CHAP. 68.-An Act In relation to the location of a navigable February 27, 1915. channel of the Calumet River in Illinois.

[H. R. 18745.] [Public, No. 260.] Vol 38, p. 816. Calumet River,

Whereas by deeds dated May fourth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, and recorded in the recorder's office m
of Cook County, Illinois, on April sixth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-nine, in book two thousand four hun-
dred and ninety-seven of records, at page two hundred
and nineteen, and on April eighth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-nine, in book two thousand four hundred
and eighty-one of records, at page two hundred and
seventy-one, respectively, the owners of the north
quarter of fractional section seven, township thirty-
seven north, range fifteen east of the third principal
meridian, south of the Indian boundary line in Cook
County, Illinois, gave and granted unto the United
States of America free and unobstructed right of way
in and through the above-described ground two hun-
dred feet in width for purposes of a channel for the
Calumet River, in accordance with the provisions of
the Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-four, and in order to enable the United
States to straighten the channel of the said Calumet
River and conform to a survey and realignment of the
channel lines of said river as adopted, established, and
shown by plat approved by the Chief of Engineers of
the United States Army and filed for record in the office
of the recorder of deeds of Cook County, Illinois, on the
seventeenth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-
nine, as document numbered one million one hundred
and two thousand two hundred and eighty-four, en-
titled "Map of the Calumet River, Illinois, from Lake
Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report of
W. G. Ewing, United States attorney, to the Attorney
General, respecting cession of right of way for improve-
ment of said river, under Act of Congress approved July
fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four" (Report dated
January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, and report dated February twelfth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine. William G. Ewing, United
States attorney, northern district of Illinois); and
Whereas it is provided in the said deeds above referred
to that "the shore or dock lines of said river as so
established and shown on said plat shall hereafter for
all purposes be taken as the true meandered lines of
said stream"; and
Whereas a navigable channel has been cut through said
north quarter of said fractional section seven within
the new channel lines of the Calumet River as shown on
said map: Therefore

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That

Preamble.

Vol. 23, p. 143.

channel aban

doned.

Portion of old the portion of the old channel of the Calumet River in the north quarter of fractional section seven, township thirtyseven north, range fifteen, east of the third principal meridian, south of the Indian boundary line, in Cook County, Illinois, which lies outside of the new channel lines as established by the United States and shown on "map of the Calumet River, Illinois, from Lake Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report of W. G. Ewing, United States attorney, to the Attorney General, respecting cession of right of way for improvement of said river, under act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four," is hereby abandoned as navigable water.

March 3, 1915. [H. R. 21318.]

[Public, No. 263. Vol. 38, p. 822.

penses appropriations.

Approved, February 27, 1915.

CHAP. 75.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Sundry civil ex- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, namely:

Rivers and harbors contract work.

Marquette,

Mich.

Harbors and rivers, contract work: Toward the construction of works on harbors and rivers, under contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, including horse-drawn and motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles required and to be used only for official business, namely:

For work authorized by the river and harbor Act of nineteen hundred and eleven, as follows:

Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: For conVol. 36, p. 946. tinuing improvement in completion of contract authorization, $100,000.

Hudson River,

N. Y.

For work authorized by the river and harbor Act of nineteen hundred and thirteen, as follows:

Improving Hudson River, New York: For continuing Vol. 37, p. 804. improvement in completion of contract authorization, $410,000.

New York Harbor, N. Y.

Improving New York Harbor, New York: For continuing improvement of the Hudson (North) River Channel, in completion of contract authorization, $100,000.

Ohio River.
Locks

Improving Ohio River below Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: For continuing improvement by the construction dams. of locks and dams, in completion of contract authorization, $3,200,000.

and

Vol. 37, p. 814.

Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oreg.

Improving Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon: For improvement, subject to the conditions specified in the Vol. 37, p. 819. river and harbor Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $172,000.

Survey of northern and north

Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the western lakes. Woods, and other boundary and connecting waters between said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation system of the New York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation, $125000.

California Débris Commission: For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, $15,000.

California Debris Commission. Vol. 27, p. 507.

New York Harbor.

Harbor of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent Preventing inwaters of New York City:

For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, and office force, and expenses of office, $10,260;

For pay of crews and maintenance of patrol fleet, six steam tugs and one launch, $75,000;

In all, $85,260.

jurious deposits

in.

PROTECTION OF LANDS AND PROPERTY IN THE IMPERIAL

VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Imperial Valley, Cal.

Protecting

River.

For protecting lands and property in the Imperial Valley and elsewhere along the Colorado River, within the Colorado limits of the United States, against injury or destruction by reason of the changes in the channels of the Colorado River, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend any portion of such money within the limits. of the Republic of Mexico as he may deem proper in accordance with such agreements for the purpose as may be made with the Republic of Mexico, $100,000, which sum shall be available for expenditure as soon as there tions paid in. shall have been paid into the Treasury, by contributions from the Imperial Valley irrigation district, an equivalent amount to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior

Available when local contribu

Annual reports, etc.

Time for fur

Public Printer.

R. S., sec. 196, p. 31, amended.

sess., p. 680.

to constitute with the amount hereby appropriated the total sum of $200,000, to be expended by him for the purposes herein described.

SEC. 4. That appropriations herein for printing and nishing copy to binding shall not be used for any annual report or the accompanying documents unless the copy therefor is furnished to the Public Printer in the following manner: Public Laws, 2d Copies of the documents accompanying such annual reports on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year; copies of the annual reports on or before the fifteenth day of November of each year; and complete revised proofs of the accompanying documents and the annual reports on the tenth and twentieth days of November of each year, respectively. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner of Patents, Typewriting or the Comptroller of the Currency.

Exceptions.

machines.

Prices stricted.

re

SEC. 5. That no part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen for the purchase of any typewriting machine at a price in excess of the lowest price paid by the Government of the United States for the same make and substantially the same model of machine during the period of the fiscal years nineteen hundred and thirteen and nineteen hundred and fourteen; such price shall include the value of any typewriting machine or machines given in exchange, but shall not apply to special prices granted on typewriting machines used in schools of the District of Columbia or of the Indian Service.

March 3, 1915.

[H. R. 19422.]

CHAP. 80.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the [Public No. 268.] fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.

Vol. 38, p. 894.

ations.

Half from District revenues.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives District of Co. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That one half of the following sums, respectively, is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the following expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, namely:

Anacostia River Flats.

Continuing reclamation, etc.

ANACOSTIA RIVER FLATS

For continuing the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge

Public Laws,

Contracts authorized.

northeast to the District line, to be expended for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the item for this improvement contained in the "District of Columbia 2d sess., p. 549. appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen," $100,000, and authority is hereby granted to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to enter into a contract or contracts for and on account of said work in an amount not exceeding $100,000, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.

CHAP. 117.-An Act For the relief of Sandy Crawford.

March 3, 1915.

[H. R. 4008.]

Sandy Crawford.

Payment to, for

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [Private, No. 215.] of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the injuries. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sandy Crawford, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $2,500, as damages for personal injuries sustained by the said Crawford while employed upon the rivers and harbors improvements at Riverton, Alabama. The injuries occurred in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven while Crawford was withdrawing a charge of dynamite which failed to explode, and in the premature explosion which followed both eyes were destroyed, totally incapacitating him for manual labor for the rest of his life, and the injuries were caused through no fault of his own, but solely through his following out and performing a proper act by direction of the person in charge of the work: Provided, however, That no attachment, etc. sum of money due or to become due to the said Sandy Crawford under this Act shall be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of the said Sandy Crawford.

Approved, March 3, 1915.

Proviso.
Not liable

to

CHAP. 118.-An Act For the relief of Clyde Odum.

March 3, 1915.

[H. R. 5966.]

Clyde Odum. Payment to, for injuries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [Private, No. 216.] of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Clyde Odum, of Punta Gorda, Florida, the sum of $400, the said sum to be in full payment of all claims and demands growing out of or that may result from injuries received by the said Clyde Odum while in the employ of the United States on the dredge Ajax in December, nineteen hundred and