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handle is hein.usccsset/usconset32918 and id is 1 raw text is: 54TH CQNGRESS, SEN ATE. DOCUMENT -2d Session. No. 138. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MOUTH OF THE BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS. FEBRUARY 20, 1897.-Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented the following LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RIVER AND HARBOR ACT OF JUNE 3, 1896, THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OP ENGINEERS APPOINTED TO ASCERTAIN THE CHARACTER AND VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT THE MOUTH OF THE BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS, BY THE BRAZOS RIVER CHANNEL AND1 DOCK COMPANY. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. O., February 19, 1897. SIR: In accordance with the requirements of the river and harbor act of June 3, 1896, I have the honor to transmit to Congress the report of the Board of Engineers appointed to ascertain the character and value of the improvements made at the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas, by the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company. Very respectfully, DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. REPORT OF BOARD OF ENGINEERS. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 18, 1897. SIR: The Board appointed to ascertain the character and value of the improvements at the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas, has the honor to submit the following report: The instructions to the Board and the law under which it was consti- tuted are given in the following letter from the Secretary of War: WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, Decenber 2, 1896. COLONEL: A Board of Engineers has been appointed, in accordance with the pro- visions of the river and harbor act of June 3, 1896, to ascertain the character and value of the improvements at the mouth of the Bracos River, Texas, as follows: Col. H. M. Robert, Corps of Engineers; Robeit Moore, C. E., of St. Louis, and Stehman Forney, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Yon are hereby appointed president and disbursing officer of the Board. The duties of the Board are recited in the law, which is as follows: For the purpose of ascertaining the character and value of the improvements made at the month of the Brazos River, Texas, by the Brazos River Channel and Dock Company, a Board of Engineers, one of whom shall be a civil engineer, to be appointed by the President, one a member of the Corps of Engineers of the United S. Doc. 5-1

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