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Improving Murderkill River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Ten hundred and fiftyeight, Sixty-second Congress, third session, $12,000: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.

Improving Mispillion River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and seventyeight, Sixty-second Congress, second session, $35,200: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.

Improving Murderkill River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Ten hundred and fiftyeight, Sixty-second Congress, third session, $12,000: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.

Improving Mispillion River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and seventyeight, Sixty-second Congress, second session, $35,200: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.

Improving Saint Jones River, Delaware: The provisos attached to the items making appropriation for the improvement of Saint Jones River, Delaware, in the river and harbor Acts of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, are hereby modified to read as follows: Provided, That no part of said amount shall be expended for the excavation of any cut-off until a satisfactory title to the land required for that cut-off shall have been transferred to the United States, free of cost, and the United States shall have been released from all claims for damages arising from the proposed diversion of the stream.

Improving Little River, Delaware: For maintenance, $1,000. Improving Leipsic River, Delaware: For maintenance, $5,000.

Improving inland waterway between Rehoboth Bay and Delaware Bay, Delaware: Continuing improvement, $109,000:

Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to condemn a right of way through the tracks of

Improving Mispillion River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and seventy-eight, Sixty-second Congress, second session, $35,200: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for acquiring any lands required for the purpose of this improvement.

Improving Saint Jones River, Delaware: The provisos attached to the items making appropriation for the improvement of Saint Jones River, Delaware, in the river and harbor Acts of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, are hereby modified to read as follows: Provided, That no part of said amount shall be expended for the excavation of any cut-off until a satisfactory title to the land required for that cut-off shall have been transferred to the United States, free of cost, and the United States shall have been released from all claims for damages arising from the proposed diversion of the stream.

Improving Little River, Delaware: For maintenance, $1,000. Improving Leipsic River, Delaware: For maintenance, $5,000.

Improving inland waterway between Rehoboth Bay and Delaware Bay, Delaware: Continuing improvement, $109,000:

Provided, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to condemn a right of way through the tracks of

The Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Railroad

Company where the line of said waterway intersects said railroad tracks, the basis of condemnation to be the building, maintenance, and operation of a proper drawbridge by the United States, or the payment by the United States to the railroad company of such sum of money as may be awarded in the condemna

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tion proceedings, as full compensation for such right of way, including actual cost of constructing such bridge and the capitalized cost of its maintenance and operation, whichever method may, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, be deemed most advantageous and economical to the United States; and any funds appropriated for improving said waterway are hereby made available for paying the award that may be made in said proceedings: Provided further, That of the appropriation herein made the sum of $12,300, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, may be applied to the restoration of the channel between Assawaman Bay and Indian River Bay, and for the repair and alteration of existing bridges built by the United States across said channel.

Improving inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland,

by the purchase of the existing Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and appurtenant property, project recommended by the Chief of Engineers in paragraph three of his report dated August ninth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, as published in House Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, Sixty-third Congress, first session, $1,300,000.

in accordance with the

And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to purchase said canal and appurtenant property at a cost not to exceed the amount herein appropriated for such purpose.

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tion proceedings, as full compensation for such right of way, including actual cost of constructing such bridge and the capitalized cost of its maintenance and operation, whichever method may, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, be deemed most advantageous and economical to the United States; and any funds appropriated for improving said waterway are hereby made available for paying the award that may be made in said proceedings: Provided further, That of the appropriation herein made the sum of $12,300, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, may be applied to the restoration of the channel between Assawaman Bay and Indian River Bay, and for the repair and alteration of existing bridges built by the United States across said channel.

Improving inland waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland,

in accordance with the project recommended by the Chief of Engineers in paragraph three of his report dated August ninth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, as published in House Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, Sixty-third Congress, first session:

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into negotiations for the purchase of the existing Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and all the property, rights of property, franchises, and appurtenances used or acquired for use in connection therewith or appertaining thereto, and he is further authorized, if in his judgment the price is reasonable and satisfactory, to make a contract for the purchase of the same subject to future ratification and appropriation by the Congress.

In the event of the inability of the Secretary of War to make a satisfactory contract for the voluntary purchase of said canal and its appurtenances, he is hereby authorized and directed through the Attorney General to institute and carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of said canal and its appurtenances, the acceptance of the award in said proceedings to be subject to the future ratification and appropriation by Congress. Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in, and jurisdiction of said

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tion proceedings, as full compensation for such right of way, including actual cost of constructing such bridge and the capitalized cost of its maintenance and operation, whichever method may, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, be deemed most advantageous and economical to the United States; and any funds appropriated for improving said waterway are hereby made available for paying the award that may be made in said proceedings: Provided further, That of the appropriation herein made the sum of $12,300, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, may be applied to the restoration of the channel between Assawaman Bay and Indian River Bay, and for the repair and alteration of existing bridges built by the United States across said channel.

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Improving Curtis Bay Channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland,

in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, $61,850.

Improving Herring Bay and Rockhole Creek, Fairhaven, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the reports submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-one, Sixty-third Congress, first session, as modified in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered Eleven, Sixtythird Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said committee document, $11,800.

Improving harbors at Rockhall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge, and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Wicomico, Pocomoke, La Trappe, and Manokin Rivers, and Tyaskin Creek, Maryland: For maintenance, $30,500.

Improving Breton Bay, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twentyseven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, $3,000

Imp roving Elk and Little Elk Rivers, Maryland: For maintenance, $2,500.

Improving Corsica River, Maryland Completing improvement, $4,800.

Improving Tuckahoe River, Maryand: For maintenance, $1,500.

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proceedings is hereby given to, the District Court of the United States for the District of Delaware substantially as provided in "An Act to authorize condemnation of land for sites for public buildings and for other purposes," approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and the sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated to pay the necessary costs thereof and expenses in connection therewith.

Improving Curtis Bay Channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland,

in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, $123,700.

Improving harbors at Rockhall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge, and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Wicomico, Pocomoke, La Trappe, and Manokin Rivers, and Tyaskin Creek, Maryland: For maintenance, $30,500.

Improving Breton Bay, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twentyseven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, $3,000.

Improving Elk and Little Elk Rivers, Maryland: For maintenance, $2,500.

Improving Corsica River, Maryland: Completing improvement, $4,800.

Improving Tuckahoe River, Maryland: For maintenance, $1,500.

Improving Chester River, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and ninety-seven, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, $12,000.

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Improving Curtis Bay Channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland,

COMPLETING IMPROVEMENT

in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, $123,700.

Improving harbors at Rockhall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge, and Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Wicomico, Pocomoke, La Trappe, and Manokin Rivers, and Tyaskin Creek, Maryland: For maintenance, $30,500.

Improving Breton Bay, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twentyseven, Sixty-third Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, $3,000.

Improving Elk and Little Elk Rivers, Maryland: For maintenance, $2,500.

Improving Corsica River, Maryland: Completing improvement, $4,800.

Improving Tuckahoe River, Maryland: For maintenance, $1,500.

Improving Chester River, Maryland: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and ninety-seven, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document, $12,000.