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956 SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 166. 1911. Fremont Channel and McLeoad Lake arms of Stockton Channel, _San Joaquin River, California. _ _ » Mokelumne River, California, with a view to its improvement from · L I Lthe Galt—New Hope Bridge to a point at or near Woo bridge. oresou-_ · Nehalem River, Oregon. _ _ · Nehalem Bar and entrance to Nehalem Bay, _Oregon, with view to ' im rovement of same in cooperation with local interests. _ _ gregon Slough branch of Cogumbm. River, §reigoni_£nclug1ng 3 consideration o any preposition or cooperation y ocai ies a ec e th b . C A (iggqiiina River, Oregon, from Toledo to Yaquina, with report upon an proposition for cooperation by local interests. _ Alam- Hntrance to Kuskokwim River, through Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska. Sergius Narrows, Alaska. _ . Apoolri mental} of: Yukon River from Pastel Bay to the mouth of ` ’Kot 'k iver, as a. · . P<>¤<> Rim- Sa Juan Harbor Porto Rico. .P·¢v<>¤ <>f ¤¤¤¤i¤¤· Intall cases a preliminary examination of the river, harbor, or other mm proposed improvement mentioned shall first be made, and a report as to the advisabrility of its improvement_ shall be submitted, unless U¤f•v¤¤¤>¤¢ www a survey or estimate is lltierein exprpssly d1rected.t If upoéi suchdprgi limin examination the ro ose improvemen is not eeme a — visabligrno further action dhall) be taken thereon without the further tg¤¤¤¥·¤*¤-J! f¤·*<>¤* direction of Congress; but in case the report shall be favorable to such ° °° proposed improvenzlent, grlthat ta survey and estixiiaignc should befinzde to eteimine the a visa iity 0 im rovement, the cret o ar is hereb authorized, in his discretii)>n, to cause surveys Qtbrbe made, ’*°°"‘“"“‘°"'* and theycost and advisabilit to be reported to Congress. And such reports containinghplalnshandyesilzimgateislslhall also con(§ain a statement . as to the rate at w ic the wor s ou e prosecute . ugiigiiiiugeegi iiiiiiii; All replorts on ezpaéginationshapld surge)? which maiy lpegrgrepared '°°°” during the recess o ngress : a , in the iscretion o the cretary of War, be printed by the Public Printer as documents of the follow- ` session of Con ress. e;¢§?iii’°$c2icr$¥°£°£f m%no. 3. That allrelports on examinations and surve s authorized “°§‘§§§°'*““°” ““" in an section of this ct shall be reviewed b the Board7 of En ineers iid Sir 3 f Rivers nd H rbors as provid d for in y f th f the ' · - 72- or a a e sec 1on ree o e river and harbor Act approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and all special reports ordered by Congress shall, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be reviewed in ike manner b said board. Nationalwaterways . y ocmmasica. Sec. 4. That so much of section seven of the river and harbor Act _,,Y§Q;,e§"· P- 8** approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine, as provides that “;F§$<=g¤%r;¤{¤<¤ ¤¤· the term of the National Waterways Commission shall expire on ‘ ‘ ltlarih fourtlr, dninetgenh huriillred and eleven, be, and the same is xere y, repeae ; an thesai commission with its present memb - ship and_ as now constituted, shall be continued until N ovemligdr _ fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, with the powers and duties F*“°"'°P°"· prescribed) in said Acti 61Ang the said cgmmission shall make a final report to ongress an e the same wit the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives not later th N — n'gj;gg]{°¤gjgg;;;vg*;é; ber fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven. Said commissaicrin igivglgo and noo-: reservoirs. ai;)tpornz4;d to inve1st1%t1p apd report upondthe advisability and fea- S1 1 ity 0 propose a cia waterways an u r d I f the nnpounding of tlood waters in rivers, by rgggrgohgodg o1?hgrn:1is;T t°(§g*g;§;g§*¤¤Ohi° including the following: First, the constmction by the United States of the progosed canal from the Ohio River, at a point near Pittsburg, U k E _ to Lake ne, the expense thereof being borne by local interests ,g*;_ggeg$;§;,§gB;_**¢ affected; second, the proposed canal from Lake Erie, by wa of the cum, Amman Maumee River and Fort Wayne,_or other direct and feasiblli route, mm-, D.C.,t0Chess- to the southerly end of Lake Michigan; and, third, the proposed canal Wks BM'- to connect the Anacostia River at some point near the District of Columbia boundary line with Chesapeake Bay, or some tributary