The Portland daily press., 1875-01-15
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
First Session the FOrty-Third Congress
LAWS

GENERAL NATURE-NO. OIL

on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiUes the United States Of Ametrco IN con-
0ress assembled, That the following sums OF money
be and are hereby, appropriated 10 be paid ont OF
any none in the Treasury not otherwise appropr1-
aed TO be expended under the direction OF the Sec
rotary of War for the repair preservation and COM
pletion Of the following public works hereinafter
named: .oo
to the inner harbor of Duluth, ten thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Ontonagon. twenty-three thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harpor al
Marquette, fifteen thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the FOX , anu
Wisconsin rivers three hundred thousand dosaIs.
Not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars OF the
above may be used for the purchase OF such real es
tate as may be required for the rght OF way OF lo
flowing, in the completion OF the FOX anu WISCONSIN
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Green Bay, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Menomenee Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty-five
For continuing the improvement of the harbor of
refuge at the entrance OF Tile oturSeon Day Sa'i,
ten thousand dollars ..
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor at
Two Rivers, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollarsi
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
Manitowoe Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement OF the haroor at
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor at
Port Washington, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the harpor at
Racine Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harDor at
Kenosha Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the harbor at
Chicago seventy five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Calumet, Illinois, twenty five thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
Michigan City, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor at
Frankfort, Michigan. ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harDof al
Manistee, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor at
Ludington, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harpor al
White Rivel, Michigan, ten thousand collars.
For continuing the improvement OF the maroon al
Muskegon Michigan, ten thousand dell I ,ror ..
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor al
Grand Haven, Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the haroor az
Black Lake. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars
For continuing the improyement on tne harpor a'
Saugatuck, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. =,
For continuing the improvement or the narpor al
South Haven, Michigan, ten thousand collars.
For continuing the improvement OF the harDor at
Saint Joseph, Michigan, two thousand collars dollar
For continuing the improvement OF SAM May
River and Saint Marys falls Cahti, tWo nunuleu
For continuing the improvement Of the harbor at
Chebovgan Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Continuing the improvement of the Saint Clail
River at the mouth OF Black River, hlCeeh 'nousai
dollars. =,
refuge Lake Huron, seventy-fve thousand dollars.
Forlcontinujng the Improvement OF the harpor al
Monroe, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. n..o.,
For removing bouiders and rock from the Detroit
river partly in Canadian waters, twenty-five Thou
sand dollars ,,. :.
For continuing the improvement Of the harbor at
Toledo Ohio, seventy-five thousand dollars:
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Sandusky City, Ohio twenty-five thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the harpor al
Huron, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dol arsI
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Vermillion Ohio, three thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the maroon al
Black River Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Cleveland, Ohio, thirty thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor al
Grand River, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
Ashtabula, Ohio. thirty-tive thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the harpor al
Conneaut, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars
For preserving and continuing the work upon the
pier at Rocky River, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the haTb0r al
Dunkirk, New York, thirty-tiye thousand nd dollars
sylvania, twenty thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor at
Buffalo, New York, seyenty:ive thousand dollars
and the Secretary of War is authorized to remove
and prevent accumulations OF sand at the entrance
of said harbor provided the same can be done with
out expense or liability against the United States.
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor al
Olcott, New York. ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor al
Oak Orchard, New York, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the harbor at
Pultneyville, New York, ten thousand dollars,
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
Great Sodus Bay, New York, fifteen thousand dol
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Little Sodus Bay, New YORK, hIteeh thousand doi-
lars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Oswego, New York, seyenty-five thousand dollars
For continuing the improvement OF the harbor al
Waddington, New York, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the harbor at
Ogden sburgh, New York, six thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the barber at
Plattsburgh, New York, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the hal Dor at
and
For continuing che improvement of the harbor al
Swanton, Vermont, eight thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the Falls o.
Saint Anthony, and for the improvement of the
Mississippi River above the Falls OF saint Anthony
Minnesota, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
and TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars of said amount
shah be expended for the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river above the Falls of Saint Anthony.
For the survey or improvement of the Minnesota
river ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the Upper
Mississippi river, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Fer continuing the improvement of the Illinois
river, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement Of the Des
Moines Rapids, Mississippi river, four hundred
thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Rock
Island Rapids, Mississippi river, fifty thousand dol
lars. ,
Missouri, and Arkansas rivers, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the White riv-
er above Jacksonport, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Usage Xiv
er, Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the Mississippi
river between the mouths of the Ohio and Illinois
rivers, two hundred thousand dollars; and fifteen
thousand dollars of said amount shall be expended
between the mouths OF the Missouri and Illinois
rivers.
For continuing the improvement of the Ohio river,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; one half Of
which shall be expended above and the other bah
below the Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati,
Ohio and Covington Kentucky; forty thousand dol
lars of the above amount that Is TO be expended
OH tbo On ucin
Chief of Engineers to be expended in p rmanent
Improvement of navigation at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania
For continuing the improvement of the Wabash
river twenty thousand dollars: Prouided, That
portion of this appropriation not exceeding nine
thousand dollars, may be used by the Secretary OF
War in his discretion, for the extinguishment of any
right title. CT claim of the Wabash Navigation Comd
pany in the lock and dam at Grand Rapids, on said
river and for the extingushment OF any right saiy
company may have to affect or interfere in any wa
with the navigation of said river; but no part
this appropriation shall be expended until SAD nay
igaon company shall have reinquished all right to
control otherwise in any manner interfere with or
affect the free navigation OF said river.
For continuing the improvement OF the Upper Mo-
nongahela river near Morgantown, West Virginia,
twenty-ti five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the Great ka-
nawha river, West Virginia, twenty-five thousand
For continuing the improvement of the Tennessee
river above Chattanooga, twenty-five thousand dol
lars and below Chattanooga, including Muscle
Shoals, ore hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the mouth OF
the Mississippi river, one hundred and thirty thou
sand dollars.
For removing the raft in Red river, louisiana fifty
thousand dollars.
For removing distractions in the Chocktawatchie
river Alabama and Florida, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the harbor at
Mobile, Alabama one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the harbor at
Savannah, Georgia, fifty thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Chattahoochee and Flint
Rivers, Georgia, twenty-five thousand dollars.
fha mt a fh,l n
the Saint Johns river, Florida or may be used for
dredging out the inside passage between the Saint
Johns and Nassau Inlet, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement OF the Apaachcoa River,
Florida, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement oil the harbor at
Baltimore, Maryland, seventy-fve thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Chester River, Kent
Island Narrows Maryland, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Wicomico
river, Maryland, five thousand dollars.
For the Improvement of Elk river, Maryland, five
thousand dollars.
FOR continuing the Improvement at the mouth of
the Occoquan river, Virginia, five thousand dollars
For continuing the Improvement at the mouth OF
the Nomoni Creek Virginia, six thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement of the Kappa
hammock river, Virginia, seven thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the James
river, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement of the Apo
mattox river, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars.
For continuing the Improvement OF the south
branch of Elizabeth river, Virginia, ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the Nanse-
none river Virginia, ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement Of the Roanoke
river, North Carolina, five thousand dollars.
For continuing the improvement OF the Cape Fear