356 FIFIY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. _ tinuingeim rovement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: §${'jf"· ]’7·0vi d_fI·;n·t/uzr, That in the discretion of the Secretary of \Var he may select a route at or near the west shore of said lake, and said channel may be connected with Port Arthur Canal: Provided further, FM “’° °‘ wml- That, in case such connection is made, boats shall be allowed to pass through the said canal without payment of any tolls. dw €’°"*°’ In case funds shall be furnished by the citizens of Orange and Beaumont or in any other way to secure a channel along the route herein described of a greater depth than eight feet, the amount herein approprtigited may be expended in securing a greater depth than herein designa . Cg;{]:f;u’¤T§xhlP Galveston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing nmaé. "improvement, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a con- °°""°°”¥ tract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as a propriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore a propriated. The amounts herein appropriated and authorized shall be expended in developing the proposed channel in divisions one and two to a uniform d,§,§{,f]“t§Q&“'°” °” dle;3th ]*r·0cid§<gdfurther·(i_That not more than one—half of said amounts _ _ s a ex n upon IVISIOH two. '*`““""R"°"·'*`°‘· Improvirlig Trinity River, Texas, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and nine, Fifty- Pr _ $$2 Copgress, iirs{_h?sstipn,bo::ne hundredvaand twenty-five thousand ""’°'· _ rs: “ , thecretary o ar may enter into a concoumm tract or contracts for materials and work to prosecute the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the gate two hundred and sevent r-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein l·°°l‘“ '*“d "“·“”·| appro riated: drovided further, That three hundred and fifty thousand dbllars of the amounts herein a propriated and authorized shall be ex ended to construct locks and dizms upon the river between the mouthand section one, in those places where the most serious obstructions exist, and to procure and operate snag boats, and clear the river with the purpose of permitting through navi ation over the portion °l’°“ "h“‘““"l‘ above described: and the sum of liftv thousand dollars of the amount herein appropriated shall be expended for the ui se of securin Board to examin ‘' ‘ lp0i g em °· open channel navigation in section one of said I‘l\’€l‘. and a board of engineers shall be designated by the Secretary of War to examine section one of said river as described in said `House document, arid report u Jon the feasibilitv and advisability of expending the further sum of tliree hundred and fifty thousand dollars with a view to securing not less tlgmleight months` navigation annually upon the said section one to al as. Br¤¤~· R*¤¤¤T·~·¤· Improving Brazos River between Velasco and Richmond, Texas, and mouths of adjacent streams: Continuing improvement, fifty thou-
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- Prwridcd, That so much thereof as may be necessary may
' be used in the operation of the dredge provided for this work, and the purchase of the canal from \Vest Galveston Bay to the mouth of the razos at a price not to exceed thirty thousand dollars from the amount hereip apgopriateg, ié in tthle discretion of the Secretary of War such nrc ase eeme a visa e. 0,§¤g1{;,§§;*t1§g¤,1·3E;¤ P Improving the Brazos River, Texas, from Richmond to Old \’l’ash- 'ington, in accordance with the second plan of the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-three, F iftvsixth Congress, second session, one hundred and fiftv thousand dollars. €'¤·l¤f B¤F°“· Tu- Improving Cedar Bayou, Texas: Maintaining improvement, five {;·;;·¤ém,ge_ thousand dollars: Hwzderl, That the dredge constructed for use in this locality shall be available for this work.
