Black River, Wisconsin. St. Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota, from Stillwater to its mouth. Survey of Lake City Harbor, Minnesota. Mississippi River in the vicinity of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mississippi River, from Brainerd to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Big Blue River, Missouri, from its confluence with the Missouri River to Fifteenth Street, Kansas City. Missouri River, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Yankton, South Dakota, with a view to securing a channel nine feet in depth and of suitable width. Missouri River, from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth of the Yellowstone River, North Dakota. Kansas (Kaw) River, Kansas and Missouri. Flint River, Alabama and Tennessee. Hatchie River, Tennessee. Youghiogheny River, Pennsylvania, from West Newton to Connellsville. Beaver River, Pennsylvania, Shenango River, Pennsylvania, and Mahoning River, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Little Kanawha River, West Virginia. Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, West Virginia and Kentucky, with a view to completing the slackwater projects on these rivers. Kentucky River, Kentucky. Nolin River, Kentucky, Miami River, Ohio. Hocking River, Ohio. Ohio River, at and in the vicinity of New Richmond, Ohio. Baudette Harbor, Minnesota. Agate Bay Harbor (Two Harbors), Minnesota. Harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota. Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Siskiwit River, Wisconsin. Ashland Harbor, Wisconsin. Bayfield Harbor, Wisconsin. Harbor of Refuge, Marquette Bay, Michigan. Harbor at Marquette, Michigan. Keweenaw Waterway, Michigan. South shore of Lake Superior, in the vicinity of Keweenaw Point, Michigan, with a view to providing a harbor of refuge. Escanaba Harbor, Michigan. Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin. Two Rivers Harbor, Wisconsin. Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin. Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin, with a view to widening the outer channel to a minimum of five hundred feet; also to removing shoals in the Fox River at the outlet of East River, and providing a turning basin in this locality. Port Washington Harbor, Wisconsin. Waterway connecting Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River by way of Green Bay Harbor, Fox River and connecting waters, the Portage Canal, and the Wisconsin River, Wisconsin, with a view to providing a nine-foot barge canal. Calumet River, Little Calumet River, Lake Calumet, and the Sag Channel, Illinois, with a view to providing a connection with, and terminal transfer harbors for, the waterway from Chicago to the Mississippi River. Chicago Harbor, Illinois. Calumet Harbor and River, Illinois and Indiana. Indiana Harbor and Canal, Indiana. Gary Harbor and Canal, Indiana. Buffington Harbor, Indiana. Burns Ditch Harbor, Indiana. Michigan City Harbor, Indiana. Leland Harbor, Michigan. Harbors at Glen Arbor and Glen Haven, Michigan. Petoskey Harbor, Michigan. Cheboygan River, Michigan. Charlevoix Harbor, Michigan. Manistee Harbor, Michigan. Grand Haven Harbor, Michigan, with a view to constructing suitable breakwaters. Saint Marys Falls Canal, Michigan, with a view to the enlargement of the Weitzel Lock. Huron River, Michigan. Harbor at Mackinac Island, Michigan. Tawas River, Michigan. Calcite Harbor, Mcihigan. Rouge River, Michigan. Toledo Harbor, Ohio. Harbor at Saint Ignace, Michigan. Port Austin Harbor, Michigan. Lake Saint Clair and Clinton River, Michigan. Au Gres River, Michigan. Au Sable River, Michigan. Waterway connecting Lakes Erie and Michigan with the Ohio River by way of the Maumee River, from Toledo, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, Indiana; the Wabash River from the Ohio River to the vicinity of Fort Wayne; the Saint Joseph River from at or near its source to Lake Michigan; waterways connecting the Maumee River with the Wabash River and Saint Joseph River; and the Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana, with a view to the development of a water supply sufficient to operate the above-outlined waterway. Maumee River, from Toledo, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, Indiana. Huron Harbor, Ohio. Lorain Harbor, Ohio. Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania, with a view to the construction of additional riprap work to prevent a further breach in the neck of the peninsula. Buffalo Harbor, Buffalo River, and Buffalo Ship Canal, New York. Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, New York. Olcott Harbor, New York. Wilson Harbor, New York. Pultneyville Harbor, New York. Rochester (Charlotte) Harbor, New York. Great Sodus Bay Harbor, New York. Oswego Harbor, New York. Ogdensburg Harbor, New York. San Diego Harbor, California. Trinidad Bay, Humboldt County, California. Corte Madera Creek, Marin County, California. Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California. Los Angeles Harbor, California. Alamitos Bay, California. Albany Harbor, California, Berkeley Harbor, California. Emeryville Harbor, California. Lower San Francisco Bay and Guadalupe River, California. Latham Slough and Middle River, California. Mormon Channel section of the San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel project, California. Point Arena Harbor, California. Willamette River, Oregon, between Oregon City and Portland, including the locks at Oregon City. Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, for the protection of banks and dikes to prevent the shoaling of the navigation channel by erosion. Coos Bay Oregon: Inner harbor, from the entrance to Smith's mill. Rogue River, Oregon, upstream fron Gold Beach. Smith River, Oregon. Silrtz River, Oregon, bar and entrance. Nehalem River, Oregon, bar and entrance. Beaver Slough, Oregon, from Westport Slough to Wallace Slough. Channel from Terminal Numbered 4, Willamette River, Oregon, via Columbia Slough, to Kenton. Channel from Columbia River, via Columbia Slough, Oregon, to Kenton, thence up Columbia Slough to Blue Lake, thence to Columbia River. Columbia River at Saint Helens, Oregon. Bellingham Harbor, Washington; including the Nooksack River, with a view to determining the effect of the silt carried by this stream on shoaling in Bellingham Harbor; also with a view to the construction of a breakwater. Cowlitz River, Washington, from the mouth to Ostrander. Bakers Bay, Columbia River, Washington. Port Ludlow, Washington, and vicinity. Neah Bay, Washington, with a view to the construction of a harbor of refuge. Anacortes Harbor and Cap Sante Waterway, Washington. Port Gamble Harbor, Washington. Shilshole Breakwater, Shilshole Bay, Seattle, Washington. Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette River and a point one mile above the city of Vancouver, Washington. East waterway, Seattle Harbor, Washington. Tacoma Harbor, Washington, including the several waterways at the head of Commencement Bay. Grays Harbor, Washington. Snake River, Idaho, from Pittsburg Landing to Johnsons Bar. Egegik River, Alaska. Kake Harbor, Alaska. Stikine River, Alaska. Petersburg Harbor, Alaska. Kehku Straits, Alaska. Kodiak Harbor, Alaska. Tanana River, Alaska, at or near its confluence with the Yukon River. Isthmus south of Wedge Cape, Nagai Island, Alaska, with a view to dredging a channel from East Nagai Strait to West Nagai Strait. Kalihi Harbor and Keehi Lagoon, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, with a view to providing a second entrance into Honolulu Harbor, and Pearl Harbor from the Kalihi area. The coast of the island of Hawaii, with particular reference to Honuapo, Kailua, Kawaa, and Punaluu, with a view to the establishment of one or more safe and adequate harbors. Hana Harbor, island of Maui, Hawaii. Lahaina Harbor, island of Maui, Hawaii. Kaunakakai Harbor, island of Molokai, Hawaii. Kaumalapau Harbor, island of Lanai, Hawaii. Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii. Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. Port Allen, Kauai, Hawaii. Survey for an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua. The Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is authorized and directed to cause investigations and studies to be made in cooperation with the appropriate agencies of various States on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts and on the Great Lakes, and the Territories, with a view to devising effective means of preventing erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters by waves and currents; and any expenses incident and necessary thereto may be paid from funds appropriated for examinations, Surveys and Contingencies for Rivers and Harbors: Provided, That the War Department may release to the appropriate State agencies information obtained by these in vestigations and studies prior to the formal transmission of reports to Congress: Provided further, That no money shall be expended under authority of this section in any State which does not provide for cooperation with the agents of the United States and contribute to the project such funds and/or services as the Secretary of War may deem appropriate and require; that there shall be organized under the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, by detail from time to time from the Corps of Engineers and from the engineers of State agencies charged with beach erosion and shore protection, a board of seven members, of whom four shall be officers of the Corps of Engineers and three shall be selected with regard to their special fitness by the Chief of Engineers from among the State agencies cooperating with the War Department. The board will furnish such technical assistance as may be directed by the Chief of Engineers in the conduct of such studies as may be undertaken and will review the reports of the investigations made. In the consideration of such studies as may be referred to the board by the Chief of Engineers, the board shall, when it considers it necessary and with the sanction of the Chief of Engineers, make, as a board or through its members, personal examinations of localities under investigation: Provided further, That the salary of the civilian members shall be paid by their respective States, but the traveling and other necessary expenses connected with their duties on the board shall be paid in accordance with the law and regulations governing the payment of such expenses to civilian employees of the Engineer Department. SEC. 3. That the paragraph in section 1 of the river and harbor act approved July 25, 1912, authorizing the removal of temporary obstructions from tributaries of waterways under Federal improvement (37 Stat. L. 222), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Chief of Engineers, in his discretion, and after approval by the Secretary of War, is hereby authorized to make preliminary examinations and minor surveys preliminary thereto and to remove snags and other temporary or readily removable obstructions from tributaries of waterways already under Federal improvement or in general use by navigation, to be paid from funds allotted to the adjoining waterways: Provided, That the cost of such work in any single year shall not exceed $1,000 per tributary." SEC. 4. Bass River, Massachusetts: That the provisions of river and harbor acts heretofore passed providing for the prosecution of work upon the harbor at the mouth of Bass River, Massachusetts, are hereby repealed. Waterway connecting Gravesend Bay with Jamaica Bay, New York: That the provision in the river and harbor act approved January 22, 1927, adopting the project for the improvement of a waterway connecting Gravesend Bay with Jamaica Bay in the State of New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered 111, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. That the dock owned by H. H. Davis in Friday Harbor Cove, San Juan County, Washington, and the dock owned by the Friday Harbor Packing Company in the same cove be, and the same are hereby, legalized to the same extent and with like effect as to all existing or future laws and regulations of the United States as if the permits required by the existing laws of the United States in such cases made and provided had been regularly obtained prior to the erection of said docks: Provided, That any changes in said docks which the Secretary of War may deem necessary and may order in the interest of navigation shall be promptly made by the owner thereof, it being understood that the Government assumes no expense, either of construction or of maintenance, of any kind whatsoever in connection with these docks or either of them. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. That the consent of Congress is granted to the State of Oregon, acting through its highway department, and to the Stock Slough drainage district, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tida. waters into Stock Slough, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon. Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. The authority granted by this act shall terminate if the actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. That the consent of Congress is granted to the State of Oregon, acting through its highway department, and to the Larson Slough drainage district, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tidal waters into Larson Slough, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon. Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. The authority granted by this act shall terminate if the actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. That the consent of Congress is granted to the State of Oregon, acting through its highway department; to the Coeledo Drainage District, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, and to the Beaver Slough drainage district, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tidal waters into Beaver Slough, Coquille River, Coos County, Oregon. Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. The authority granted by this act shall terminate if the actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. That the consent of Congress is granted to the State of Oregon, acting through its highway department, and to the Haynes Slough drainage district, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tidal waters into Haynes Slough, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon. Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, including plans for all accessory works, are submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. The authority granted by this Act shall terminate if the actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. SEC. 6. That hereafter direct allotments from appropriations for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works or other available appropriation may be made by the Secretary of War for the collection and removal of drift in New York Harbor and its tributary waters, and this work hereafter shall be carried as a separate and distinct project. The Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to engage under agreement, when deemed necessary, expert assistance in the various arts and sciences, including expert stenographic assistance for reporting the proceedings of public hearings held in connection with preliminary examinations, surveys, or improvements of rivers and harbors, upon terms and rates of compensation for services and incidental expenses in excess of the maximum of the salaries authorized by the classification act of March 4, 1923, as amended by the act of May 28, 1928; and all agreements heretofore entered into for such purposes are hereby validated to the amount of the current rates charged for such services. The Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to have printed a further edition of the report entitled "Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys," prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in cooperation with the United States Shipping Board under authority of section 500 of the transportation act approved February 28, 1920 (to be brought down as nearly as possible to date), to be paid for from appropriations made by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors; and the cost of printing such other reports and data as are prepared in compliance with that law (not exceeding $35,000 in any one year) may be paid from similar appropriations. Actual expenses hereafter incurred by civilian employees on river and harbor works for travel when making permanent change of station under competent orders, may, on approval of the Chief of Engineers, be paid or reimbursed from funds pertaining to river and harbor works. The Comptroller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow credit, in the amounts stated, in the disbursing accounts of the following-named officers of the Corps of Engineers, to wit: Major J. A. O'Connor, $11.29; Major H. M. Trippe, $15; Lieutenant Colonel George R. Spalding, $100; which amounts now stand as disallowances on the books of the General Accounting Office. SEC. 7. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, cancel the bond executed November 22, 1927, by the Brazos River Harbor navigation district, of Brazoria County, Texas, as principal and the National Surety Company as surety, to insure the payment of the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be required for carrying out the project for the improvement of Freeport Harbor, Texas, and release the said principal and surety from any obligation thereunder. SEC. 8. That the provisions of sections 19 and 20 of the act of March 3, 1899, entitled "An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preserva |