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1108 F IFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2509. 1907. for maintenance of the Snake River between Riparia and Lewiston, and between Lewiston and Pittsburg Landing. cray¤mrru¤r,»vas1¤. Improving Grays Harbor and bar entrance, Washington: Continu- I`°"h"“Y‘ ing improvement by means of north jetty, in accordance with the ` report of the Board of Engineers transmitted to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, under date of December twenty-eighth, nineteen g)°”'*’°· hundred and six, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the ntracts. , . - Secretary of War may enter mto a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. Inner harbor and Improving Grays Harbor, inner portion, between Aberdeen and the °h°h“"“R‘v€"W”“`h‘ entrance to said harbor, and Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing improvement in accordance with the project submitted in House Docu- · ment Numbered Five hundred and seven, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, with a view to securing a channel two hundred feet wide and eighteen feet deep at mean lower low water, and removing snags from the Chehalis River, one hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars; Balances rvuirbie. and the amount of prior appropriations made for the impjovement of ’ the inner portion of Grays Harbor, and now on hand, is ereby made available for this project in addition to said sum, and the Secretary of War is directed to cause a survey and estimate to be made with a view to the improvement of the Chehalis River up to Montesano by the . removal of bars. Grays River, warn. Improving Grays River, Washington: Continuing improvement in accordance with the project submitted in the report of the Board of Engineers to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, dated October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six, two thousand five hundred dollars. @5*** $<;g¤g),‘Ig¤E*jé Improving the waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union r¤nirr€ir`irri‘ix·as¤i¤§_€. and \Vashington, Washington: For maintenance of improvement, ten “’§;,m,._, ,0, c,,m,_ thousand dollars; and the Secretary of \Var may make a survey and i estimate of cost of said waterway or canal with one lock, with a view to the construction of the same, in conjunction with the county authorities of King County or other agency, of sufficient size to accommodate the largest commercial or naval vessels afloat; or, if deemed more advisable, with a view to the construction of a canal of less dimensions, and to submit dimensions and estimate of cost of same, together with a report upon what portion of said work will be done or contribution to be made by said county or other agency. cum by james A. And the provisions of the Act approved June eleventh, nineteen hun- Mfffjl dred and six, authorizing James A. Moore, or his assigns, to construct a canal, with suitable timber lock, are hereby so modified as to permit the said James A. Moore, or his assigns, subject to the conditions and stipulations of the Act, to excavate a channel seventy-tive feet wide at the bottom and twenty-five feet deep at mean low water from deep waterin Puget Sound at the mouth of Salmon Bay to deep water in Lake Wiashmgton, in lieu of constructing the canal and timber lock specitied in the said Act, the location of the said channel and work of excavation to be subject to the direction of the Secretary of War, andthe plans and order of work to be subject to his approval before beginning and when completed and accepted by the Secretary of \Var, ghetchannel to be and remain a free public waterway of the United ta es. Hgjgejpgggver and _ Improving lVillapa River and Harbor, lrVashington: Continuing ‘ ’improvement in accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven, Fifty-ninth Con- _ _ gress, first session. twenty-five thousand dollars. ,,i§`gjQ*;§,;8“,;fd L""“‘ Improving the Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, including the North Fork of the Lewis River, Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.