New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-23
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 1875

together with the interest and annual com
| pensatiOn for maintenance which may b.
earned at the date of such final payment
and on such payment being made BY tn,
United States, the supervision and main
| tenance of said jetties and auxiliary work.
by the said Eads and associates, anu all liza
| bllity on their part shall cease and deter
| mine.
| Sec. 6. That, in order to facilitate thu
| proper location Of said .etties, which shall
| not be less than 1000 feet apart, anu
| to correctly determine such effects as may
| be produced by them. the chief OF the
| coast survey shall, as soon IS practicable
| cause careful topographic and hydro
| graphic survey to be made of said Dr. IS and
! bar, and shall submit the same +, the Spcre
| tary OF War, who shall furnish to 81 id Eads
| the results of any such survey.
SEC. 7. That any person maliciously O,
Intentionally injuring said works, or int r.
| fering with the cor struction thereof, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanOr, and
may be tried for such ofiense 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 liza
bic to fine not exceeding $1,000 or to i'm
prisonment for not more than two years, or
to both fine and imprisonment, as aforesaid,
for each offense.
SEC. s. That the said E ads and his asso.
ciates may have the right to use any mate
rails on the public lands OF the United
States within twenty miles of the mouth of
the Mississippi river that shall be suitable
for and may be needed IN the construction
OF said works: provided, that said right
may be limited or withheld by the Presi-
deu. of the United States If he deems it coz
trary to the public interest.
Sec. 8. That in case of death or other
hill of al hHfO fbo
ton OF said works, the same shall be prose
cuted and completed by his legal repre-.
sentatives and his associates aforesaid, with
the same power, rights, obligations and
cOmpensatiOns as if done by him in person.
SEC. 10. That the Secretary of War be
and he is hereby authorized and directed 70
carry into effect the provisions of this act on
behalf of the Unit ID States, aud when the
said Eaus and his assc :iatas shall from time
to tine have fulfilled on their parts the sew
erai conditions of this act, 10 draw his war
rants on the Treasurer of the Unit ID States.
in favor of said Eads or his legal represent
stives. in payment OF the aforesaid amounts
as they respectively become due by the pro.
visions of ta's act; and it shall be the duty
of the Secretary Of War 10 ins ert in his an
nual reports the payments made from time
to time under this ast, 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 the same.
the materials used and the character and
permanency with which the said ietties
and auxiliary works are being constructed,
to the end that the Congress Of the United
States may be kept fully advised as to the
faith ness and efficiency with which the
works are being executed by the said Eads
and associates, it being expressly under
stoop that, while said Eajs shall be un.
trammeled in the exercise Of his Judgment
and skill in the location, design and con-
sltuct.0n OF said jetties and auxiliary works.
the intent of this act is not simply to Sc
cure the wide and deep channel first above
named, but likewise to provide for the
construction of thoroughly permanent
works by which said channel NAV be
maintained for all time after their compile
ton. And 10 case the Secretary of War
shall be of the opinion that this work is not
being constructed according +, the spirit
and intent Of this act. he shall report the
same to Congress at the earliest moment
thereafter for its action.
SEC. II. That the SUN of 100000 is here.
by appropllat ID out Of any money in the
I1assuiy not other wise appropriate cd for the
purpose herein set forth
SEC. II. That the option of discharcing
the obligations herein assumed by the
United States. either in money or bonds. is
expire sly reserved, and the Secretary of the
Treasury is thereby directed to issue the
bonds of the Unit States, bearing five per
rentnm interest. and payable in not exceed
ing thirty years from their date to said
Eads. or his legal representatives, in pay
ment at par OF the aforesaid warrants of the
Secretary of War, unless the Congress of the
SHIFTED States shall have previously pro
7ided for the payment Of the same by the
necessary appropriations of money.