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222 SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 253. 1912. Y°*°¤ K"°*·*‘•* Im rovin A n mouth of Yukon River, Alaska in accordance ‘ f with like rg orltogubmitted in House Document Frve hundred and. fifty-six, Sixty-second Congrem, second session, one hundred and thirt thousan dollars. _ ”°°* “""“L Improving hargor at Hilo, Hawaii: Completéggi improvement by dredgr? in accordance with the report submr m House Document umbered Four hundred an seventeen, Sixty-second Congress, second session, seventy-six thousand dollars._ _ Hfyufw ””"°'· Improvin Kahului Harbor, Hawau: Completing improvement, mm. one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War °'°"""""‘ is authorized and directed to report to Congress as to the advisabrlrty of providing for the west breakwater referred to under ro]ect_num— bered two in House Document Numbered Five hundred and mnety- three, Sixty-Erst Congress second session. _ _ ¤¤'•¤¤¤•¤,, '•°**"*" That the Secretary of me Treasury be, and rs hereby, authorized rayneawrurwu and directed to pay u n vouchers approved by the ormer charr- °'”’°'*·°'°‘ man of the National Vvilterways Commiwon, from any moneys m the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessazlilriy, for the expenses of the National Waterways Conmrissron necess y incurred for clerical and sten aphic services in publishiriig (Senate Document Number?. Two hundred and seventy our) an completing the final report (Senate Document Num Four hundred and sixty-nme); cbmd *’°°*'· and the books, maps, charts, and other maternal relating to waterways re ` in possession of the National Waterways Lomnussron shall be tumiini over to the School, Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, under the tion of the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives; and all similar to railways shall be turned over to the Interstate ommerce mmission. ,,.$.‘§‘2,‘?',,;‘°° °' °" A propriations made for the respective works herein named, or- so mu£ thereof as shall be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriiusly impaired, as well as for the further improvement of said wor s. “·°“*,°'•', ,,,°,{ ““"° The Chief of E eers, in his discretion, and after a roval b the my on Secretary of Wartlisulrereby authorized to make prelimiirleiry exariiinations and rn.inor surveys and to remove snags and other temporary or readily removable obstructions from tributaries of waterways already under Federal improvement or in general use by navigation, to be paid from the appropriations for the adjoining waterways: {‘gg;*;•- Promkled, That the cost of such work in any single year shall not exceed five hundred dollars per tributary. ,_,§‘}’,{_$¤¥¤·_¤'j•'f;;,g’}Q,‘} Surveys and examinations provided for in this section shall, unless mists. otherwise expressed, be paid for from the appropriations made for the respective improvements or projects to w ch they pertain or in wud D www comrectron with which they are mentioned. nrernmais. All works of improvement herein or hereafter authorized to be prosecuted or copppleted under contracts may, in the discretion of the Secretary of _ ar, be camed on by contract or otherwise, as may Au ‘ { mm be most economical or advantageous to the United States. ,,,,,d§’,2',;‘L',,,,2,_ Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act and an aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, the amounts herein appropriated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects herem or heretofore adcipted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs o tramc. The allotments to the respective works erem consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War