The record-union., 1893-01-18

fund.-" and shall be expended by said
commission, under the supervision of the
Chief of Engineers and the direction of
the Secretary of War. in addition to the
appropriations made by law, in the con-
struetlon and maintenance of such re-
stralnlng works and settling reservoirs as
may be proper and necessary; provided,
that said commission is hereby authorized
to receive and pay into the Treasury from
the owner or owners of mines worked
by the hydraulic process, to whom per-
mission may have been granted so to work
under the provisions hereof, such money
advances as may be offered to aid in the
construction of such impounding dams,
or other restraining works, or settling
reservoirs, or sites therefor, as may be
deemed necessary by said commission to
protect the navigable channels of said
river systems, on condition that all
moneys so advanced shall be refunded as
the said tax is paid into the said debris
fund; and provided further. that in no
event shall the Government of the United
States be held liable to refund same ex-
cept as directed by this section.
Section a. That for the purpose of
securing harmony of action and economy
III expenditures in the work to be done
by the United States and the State of
California, respectively, the former in its
plans for the Improvement and protec-
ton of the navigable streams and to pre-
vent the depoSiting of mining debris or
other materials within the same, and the
latter in its plans authorized by law for
reclamation, drainage and protection OF
Its lands, the said commission is empow-
cred to consult thereon with commits
sion of fengineers of said State, if author
lied by said State for said purpose, the
result of such conference to be reported
to the Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army, and if by him approved
shall be followed by said commission.
Section %. That said commission, in
order that such material as is now or may
hereafter be lodged in the tributaries of
the Sacramento and San Joaquin River
systems resulting from mining opera
tlonS, natural erosion, or other causes,
shall be prevented from injuring the said
navlgabie rivers or such of the tributaries
OF either as may be navigable and the
land adjacent thereto, is hereby directed
and empowered, when appropriations are
made therefor by law, or sufficient
money is deposited for that purpose
in said debris fund, to build at
such points above the head of
navigation in said rivers and on
the main tributaries thereof, or branches
of such tributaries, or at any place ada
cent to the same, in which the judgment
of said commission will effect said object
the same to be of such material as will
insure safety and permanency), such re-
straining or impounding dams and set
ting reservoirs, with such canals, locks or
other works adapted and required to COM
plete same. The recommendations con-
tanned in executive document No. 267.
Fltty-hrSt Congress, second session, and
executive document No. SO, Forty-sev-
enth Congress, first session, as far as they
refer to impounding dams, or other re-
straining works, are hereby adopted, and
the same are directed to be made the
basis of operations. The sum OF Sl5, 200 is
hereby appropriated, from moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
be Immediately available to defray the
expenses of said commission.
Passed the House of Representatives
July Is, 1892
Attest: JAMES KERR, Clerk.