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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 55, 56. 1856. 25 CHAP. LV.—An Act makin an Appropriation jbr deepening the Channel over the Flats of July 8, 1856. the St. Mary’s River, in the State ¢y" Michigan. M Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pow P. 371. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hun- Appropriation dred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards £m‘}1?5°§] gf deepening the channel of the St. Mary’s River, in the State of Michigan, M rs River, by the west channel through Lake George, according to the estimate of Captain Macomb, of the topographical corps, communicated to the Senate in the report of the Secretary of War, dated January eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-Eve: Provided, That the dredging machine purchased Steam dredge. for the improvement of the St. Clair Hats may be employed, when not required therefor, at the discretion of the Secretary of War, in the improvement of the St. Mary’s River or strait. In the Senate of the United States, July 7 th, 1856. The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the flats of the St. Mary’s River in the State of Michigan,” with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: ASBURY DICK1N S, Secretary of the Senate. In the House of Representatives of the United States, July Sth, 1856. The House of Representatives having been notified by the Senate that the bill entitled "An act making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the dats of the St. Mary’s River, in the State of Michigan," had been returned by the President, with his objections, to the Senate, in which it originatedyand that the Senate, having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same, had “Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same," the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the said bill ; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Rép· resentatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: WM. CULLQM, Clerk Hzuse of Reps. Cnsr. LVI. —An Act makin an A o riation or d ni the Channel over the t. July 8: 1856- Clair Zlats, irivl)h'epState of fMicl1‘ilg;lan.7lg S '”‘”;‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty-tive Appropriation thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose "°{l°"P°‘;h°h‘*§;‘ of deepening the channel over the St. Clair flats, in the State of Iigjsitlveiipsrs 85,, ' Ddjchigan. Michigan. In the Senate of the United States, July 7th, 1856. The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair flats, in the State of Michiga.n," with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same; and Resolved, that the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest: ASBURY DICKIN S, VOL. XI. PUn.—<l Secretary of the Senate.