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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 314. 1896. 239 Buffalo Fork of ¥Vhite River, from mouth to mouth of Rush Creek, S¤¤“Y¤·C°¤**¤“°d- with a view to determine what character and extent of improvement is required. Saint Francis River, Sunk Lands to Poplin, Missouri. CALIFORNIA. California. Alviso Creek. Shag Bock, Arch Rock, Blossom Rock, Two Mission Rocks, Anita Rock, all in San Francisco Harbor. Redwood Creek. ~ Mare Island Strait. . Wilmingtoii Harbor, California, with a view of increasing the depth of said harbor to twenty-five feet at mean low water over the area proposed to be improved in the project set forth in the report of Lieutenant- Golonel W. H. H. Benyand of June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and contained in Senate Executive Document Numbered Sixty-one, Fiitythird Congress, third session, and over an additional area extending to Smith Island, and of adequate width to allow the turning of vessels. ‘ CONNECTICUT. Connecticut. Southport Harbor. New Haven Harbor. Housatonic River. South Norwalk. N iantic Harbor. FLORIDA. Florida. Apalachicola Bay, and the approaches to Apalachicola, with a view to obtaining a channel one hundred feet wide and eighteen feet deep at low water. Tampa Bay from Port Tampa to the mouth of the bay. Withlacoochee River from its mouth to the head of navigation. Saint Lucia Inlet and River. Anclote River. Biscayne Bay. Palm Beach. I])AH()_ Idaho. Pend Oreille River (Flat Head River). INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. I,,,u,,,,,,,.mu,,.,i,,_ Wolfe Lake and River, with reference to their navigation in connection with the waters of Lake Michigan. KENTUCKY- Kentucky. Mouth of Tennessee River. Green River, at or near its mouth, for new lock and dam. Mouth of Cumberland River. · LOUISIANA. Louisiana. Bayou Teche, Saint Martinville to Port Barre. The Secretary of \Var is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain the nature and character of the channel excavated through the Atchaffilaya Bay, and to determine whether said channel is of value or of necessity to commerce; and if, in his opinion, it is, he shall ascertain the cost of acquiring the same for and in behalf of the United States, and report thereon.