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five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended on said river at or near Atchison, Kansas; and that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended on said river at or near Miami, Missouri. Improving Mokelumne River, California: Removing obstructions, two thousand dollars.

Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars; to be expended for snagging and dredging operations.

Improving Napa River, California, seven thousand five hundred. dollars.

Improving San Joaquin River, California: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars; a portion of which may be used, in the discretion of the engineer, in closing Laird's Slough and in making the partial closure of what is called "Paradise Cut."

Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.

Improving canal at the Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand dollars.

Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River, Oregon and Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.

Improving the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, five hundred thousand dollars.

Improving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers in front of and below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars, of which sum, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in dredging the bar at Skamokawa, on the Columbia River.

Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty-nine thousand dollars, of which sum fourteen thousand dollars, if deemed necessary by the Secretary of War, may be expended in revetting the Willamette River, above Corvallis, to prevent the threatened change in the channel of the river at said point.

Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars is authorized to be expended for snagging between Coquille City and Myrtle Point.

Improving Umpqua River, Oregon: To complete, two thousand dollars.

Gauging waters of the Columbia River, Oregon: For fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Improving Chehalis River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.

Improving Cowlitz River, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.

Improving Skagit, Stielaquamish, Nootsack, Snohomish and Snoqualmie Rivers, Washington Territory: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars; of which five thousand dollars shall be used for a snag-boat and outfit.

SEC. 2. That whenever complaint shall be made to the Secretary of War that by reason of the placing in any navigable waters of the United States of any bridge pier or abutment, the current of such

waters has been so deflected from its natural course as to cause by producing caving of banks or otherwise serious damage or danger to property, it shall be his duty to make inquiry, and if it shall be ascertained that the complaint is well founded, he shall cause the owners or persons operating such bridge to repair such damage or prevent such danger to property by such means as he shall indicate and within such time as he may name, and in default thereof the owners or persons operating such bridge shall be liable in any court of competent jurisdiction to the persons injured in a sum double the amount of said injury: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to affect any rights of action which may exist at the time of the passage of this act.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money herein and hereafter appropriated for improvements of rivers and harbors, other than surveys, estimates and gaugings, in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract.

SEC. 4. That for the purpose of securing the uninterrupted examinations and surveys at the South Pass of the Mississippi River, as provided for in the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the amount appropriated in this act for such purpose: Provided, however, That an itemized statement of said expenditures shall accompany the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers.

SEC. 5. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such rules and regulations for the navigation of the South Pass of the Mississippi River as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing any obstruction to the channel through said South Pass and any injury to the works therein constructed. The term "South Pass," as herein employed, shall be construed as embracing the entire extent of channel between the upper ends of the works at the head of the pass and the outer or sea end of the jetties at the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico; and any person who shall willfully violate any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in pursuance of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and undergo an imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 6. That for the purpose of securing the uninterrupted gaug ing of the waters of the Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries, as provided for in joint resolution of the twenty-first of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the amount appropriated in

this act for such purpose: Provided, however, That an itemized statement of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.

SEC. 7. That for the purpose of securing the uninterrupted work of operating snag boats on the Upper Mississippi River, and of removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions in the Mississippi River, the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the amounts appropriated in this act for such purposes: Provided, however, That an itemized statement of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.

SEC. 8. That the Secretary of War shall cause the manuscript of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers and subordinate engineers, relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the report of the Mississippi and Missouri River Commissions to be placed in the hands of the Public Printer on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year, and the Public Printer shall cause said reports to be printed with an accurate and comprehensive index. thereof, on or before the first Monday in December in each year, for the use of Congress.

SEC. 9. That whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason to believe that any railroad or other bridge now constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over any of the navigable waterways of the United States is an obstruction to the free navigation of such waters, by reason of insufficient height, width of span, or otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw-opening or the raft-span of such bridge by rafts, steam-boats, or other watercraft, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary to give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling such bridge to so alter the same as to render navigation through or under it free, easy, and unobstructed; and in giving such notice he shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which such alteration is to be made. If, at the end of such time, the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith appraise the Attorney-General of the United States, whose duty it shall be to institute suit, in the name of the United States, without delay, in the circuit or district court of the United States for the circuit in which such bridge is located, which court is hereby invested with jurisdiction for this purpose, to recover from the owners or managers of such bridge the fines mentioned in the succeeding sections of this act.

SEC. 10. That the owner or owners or manager or managers of any railroad or other bridge obstructing the free navigation of any navigable water-way of the United States who shall willfully fail or refuse to remove the same, or to cause the necessary alterations to be made in the same so as to render navigation through or under it free, easy, and unobstructed to rafts, steam-boats, or other water-craft, after receiving notice to that effect from the Secretary of War and within the time prescribed by him, shall be subject to a fine as penalty therefor of five hundred dollars per month for the time he or they are in default, and the amount so recovered shall be placed to the credit of the improvement fund of the water-way obstructed by such bridge.

SEC. 11. Whenever the improvements provided for by this act, or those which have heretofore been prosecuted by the United States, or

may hereafter be undertaken, shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fish-ways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fish-ways may be constructed.

SEC. 12. Where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors, he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers or wharves shall be extended or deposits made except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him.

SEC. 13. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to be made, and the cost of improvement to be estimated at the following localities, to wit: In the States of

ARKANSAS.

Ouachita River, Louisiana and Arkansas, from its mouth to head of navigation, to determine the advisability and probable cost of its permanent improvement.

ALABAMA.

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made at the earliest practicable time for the location of a channel in and along the Coosa River, in Alabama, from the rapids at Wetumka to connect with the improvements already completed on said river above the Ten Islands, and to direct the engineer making the survey to report as to the most feasible, economical, and suitable plan for making such improvement.

Warrior River from Tuscaloosa to Demopolis, for deepening and widening the channel with a view of the easy transportation of coal. Sipsey River, from the Tombigbee River at Vienna to Texas, with a view of easy transportation of coal.

Choctawhatchee, for low water navigation.

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CALIFORNIA.

San Bennaventure Harbor.

Eel River, entrance and inside bars to head of navigation. Klamath River, entrance and inside bars to head of navigation. San Simeon Bay.

The Secretary of War is hereby directed to make an examination and report to Congress as to the necessity for the establishment and maintenance of public moorings for the protection of shipping in the open and exposed ports on the Northern coast of California at Fort Ross, Fish's Mill, Fish Rock, Shelter Cove, Trinidad and such other places as may be deemed advisable by him.

Mystic River.

New London Harbor.

CONNECTICUT.

Black Rock Harbor, for breakwater to Pentfield Reef and south from Fairweather Island.

ARIZONA.

Colorado River, between Camp Mojave and El Dorado Canon. Colorado River, between Camp Mojave and the point where the boundary-line between Nevada and Ütah Territory intersects said river.

DELAWARE.

Nanticoke River, from Seaford to Concord.

Mahon River.

Prime Hook Creek.

Appoquinimink Creek.

DAKOTA.

Ice harbor at or near Bismarck, on the Upper Missouri River.

Saint Andrew's Bay.

FLORIDA.

Chipola River, from its mouth to Marianna.

Saint Mark's River and bar at its mouth.

Ocklawaha River from its mouth to Lake Griffin.

Homosassa River and bar at its mouth.

Chipola River from its mouth to Wewahitchka and the "Cut Off," and "Lee's Slough," running from the Apalachicola River to the Chipola River.

Crystal River and bar at its mouth.

Alafia River and bar at its mouth.
Sarasota Bay.

The channel between Tampa Bay and Old Tampa Bay.

GEORGIA.

Flint River, rock reefs at Albany and above.

Savannah River above Augusta and between Augusta and Andersonville.

Oconee River.

Ocmulgee River. Resurvey.

INDIANA.

Grand Calumet River, beginning one-half mile east of Hammond, and thence eastward to Lake Michigan.

For the survey of a canal-way connecting the waters of Lake Michigan with the Calumet River, beginning at a point on the Calumet River one mile east of Hammond, Indiana, and running due north to Berry Lake, and thence along the eastern waters of said Berry Lake; thence northeast to Lake Michigan. The survey to estimate a canal fourteen feet deep and two hundred feet wide. Berry Lake forming a natural harbor of refuge.

Moline City Harbor.

Grand Calumet River..

ILLINOIS.

Mississippi River, the main slough at Hamilton, Illinois, to the end of securing a good and sufficient steam-boat landing at that point.

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