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948 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 166. 1911. sary to complete the said roject, to be paid for asapolropriations may §'0I??1 tirepe to oime be mag; by laiw, nolt tol exgegzo {.11 the aggregato ope an o t -two thousand six un re dollars exc usrve 0 e aiiiiiuliiats hereinrabnd heretofore appropriated. _ _ ’ dgppzcoxgnmd Mime Loirpopoving Illinoils andilylississipgr anal by raxsrggagiqpeduct pgp, · ' oae es an e o e canal w(iieI;e0tlh(ia birossrgsdglgazlt Birligdu Creek, just below the Chi- . cagolallockclsland and Papiihc Ptlailwayllzfioilge across the same stream, one rmdre and twenty- ve thousand dollars. c°m¤¤*¤¤*,,¥’gf Ri"' Im roving Mississiggpi River from Head of Passes to the mouth of llimlmippi mm. the-Olhio River, inclu mg salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and mis- ,,{{,‘Z,“{,§°°fP'°°°° cellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continuing ,8¤<=¤,**¤¤ ’*°°* improvement, with a view to securing a permanent channel depth of nine feet, three million dollars, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the, general imrama. provement 0 the river, for the building of levees between the Head s.,,,,,,_ of Passes and Capp Girardeau, Missouri, and for surveys, including the survey from the _ ead of Passes to the headwaters of the river, 111 such manner as in their opmron shall best improve navigation and promote hwmhumm the interests of commerce at all stages of the r1ver:Promdcd, That of I”°°‘° the money_ hereby appropriated so much as may be necessary shall be expended m the construction of suitable and necessary dredge boats and other devices and a hances and m the mamtenance an opera- Ommeedng mm- tion of the same: Promdzg further, That the water courses connected °°°”” with said river and the harbors upon it, now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission and under improvement, may, in the drscretion of said commission, upon approval by the Chief of Engmeers, receive allotments for improvements now under way or hereafter todbe undertaken, to be paid for from the amounts herein ¤P¤>P¤¤!>¤- . .. .. m£F*°u*;_°*fl>;,_ °¤i° *° linproving Mississippi River from tho mouth of the Qhio _River to and mcluding the mouth of the Missouri River: Contmuing 1mprove~ _ Fm th mmm meint and for mamtenanoio, onefrmillion dollars. m ° mproving _Miss' issippi iver om the mouth of the Miss i Riv t°m°°°°p°m to Mmneapolm,_Mmnesota: Continuing improvement and(ildi- maid? DP’°°°¤mdg,;m_m_ tenance, one million two hundred an fifty thousand dollars: Provided Th t f th t h h , a o rs amoun so muc as s all be necessary, not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, may, in the discretion of the Secretary; of War, be expended for the repair and mamtenance of · ?g{:ilLIg§)8$1;EiS0;$;){11rStYU%»Bd by the United States and for dredgmg _ _ oug navigation in harbors and at landing places grvmglpreference to localities in which the communities interested goal] ereafter maintain such dredging without cost to the United a es. sam nun, Minn. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized t °t h h ,hf;§¤¤¢= 0* ¤¤b¢¤· of harbor lines and diversion of the channel ofothiirglissislsg pi ltliggi at Samt Paul, Minnesota, as may be necessary to providle for the rmgroveénont of navigation, for_sui_table levees, transportation termi- 1 bv Sm na , an anding places for shipping in said city. W-';Pgf*°“‘;gr, eh Such changes and diversion sha I be shown b lans and lats to be prepared by the city of Saint Paul, which shall be filedp with and approveoi by Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers before argylwor s a e done thereon, and any change therefrom shall be u wful unless a plan and plat thereof shall have been previously filed with and approved by the Secreta of War a d h ` hmm _E . _ F YY 11 the Chief of Emmmcm ngrneers. Pr cd,_That the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to Congress an estimate of the amount char. acter, and cost of any work deemed proper to be done by the United