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Appropriations, fc.-Continued.

Object of appropriation.

Brought forward.

For the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wis..
For the improvement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wis..
For the improvement of the harbor at Chicago, Ill..
For the improvement of the harbor at Calumet, Ill
For the improvement of the harbor at Michigan City, Ind.
For the improvement of the harbor at Frankfort, Mich..
For the improvement of the harbor at Manistee, Mich
For the improvement of the harbor at Ludington, Mich..
For the improvement of the harbor at White River, Mich..
For the improvement of the harbor at Muskegon, Mich
For the improvement of the harbor at Black Lake, Mich..
For the improvement of the harbor at Saugatuck, Mich.
For the improvement of the harbor at South Haven, Mich..
For the improvement of Saint Mary's River and Saint Mary's Falls Canal, $200,000; of which
sum not to exceed $40,000 may be used in the settlement of such claims of the contractors,
Barker, Williams & Bangs, and Barker & Williams, for damages and delays in the time of
commencing work on said canal during the existence of their contracts, as the Secretary of
War, on the report of the Engineer Department, sball judge to be just and equitable..
For the improvement of the harbor at Cheboygan, Mich

For the improvement of Saint Clair River at the mouth of Black River, Mich..

For the improvement of the Harbor of Refuge, Lake Huron

For the improvement of Saginaw River, Mich..

For the improvement of the harbor at Monroe, Mich........

For the improvement of the harbor at Toledo, Ohio

For the improvement of the harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio..

For the improvement of the harbor at Huron, Ohio

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For the improvement of the harbor at Vermillion, Ohio...........................................................................................
For the improvement of the harbor at Black River, Ohio.......

For the improvement of the harbor at Grand River, Ohio

For the improvement of the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio.........................................................................................

For the improvement of the harbor at Conneaut, Ohio

For the improvement of the harbor at Erie, Pa..

For the improvement of the harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio..

For the improvement of the harbor at Rocky River, Ohio..

For the improvement of the harbor at Dunkirk, N. Y.

For dredging the mud bars in the Hudson River in front of Jersey City....

For the improvement of the harbor at Buffalo, N. Y., $100,000; and out of this appropriation

the Chief of Engineers may pay Daniel E. Bailey the sum of $23,287.76 for work done by him upon such improvement in 1873 and 1874, and for which he has not been paid, in full satisfaction thereof...

For the improvement of the harbor at Olcutt, N. Y

For the improvement of the harbor at Oak Orchard, N. Y

For the construction of an additional pier in the ice harbor at New Castle, Del..

For the continuation of the construction of the United States pier at Lewes, Del

For the improvement of the harbor at Charlotte, N. Y

For the improvement of the harbor at Crisfield, Md

For the improvement of the harbor at Pultneyville, N. Y

For the improvement of the harbor at Great Šodus Bay, N. Y.

For the improvement of the harbor at Little Sodus Bay, N. Y

For the improvement of the harbor at Oswego, N. Y..

For the improvement of the harbor at Ogdensburgh, N. Y

For the improvement of the harbor at Burlington, Vt....
For the improvement of the harbor at Swanton, Vt

For the improvement of Otter Creek, Vermont..

For the improvement of the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, $100,000 and $25,000 of said amount may be expended for the improvement of the Mississippi River above the Falls of Saint Authony...

For the improvement of the Minnesota River..

For the improvement of the Upper Mississippi River...

For the improvement of the Illinois River..

For the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River..........

For the improvement of the Rock Island Rapids, Mississippi River

For the improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers..

For the improvement of the Mississippi River, between the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio
Rivers, $200,000 $15,000 of said amount shall be expended between the mouths of the Illi-
nois and Missouri Rivers; and $15,000 of said amount may be expended at Liberty Bar ....!
For completing the improvement of the Falls of the Ohio River and Louisville Canal
For the improvement of the Ohio River.

That $100,000 of this amount shall be used for and applied toward the construction of a "movable dam," or a dam with adjustable gates for the purpose of testing substantially the best method of improving permanently the navigation of the Ohio River and its tributaries; the location of this work, with the plan of construction, and the application of the amount hereby appropriated to be submitted to the Secretary of War, for his approval. For the improvement of the Wabash River

For the improvement of the Upper Monongahela River, near Morgantown, W. Va

For the improvement of the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia..

For the improvement of the Tennessee River. above Chattanooga.

And below Chattanooga, including the Muscle Shoals...

For the improvement of the Cumberland River, below Nashville..

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Appropriations, &c.—Continued.

Object of appropriation.

Brought forward...

For the improvement of the Yazoo River

For the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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Provided, That this appropriation shall cease to be available when its necessity is superseded by any other work of improvement authorized by law.

For the improvement of Red Fish Bar, in Galveston Bay, Texas..

For removing the raft in Red River...

For the improvement of the harbor at Mobile, Ala..

For the improvement of the harbor at Cedar Keys, Fla.

For the improvement of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, Georgia..

For the improvement of the Apalachicola River, Florida

For the improvement of the Choctawhatchie River, Florida and Alabama

For the improvement of the harbor at Charleston, S. C.

For the improvement of the harbor at Savannah, Ga

For the improvement of the Oostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers, Georgia
For the improvement of Elk River, Maryland...

For the improvement of the harbor at Baltimore, Md

For the improvement of the Wicomico River, Maryland.

For the improvement of Occoquan River, Virginia..

For the improvement of Aquia Creek, Virginia.

For the improvement of the mouth of Nomini, Virginia..

For the improvement of the Rappahannock River, Virginia

For the improvement of the James River, Virginia.

For the improvement of the South Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia.....

For the improvement of the Nansemond River, Virginia

For the improvement of the Appomattox River, Virginia

For the improvement of Cape Fear River, N. C..

For constructing United States Pier in Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del
For the improvement of Delaware River at Fort Mifflin Bar

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And that any unexpended balance of the amount mentioned in the act making appropria tions for the repair, preservation, &c., of certain public works, &c., approved March 3, 1873, for the improvement of the channel of the Delaware River, at and near the Horse Shoe Shoals, be, and is hereby, appropriated, to be expended for the improvement of said River at such places between Petty's Island and its mouth as the Chief of Engineers of the Army may order and direct.

For the improvement of the Delaware River, New Jersey, between Trenton and White Hill.
For the improvement of the harbor at Wilmington, Del

For the improvement of the Schuylkill River

For the improvement of the Hudson River, New York.

For the improvement of the Passaic River, New Jersey.

For removing obstructions in the East River and Hell Gate, New York.

For the improvement of the East Chester Creek, New York

For a harbor at Fort Jefferson, N. Y..

For the improvement of the harbor at Wareham, Mass...
For the improvement of Taunton River, Massachusetts..
For the improvement of the harbor at Fall River, Mass..

For the improvement of the breakwater at Block Island, Rhode Island
For the improvement of the harbor at Newport, R. I.....

For the improvement of Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut
For the improvement of the harbor at Stonington, Conn

For the improvement of the Connecticut River, below Hartford, Conn
For the improvement of the harbor at Milford, Conn...

Amount.

$4,296,317 50 12, 000 00 250,000 00

10,200 00 20, 000 00 26, 000 00 15,000 00

25,000 00

10,000 00 5, 000 00 10, 000 00 70, 000 00 5,000 00 5, 000 00 75, 000 00 5,000 00 5,000 00

2, 000 00

5,000 00 5, 000 00 50, 000 00 5, 000 00

5, 000 00

30, 000 00 150, 000 00 15, 000 00 20,000 00

10, 000 00 10, 000 00 20,000 00 40, 000 00 20, 000 00 250,000 00 12, 000 00 15,000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 10,000 00

20,000 00

10,000 00

10, 000 00 25, 000 00 20, 000 00 13, 000 00 5,000 00 15, 000 00 7,000 00

For the improvement of the Housatonic River, Connecticut..

For the improvement of the harbor at Bridgeport, Conn

For the improvement of the harbor at Norwalk, Conn......
For the improvement of the Machias River, Maine

10,000 00

For the improvement of the harbor at New Haven, Conn.

10, 000 00

For the improvement of the Penobscot River, Maine

25, 000 00

And out of this appropriation $10,000 shall be expended at or near Bucksport Narrows.

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Ten thousand dollars of said amount may be expended for the improvement of Hingham
Harbor.

For the improvement of the harbor at Plymouth, Mass

For the improvement of the harbor at Provincetown, Mass

For the improvement of the Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, from Portland, Oreg., to the sea.

For the improvement of the Upper Willamette River, Oregon...

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For a breakwater in five fathoms of water, to protect the commerce of Cleveland, Ohio..
For the improvement of the harbor at Galveston, Tex..

For the improvement of the Sebawsing River, Michigan

For dredging the bar at the junction of Pine and Saint Clair Rivers, Michigan

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80,000 00

50,000 00

150, 000 00 8,000 00 5, 000 00

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Object of appropriation.

Brought forward..

For the improvement of the harbor at New Bedford, Mass..

For the improvement of the harbor at Wilson, N. Y

For the improvement of the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California

For the improvement of the ship-canal between the mouth of San Jacinto River, to Bolivar
Channel, in Galveston Bay, Texas..

For the improvement of Sabine Pass, Texas

For the improvement of the Harlem River, New York..

For the improvement of the harbor and river at Saint Joseph's, Michigan....

For the improvement of the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama, below Tuscaloosa
and Demopolis, $25,000, in addition to any unexpended balance remaining from the appro-
priation for the harbor of Mobile, hereby transferred to this improvement.
For the repair of the breakwater and piers at the harbor of Southport, Conn..........
For completing the improvement of the harbor at Waddington, N. Y

For examination and surveys of rivers and harbors, and for incidental repairs at harbors for
which there is no special appropriation...

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the moneys herein appropriated as far as may be by contract, except when specific estimates cannot be made for the particular work, or where, in the judgment of said Secretary, the work cannot be contracted at prices advantageous to the Government, and except the appropriations made for examinations and surveys; and such contracts shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals in such form and manner as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and such contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidders therefor, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require.

For completing the survey and estimates of the route from the mouth of the Youghiogheny River to continue the slackwater navigation up said river, to the headwaters at the foot of the Alleghany Mountains, thence by canal to Cumberland, intersecting there the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause examinations, or surveys, or both, to be made at the following points, namely:

Alabama River, from Wetumpka to its mouth.

East Branch of Potomac River, from the navy-yard to Bladensburg, District of Columbia.
North and South Branches of the Shrewsbury River, New Jersey.

Puyallup River, from the Coal Mines to its mouth, Washington Territory.

Monongahela River, from Morgantown to Fairmount, W. Va.

French Broad River, from its junction with the Holston at Knoxville to Leadvale, Ten

nessee.

Port Henry, Lake Champlain, for a break water.

Rouse's Point, Lake Champlain, for a breakwater.

Lower Pier, Chester, Pa.

Monterey, Cal.

Mouth at Nehalem River, Oregon, Alsea River and bar, Oregon.

For examination for a route for a canal sufficient to allow the passage, at ordinary high tide, of steamers drawing ten feet, connecting the waters of Shoal Water Bay with the waters of the Columbia River: Provided, That no more than $500 shall be expended in making such survey and estimate.

Alleghany River, below Freeport, Pa.

Thunder Bay River, Lake Huron.

Little Narragansett Bay, between Dennison Rocks and Rhode's Folly, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

For examination for a route for a canal from Lake Michigan to the Wabash River, Indiana, not exceeding the expense of $2,000.

Clinch River, below the mouth of Emory River, and Emory River above its mouth, for removal of bars, Tennessee.

Clinton River, from Mount Clemens to its mouth, Michigan.

For estimate of cost to obtain 13 feet of water on the outer bar at the mouth of Saginaw River, Michigan.

Waddington, N. Y., for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability and cost of constructing a canal and locks around the rapids in the Saint Lawrence River, at that point. Survey of the channel of West Haven Harbor, near New Haven, Conn.

Pamlico River, from its mouth to the town of Washington, N. C.

Neuse River, from its mouth, Goldsboro, N. C.

Pasquotank River, from Albemarle Sound to Elizabeth City, N. C.

Puqunnaus River, from its mouth to the town of Hartford, N. C.

Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine.

Harbor Matinicus Island, Maine.

Alleghany River, near Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ocmulgee River, Georgia, from the city of Macon to the city of Covington.
Catawba River, from South Carolina line to Old Fort, N. C.

For surveys to ascertain the most eligible line on which a canal across the Isthmus of Florida can be constructed, and whether a safe land-locked navigation between the waters of the Mississippi and the Gulf along the coasts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida, and through the latter State to the Atlautic coast, can be had. To estimate the probable cost and prac icability of construction of such works, and of any artifical water-routes found necessary to provide a safe inland navigation between the Mississippi River and one of the seaports on the east coast of Florida.

Continuing survey of French Broad River, from the Henderson County line to its junction with the Holston, Tennessee.

The harbor at Edenton, N. C.

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Object of appropriation.

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A line between the Neuse and Cape Fear Rivers, in North Carolina, with a view to connect the waters of the same. And a like line with a view to connect the waters of Norfolk Harbor, in Virginia, with the waters of the Cape Fear River, at or near Wilmington, N. C. Louisa Fork of Sandy, from the mouth of Dismal, in Buchanan County, Virginia, to Piketon, Ky.

Powell River, from the three forks in Wise County, Virginia, to the mouth of Clinch River, Tennessee.

Clinch River, from the mouth of Indian, in Tazewell County, Virginia, to the junction of Clinch and Powell Rivers, Tennessee.

Elk River, from its mouth to Braxton Court-House, W. Va.

Missouri River, at the point where it is cutting into the Kansas shore above Saint Joseph's, Mo
For breakwater off the mouth of Au Sable River, Lake Huron.

The piers at Marcus Hook, Pa.

Tennessee River, from the Chilhowee Mountains to the Georgia line, in Macon County, North Carolina.

Ipswich River and harbor, Massachusetts, and estimates of cost for dredging the river so as to give nine feet depth at low water.

Mouth of Big Sandy Creek, New York.

Chippewa River, Wisconsin.

Echo Harbor, New Rochelle, N. Y.

SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War shall convene a board of engineers to examine, and report at the next session of Congress, a plan for the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey.

SEC. 4. That James B. Eads, of Saint Louis, Mo., be, and he is hereby, authorized, with such others as may be associated with him, on the conditions hereinafter mentioned, to construct such permanent and sufficient jettees and such auxiliary works as are necessary to create and permanently maintain, as hereinafter set forth, a wide and deep channel between the South Pass of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, and for that pur pose he may construct, in the river, outlet, or pass, and likewise in the Gulf of Mexico, such walls, jettees, dikes, levees, and other structures, and employ such boats, rafts, and appliances, as he may, in the prosecution of said work, deem necessary: Provided, That no such structures or means employed, shall hinder, delay, or materially interfere with the free navigation of said pass; and, to protect his said works, he may build and maintain such levees or embankments as may be necessary to secure their permanency along the banks of the river or South Pass: Provided further, That unless the construction of the proposed work shall be substantially commenced within eight months from the date of the approval of this act, and prosecuted with due diligence, the provisions contained herein in relation to said South Pass shall be null and void; and unless the said Eads and his associates shall secure a navigable depth of twenty feet of water through said pass within thirty months after the date of the approval of this act, Congress may revoke the privileges herein granted in relation to the said South Pass, and cancel the obligations herein assumed by the United States. And Congress may revoke the privileges herein granted in relation to the said South Pass and cancel the obligations herein assumed by the United States, unless the said Eads and his associates shall, after securing twenty feet of water, secure an additional depth of not less than two feet during each succeeding year thereafter, until twenty-six feet shall have been secured and in case said Eads and bis associates shall fail to comply with the foregoing conditions, as to depth of water, and time for and period of twelve months in excess of the time fixed as aforesaid, then the privileges herein granted, and the obligations herein assumed in relation to the said South Pass, shall absolutely become absolutely null and void without action by Congress.

SEC. That the conditions herein prescribed being fully complied with, the United States hereby promise and agree to pay to said Eads, or to his assigns or legal representa tives, $5,250,000 for constructing said works and obtaining a depth of thirty feet in said channel, and the annual sum of $100,000 for each and every year that said depth of thirty feet shall be maintained by the jettees and auxiliary works aforesaid in said South Pass during twenty years after first securing the said depth. Payments shall be made on certi fied statements of an engineer-officer, who shall be detailed by the Secretary of War, and whose duty it shall be to report the depth of water and width of channel secured and maintained from time to time in said channel, together with such other information as the Secretary of War may direct. When a channel of twenty feet in depth, and of not less than two hundred feet in width, shall have been obtained by the action of said jettees and auxiliary works, $500,000 shall be paid; and when a channel of twenty-two feet in depth and two hundred feet in width shall have been obtained by the action of said jettees and auxiliary works, $500,000 shall be paid. When a channel twenty-four feet in depth, and not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width, shall have been obtained, there shall be paid $500,000; and after said depth and width shall have been maintained during twelve consecutive months, there shall be paid $250,000, with 5 per centum per annum interest from the date when said twenty-four feet were first obtained. When a channel twenty-six feet in depth, and not less than three hundred feet in width, shall be obtained, there shall be paid $500,000; and when a channel of said depth and width shall have been maintained for twelve months consecutively, $250,000 shall be paid, with interest at 5 per centum per annum from the date when said channel was first obtained.

When a channel twenty-eight feet in depth and not less than three hundred and fifty feet in width shall be obtained, there shall be paid $500,000; and after said depth and width shall have been maintained for twelve months consecutively, $250,000 shall be paid, with interest at 6 per centum per annum from the date when said twenty-eight feet were first obtained. When a channel thirty feet in depth and not less than three hundred and fifty feet in width shall be obtained, there shall be paid $500,000; and after such depth and width shall have been maintained for twelve months consecutively, there shall be paid $500,000, with interest at 5 per centum per annum from the date when a channel of said depth and

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width was first obtained; making a total aggregate of $4,250,000 for the aforesaid payments, the respective depths and widths of channel being measured at average flood-tide, as ascertained and determined by the Secretary of War. When a channel 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width, shall have been obtained by the effect of said jettees and auxiliary works aforesaid, the remaining $1,000,000 shall be deemed as having been earned by said Eads and associates; but said amount shall remain as security in the possession of the United States for the purposes hereinafter set forth, interest at 5 per centum per annum on the same being payable to said Eads, his assigns, and legal representatives, semi-annually, from the date when a channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width shall have been first secured, so long as said money, or any part thereof, is held by the United States.

SEC . That after said channel of 30 feet in depth and of not less than 350 feet in width shall have been secured, $100,000 per annum shall be paid, in equal quarterly payments, during each and every year that said channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width shall have been maintained by said Eads and his associates by the effect of said jettees and auxiliary works aforesaid in said pass, for a period of twenty years, dating from the date on which said channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width shall be first secured: Provided, however, That no part of such annual compensation shall be paid for any period of time during which the channel of said pass shall be less than 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width, as hereinbefore specified.

SEC. That, the said channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width having been maintained for ten years, one-half of the $1,000,000 hereinbefore mentioned shall be released and paid to said Eads, his assigns, or legal representatives; and, said depth and width hav. ing been maintained for ten additional years, the remaining half of said $1,000,000 shall be released and paid as aforesaid. And if any of said money shall have been paid under the provisions of this act, as hereinafter provided, then the residue shall be paid at the times above stated. SEC. That in case said Eads and associates, in order to maintain a channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width, shall deem it necessary to expend on said works, during any one or more of said twenty years, any money in excess of the annual payments received by them during said year or years under this act, the Secretary of War shall, on satisfacory proof of such expenditures, authorize, as often as such extra expenditures may require, the payment of the same from the said money in pledge to said Eads or his legal representatives. And such payments shall be made from the $500,000 to be released at the end of ten years, before any payment shall be made from the $500,000, to be released at the end of twenty years; and if any failure to maintain said channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width shall occur, the date for releasing the said money held in pledge shall be postponed for an equal period of time, and the compensation for maintaining said channel shall cease until said depth and width shall be again restored, the maintenance of a channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width for twenty years, exclusive of all such periods of failure, being intended by this act. And at any time after said jettees shall have been completed, and said channel of 30 feet in depth and 350 feet in width shall have been obtained, that the United States may elect to pay the said $1,000,000, and stop the payment of said interest and said annual sum of $100,000 for the maintenance of said depth and width, said United States shall have the right to do so on payment of said money held as security and in pledge as aforesaid, together with the interest and annual compensation for maintenance which may be earned at the date of such final payment; and on such payment being made by the United States, the supervision and maintenance of said jettees and auxiliary works by said Eads and associates, and all liability on their part, shall cease and determine.

SEC. That in order to facilitate the proper location of said jettees, which shall not be less than 700 feet apart, and to correctly determine such effects as may be produced by them, the Chief of the Coast Survey shall, as soon as practicable, cause a careful topographic and hydrographic survey to be made of said pass and bar, and shall submit the same to the Secretary of War, who shall furnish to said Eads the result of any such survey. And the sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for said survey and examination.

SEC. . That any person maliciously or intentionally injuring said works, or interfering with the construction thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be tried for such offense before the district court of the United States for the district wherein such offense may be committed; and, if found guilty, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000, or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both fine and imprisonment, as aforesaid, for each offense.

SEC. . That the said Eads and his associates shall have the right, under such regula. tions as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, to use any materials on the public lands of the United States that shall be suitable for, and may be needed in, the construction of said works.

SEC. That, in case of death or other disability of said Eads before the completion of said works, the same shall be prosecuted and completed by his legal representatives and his associates aforesaid, with the same powers, rights, obligations, and compensations as if done by him in person.

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SEC. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to carry into effect the provisions of this act on behalf of the United States, and, when the said Eads and his associates shall, from time to time, have fulfilled on their part the several foregoing conditions of this act, to draw his warrants upon the Treasurer of the United States in favor of said Eads, or his legal representatives, in payment of the aforesaid amounts as they respectively become due by the provisions of this act. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to embody in his annual reports the payments made from time to time under this act, and the probable times when other payments will become due, and to report during the construction of the works herein authorized all important facts relating to the progress of the same, the materials used, and the character and permanency with Carried forward

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