New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-12

said channel shall cease until said depth
and width shall be again restored, the
maintenance of q channel of thirty feet in
depth and $50 feet in width for twenty
ure, being intended by this act. And at
any time after said jetties shall have
been completed. and said channel OF
thirty feet in depth and $50 feet
in width shall have been obtained, that the
United States may elect to pay the said
$l,0O0,0 600, and to stop payment Of said in
terest and said annual sum OF 100000 for
the maintenance OF SAID depth and width,
said United States shall have the right to
90 so on paynent Of said money held as
security and in pledge as aforesaid, together
with the interest and annual compensation
for maintenance which may be earned at
the date of such final payment; and on such
payment being made by the United States,
the supervision and maintenance of said
letties and auxiliary works by eaid Eads
and associates, and all liability on their
part. shall cease and determine.
SEC. e: That in order to facilitate the
proper location of said jetties, which shall
not be less than 700 feet apart, and to cor
rectly determine such effects as may be pro-
duced by them, the chief of the coast sur
vey shall, as soon as practicable, cause q
careful topographic and photographic
survey to be made Of said pass and bar
and shall submit the same to the Secretary
OF War, who shall furnish to said Eads the
result OF any such survey. and the sum Of
$4,000 is hereby appropriated out of any
money not otherwise appropriated for this
| purpose, and to be immediately available
| after the approval of this act.
| SEC: That any person maliciously or
Intentionally injuring said works, or inter-
fering with the construction thereof. shall
be deemed guilty of a nisdemeanor, and
may be tried for such Otfense before the
District Court of the United States for the
district wherein such otfense may be COM
mitted; and. if found guilty, he shall be
liable to fine not exceeding $1,000 or to
imprisonment for not more than two years,
or to both fine and imprisonment as afore-
said, for each offense.
Sec. 8. That the said Eads and his asso-
ciates shall have the right, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary of War shall pre-
scribe, to use any materials on the public
lands of the United States that shall be
suitable for, and may be needed in, the con-
struction of said works.
Sec. 9. That in case of death or other dis
ability Of said Eads before the completion
OF said works. the same shall be prosecuted
by his legal representatives and his asso-
ciates aforesaid, with the same powers,
rights, obligations end compensations as if
done by HIM in person.
OnS' I've AAdU tuC ScCI0tdIS VI w III DC, duU
he is hereby Authorized and directed to carry
into effect the provisions of this act on behalf
OF the United States, and, when the said
Eads and his associates shall, from time to
time, have fulfilled on their part the several
foregoing conditions of this act, to draw his
warrants upon the Treasurer Of the United
States, in favor of said Eads or his legal rep !
resentatives, in payment Of the aforesaid
amounts as they respectively become due by
the provisions Of this act. And it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of War to en-
body in his annual reports the payments
made from time 10 time under this act, and
the probable times when other payments
will become due, and to report during the
construction of the works herein authorized
all important facts relating to the progress
OF tbs same, the materials used, and the
character and permaneDcy with which the
said jetties and auxiliary works are being
constructed. to the end that the Congress OF
the United States may be kept fully advise
as to the faithfulness and efficiency with
which the said works are being executed BY
the said Eads and associates, it being
expressly understood that while said Eads
shall be untrammeled in the exercise of his
Judgment and skill in the location, design
and construction of said .jetties and aux
iliary works, the intent of this act ia not
simply to secure the wide and deep channel
first above named, but likewise to provide
Tor the construction OF thoroughly substan-
tlal and permanent works by which said
channel may be obtained for all time after
their completion. And in case the Secre-
tary of War shall be Of the opinion that this
work is not being constructed according to
the spirit and intent Of this act, he shall re-
port the same to the President, who shall
appoint commission, consisting of an Of
ticer OF the army, an officer of the navy and
a competent person from civil life to inspect
and examine the works being constructed |
by said Eads and his associates; and in case
the said commission shall report that the |
works are being constructed upon a design |
that will not be Of substantial and per |
manent character when completed, all the !
facts in the case shall be laid before Con- |
gress at the earliest possible moment, and |
payment upon said works shall be suspend |
ed until Congress shall otherwise order.
SEC. ii. That the option of discharging
the obligations herein assumed by the |
United States. either in money or bonds, is
expressly reserved, and the Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby directed to issue the
bonds OF the United States, bearing i've per
centum interest. and payable in not exceed
ing thirty years from Their date, TO said
Eads and his legal representatives, in pay
ment at par OF the aforesaid warrants of the |
Secretary of War, unless the Congress of |
the United States shall have previously
provided tor the payment of the same bv
necessary appropriations of money; pro.
vided, that in no case shall the government
of the United States be liable for any losses
incurred by said Eads and his associates in
the performance Of the work herein men
toned, nor shall any payments thereon be
made IN excess OF the sums, nor contrary to
the terms, herein before prescribed.