Nature of report. Lakes. tion of Illinois. nineteen hundred and seven, to examine the Mississippi River below Saint Louis and report to Congress on the project of a fourteen-foot channel, shall be a member of and president of the board herein provided for. Said board shall report upon the feasibility of such waterway, and the most advisable depth and dimensions therefor, in case Levels of Great the same is recommended; also upon such measures as may be required to properly preserve the levels of the Great Lakes and to compensate, so far as practicable, for the diminished level in said lakes and the connecting waters thereof by reason of any diversion of water from Lake Michigan for the maintenance of the proposed waterway herein described, or diversion for any other purpose; and further, also, upon the influence on volume and height of waters in the Mississippi River below Cairo; and further, also, as to the effect upon the climate of the Lake States by a change in the natural currents Extent of coopera of Lake Michigan. The board shall, after full conference with the authorized agency of the State of Illinois, submit a report upon the extent to which the United States may properly cooperate with the State of Illinois in securing the construction of a navigable waterway from Lockport to the mouth of the Illinois River in conjunction with the development of water power by said State between Lockport and Utica, for which the people of the State of Illinois have authorized Recommendations. their general assembly to appropriate twenty million dollars; the report shall state the extent and character of the cooperation recommended and the conditions considered necessary in connection therePlans and estimates with to fully protect the interests of the United States. Should the board consider cooperation to be advisable, the report herein called for shall include plans and estimates of cost of the work recommended to be done by the United States alone or in cooperation with the State of Illinois; and until these plans and estimates have been submitted and a project for the improvement adopted by Congress the appropriation of one million dollars herein made shall not be available for Report on dams at expenditure. The board also shall consider and report upon the improvement of the Mississippi between the mouth of the Illinois River and the mouth of the Ohio River by the construction of a dam at or near Jefferson Barracks and a dam at or near Commerce, and the development of water power incidentally created by such dams. Authority of board. In the performance of its duties the board may consider all reports heretofore made; and the force, plant, and records of the Mississippi River Commission and the several engineer districts between Chicago and Cairo shall be available for the use of the board. The members of the board herein authorized shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, but the official salary of any officer appointed on said board from the Engineer Corps of the Army shall be deducted from the compensation provided for in this Act. Appropriation for For salaries and expenses of said board, including all necessary clerical and other personal services, there is hereby appropriated the sum of Submission of re- fifty thousand dollars. The reports herein called for shall be sub to be submitted. Jefferson Barracks and Commerce. Compensation. expenses. ports. Missouri River. channel. mitted to the Chief of Engineers not later than November first, nineteen hundred and ten, reviewed by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and submitted to Congress not later than the first Monday in December, nineteen hundred and ten. Improving Missouri River with a view to securing a permanent six-foot channel between Kansas City and the mouth of the river, one Engineer board to million dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall appoint a report plans for 6-foot board of three officers to further consider and report upon the most Local cooperation. economical and desirable plan of securing such channel, in which report consideration shall be given to the subject of cooperation on the part of local interests in the work of said improvement: Provided further, That the report hereby authorized shall be submitted to Congress on or before the opening of its next regular session. Submission of re ports. Improving Missouri River: For improvement and maintenance from Kansas City to Fort Benton, three hundred thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended between Le Beau and Fort Benton. Kansas City to Fort Benton. Proviso. Improving Missouri River at Saint Joseph, Missouri, in accordance At Saint Joseph, Mo. with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and twenty-four, Sixtieth Congress, first session, seventyfive thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this amount shall Contribution by be expended until the city of Saint Joseph, or other agency, shall have City. deposited to the credit of the Secretary of War in some duly recognized United States depository to be designated by him the sum of seventyfive thousand dollars, to be expended by said Secretary of War, together with the amount herein appropriated, in the execution of the plan of improvement recommended in the report herein referred to. Improving Missouri River at Atchison, Kansas, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven hundred, Sixty-first Congress, second session, ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this amount shall be expended until the city of Atchison, or other agency, shall have deposited to the credit City. of the Secretary of War, in some duly recognized United States depository to be designated by him, the sum of ninety thousand dollars, to be expended by said Secretary of War, together with the amount herein appropriated, in the execution of the plan of improvement recommended in the report herein referred to. At Atchison, Kans. Proviso. Gasconade River, Mo. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for Osage River, Mo. maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That so much of this amount as shall be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be applied to work of completing the lock and dam on said river. Proviso. Improving harbor at Humboldt Bay, California: Continuing Humboldt Bay, Cal. improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Nine hundred and fifty, Sixtieth Congress, first session, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Oakland, Cal. Provisos. to city. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: For maintenance, and continuing improvement under the existing project, or, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the new plan of improvement printed in House Document Numbered Six hundred and forty-seven, Sixty-first Congress, second session, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the prices received in response to advertisement for bids for dredging are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriated as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant: Provided fur- Transfer of bridges ther, That the three bridges heretofore built by the United States in connection with this improvement may be turned over to the local authorities to be maintained and operated by them upon such terms as to transfer and control as in the discretion of the Secretary of War may be equitable and just to the United States and to said local authorities: Provided further, That of the appropriation herein made Repairs, etc., to so much as shall be necessary may be expended for such alterations and repairs to said bridges as in the discretion of the Secretary of War may be essential to meet the terms of said transfer. Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Completing improve- San Diego, Cal. ment in accordance with the lesser project submitted in House Document Numbered Nine hundred and sixty-one, Sixtieth Congress, first session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. bridges. San Francisco, Cal. Removal of additional rocks. Vol. 30, p. 1132. Los Angeles bor, Cal. At San Pedro. At Wilmington. Har Dredging harbor. Prorios. Dredging plant. Mokelumne River, Cal. Petaluma Creek and Napa River, Cal. Redwood Creek, Cal. and Sacramento Feather rivers, Cal. Controlling débris and floods. Provisos. Contribution by State. Improving harbor at San Francisco, California: The continuing contract authorization provided for in the river and harbor Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby revived and extended to include the removal of three additional rocks in the harbor and entrance thereto, namely, Centissima and the two rocks near the Mail Dock (now reported as being also known as Rincon Reef rocks), in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and nineteen, Sixtieth Congress, second session. Improving Los Angeles Harbor, California (heretofore called and appropriated for under the names of Wilmington Harbor, California, and San Pedro Harbor, California), three hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars, as follows: For completing improvement of harbor at San Pedro, California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Nine hundred and sixty-nine, Sixtieth Congress, first session, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars; and for continuing improvement of harbor at Wilmington, California, with a view to securing a channel depth of thirty feet within the limits of the present project, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and fourteen, Sixtieth Congress, second session, two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Los Angeles Harbor (formerly Wilmington Harbor), California, in accordance with report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and sixty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That if in the judgment of the Secretary of War the prices received in response to advertisement for bids for dredging are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriated as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant. Improving Mokelumne River, California: For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Petaluma Creek and Napa River, California: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars. Improving Redwood Creek, California: Completing improvement by providing a channel depth of five feet, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and seven, Sixty-first Congress, second session, twelve thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California: Continuing improvement and toward the controlling of débris and floods, in accordance with the recommendations of the California Débris Commission in its report dated June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven (printed in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, for nineteen hundred and seven, pages twentytwo hundred and sixty-two to twenty-two hundred and sixty-nine, inclusive), four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be expended unless the State of California shall appropriate for the prosecution of said project a like sum of four hundred thousand dollars and deposit the same in the Treasury of the Authority to receive United States: Provided further, That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive from the State of California. any and all sums of money that have been or may hereafter be appropriated by said State for the purpose herein set forth; and when so received the said sums are hereby appropriated for said purpose to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: And provided further, That the work herein provided for shall not be begun until all rights of way needed for levees and spoil banks have been furnished the United States free of cost. from State. Rights of way. Yuba River basin, Cal. The Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to sell the lands and other property acquired for the construction of the Yuba Sale of lands, etc. River settling basin, California, and to modify the project of the California Débris Commission for improving Sacramento and Feather rivers accordingly; the proceeds of the sale to be applied to such modified project. Improving San Joaquin River, California: For maintenance, San Joaquin River, including Stockton and Mormon channels, thirty-five thousand dollars, and for continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty-four, Sixtieth Congress, second session, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of the latter sum shall be expended until title to the land required for the necessary cut-offs shall have been transferred to the United States free of cost. Proviso. Proviso. Improving Suisun Channel, California, in accordance with the Suisun Channel, report submitted in House Document Numbered Eleven hundred and Cal. ten, Sixtieth Congress, second session, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended, nor shall further appropriations be made, until the land required for the cut-offs contemplated in the plan of improvement presented shall have been donated for the purpose of said improvement free of cost to the United States. Improving harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: For the construction of a seagoing hydraulic dredge for work on the bar at the entrance, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and for improving the channels within the bay with a view to securing a depth of eighteen feet up to the town of Marshfield, fifty thousand dollars; in all, four hundred thousand dollars, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-eight, Sixtieth Congress, first session. Donation of cut offs. Coos Bay, Oreg. Improving Tillamook Bay and bar, Oregon: For maintenance, Tillamook Bay, five thousand dollars. Improving Clatskanie River, Oregon: Completing improvement and for maintenance in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and thirty-three, Sixtyfirst Congress, second session, five thousand two hundred dollars. Improving Coos River, Oregon: For maintenance, three thousand dollars. Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Completing improvement and for maintenance in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and seventy-three, Sixty-first Congress, second session, fifty-six thousand dollars. Oreg. Clatskanie Oreg. River, Coos River, Oreg. Coquille River, Oreg. Siuslaw River, Oreg, Provisos. Improving Siuslaw River, Oregon, at the mouth, in accordance with the project set forth in the report submitted in House Document mouth. Numbered Six hundred and forty-eight, Sixty-first Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such material and work as may be necessary to complete said project and to maintain the same for one year during construction, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty-five thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated: Provided, further, That before beginning said work or making said contract or contracts the Secretary of War shall be satisfied by deposit or otherwise that the port of Siuslaw or other agency shall provide for the accomplishment of said project the additional sum of two hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, which said sum shall be expended by the Secretary of War in the prosecution of said work and for its maintenance in the same manner and in equal amount as the sum herein appropriated and authorized to be appropriated from the Treasury of the United 24768°-61-2-PT 1-32 Contribution by Siuslaw. amount. Reduction of States: And provided further, That the amount to be furnished by the port of Siuslaw or other agency may be reduced by such amounts as said port may have expended in such construction of the south jetty as can be utilized by the engineer officer in charge of the work in the execution of the plans adopted. Willamette River, Oreg. falls. Provisos. Contribution by State, etc. Improving Willamette River, Oregon: For the purchase of the Approach to canal existing canal and locks around Willamette Falls at Oregon City, and locks around Oregon, or for the purchase of the necessary lands and the construction of a new canal and locks, in the discretion of the Secretary of War in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended, except for the acquisition of the necessary lands and rights of way and for such antecedent surveys and preliminary work as may be necessary in this connection, until the State of Oregon shall appropriate for the aforesaid purpose a like amount; and the purchase of the existing canal and locks, or the actual construction of a new canal and locks, shall not be undertaken until the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the State of Oregon will deposit the said amount in the Treasury of the United States in Authority to receive such sums and at such times as he may require: Provided further, That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to receive from the State of Oregon any and all sums of money that have been been or may hereafter be appropriated by said State for the purpose herein set forth; and when so received the said sums are hereby appropriated for said purpose to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. from State. Willamette and Yamhill rivers, Oreg. Columbia and Willamette rivers. Below Portland. Columbia River, Oreg. and Wash., at the mouth. Gauging. Mouth to Vancou ver. Cascades. The Dalles Rapids to Celilo Falls. Celilo Falls to mouth of Snake River. Snake River, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho. Bellingham, Wash. Improving Willamette and Yamhill rivers, Oregon: Continuing improvement and for maintenance of Willamette River above Portland, and Yamhill River, sixty thousand dollars. Improving Columbia and Lower Willamette rivers below Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, of which amount so much as shall be necessary may be expended in dredging the west channel at Swan Island for the use of log tows and shoal-water boats. Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, including repairs and operation of dredge, one million two hundred thousand dollars. For gauging waters of Columbia River and measuring tidal and river volumes, one thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River, Washington: For maintenance of improvement between the mouth of Willamette River and the city of Vancouver, Washington, ten thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River at Cascades, Oregon: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River, between the foot of The Dalles Rapids and the head of Celilo Falls, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement with a view to completing said improvement within a period of six years, six hundred thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River and tributaries above Celilo Falls to the mouth of Snake River, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, ninety thousand dollars. Improving Snake River, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho: Continuing improvement and for maintenance up to Pittsburg Landing, Oregon, in accordance with the present project and the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and eleven, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Bellingham, Washington: Continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Docu |