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[82 STAT. 737]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 737]

82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-483-AUG. 13, 1968

737

23 degrees 01 minutes 15 seconds west 855.36 feet to the point formed by the intersection of the existing pierhead and bulkhead line and the east side of Battery Avenue, last said point of intersection being the end of the first line of the fourth parcel of land conveyed by J. and F. Realty, Incorporated to Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company by deed dated December 22, 1965, and recorded among the Land Record of Baltimore City in Liber J. F. C. numbered 2006 folio 345, the location of said pierhead and bulkhead line is based upon the Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Maryland, coordinate value for station L IV of said pierhead and bulkhead line, the coordinate value as referred to the Lambert grid plane coordinate system for the State of Maryland of said station L IV being east 2,111,161.40, north 527,709,27 and thence binding on the east side of Battery Avenue, south 03 degrees 09 minutes 07 seconds east 568 feet, more or less, to intersect the north side of Key Highway as now laid out and located is hereby, declared to be not a navigable stream of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby given for the filling in of all or any part of the described area. SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed abandoned Sl'. to remove from the Potomac River and to destroy the abandoned etc. ships, ships' hulls, and pilings, located in Mallow's Bay, between Sandy Point and Liverpool Point, Charles County, Maryland, and at Wide Water, south of Quantico, Virginia, and any other abandoned ships formerly among those in Mallow's Bay or at Wide Water which have drifted from those locations. Local interests shall contribute 50 percent of the cost of such work, (b) There is authorized to carry out this section, not to exceed Appropriation. $175,000. SEC, 117, The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is hereby authorized to maintain authorized river and harbor projects in excess of authorized project depths where such excess depths have been provided by the United States for defense purposes and whenever the Chief of Engineers determines that such waterways also serve essential needs of general commerce. SEC. 118. (a) Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act creating the ciTmoriowa and City of Clinton Bridge Commission and authorizing said commission Furton"ii°."'^ ^" and its successors to acquire by purchase or condemnation and to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges across the Mississippi River at or near Clinton, Iowa, at or near Fulton, Illinois", approved December 21, 1944, as revised, amended, and reenacted, is hereby 72^stat^85^i^^' amended by inserting " (a) " immediately after "SEC. 5." and by adding at the end of such section the following new subsection: "(b) In addition to the method of payment provided in subsection (a) of this section, the commission and its successors and assigns are hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the cost of dismantling one bridge and of constructing as a replacement therefor a new bridge (including necessary approaches and approach highways) either entirely from a construction fund created in accordance with section 6 of this Act or from both such construction fund and from bonds issued and sold in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. The cost of any bridge constructed under this subsection (together with approaches and approach highways) shall include all costs and expenses included in the case of a bridge constructed under authority of subsection (a) of this section (including its approaches and approach highways)." (b) The first sentence of section 6 of such Act of December 21, 1944, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting