The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-11

rapids, Mississippi river, four hundred
thousand dollars. sissah Us b rarsf
For the improvement of Rock ISLAND
rapids, Mississippi river, fifty Thousand
For the improvement Of the harbor o.
Refuge at the entrance Of the Sturgeon Bay
canal, forty thousand dollars. y ae
For the improvement Of the Mississippi
Missouri, and Arkansas rivers, one hun.
dred thousand dollars.
! For improvement of Yazoo river, forty
thousand dollars. 'a sTl
The ten thousand dollars appropriated at
the second session of the Forty-second
Congress for the improvement of the Tom
bigbee river shall be expended in the State
of Mississippi.
| For the Improvement of the Usage river,
Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars.
| For the improvement of the White and
Saint Francis rivers, fifty thousand dollars.
For, the improvement Of the Ouchita
river, in Louisiana, sixty thousand dollars.
| For the improvement of the Mississippi
river, between the mouth of the Missouri
river and the mouth of the Ohio river, two
hundred thousand dollars. A
For the improvement of the Ohio river,
two hundred thousand dollars. And that
Godfrey Weitzell, of the corps of engi-
neers, United States army, in charge Of
the Louisville and Portland canal, is here
by empowered and directed, subject to
the approval of the Chief of Engineers of
said corps, to adjust and pay, out of any
money appropriated for the improvement
of said canal, to j. O. Dennis any legal OF
equitable claims he may have against the
United States or sing out of work done by
him under Hugh McGlincy and Com
pany's contract to perform work on
said canal, in the years eighteen hundred
and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and
seventY-two; and said Godfrey Weitzell is
further authorized and directed to pay to
said j. O. Dennis, in addition to the
amount above provided for, such other
sums as said Weitzell shall find that said
Dennis is legally or equitably entitled to
as assignee Of Hugh McGlincy and Com.
pany, for work done by said Dennis on
said improvement: Provided, That such
sums shall not exceed the amount due and
owing by the government of the United
States for work done under said contract of
Hugh McGlincy and Company, and that
the sums thus received of Weitzell shall
be in full of the claim of said McGlincy and
Company under their contract, and in full
Of the claim Of said Dennis as the assig-
nee of said firm. * };ts N AZ |
I For completing the Louisville and
Portland canal, one hundred thousand
dollars; and the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized and directed
to assume, on behalf of the United
States, the control and management Of
the said canal in conformity with the terms
of the JOINT resolution of the legislature
of the State of Kentucky, approved March
twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-two, at such time and in such manner
as in his Judgment the interests of the
United States, and the commerce thereof,
may require; and the sum of money nec-
essary to enable the Secretary of the
Treasury to carry this provision into
effect is hereby appropriated Provided,
That after the United States shall assume
control Of said canal, the tolls thereon on
vessels propelled by steam shall be reduced
to Twenty-Five cents per ton, and on all
other vessels in proportion.
For the Improvement of the Upper
Monongahela river, near Morgantown.
West Virginia, sixty-six thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Cumber-
land river below Nashville, Tennessee,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the Wabash |
river, Indiana and Illinois, fifty thousand
dollars. R!54s8 ~ e s8it
For the improvement of the Tennessee
river below Chattanooga, including the |
Muscle shoals, one hundred thousand dol
lars. hslio y ansi
For the improvement Of the Tennessee |
river above Chattanooga, twenty-five thou
sand dollars. sli7
For the improvement of the mouth of the |
Mississippi river, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars. s:e
For removing the raft in Red river, Loui-
siana, eighty thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Cypress bayou,
and construction of dams, and dredging at |
the foot of Soda lake, Texas, fifty thousand
dollars. a4esai baa
For the improvement of Mobile harbor
and bay, Alabama. one hundred thousand |
dollars. r. f1da ei9fgsa z! gil De
For completing work now in progress in
improving Charleston harbor, South Caro- |
lima, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Savannah har-
Dor and river, Georgia, fifty thousand dol
lars. gl $50 ~ a 7Yslia dig tla8ai lo'l ifs
For the improvement Of Saint Johns
river, Florida, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the entrance to |
the harbor of Baltimore, in Patapsco river
and Chesapeake bay, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement Of the Wicomico |
river, Maryland, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of Cambridge har-
Dor, Maryland, five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Chester river at |
Kent Island narrows, Maryland, fifteen
thousand dollars. =. "a .5Fg
For the improvement of Aqua creek,
Virginia two thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of
Occoquan river, Virginia, five thousand
dollars. roo g67taf'ai
For the improvement Of the mouth Of
Nomoni creek, Virginia, ten thousand
dollars. hst ~ ltJA tFN
For the improvement of the Rappahan-
mock river, below Fredericksburgh, Vir-
ginia, fifteen thousand dollars. q, 49,. ~
For the Improvement Of the James
river, Virginia, seventy-iive thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement of the south
branch of Elizabeth river, Virginia, fifteen
thousand dollars. 81 h7' t'eifi
For the improvement of the Appomattox
liver below Petersburgh, Virginia, thirty
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Nansemond
river, Virginia.. fifteen thousand dollars,
For the Improvement of Roanoke river.