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908 SIXTY~FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 155. 1918. of Ouachita River by construction of locks and dams heretofore authorized, $100,000; in all, $170,000. mguw R“°'· °*°·· Yazoo River and tributaries, Mississipgz For maintenance, includ- ` ing Yazoo, Tallahatchie, Coldwater, an iiSunflower Rivers, Tehula I6ak•i,·Steele and Washington Bayous, La e Washington, and Bear ree $25,000. nx%i2i;ifZ¤Ciiriifi1tii¤ii" Blaizk and Current Rivers, Arkansas and Missouri; White, Saint Francis, and L’Anguille Rivers, and Blackfish Bayou, Arkansas: For _ _ _ _ maintenance, $5,000. £,",;§$,‘$‘,{‘§?,,{{*{§°,",j,,, Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio Riyer to and includ-

 ing the mouth of$t3)%%I1(;s)souri River: Continuing improvement and

or maintenance, , . t0*;,¤l*;g¤8;§3§M“$°“‘ Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River to Min- ` neapolis, ota: Continuing improvement and for mamtenance, $500,000. Absvs Mi¤¤s¤P¤**5· Mississippi River between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and between Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Mississi i and Leech Rivers, and reservoirs at headwaters of Mississippi llgiverz Completin improvement of Mississippi River between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, $80,000; completing improvement of reservoirs at headwaters, $32,000; in all, $112,000. _ · Saint Crux, pw-, Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota; Minnesota River, §’X§§l&.;_“B§g;_ Mum" Minnesota; Lake Traverse, Minnesota and South Dakota; Red River of the North, Minnesota and North Dakota; Warroad Harborand River, Zippel Bay, and Lake of the Woods, Minnesota: For maininssean River. tenance, $6,000. : m01f1¤,£S¤¤€i¤v.M¤··¢¤ kfissouri River: For maintenance and continuing improvement ` with a view to securing a permanent six-foot channel between Kansas City, Kansas, from the upper end of Quindaro Bend, and the mouth _ of the river, $500,000. Tg,‘§f“§2’*§§_ Rm" Cumberland River, Tennessee and Kentucky: For maintenance _ above Nashville, $5,000. T,?,‘§,f“§§§f°,,,f§‘”§§j Tennessee River, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky: For main- _ _ tenance and continuing improvement, $343,000. ,°j§‘c§§§,f,§’,;,,mS_ Ohio River: Continuing improvement by the construction of locks _ and dams with a view to securing a navigable depth of nine feet, Q§;§§@j,,,,O,,,,_ $5,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereb authorized to modify the project for the improvement of the Oliio River in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Num- _ _ bered Sixteen hundred and ninety-five, Sixty-fourth Congress, ,,,§,,’f§§§_ °‘ dams second session: Promkledfurther, That the modification of the existing project by omitting locks and dams below Dam Numbered Fort - eight, as herein authorized, shall not become effective until it shall ge satisfactorily demonstrated that the project depth of nine feet on , _ that section of the river can be maintained by open-channel work: w_{g§i§§,;,*{,$,§,gf’;,,';§ And pmvédedfurther, That the Secretary of War is hereby re nested ¢F3m<‘,•¤¢¤- to investiglaete and submit to Congress on or before the first lilonday in Decem r, nineteen hundred and eighteen, a re ort showing (a) the status of water terminals at cities and towns sgon the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Cairo, inclusive, and whether owned by municipalities or some other public agency, and whether the same are satisfactory as to location, constructmn, and equipment; (b) the names of cities and towns where an interchange of traffic exists between the water transportation lines and the railroads; (c) a list of the water transportation lines existing and proposed on the Ohio River with a description of the number and type of boats in operation and under construction or to be constructed and as to whether the same are appropriate and suitable for the traffic; (d) the names of cities and towns where no adequate public terminals exist, thether Recommendations with a statement of any prospective plans for Water termingi and zomevezopmm. the status of same; (e) any recommendation for the development of transportation on such river.