...improvement us heretofore adopted and entered upon, in addition to expending the balance on hand, contraéis may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such...materials and work as may be necessary to complete the same, or said materials may bo purchased and work may be done otherwise than by contract, to be paid...

...sixty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of...for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. riot...

...Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of the approved project, to be paid for as appropriations may from...

...PTOVÜO. nineteen hundred and two, fifty thousand dollars: Procontracts, vided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as ma v be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time...

...Dam Numbered twenty-one in said river, seventy-four thousand dollars: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work ач may be necessary to complete the said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from...

...hundred thousand dollars, to be available immediately and until expended: Provided, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary for prosecuting the work to final completion within the shortest...

...in accordance with report submitted March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of the above projects, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made...

...entrance to Galveston Harbor, Texas: Continuing improvement, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and works as may be necessary to carry out the plan contained in the report of the Chief of Engineers for...

...necessary to cover the work. This language was usually worded in the following manner : * * • Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary...necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to 6e paid for as appropriation* may from time to time be made by taw, not to exceed in the aggregate...

...appropriation of $318,750 for continuing this improvement, with the following provision: I'rorided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary...necessary to complete the present project of improvement, to lie paid for ¡is appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate...