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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 22, 23. 1900. 31 When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty, she shall carry the same lights as other steam vessels. ‘ Sec. 2. That this Act shall be construed as supplementary to article v¤1.ao,p.s8. eight of the Act a proved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, entitled "2§)n Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States," and to article eight of an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen V01.26,p.323. hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea." ‘ Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect on June thirtieth, nineteen meet. hundred. 4 Approved, February 19, 1900. CHAP. 23.-An `Act To amend "An Act making appropriations for the construe- February 20,1900. tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for *i—i other purposes/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. ~ ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 j` Representatives of the United States ofzlmertcd in Congress dssembled, That section one of the Act Ch(;g;v,<->S¢g¤BS§i]v entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, Bayou? ’?`gxas,u Eu? and preservation-of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for p’°"”‘°“°°f· other purposes,?’ approved Elarch third, eighteen hundred and ninety- . nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out and repealing »1zepeq1 or p a r s - the paragraphs in said Act on pages eleven hundred and twenty-seven g”§‘y‘$1_‘3l»f‘p’{,Y‘{’{2$?fi28_ and eleven hundred and twenty=eight of the United States Statutes at Large, volume thirty, which read as follows: ` Improving Galveston Ship Channeland Buffalo Bayou, Texas: For improvement of the Galveston Ship Channel and Buifalo Bayou, b dredging or otherwise, from the jetties at Galveston, Texas, up through the present ship channel and Buffalo Bayou to ·the proposed harbor site at Houston, Texas, to be provided by the citizens of Houston, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That out of said sum a suit- . able dredge may be constructed for said work. ‘ For commencin the improvement of the water route from the mouth of the jetties at Galveston, through the existing ship channel and up Buffalo Bayou to Houston, Texas, including harbor at Houston, in accordance with ppoject submitted by the Board of Engineers in report of survey dated ovember third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the whole or any part of such materials and WO1‘k as may be required for prosecuting said improvement, or the said materials may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million dollars; Provtdedfurther, That out of said sum two dredges may be constructed for said work.p And amendisaid Act so as to read in place of said paragraphs repealed as follows: . - " Improving Galveston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayou, Texas: For Act ¤¤¤¤¤d<¢<1- improvement of the Galveston Ship Channel and— Buifalo Bayou, by dredging or otherwise in accordance with the project submitted by a boar o engineers in the report of a survey dated November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and submitted by the Chief of Engineers in his report for eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in volume one,·pages two hundred and eighty-eight— and two hundred and eighty-nine, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That all sums Promos. _ _ heretofore appropriated and available for work on Galveston Ship sv€E2§?§p’°p"”°‘°°”