National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-25
gattuHal Republican,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FORTETHIRD CONGRESS-

PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF TIL
FORTETHIRD CONGRESS.
EGEEEREL EArURE, No. Oh Continued. i
For confusing 6e improvement Of the Rsr
psuaunoch River, Virginia, seven thoussn
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of tn
James Rfser, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars,
For cor8inUtDs ne improvement of the Ap
PomsttoE River, Virginia. thirty thousand dol
lars.
For cootiDuing the improvement of tn
south brso'h of AAAbeth River, Virginia. tet
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of tn
Nansemood River, Virginia, ten thousand dol
lars.
- For continuing the improvement Of tn,
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Cape Fear River, North Carolina, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the Della
ware Rive and channel at Fort Miftin Bar
nifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the Della
ware RiYNE between Trenton and BordentoWn,
ten thousand dollars.
For thslemovAl of Instructions In the har-
Dor and the construction of pier at New Cas-
'tle, Delaware, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the hsr.
Dor st Wilmington, Delaware, six thousand
dollars.
For continuing United States pier in Della
ware Bay near LeWes, Delaware, ten thousand
dollars.
For cootinuilg the improvement Of the
-Schuyllsil River, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Hud-
son RiVeE, EsW York, forty thousand dollars;
and out ID this sVsropriation the sum of seven
thousand four E8dred and siXty-two dollars
may be paid By BE Chief of Engineers to Emo
.ry r. Seward, in full payment for work done
by him in remyoing the overslaugh rock in the
Hudson River, under his contract made IN
eighteen hundred and seventy.
For continuing the improvement Of the Pas
sale River, New Jersey, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement by removing
distractions in the East and Harlem Rivers at
or near He'll Gate, two hundrad and twenty
five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the har-
Dor at Wsreham, Massachusetts,, ten thousand
dollars.
For constituting the improvement of the har-
Dor at HysnuiS, Massachusetts,, five thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
Taunton River, Massachusetts,, ten thousand
dollars.
For the improvement Of the harbor at Fall
River, Massachusetts,, ten thousand dollars.
breakwater at Block Island, twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the har-
Dor at Newport, Rhode Island, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of theShar-
Dor at Wexford, Rhode Island, five thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Paw
-catuck River, Rhode Island aud Connecticut,
ten thousand dollars.
For consuming the improvement Of the har-
Dor At stoniDgtOn, Connecticut, twenty thou
sand dollEFs.
For containing the improvement Of the Con-
necticut Rtver, below Hartford, Connecticut,
twenty thousand dollars.
For coetinuing the improvement OF the
Housatonie River, Connecticut, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing tie improvement of the har-
Dor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, twenty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the hsr-
Dor at NorwRlk, Connecticut, ten thousand
doll RTs.
For the improvement of the harbor at Nil
ford, Connecticut, five thousand dollars.
That the sum Of fifty thousand dollars Is
appropriated for the opening and improving of
the channel between Staten Island and New
Jersey.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Saint CrOiI River, Maine, ten thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement of the Me-
chias River, Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Pen
obscot River, hsiDe, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of ths hsr-
Dor at Camden, Line, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing tbe improvement Of the Ken
nebec RiveF, Maine, twelve thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the hsr-
Dor at Portland, Maine, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement of the Co |
checo River, New Hampshire, ten thousand |
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Mer- |
rimack River, Massachusetts,, ten thousand |
dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the en-
trance of Salem Hsrbor, Massachusetts, ten |
For continuing the improvement Of the har-
Dor at Boston, Massachusetts,, one hundred |
thousand dollsgS.
For continuing the improvement of the hsr-
Dor at Plymouth, Massachusetts,, and for
dredging, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the har- |
Dor al ProvineetoVn, Massachusetts, six thou |
sand dollars.
Fer continuing the improvement Of the |
Lower WillamStR and Columbia Rivers, from |
Portland, Oregon, 70 the sea, twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the
Upper willamette River, Oregon, seven thou
sand FIVE hUndBad dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the |
Upper Columbia River, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement Of the har-
Dor at Galveston, Texas, sixty thousand dol
lars.
For removing wrecks and rocks of the har-
Dor Of San Francisco, California, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Oakland Harbor,
one hundred thousaDd dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the
harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of Sag
nav River, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
That the appropriation under the scI OF
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, for the improvement Of the hSrbors Of
Washington and Georgetown be made TO apply
to dredging the ViHGinia or Georgetown chan
mel Of the PotomaS River above and below
Long Bridge, and that the earth eIcaVated
therefrOm be deposited so as to carry out as
far as practicable the plan for improving the
harbOrs Of Washington and Georgetown, IN 40
cordance with the Recommendation made TO
Congress December seventeenth, eighteen hun
dred and seyenty-two, by g board of survey
created by act Of Congress approved March
hhh, eighteen hundred and seyenty-two.
For surveys and estimates for the improve
ments recommended BY the Senate Select Com
mtttee on TranspoTtsnon-R Routes to the Sos
board, upon the four routes indicated In the
report of said committee, and also upon q route
from The mouth OF the Youghioghsny River, to
continue toe slack water navigation up sad
river to its head-Watsrs at the foot Of the ALLIE
ghRny Mountains, thence by canal TO Cumber- ,
land, intersecting there the Chesapeake end !
Ohio Canal, Two hundred thousand dollars, or ,
50 much thereof as may be necessary, to be ex-
pended under the diJection Of the Secretary Of
War in such manner a., in his judgment, viii .
secure the greatest amount Of exact infoTms- :
ton for each OF said routes.
For the improvement of the harbor at ,
Charleston, South Carolina, eighteen thousand
dollars. .
For examinations and surveys Of rivers and {
harbors, and for Incidental repairs at bsrbors {
Tor which there is no special appropriation,
5eyenty-fve thousand dollars.
Sec 2. That the Secretary Of War is hereby {
directed to cause examinations or surveys, I
or both, TO be made at the following points, c
namely.
Harbor Of New Bedford, Massachusetts. n
Cascades and Dalles Of the Columbia River, I
Oregon, and Washington Territories, for the :
purpose Of ascertaining the practicability and !