354 FIF1`Y—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 107 9. 190:2. improvement, five thousand dollars, the whole or any part of which sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in dredging a channel to the depth of eight and one-half feet into the mouth of the Escambia River. _ RQ5g_P;,; °h*P°l“ Improvin Upper Chipola River, Florida: Continuing unprove- 'ment, two thousand dollars. _ hy*P‘;',f{‘“ °’ "°'*°" For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters of ` the States of Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, so far as it is an obstruc- §’x°’jP’,..,';m,,_.m by tion to navigation, fifty thousand dollars: Prmpided, That the amount ¤¤<=¤n¤i¤¤l.¤¤=·.1>r¤<> herein appropriated and the unexpended balance of amounts here- “§}ol.31,pp.11$9,1141, tofore appropriated for this purpose in the States of Florida and Louisiana may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in exterminating or removing such plant by any mechanical, chemical, or other means whatsoever. ,,.,jf*"‘°·r "‘°·· '"°”· Improving Crystal, Manatee, Anclote, Suwanee, and Withlacoochee rivers, Florida: Continuinglimprovement and for maintenance, thirty- five thousand dollars, and the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be used in deepening the channel from the mouth of the Withlacoochee River to the loading pool in the Gulf of Mexico, being a distance of eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty feet, to the depth of eight feet, and to straighten said channel where the same is crooked, and for the maintenance of said channel. F,§*}*"‘ mms m"°’· Improving Saint Johns River, Florida, from Jacksonville to the ocean: Continuin improvement, three hundred and fifty thousand mm dollars: Provided? That a contract or contracts mag be entered into ` by the Secretary of War for such materials and wor as may be necessary to prosecute the approved and modified project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be ma e by law, not to exceed in the aggregate nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated: Provided lfurther, · nn-edge. That out of said amounts one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the construction or purchase of a sea-going suction dredge. m°¤¤S* mm F*•¤· Improving Saint Johns River, Florida, at Orange Mills Flats: Con- ` tinuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Al•¤¤¤¤¤R**¢¤’~¤¤. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. __,£;’¢§u‘f¤¤*¤*» •>¤¤- improving the Black Warrior, the Warrior, und the Tombighec ` rivers, Alabama: Continuing improvement with a view to securing a navigable depth of six feet in said rivers from Mobile to Mulberry and Locust forks in said Black W'arrior River, three hundred and seventy- mmhd dame four thousand dollars: H·w·fd»·»¢l, That a contract or contracts may be "` entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for constructing locks and dams one, two, and three in the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers, to be paid foras appropriations may from time to time be made bylaw, not to exceed in the aggregate tive hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and D5`l1*;*;¤;¤0£¤¤¤¤l¤¤*¤ *0 heretofore appropriated: Pr·oz·z`derZ fl/ribw·, That ten thousand dollars ` of the amounts herein or heretofore a propriated for said project mav, in the discretion of the Secretary of iiar, be expended for continuing improvement and for maintenance on said river from Tuscaloosa to rmksms. Demopolis; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made to determine the location of the necessary lock sites in Tombigbee River between Demo lis and McGrcws Shoals, and of locks five and six in the Black ggarrior. An unexpended balance of fourteen thousand dollars remaining from the appropriation heretofore made for the construction of locks and dams humbered Four, Five, and Six on the \Varrior River is herebv transferrcd to be expended for the improvement of Black Warricir River in the completion of Lock Numbered Four.
