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1090 FIFTY-NINTH ooxensss. sms. II. on. 2509. 1907. ·’°’“"°”° B°Y°“· Improving Johnsons Bayou, Louisiana: For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. wsm-1iym¤m,u. For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters °°° m' in the States of Louisiana and Texas, so far as it is or may become an obstruction to navigation, ten thousand dollars. Mlleqr Rivet, 0%. . Improving the Bed River in the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, " °x"°°and Oklahoma: For continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred thousand dollars may be expended between Fulton, Arkansas, and Denison, Texas. m§:_r¤gwB¤?°¤¤g§é Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River, Tensas River, Bayou An;.' "Macon, and Bayous D’Arbonne and Corney, Louisiana and Arkansas: For maintenance, seventeen thousand dollars. nwggzggaack Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Louisiana and Arkansas: ’` Continuing improvement by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Two, near Catahoula Shoals, Louisiana, and Lock and Dam _ Numbered Ei ht, near Franklin Shoals, Arkansas, in accordance with the plan in House Document Numbered Four hundred and forty- eight, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, and for maintenance, two M hundred thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the construction of said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made b law, not to exceed in the a regate three hundred ’and sixty thousand, eight hundred andtwentygzhree dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Bwidedfunhu, I»¤c¤¤<>¤ of locks That the location of said locks and dams may, in the discretion of the °l°' Secretary of W&1‘, be chan ed. * Sabine Pm. Tex- Improving Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana: Continuing improveme La' ment and for maintenance, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: gyms ]6·m•e'ded, That the Secretary of lVar may enter into a contract or · n ° contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made bylaw, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand _ dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. “‘f,*’§“e'gf,l;s ,*},’,E§,Q,‘§§ Im roving channel connecting Sabine and Neches rivers with the iP¤y1<>r¤ B¤v¤¤.T¤¤- mouth of Taylors Bayou, Texas. Such portion as may be necessary of any funds heretofore appropriated or authorized for this work, and not required to complete the Ypresent adopted project, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Vi ar, be applied to extending the channel at its southern end with a depth of nine feet to a junction with the Korf, Arthur Ship Canal and to widening the canal in front of Port rt ur. G¤M¤<>¤·’¤'¢¤- Improving Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing im rovement by the extension of the `etties and by dredging, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and forty, Fifty-ninth Congress, second session, as modified by the report of e Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in its report of January eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, and for maintenance, mg three hundred thousand dollars: Pywwided, That the Secretaxéy of War ` may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials an work as may be necessary for the further prosecution of the work, to be paid . for as appropriations 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: Provided further, Method orimpmve- That the Secretary of \¢Var, in his discretion, may prosecute said me'"' improvement by the extension of the existing jetties or by dredging, or by both of said methods. Tgluvwou ¤h¤¤¤¢l, _ Impiroving Galveston channel, Texas: Continuing improvement, mclu ng the extension of channel to Fifty-sixth street, two hundred