[PuBL1c-No. 521

AN ACT for improving the Navigation OF the


Ohio River.
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AN All TOT improving the navigation OF thc


Ohio River.


Be it enacted By the Senate and House o}
Representatives Of the United States Of H.
msricaoin Congress Assem6iea, That, all
snags, sawyers, stumps, logs, and obstructions of
every description, which tend to endanger the
steamboat navigation of the Ohio River, at any
navigable stages Of the water, and which present
themselves, and are to be found on the banks and
sides of the river shall be removed, so that the
navigation of said river may be rendered at all
times safe; and the same shall be done under the
siS er~ision and direction of the Secretary OF
''e.a and through the aid Of some practical


acquainted with the situation of the River


osctive bars, islands, and danderous fdan.


aces and parts; and he shall likewise


fi Of said River, at part usually
e'p f cain, near its mouth so to be
~ pINPer channel formed, that, at


sssSs ~ the water, steamboats, NAV be
G. e,&saasE ar pass md repnsa the sarc.