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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sm. III. GH. 166. 1911. 939 Improving Sa elo Harbor, Georgia: Completing improvement, B“P°‘°~G“· eleven thousand dollars. Imlproving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Continuing improvement, S*"·"*“’“”*‘· G“· four undred thousand dollars. “ Improving Altamaha, Oconee, and Ocmulgee Rivers, Georgia: For l_,M¤¤G¤¤¤M· etc-· maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. vm °` Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continu` improvement and for F“¤'=Riv¤*·G¤· 9 maintenance, seven thousand five hundred clbL§ars. Improving Savannah River, Georgia: Continuingim rovementand G*§·¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ River. for maintenance below Augusta, one hundred thousand) dollars. ` Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Continu- R§gr¤é;¤;¤<餧¤¢¢ ing improvement below Columbus, Georgia, and for maintenance, ` D “' 1 seventy-five thousand dollars. ‘ Improving Coosa River, Geo and Alabama: Continuing Af;°°““R“’“»G**°“° improvement by the completion ofriizk and dam at Mayos Bar near Hayes Bar. Rome, Georgia, one hungred and twenty-one thousand and thirty- c nine dollars. · Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing Dm- N°°·‘* and 5· improvement by the construction o a lock in Dam Numbered Four, and by the construction of Dam Numbered Five, in the State of Alabama, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 4 The Secretary of War is herebly authorized and empowered to ,,,§v*;§},gg]gm';°’°' enter into contract with the Rag and Water Power Company, its ` successors or ass' , hereinafter designated "the contracting arty," May wmrgm dam. to complete the liiiir heretofore partially constructed by the (govern- °°°" “t °°° N°‘4‘ ment at Lock Numbered Four on the Coosa River, the work to be done under his supervision and control, and in accordance with the present adopted project and any modification thereof that he ma _ deem proper: Provided, That the contracting part shall furnish §°{,’}§’§;,,,€xpe¤,e_ all materials, of every character, and ay for all labor required in the construction of said dam, which, upon completion, shall become the property of the United States, free of all costs, claims, or charges o any kind whatsoever: Prmnkled further, That the terms mfeggvrgggxggc-» i¤· of this Act and any stipulation which the Secretary of War may P ' deem necessary to safeguard the interests of navigation and other interests of the United States shall be embodied in any contract entered into as aforesaid. The contracting party; shall begin the ¤.,{{f';€,,_°' °°“““‘°‘ said work within one year from the approval of t is Act, and shall complete the same within three years from the date of commencing construction; otherwise the authorization hereby conferred shall bc void and the rights hereby conferred shall cease and be determined, the Government reserving the right to commence and finish the work, if deemed advisable, at any time before it is commenced by the contracting party; or, if begun and not carried out in strict conformity to the directions of the Secreta? of War, the Government ma assume the completion of said wor at its option, the cost of such completion to be paid by the contracting party: Provided, That the Siecretary of War shall determine from'time to time whether the work is being properly done. In consideration of the completion were- power meof said dam free of cost to the Government, the contracting party is °h”" g’""°d' hereby granted such rights as the Govemment possesses to use the water power produced by said dam for manu acturing and other industrial plurposes for a period of fifty years: Provided, That the APP’°"°‘°*P*““”· plans for the necessary works and structures to utilize said water ower shall be approved by the Secretary of War: Provakied further, _ That the right is reserved to the United States to construct, maintain, mf§gh‘i,,§§’f,S‘;‘g“g,’_§ and operate a forebay and lock for navigation purposes in connection serveii with said dam and nothing shall be done in the use of the water from 4 said dam or otherwise to interfere with or in any way impede or retard _ the operation of said lock or the proper and complete navigation of