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208 FIFTY-FOURTH CON GBESS. Sess. I. Ch. 314. 1896. ¥·*¤i*· appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million nine hundred and ninety-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated. S"““"“"·G°· Harbor of Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement, five thou-

 sand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the

' Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project of further improvement recommended by Captain _ 0. M. Carter in his reports of December seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five., and $*••¤¤*>···*°'·¤¤•l· to complete the project for the steamboat channel between Beaufort, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, recommended by Captain 0. M. Carter in his report of December fourth, eighteen hundred and _ ninety-five, and mentioned in that report as route two; to be paid for I·“““~ as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed the amount of one million dollars, exclusive of amount herein' or heretofore appropriated. Bmvswich G¤· Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars, seven thousand of which may be expended in improving Academy Creek. ggmrxg to C P Improving the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia: C. P. Goodyear, es¤.1?:¤.·.' the contractor with the Government of the United States to deepen the ~ v».2s.r»¤4?- outer .bar of Brunswick, Georgia, under the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be paid the sum of thirty thousand dollars for a twenty-three-foot depth when he shall receive a certihcate that a twenty-four-foot depth has been obtained under said Act, together with the forty thousand dollars to which he will be entitled for such twenty-four-foot depth, out of moneys heretofore appropriated ·by said river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four. The smema. survey provided for in said Act shall be made personally, under the supervision of the Secretary of War, by an experienced official of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, to be designated by the Secretary of War. And that when said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, have procured a two-hundred-foot channel of a minimum depth of twenty-three feet at mean high tide, thirty thousand doHars shall be paid therefor; and when he has secured a channel two hundred feet wide, twenty-four feet deep at mean high tide, an additional forty thousand dollars shall be paid therefor; and that all of said deepening of said bar shall be completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act: mtn Provided, That no payments shall be made to said Goodyear or his ' legal representatives except upon a certificate of the Secretary of War, made after personal survey by an experienced officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey selected by him for that purpose, that such depths and widths have severally been obtained by him or them; and said officer shaH make to Congress report in detail of the amount of work done, its cost and its value to the Government. GC¤mb¤r1¤¤<1 S¤¤¤¤. Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ‘}&,,,,,,,.,_ five thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into €°¤**¤¤*·- by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary to complete the present project, to be paid for as appropriations umn. may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million three hundred and forty-tive thousand dollars, exclusive of amount herein and heretofore appropriated. D•**°¤- 6*- Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War is hereby directed i R·-Imto nglimvwr- to report what is necessary to be done to deepen the bar known as "“ Y “Doboy Bar to twenty-four feet at mean high water, and whether the present obstruction can not be removed by means of dredging, and what the estimates of cost may be. namfig BW Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay and River, Florida: Continu- ’ ing improvement, twelve thousand dollars. P°”**°°** W- Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.