I 952 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 166. 1911. P¤=¢* S°“¤"· °°°-· Im rovin Puget Sound, Washington : Continuing improvement wm" and fmlir maiiitenance of Puget Sound and its tributary waters, twenty ` $¤¤¤*>¤—i=¤ R*'°’· Im I'0V1I1g• no omis ive , a _ nz on ur thousand douaéisi h h R` r W shingto C tin 'ng improvewr·°iii§m. mentyseventy-five thousand dollars: Provided That the Secretary of °°"""°“‘ War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessa to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may %m time to time made by law, not to exceed) in the aggregate one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and_heretofore_ appropriated. mia H¤'"¤“· Improving harbor at Hilo, Hawaii: Continuing rmpfovement, two . hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Prmnded, That the Secretary of War may enter mto a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid . for as appro riations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Pro- .Resm·ve! author vided further, That the Secretary of War be authorized to have a i"°°‘ resurve made of Hilo Harbor with a view to determining whether a modjihzation of the adopted project can be made which will increase the commercial facilities of the harbor without increasing the original ¤ ¤ M ¤·?¤<>r H°i1iil°f°°Svari§°irtlii° im? be H ·· Co an · · t ¤ ..“ · ro a u ur ar r, awau: n urng rmprovemen , one Hmm hundred an fifty thousand dollars. mQ;,¥j"* °‘ "*“’°” ds The depth of water in tidal waters, as well as in rivers and nontidal _ — channels, whenever referred to in this Act shall be understood to mma t mean the depth at maelanflow gvater unless othekrwgvige expressedél
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Mumwih muclipthereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of tlie Secretary of War, be used for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriously impaired, as well as for the furt er improvement of said works. m§;7;{)=&n{°g;t1§:g§ Surveys and examinations provided for in this section shall, unless ece, otherwise expressed, be paid or from the appropriations made for the respective improvements or projects to which they pertain or in connection with which they are mentioned. m‘_fy,{;=:"g3_°°¤°m* All works of improvement herein or hereafter authorized to be rosecuted or comp eted under contracts may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be carried on by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical or advantageous to the United States. w{gg$g°ggrg_ °°¤· Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act and an aggregate amount rs appropriated therefor, the amounts herein approprrated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in seeming maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects herein or heretofore adgpted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs o traffic. The allotments to the respective works herein consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects unless, the discretion of the Secretary of War, another auxxnirpeeg carrésed no allotment or division should be made of the same. Any balances now ° "°' ‘ remarging tp the ged? of the consolidated items in this Act shall be came tot e cre to tie res ective av re ate amountsa r Cmsmmmnmm fo1&tl§]consplidated%tems_l1e1Eiiin pontgghed. pp Opmltcd acm. . · n e co ectron o statistics re at' to traffic the Cor s o '- mm neers is directed to adopt a unifolrligii system bf classili)catio§DEir freight, and upon rivers or inland waterways to collate ton-mileage statistics as far as practicable.
