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38 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 43, 44. 1879. such officers and men as may be necessary and shall place in the charge and for the use of said commission such vessel or vessels and such machinery and instruments as may be under l11S control and may be Additional force. deemed necessary. And the said commission may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, employ such additional force and assistants, and provide, by purchase or otherwise, such vessels or boats and such instruments and moans as may be deemed necessary. _ _ Dui¤i¤¤· Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said commission to take mto consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River ; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facihtate commerce, trade, and the postal service ; and when so prepared and matured, to Report. submit to the Secretary of War a full and detailed report of their proceedings and actions, and of such plans, with estimates of the cost thereof, Proviso. {br the purposes aforesaid, to be by him'transmit.ted to Congress: Provided, That the commission shall report in full upon the practicability, feasibility, and probable cost of the various plans known as the jetty system, the levee system, and the outlet system, as well as upon such others as they deem necessary. Immodiatoworks. Sec. 5. The said commission may, prior to the completion of all the surveys and examinations contemplated by this act, prepare, and submit to the Secretary of War plans specifications and estimates of costs for such immediate works as, in the judgment oi! said commission, may constitute a part of the general system of works herein contemplated, to be by him transmitted to Congress. ` Secretary. Sec. 6. The Secretary of War may detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States an officer to act as secretary of said commission. - Appropriation. Sec. 7. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the Salaries herein provided tor, and of the necessary expenses incurred in the completion of such surveys as may now be in progress, and of such additional surveys, examinations, and investigations as may be deemed necessary, reporting the plans and estimates, and the plans, specifications, and estimates contemplated by this act, as herein provided for ; and said sum is hereby appropriated for said purposes out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 28, 1879. June gg, 1g7g_ CHAP. 44.-An act to establish post-roads in certain States therein named. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post-routes. Jtates of America, am Congress assembled, That the following post-routes be and the same are hereby established Alabama. ALABAMA. From Victoria to Cliutonville. From Town Creek to Bellevue. C”'hf°"”“*· CALIFORNIA. · From Burnt Ranch to Forks New River. Delaware. DELAWARE. From Laurel to Lewisville.