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B.;' IT Ri,S0I1V''� BY m�.; CI�'Y COL'_:CI�� 0:�' �'. CI^Y C�` �.��T�'O�i:
That tvhereas �the �resen� �alans of the �'ar D�par�ent
of the Uritec� Sta�es in the comple�a.or� o� �he Z�z�ie .'��s:�i�g�an
C�nal cantsm�late the cons-t�uc-�ien of a cancrete revetrrie�.� a?an�
the ryort�: side o� the Portage Cut betvreen I,a�-�e "�ashir�ton ancl
Unia� �ay, ancl
I'Ihereas the said revet�ent ca� onl�r be built c�urin� t�ae
dr4 seaso:a of �:ne �ear 1916, ir case t�e �res�nt Congress
aorrop-riates �uf:�ieen� r�one�= 'co �s;� �herefor, therebJ clela�ing the
corx��etson o� t'ne �;a�e y�as'nington �anal u��.-�i? t'ne su�er of the
�ea-r 1Jl'7, and
s7hereas it is en�irely prac�ica3 �o finish a�.d operate
said eanal r�i�hout t�e cons�rue�ion o-� saia eon�rete revetr:ie��.t, a�.d
�7hereas large inaus�Eries �ill laca-�e on i,�.ke ;7as�i_�ton
�.� assu-rec? o�- trie co���let�.on o:� �th� ca:�.al durin� �the yea� 191�,
a�.d,
',`lhere�s Colonel James B. �av�.naugh, United S�ates :�'n�ineer�
h�.s a�znowaced t1�at in ease -�he prese�t �o�.gress does not a��rorria�e
suifice�lt �ou�y -�o baild said rsvet�er�t he �till -�i�:�ish sa�d canal �
and `nave the sar�e ir� o�eration du�•-�n�,� i�he �ear 1916� I
TI��:.:�'O.it��.+, B� I'�' R.r,SO�Vi�D:
�ers'�a.on l, TY:at �he �it� Cou�a.cal a� �'r_e Cit� of Ren�on
does h.ereb� urge u�oa1 Co�gres� �he necessiv� for -�he cor.�pleti.on
of sa�ct canal during tY�e �reax 1916, . -��-�`^ ,,_ �- n �.-����.�,��.—
Section 2. Th�� TTe do hereb� ur�e Con�res�an ��. E+
3-r�p'.�:ce� t o use all honorable n.e an s a U hi s c or�.�::and -�o se cure
said result.
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Section 3� fiha-E �he City Clerk af sai3 Ci��T be and he
is hereb� ordered and �i-rected �o forthv�ith tra.:n��nit to sa3d
Con�re��.an "T. i,. Hur�l�rxe� a ce-r�tified cop� hereof,
b.�prover'� Dec. 2lst. 1915*
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Passed Dec. 21s�. 915.
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