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FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. 363 sary., shall be used in dredging Calumet Harbor and further improving the Stockbridge harbor of refuge on the east shore of Lake Winnebago. Wisconsin; and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to remove bars and sua s from, and to otherwise improve Wolf River, lVisconsin, and for dredgin and otherwise improving Miller Bay on the west shore of Lake Winnemgo, llgsconsin, for the purpose of making it more available as a harbor of re uge. Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: For main- “.§:iQ;dCL’;]{,§, R*'°'· tenance, two thousand dollars.' Improving Red River of the North and its tributaries, Minnesota Ngijg R;;';' °,{[,f};° and North Dakota: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten und Nimk." ` thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to ascertain and determine ,u}‘£{*¤°¤°°¤ Ri*’¤¤‘·· the advisability of removin the dam at or near the mouth of Minne-Removal cram. sota River, in the State of Iiinnesota, and, in case he determines that the removal of said dam is advisable, he is authorized to remove the same; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose. mproving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: ,u°,‘{§§’1f‘hR*"'·I”‘- Contmuin g improvement, Eve thousand dollars; which amount, together with the unexpended balance of any appropriations heretofore made for the improvement of said river, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in making a survey and estimate of the cost of improving said Wabash River below Vincennes, with a view to the necessities of commerce, and in making a pro er examination of the Wabash River above Vincennes to Pe sville, also of the Little Wabash River to Carmi. In case, on. shlch preliminary examination favorable reports shall be made the Secretary of War may in his discretion direct detailed surveys of the same to be made. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement. minds R*"*=*·m· seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: Continuing improve- “§,¤};¤(;=¤* Riva m- ment, seventy-five thousand dollars: Proz·ided, That said amount, or womb. so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied in dredgin to c,},§‘,§’,‘Q,‘{Y°“"’“‘ °* a de th of twenty feet from where said depth now exists up to One hundred and twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago, and to a depth of sixteen feet from said One hundred and twenty-second street up to the forks of said river, and from the forks of said river to a depth of ten feet up to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in the State of Indiana, and an examination shall be made with a view to securing a navigable channel of twenty-two feet from the mouth of said river to One hundred and sixth street, in the city of Chicago and twenty feet from One hundred and sixth street to One hundred and twenty-second street, including also the old channel of the river between One hundred and thirteenth street and One hundred and sixteenth street, and sixteen feet from One hundred and twenty-second street to the forks of said river, and ten feet from the forks of said river to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in the State of Indiana. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept, in his dis- D°¤¤¤¤¤ ·>f*¤¤¤¤ cretion, deeds from the proper parties conveying to the L nited States, free from expense, such lands as may be necessary to make a proper channel two hundred feet in width from the forks of said river up to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in Indiana, and releasing, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War. the United States from all liability for damages to adjacent property owners. _ _ Improvin Chicago River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, three C’“°‘j'¥° R"°'·m· hundred and six thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars: Hm- P"'"j"'· _ vided, That the sum of one hundred and ninety-three thousand five T“"“’”¤*’““"- hundred and forty-three dollars, unexpended balance of money here-