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FlFTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. on. 791. 1900. 629 tion of the three locks and dams next below Tuscaloosa, two hundred thousand dollars. MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Mississippi River Commission. Improvin the Mississi i River: For continuin im rovement of H"“d 92 P“sS"“ ‘° Mississippi Itiver from Ilxeldd of the Passes to the Enoutlli of the Ohio Ohm RM i River, including salaries and clerical, office. traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississi pi River Commission, two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River Sthegigf 0* 0***** *9 to Saint Paul Minnesota: For continuing improvement from the` mouth of the Ohio River to Saint Paul, Minnesota, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ·· - mssomu RIVER. m§£;“g$“Ri'°’C°m· For improving the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City, Exi>€¤*°¤·°m- Iowa: For continuing the improvement, including salaries and expenses of the Missouri River Commission, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in the improvement of the river at such localities as may be absolutely necessary in order to preserve existing improvements and to prevent R¤i¤.N•=i>r- threatened damage near Rulo, Nebraska, and other points; said work to be done according to plans and specifications to be made by the Missouri River Commission and awroved by the Chief of Engineers: P¢·0mZded, That the Secretary_of ar i.s authorized in his discretion gigifgity Iowa to expend for imgrovement of the Missouri River at Sioux City,` Iowa, so much as e may deem advisable, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, of the agpropriation of one hundred and seventy thou- _ sand dollars made by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred V°l‘ 38· *" m" and ninety-nine, for improving the Missouri River above Sioux City _ to and including Bismarck, and the sum of ten thousand dollars addi- Elk P°""’ S' D“k‘ tional to the amount already a portioned from the said appropriation ’of one hundred and seventy &ousand dollars for improving the said river at Elk Point, South Dakota, shall be expended at that place. _ _ _ That the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the S,f,§,d§§,$§§‘§§l§‘g,§§ construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone River, in the county of ¤<>¤¤w· M¤¤i- Dawson, State of Montana, " approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, so far as they relate to and require a draw- D’“"· °‘°· span to be erected and maintained, are hereby so far modified as to V°l·”·i’·"88· permit_the erection of an iron or steel bridge under said Act, without _ erectin and maintaining a drawspan in such bridge: Provided, how- P""`“°· ever, Tgat the spans of said bri e, when repaired and constructed, Sp‘“‘“·°'°· shall give not less than one hundred feet clear space between the piers, and that the two easterly spans shall give a clear headroom of twenty- five feet above low water, asAe5ned in the Government surveys at the locality. ‘ COLUMBIA RIVER. For the repair of the jetty at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon Og§i;¤;giQ,,&§,jV°’· and Washington, including repairs to wharves, approaches, tramway,` plant, quarters, and buildings, and contingent expenses, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. NATIONAL CEMETERIES. N""°““1°°m°'”“°S‘ Fon NATIONAL ommnrmaiasz For maintaining and improving national M““"°"“”"" cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred thousand dollars.