For the improvement of Roundout harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the breakwater at Block island, Rhode Island, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Pawcatuck river, Rhode Island and Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For the improvemnt of the Thames River, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Connecticut river, below Hartford, Connecticut, including Saybrook bar at the mouth of the river, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Connecticut river on or above Enfield falls and below Holyoke, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of New Haven harbor, Connecticut, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Housatonic river, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars. Rondout. Block Island. Pawcatuck, Thames River. Connecticut River. New Haven. Housatonic River. For the improvement of Bridgeport harbor, Connecti- Bridgeport. cut, forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Norwalk harbor, Connecticut, Norwalk. between the stone bridge and the railroad drawbridge, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Port Jefferson harbor. Long Island, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Peconic river, Long Island. New York, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Huntington harbor, Long Island, falls, Maine, twenty-five thousand dollars. Port Jeffer son. Sullivan River and Falls. For the improvement of the Penobscot river, Maine. Penobscot forty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Kennebec river. Maine. eight thousand dollars. For the improvement of Royals river. Maine, ten thou sand dollars. bay, Maine, forty-five thousand dollars. River. Kennebec River. Royals Portland. For the improvement of Saco river. Maine, fifteen thou- Saco River. sand dollars. For the improvement of Richmond's Island, Maine. twenty thousand dollars. For removing rock in Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Boston harbor, Massachusetts, seventy-five thousand dollars. Richmond Island. Gloucester. Boston. For the improvement of Taunton river. Massachusetts. Taunton ten thousand dollars. River. For the improvement of Plymouth harbor, Massachu- Plymouth. setts, two thousand five hundred dollars. Edgartown. Province town. Wells. Wellfleet. Merrimac River. Duxbury. Wareham. Lower Wil For the improvement of Edgartown harbor, Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars. For the improvement of Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wells harbor, Maine, five thousand dollars. For removal of rocks at entrance of Wellfleet harbor, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Merrimac river above Haverhill, Massachusetts, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of Duxbury harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Wareham harbor, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Lower Willamette river, lamette River. Oregon, fifty thousand dollars. Upper Columbia River. San Francisco. Wilmington. Tombigbee River. For the improvement of the Upper Columbia river, Oregon, fifty thousand dollars. For the removal of Rincon rock, in the harbor of San Francisco, California, fifty thousand dollars. For the improvement of the breakwater at Wilmington, California, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the improvement of the Tombigbee river, ten thou1873. c. 233. sand dollars. New Haven. Cocheco River. Black River. Surveys, etc., for im provement of For removal of rocks at New Haven harbor, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars. For improvement of Cocheco river within the town of Dover, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars. For improvement of Black River harbor, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars. For surveys and examinations, with a view to the imrivers and har provement of rivers and harbors, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. bors. Examina tions or sur SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed veys, or both, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made at various points the following points, namely: to be made at At Keyport harbor, New Jersey; channel between Staten island and New Jersey; At Cohansey creek, New Jersey; At Bear creek, Lake Ontario, New York; At Waddington harbor, New York; For a breakwater at Rouse's Point, on Lake Cham plain, New York; At Port Austin and Port Crescent, Michigan; At the mouth of Pensaukie river, Wisconsin; The Machias river, Maine; At Wickford harbor and Newport harbor, Rhode Island; The east side of Providence river, between Field's point and Fox point, Rhode Island; At Port Orford, Oregon; At Estero bay [], San Louis Obispo county, California; a Known also as El Moro Harbor. At the mouths of Nomoni creek and Occoquan river, Virginia; The bay or sound from Delaware line through Worcester county to Chincoteague inlet, Virginia, with a view to an inlet at or near a place called the Hommacks; For ship-canal between the waters of Galveston bay and Saline [Sabine] lake, Texas; Chester river at Kent Island narrows, Maryland; Tombigbee river, between Fulton and Columbus, Mississippi; Harbor of Cedar Keys and channel to same, Florida; Niantic river, Connecticut; The bars at the outlet of Sabine pass, Texas; The Mississippi river between the mouth of the Missouri river and the mouth of the Ohio river: West end of the pass [Sabine Pass] at and near Blo [Blue] Buck point, Texas; The bar at the mouth of Sabine river in Sabine lake, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Belzora; At the mouth of the Nuches [Neches] river, in Sabine lake, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Boonville, at the point where the Angelica [Angelina] river falls into the Nuches [Neches] river, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Pattonia, Texas; At the mouth of the Trinity river, in Galveston bay, and to extend up the main channel of said river to the town of Magnolia, Texas; Washington harbor, North Carolina; Edenton harbor, North Carolina; Mouth of Mackay's creek, North Carolina; Chippewa river up to Chippewa falls, Wisconsin; Harbor at Galveston, Texas; At Apalachicola river, from Chattahooche, Florida. to Apalachicola; At Chattahooche river, from Columbus, Georgia, to Chattahooche, Florida; At Flint river, from Albany, Georgia, to Chattahooche, Florida; For survey of breakwater at Milford, Connecticut; Mouth of Pine river, Michigan; The harbor of San Diego, California; Mouth of Grand Calumet river, Indiana; Great Kanawha river, from the Great falls to the mouth, West Virginia; To complete the survey of the James river and Kanawha canal; 5979°-H. Doc. 1491, 62-3, vol 1-14 In examinatlons or sur certain amount of tonnage of business year previous, etc. commercial For survey of Camden harbor, Maine; For a sea-wall or breakwater at Trinidad harbor, California: Of the channel and bank at entrance of Salem harbor; On Merrimack river, Massachusetts, from Haverhill to Newburyport, including Duck Hole and Currier Shoals; The New river, from the mouth of Greenbrier, in West Virginia, to the lead mines, in Wythe county, Virginia; At St. Helena bar, in the Columbia river, Oregon; For survery [sic] for the removal of wrecks of gunboats, steamers, and other obstructions placed in Yazoo river during the war, and for the resurvey of Savannah harbor; The Delaware river between Trenton and Easton; For the survey of the river St. Mary's, in Ohio and Indiana: For the survey of the Minnesota river above the mouth of the Yellow Medicine, Minnesota. SEC. 3. That in the examinations or surveys of all points veys Secretary mentioned in the foregoing section, the Secretary of War of War to as be directed to ascertain, as far as practicable, the amount of tonnage of commercial business during the previous year at each point, together with such other facts as bear upon the question of the contemplated improvement, and that he communicate the same, together with his report of the examination or survey of such point, to Congress: Provided, That so much of the amount herewith appropriated for the survey of rivers and harbors as is requisite for contingencies, may be used for said purpose. Approved, June 10, 1872. Praviso. Jan. 8, 1873. CHAP. 19.-An Act To provide for the removal of the sunken Vol. 17, p. 406. wreck which now obstructs the channel-way off Sandy Hook. tion for re of schooner Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Appropria- That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much moval of wreck thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby is, Charles H. Mol- appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the ler, sunk east Secretary of War, out of any money in the treasury not Knoll, between otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of removing the sunken wreck which now obstructs the channel-way off Sandy Hook, New York: Provided, That nothing herein contained or any action to be had hereunder shall relieve from liability to repay such expenditure any one responsible for said obstruction. ward of Flynns Swash and York Bay, of N. J. Proviso. Approved, January 8, 1873. Vol. 17, p. 418. CHAP. 54.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to con- Jan. 23, 1873. tract for the construction of a light-draught snag-boat to ply on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers. of light-draft be contracted Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to Construction contract for the construction of a light-draught snag-boat snag boat may to ply on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas rivers: for. Provided, That said contract shall not require more than Cost, and twenty-five thousand dollars over and above the amount propriation. available for such purpose, to be taken from the next appropriation made for the improvement of said rivers. Approved, January 23, 1873. from what ap CHAP. 69.-An Act For the relief of Margaret Fillebrown. Jan. 24, 1873. Payment to Margaret Fil Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay Margaret Fillebrown, the widow of the late Henry C. lebrown. Fillebrown, who lost his life by being drowned in the Coosa river, in the State of Alabama, while engaged in the service of the United States as an engineer, the salary the said Henry C. Fillebrown would have been entitled to have received, from the day of his death, viz.: August eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to the end of the fiscal year in which his death occurred, had he remained in said service, being at the rate of two hundred dollars per month. Approved, January 24, 1873. Vol. 17, p. 560. CHAP. 233.-An Act Making appropriations for the repair, Mar. 3, 1873. preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Appropria Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, tions for reappropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury pair, etc., of not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the on rivers and direction of the Secretary of War, for the repair, preser- harbors, vation, and completion of the following public works hereinafter named: public works Duluth. For the purpose of dredging out the bay of Superior Superior and from the natural entrance to the docks of Superior and Du Luth and preserving both entrances from the lake thereto, one hundred thousand dollars. For the improvement of Marquette harbor, Michigan, Marquette. fifteen thousand dollars. For the improvement of Menomonee harbor, Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars. Menominee. |