou, near JEFF
erson Texas, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Tangipahoa river,
Louisiana two Thousand five hundred dollars
For removing the raft in Red river, louisiana one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
For removing the wreck of the gunboat "Oregon |
In be Chifui cite river Louisiana, six thousand dol
lars. A., ,.,, - A. ,,
caIor KEYS Florida seven thousand five hundred |
dollars. ..,.,,.,, sc ooi,4 ,.,,.
river Florida ten thousand dollars;
For the Improvement of Mobile harbor and bay, |
Alabama seyenty-five thousand dollars.
"A Eor the Improvement of the ship-channel in |
f,barieston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-eight |
thnusonI seven hundred dollars
trr remoylng obRtructions in Ashepoo rivsr, South
raroina. one thousand three hundred dollars. And
~ a,,nt of the appropriation made by act of Con-
ss annroyed July eleventh, eighteen hundred and
a,,ontv for removing distinctions in Town eek,
ar Char eston South Carolina, which remains I'M
nendai is hereby appropriated to remove wrecks
p.ctina navigation in Stono river South Caro-
lima near Church hats. r. Aor,oh horhor ora
FOR the improvement OF 5ayannan haroof and
river Georgia, fifty thousand dollars 49,,
Er tba ;mnroyenent OF the entrince to the mar
bor ~ RaItimO e. in Patapsco river and chesapeake
bev ono hundred thousand dollars
For tbe ;mnrovement of the Rappahannock river,
below Fredericksburg, Virginia, fifteen Thousand do-
lars. x,...
For the Improvement of the James river Virginia,
ffflv thdAsani dollars. -, =,
For the improvement of the AppomatoX river De-
low Petersburgh. Virginia, forty THOUSAND doiiars.
For the improvement of Aqua Creek, Virginia, one
thousand five hundred dollars