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FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1079. 1902. 365 improvement and for maintenance, two hundred and fiftv thousand do lars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be expended between Brainerd and Grand Rapids. The amount herein appropriated, except £‘§§§gQ,*ff°“ °‘ “P as above provided, and the une ended balance of formerappropriations D p ` shall be expended as follows: Tier the necessary renewal and repair of Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, and Pokegama Falls reservoirs; in making a further investigation, including an examination and survey, of the Pine River and Sandy Lake reservoirs, with a view to determining whether or not it is advisable to renew and repair said reservoirs; in making a further investigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, which shall include an examination and survey of Willow River in Aitkin County, to determine the causes of and the means of preventing excessive floods in the river between the Government dam at Sandy Lake and Brainerd, and the effect thereof on navi tion; in makin full and accurate surveys of the ilowage lines of Vghinibigm shish, Leech Lake, Pokegama Falls, Sandy Lake, and Pine River reser voirs, and in permanently marking such lines on the ground; not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars for the purchase of the lands or easements therein which are necessarily sub]ect to overflow b reason ‘ of the legitimate operation of said reservoirs when completed? Improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, gmisliiuligrlfliigvgikn Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul, and the Wash- xmpoiis. ington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis: The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to continue the work of improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul, and the Vllfashington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, in accordance with the plans now approved and such modifications in detail as may be deemed desirable by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the expenditure shall not exceed Q;-;°{'f‘g,c0St the present limit of cost until further estimate shall have been sub- i mitted and the present limit of cost extended by law. Improving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri ,,};{g{;,’{j)°§{;{*{,,jf;f River to Saint Paul, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, four hun- Minn. dred thousand dollars: Provided, That on and after the passage of Pm:-isos. this Act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of °°“°"‘°*‘ VVar for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the systematic improvement of the Mississippi River between the points mentioned, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Andp7·0z»idedj217·¢he1·, That the amount to L‘"’*°°*°°"*· be expended u n the im rovement of said river between the points mentioned shaflobe limited to four hundred thousand dollars r year for four years; and of the amount herein appropriated for saidm portion of said river there shall be expended the sum of twenty thousand dollars. or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the improvement of _ Quincy Bay and for removing the sand bar at the steamboat landing Q“'“°Y B*‘Y·”l· at Quincy, Illinois. and the further sum of ten thousand dollars for the maintenance, repair, and riprapping of the natural and artificial banks along the eastern shore of the Mississippi River from lVarsaw, Hjvmew ¤<> Q¤i¤¤r Illinois, to Quincy, Illinois, so far as the same will subserve the main- ` tenance of the navi able channel of the river, and the further sum of fifteen thousand dodlars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for dredging the channel and harbor and removing sand bars at Hannibal, H“”¤“>°*» M°· Missouri, and the further sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the improvement of the harbor at _ Muscatine, Iowa, and the further sum of fourteen thousand dollars, or M“*"“*‘“"· "’“`“· so much thereof as may be necessary, for the construction of a harbor of refuge on the east shore nf Lake Pepin, in the Mississippi River, Mkt P°P*“- according to the project reported October twentyseventh, eighteen