Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas. Little Sarasota Bay, Florida, from Sarasota Bay to Venice. Withlacoochee River, Florida, between Dunnellon and Lake Lake Worth Inlet, Palm Beach County, Florida. Charlotte Harbor, Florida, with a view to securing a channel of increased depth from the Gulf of Mexico to the town of Boca Grande. Pithlachascotee River, Florida. Peace River, Florida. Braden River, Manatee County, Florida. Hillsboro River, Florida, from Michigan Avenue to Lafayette Street Bridge, Tampa. Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi, with a view to removing shoals at Cranes Neck and Biloxi Mud Flats and securing a depth of twelve feet. Bayou Tigre, Louisiana. Atchafalaya River and Bayous Courtableau, Teche, and Vermilion, with a view to forming navigable connections between said streams, including consideration of any propositions for cooperation on the part of local interests. Bayou Dorcheat, Louisiana, through Lake Bistaneau and Loggy Bayou Terrebonne, Louisiana, between Houma and Thibodaux. Bayou Chene, Louisiana. Shallow Bayou, Louisiana. Intracoastal waterway from Calcasieu River, Louisiana, to Sabine River, Texas and Louisiana, with a view to securing such width and depth as will meet the demands of commerce. Calcasieu River from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Lake Charles, Galveston Bay at Smiths Point, Texas. Channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Texas. Waterway in Texas from the jetties at Sabine Pass through the Port Arthur Ship Channel to Port Arthur and through the SabineNeches Canal to the mouths of the Neches and Sabine Rivers, and thence up said rivers to Beaumont and Orange, respectively, and also through Taylors Bayou from the Government turning basin to the Southern Pacific Railway Bridge, with a view to deepening and widening such waterways, making necessary cut-offs, and otherwise improving same for navigation and commerce. Arkansas and Mis- Black River, Arkansas and Missouri. souri. Galveston, Tex. Black River, Arkansas and Missouri, above Black Rock, Arkansas, an instrumental survey with a view to preparing plans and estimates of cost for caring for flood waters in said river and to determining whether a portion of the flood waters of the Saint Francois River should be diverted to the Black River, and what additional cost such diversion would involve in connection with the works on the Black River. The report of survey shall also include consideration of any proposition by local interests for participation in the expense of said project on account of the reclamation of contiguous lands or other lands subject to overflow by said streams. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board of engineers to make a survey of Galveston Island and Galveston Channel, Texas, east of the causeway, and to prepare plans and estimates for their protection against storms and erosions, including the protection of the instrumentalities and aids to commerce located there. Channel connecting the Houston Ship Channel with the Goose Creek oil field, Harris County, Texas. Tennessee River, Tennessee, with a view to locating one low dam at mouth of Whites Creek and one low dam at the mouth of the Clinch River. Little Tennessee River, Tennessee. New Buffalo Harbor, Michigan. Tennessee. Ohio. Wisconsin. Bar in Lake Michigan in front of the United States naval training Illinois. station, Great Lakes, Illinois, with a view to dredging said bar so as to permit lake vessels to land at said station. The Secretary of War is authorized to make such preliminary examinations as can be made from available data, without making field surveys, touching the creation of conditions in or paralleling the Saint Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the Canadian border suitable in all respects for navigation by ocean-going ships, including such approximate estimate of cost of improvement as can be predicated on such available data and an approximation of the amount of power, if any, that would be incident thereto. Missouri River between Yankton and Vermilion, South Dakota. Ship canal, Lake OnRiver, N. Y. tario to Saint Lawrence South Dakota. Los Angeles Harbor, California, with a view to dredging a channel California. of adequate width and depth in the West Basin. Harbor at Newport, California. Sacramento River, California, from the city of Sacramento to the city of Colusa, with a view to providing a channel six feet in depth. Petaluma Creek, California. Haydens Slough, Columbia River, near Portland, Oregon, with a view to the relocation of the dike near upper end. The Secretary of War is directed to make a survey and submit a report to Congress with a view to securing a channel thirty-five feet deep in the Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers below Portland, Oregon. Main ship channel in or near the mouth of the Columbia River on the southerly or Oregon side from a point in the vicinity of Point Adams along channel to or a short distance above Tongue Point, and of Youngs Bay from the Columbia River channel to a point one mile above the county bridge, so as to give a depth of forty feet at low tide. The Secretary of War is directed to make a survey and submit a report to Congress upon the advisability of securing a channel in the Columbia River from the mouth of the Willamette River to the eastern limits of the city of Vancouver, Washington, equal in width and depth to the project channel from the mouth of the Willamette to the city of Portland, Oregon, and what cooperation, if any, should be given. Columbia River between Carrolls, Washington, and Stella, Washington, and the Cowlitz River below Ostrander, Washington, with a view to devising plans for bank protection, including consideration of any proposition for cooperation on the part of local or State interests. Willamette Slough, Oregon, with a view to removing old dikes and breakwaters now obstructing navigation. East Channel, Coos River, Oregon. Tillamook Bay and River and Hoquarten Slough, Oregon, with a view to securing the most feasible channel from the entrance to the city of Tillamook. Black River and Renton Harbor, Washington. Mouth of the Cowlitz River, Washington, for the purpose of determining the advisability of the construction of a jetty, or other means, for deepening the channel at the mouth of the river. Oregon. Washington and Ore gon. Washington. Alaska. Proviso. Restriction until close of present war. Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Improvements consented to. Surveys, etc. Waterway between Port Townsend Bay and Oak Bay in Jefferson County, Washington, with a view to increased width and depth. Controller Bay, Alaska. Provided, That no survey herein provided for shall be made until after the close of the war with Germany except such as the Secretary of War shall direct. SEC. 5. That Congress hereby consents that the States of Minneof boundary waters by, sota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, or any two of them, may enter into any agreement or agreements with each other to aid in improving navigation and to prevent and control floods on boundary waters of said States and the waters tributary thereto. And said States, or any two of them, may agree with each other upon any project or projects for the purpose of making such improvements, and upon the amount of money to be contributed by each to carry out such projects. The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to make a survey of any project proposed, as aforesaid, by said States, or any two of them, to determine the feasibility and practicability thereof and the expenses of carrying the same into effect and what share of such expenses should be borne by the respective States, local interests, or by the National Government. If the Secretary of War approves any such projects, he may authorize the States to make such improvements at their own expense, but under his supervision. That the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of War to make the surveys and estimates herein contemplated. Appropriation. Restriction on private contract work. Regulation of har bors, etc. Vol. 28, p. 362. Use of navigable waters to be regulated by Secretary of War. Vol. 32, p. 374, amended. SEC. 6. That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to pay for any work done by private contract if the contract price is more than twenty-five per centum in excess of the estimated cost of doing the work by Government plant. SEC. 7. That section four of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended by section eleven of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require for the protection of life and property, or of operations of the United States in channel improvement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other Posting of regula- executive department. Such regulations shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall violate such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court." tions. Punishment for vio lations. Regulation of areas adjacent to target prac SEC. 8. That, in the interest of the national defense and for the tice, fortifications, etc. better protection of life and property on said waters, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe such regulations as he may deem best for the use and navigation of any portion of areas of the navigable waters of the United States or waters under the jurisdiction of the United States endangered or likely to be endangered by Coast Artillery fire in target practice or otherwise, or by the proving operations of the Government ordnance proving ground at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or at any Government ordnance proving ground that may be established elsewhere on or near such waters, and of any portion or area of said waters occupied by sub Transporting explo marine mines, mine fields, submarine cables, or other material and accessories pertaining to seacoast fortifications; and the said Secre- sives. tary of War shall have like power to regulate the transportation of explosives upon any of said waters. That to enforce the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section the Secretary of War may detail any public vessel in the service of the War Department, or, upon the request of the Secretary of War, the head of any other department may enforce, and the head of any such department is hereby authorized to enforce, such regulations by means of any public vessel of such department. Enforcement. Proceedings to secure by State authorities, SEC. 9. That whenever any State, or any reclamation, flood con- title to lands to be trol or drainage district, or other public agency created by any State, given for improvements shall undertake to secure any land or easement therein, needed in etc. connection with a work of river and harbor improvement duly authorized by Congress, for the purpose of conveying the same to the United States free of cost, and shall be unable for any reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto, the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States for the acquirement by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of War: Pro- Proviso. vided, That all expenses of said proceedings and any award that expenses. may be made thereunder shall be paid by such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to secure which payment the Secretary of War may require such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may deem necessary before said proceedings are commenced. Reimbursement Engineer reports. amended. SEC. 10. That section four of the river and harbor Act of July Vol. 39, p. twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be, and is hereby, amended'so as to read as follows: of 411, Index to, 1913 to 1917, "SEC. 4. That there shall be printed one thousand five hundred ordered printed. copies of an index to the annual reports of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, from nineteen hundred and thirteen to nineteen hundred and seventeen, inclusive, which shall be supplemental to the index published in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and forty, Sixty-third Congress, second session, covering the period from eighteen hundred and sixty-six to nineteen hundred and twelve, inclusive, authorized by section six of the river and harbor Act approved July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and shall also include an index of congressional documents relating to works of river and harbor improvement which have not been published in the annual reports of the Chief of Engineers, and an index of such other professional papers relating to the work of the Engineer Department as the Chief of Engineers may select for this purpose. SEC. 11. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to report without delay to Congress the survey provided for by the river and harbor Act of nineteen hundred and thirteen relative to the encroachments and obstructions in the Chicago River and all its branches, together with such encroachments as have been made in and along the lake front between Lincoln Park and the Indiana State line. Vol. 37, p. 233. Report of survey of harbor encroachments Chicago, Ill. required. Seattle, Wash. Better Von- SEC. 12. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, under such terms, including a reasonable rental, to be approved by him, to permit the Betterton-Morgan Company Inc. to construct a dock lands. or docks upon lots one, two, and three, block six, Seattle tidelands, or upon such portions thereof as he may designate, the construction of said docks to be under the supervision of and all material used therein to be approved by the Secretary of War and the necessary expenses of such supervision and construction to be borne by said company. Said company shall maintain said docks at its own tions. Terms and condi Government use, etc. Rentals for use of Government plants. San Diego, Cal. Atchison, Topeka wharf at. Conditions. expense and use and maintain the same under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Said company shall vacate said docks and remove all its property therefrom upon twenty-four hours' notice to do so from the Secretary of War, and it shall give the Secretary of War satisfactory assurances that upon thirty days' notice to do so it will demolish said docks and remove all débris pertaining thereto as may be required by the Secretary of War. Said docks shall from the time of their construction be the property of the United States and subject to the use of the United States for any purpose whatsoever, and the only interest the said company shall have hereunder is a revocable license to use the same under the terms and conditions set out herein. SEC. 13. That amounts hereafter paid by private parties or other agencies for rental of plant owned by the Government in connection with the prosecution of river and harbor works shall be deposited in each case to the credit of the appropriation to which the plant belongs. SEC. 14. That the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Comand Santa Fe Railway pany, of Kansas, a corporation created under and by virtue of the Company may retain laws of the State of Kansas, be, and it is hereby, granted authority to maintain its wharf, known as "long wharf," in the harbor of San Diego, California, where the same extends across certain submerged lands of the United States, ceded to the United States by act of the Legislature of the State of California, approved March ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, which said submerged lands lie in front of certain upland property of the United States described as lots one to nineteen of block eighteen of the city of San Diego, upon the following conditions and limitations: That the United States shall have free use of the so-called "west wharf" of the said railway company, adjoining and connected with the said "long wharf" in the harbor of San Diego, under such rules and regulations as may from time to time be agreed upon between the local representatives of the railway company and Agreement as to dis- the commanding officer of Fort Rosecrans, California: Provided. That if, at any time, the said parties shall fail to agree as to said rules and regulations, the United States shall have the occupancy and use of said wharf until the controversy shall have been referred to the general manager of the railway company and the department commander, Western Department, United States Army, for decision, and an agreement shall have been reached by them in the matter, or by one of Improvements, etc., them and an umpire to be selected by them: Provided further, That Provisos. putes. by the Government. the United States shall have the right to make such improvements to the said "west wharf" at its own expense as may be necessary to give the United States adequate and reasonable accommodations, provided such improvements shall be made without unnecessary interference with the operation of the railway company in its relations to the public as a common carrier and in its use of the said wharf as such railway company not common carrier: And provided further, That the railway company shall not be required to add to or alter the said "west wharf" or to add to or alter the warehouse and storeroom accommodations connected therewith. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved. Alterations, etc., by required. Mosquito Creek, S. C. Declared nonnavigable. ble. Bayou Meto, Ark. Saint Marys River, Ohio and Ind. ble. SEC. 15. That Mosquito Creek, in Colleton County, South Carolina, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. SEC. 16. That Bayou Meto, in the State of Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. SEC. 17. That Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana, be, and the Declared nonnaviga- same hereby is, declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. |