The record-union., 1892-02-11

and sloughs adjacent to the Sacramento,
L Gather, Yuba, American, Consumes,
Mokelumne and Calaveras Rivers, and
the San Joaquin River and its tributaries,
including Tulare Lake, for the purpose OF
determining the practicability and utility
OF using same for storage reservoirs TO re
Iieve the rivers in flood time and supply
water thereto for the benefit of commerce
and navigation in the summer season.
q. In connection with the requirements
OF the last subdivision the necessity for
relief canals for the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Rivers.
D. A line of canal sixty feet wide and
/ ten feet deep from some suitable point on
the San joaquin River to the city OF
Fresno, in said State, and from thence to
Iulare Lake, or to the said San joaquin
River, as may be more practicable, using
Fresno Slough as part thereof, if in the
Judgment Of said engineers. the same is
suitable therefor: and
o. Any other region or section not in
cluded in Subdivisions 2, 3, and 5 here
OF, which, with the examinations and
| surveys already made, and those pro-
VIded for herein, Will enable them
TO plan permanent and COM
prehensiye system of improvement for
each of the said navigable rivers, water
ways ana channels, with view of max
ing the same effective as against the en-
croachment Of mining debris and other
material now lodged in the Waterways
and channels thereof, or their tributaries,
above the point or along the course of
navigation, and also with the object of
restoring as near as practicable the navi-
gabllity of the said rivers to the condition
existing prior to 1850.
Section 2. The plan contemplated in
subdivision q of Section l of this Act
| shall be considered in the following sys-
TENS:
l. The delta system, relating to the
mouths OF the Sacramento, San Joaquin
and other streams in their vicinity.
2. The San joaquin River system, re-
latlng TO all the navigable portions of the
San Joaquin River and its tributaries.
s. Inc sacramento River system, re-
lating to all the navigable portions of the
Sacramento River and its tributaries.
f. The San Joaquin Valley system, re-
| Iatlng to restrictive works above head of
navigation and below foothills in San
Joaquin River system.
3. The San Joaquin foothill system, re-
lating to the impounding and restraining
of debris where now lodged in the foot
hill tributaries of the San Joaquin River
system.
8. The Sacramento Valley system, re-
lating to restrictive works above head of
navigation and below foothills on Sacra-
hentO RlVer system.
z. The Sacramento foothill SYSTEM re-
latlng TO the impounding and restraining
OF debris where now lodged in the foot
hill tributaries of the Sacramento River
system.
8. The storage system, relating to the
storage reservoirs and lakes at the head
waters of the said rivers and to basins
adjacent to the rivers.
Section 3. That the Secretary of War
on Il 70 10 ,f,,s,
OF the cost of constructing the improve
| ments and work required to carry out
| the plans outlined in this Act and report
same with the plans thereof to Congress
on or before the first day of January
1898, together with what amounts can be
protitably expended each year, on each
branch thereof, until completed.
Section 4. That the sum of $50 900. or
so much thereof as may be required, is
hereby appropriated out of any moneys
IN the treasury not otherwise appropri-
| ated to defrayi the expenses required to
carry out the provisions of this Act.
House Resolution No. 5l61-Read twice,
referred to the Committee on Mines and
Mining. A bill to create an Executive
Department of Mines and Mining
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled; That
there shall be at the seat Of Government an
Executive Department, to be known as the
department of Mines and Mining" the
general design and duties of which shall
be to acquire, by examination, practical
and scientific experiments, geological re-
search, or otherwise, useful information
on subjects connected with mining in the
general and comprehensive sense Of the
word, and to ditfuse same among the peo-
pie of the United States.
hat oaV+Y, Na,,f ho1
be under the supervision of a Secretary of
Mines and Mining, who shall be APP
pointed by the President by and with
the consent Of the Senate; and Section 1913
of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended
to include such department, and the pro-
visions of title four of said Revised Stat
utes, including all amendments thereto,
are hereby made applicable to said de-
partment.
Section g. That there shall be in said
department an Assistant Secretary OF
Mines and Mining, to be appointed by
the President. by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, who shall perform
such duties as may be required by law,
| or prescribed by the Secretary thereof
Section 4. That the Secretary of Mines
and Mining shall receive the same salary
as is paid to the Secretary of each of the
| Executive Departments, and the salary
of the Assistant Secretary of Mines and
! Mining shall be the same as that now
! paid to the First Assistant Secretary OF
! the Department of the Interior.
Section 5. That the duties now imposed
] by all laws and parts of laws relating to
mines and mining affairs exclusively,
upon any existing department of the
! Government, or any division or bureau
thereof, shall, on and after the day this
Act takes effect, be performed by the De-
partment of Mines and Mining
Section 6. That the Geological Survey
and the Bureau of the Mint are hereby
! transferred to the Department of Mines
and Mining.
Section Z. That the sale of the mineral
lands of the United States shall be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Depart
ment of Mines and Mining.
Section 8. That on the organization OF
| this department all officers and employes
wholly engaged in official work in any
department of the Government, or any
| division or bureau thereof engaged in the
performance of the duties referred to in
| Section 5 of this Act. and all such en-
| ployed in the departments referred to in
Sections and hereof shall be trans
ferred to the Department of Mines and
! Mining.
Section 8. That all records, maps, docu-
| ments, instruments, surveys, machinery
and other materials now in the possession
and use Of any existing department OF
! the Government, or any division or
! bureau thereof referred to in Sections 5,
6 and Of this Act, are transferred to the
| Department of Mines and Mining
! Section 10. That this Act shall go into
effect on the 4th day of March, 1893.
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